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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1964
Page
3
Paris AP report on Jules Crahay for Lanvin features soft scarves as the centerpiece of the fall and winter line. Scarves appear with a range of garments from small-jacket suits to ball gowns in wools crepes laces and organdies. Styles include mink striped scarves and ponyskin patterns with silk fringes and scarf extensions on bulky coats.
Trial Justice Wesley M. Mewer presided last night as Hartford youths face liquor charges and motorists enter pleas. Defendants include David H. Nicholson 18 Robert R. Dela 17 Paul E. Fatka 17 for illegal liquor possession and others charged with leaving the scene driving without a license speeding and assault on an officer. Several pled guilty paying fines from 10 to 50 dollars with license suspensions.
The fragment describes fashion details with long tight sleeves featuring jeweled bolero effects. It mentions tiny short sleeved bolero motifs embroidered on long sleeved tubular dresses.
A Berea Kentucky AP report notes a long distance caller sought three rooms at Berea College. When told only bathless rooms remained the caller agreed that will do and said they would take several baths before departing.
In Saigon about 20 French residents gathered at the remains of a destroyed French war monument and shouted at passing Vietnamese. Police dispersed them as Vietnamese students arrived, sparking fears of clashes. Students had toppled a 30 foot bronze statue of two French infantrymen and a bronze peace figure during a protest over President De Gaulle’s neutrality proposal and the war against the Viet Cong.
Edison New Jersey two buses and a tractor trailer collided on the Turnpike near Perth Amboy sending about 40 people to area hospitals. At St Peter's Middlesex General and Perth Amboy General 14 26 injuries cited with most from New Brunswick. Police reported no fog and the wreck occurred about 7 30 a m with three buses parked on the shoulder and a fourth backing in when the crash happened.
Governor Reed and the Executive Council will hear the pardon petition of Harry W. Brooks Sr. on October 7. Brooks, a convicted murderer from Plantation 8, is serving a life sentence for the December shooting of Mrs. Sybil Closson in her home. He says the crime was premeditated and seeks a pardon to reenter the Army while studying for a high school diploma.
Lima Peru AP President Fernando Belaunde Terry marks his second year in office praising agrarian reform highway and housing gains and higher dollar reserves. He cites Cuban communism as limited abroad and notes Peru's loans from international institutions totaling 124 million dollars. The alliance for progress and Peace Corps ties strengthen Peru US relations.
Faubus defeated Cochran in Springdale to face Rep. J W Trimble in November. Wilbur Mills, head of the Ways and Means Committee, had no opposition in the 2nd District. Rockefeller, linked to the Rockefeller lineage, moved to Arkansas in 1953 and became a business and civic leader.
A recount in Washington County shifts the lead in the state senate contest. Townsend of Baileyville gains a one vote edge over Wheaton, 1 555 to 1 540, altering the prior result. The political climate includes debates over campaign formats and stalled bills between House and Senate. India marks independence day on August 15 1947.
Providence Journal reports Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island may deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City next month. White House invited him. Pastore, 57, is a Senate veteran up for reelection with a strong electoral margin.
NASA reported Ranger 7, after 69 hours and about 228,522 miles, functioning well. The Atlas Agena booster was accurate enough to reach the moon early Friday with minimal guidance, targeting the illuminated face for first exploration and possibly sending more than 4,000 TV pictures in its final 13 minutes from 1,100 miles up.
Georgia selects 64 delegates and 52 of 53 alternates for the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City with four Negro delegates and two alternates. State Sen. Leroy Johnson and A. T. Walden are the Negro delegates, while alternates include T. B. Hooron and Mrs. P. Qancy. Missing are U S Sens. Richard B. Russell and Herman Talmadge due to prior commitments.
Francis Murphy age 17 named a police trainee while his father Michael Murphy serves as New York Police Commissioner. The appointment marks a notable family connection in the city police department.
A fragment notes January or February target area near New York where anger rose over 15 miles of something inches long and cameras were nonfunctional, implying a news event with limited details and damaged equipment.
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