Explosion Rips Forrestal Leaving At Least 26 Dead
Saigon AP reports a catastrophic explosion and fire aboard the USS Forrestal off North Vietnam killed at least 26 and damaged 29 jets. Dozens more were injured or missing as crews fought flames on the 76,000 ton carrier near Yankee Station.
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Saigon
Forrestal
U.S
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Forrest
Rupertus
Tucker
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Navy
Independence
Norfolk
Saco Centennial Celebration Highlights Downtown Events
A day long program marks Saco centennial with historical displays in downtown store windows and light lunches by the Women's Relief Corps at G A R Hall. Open houses at Biddeford Saco Country Club, Trinity Episcopal Church, and the Saco Pump Museum run from morning to evening. Activities include church fairs, industrial exhibits, a York Institute museum visit, a Little League game, boat rides on the Saco River, a chicken barbecue, a band concert, commemorative time capsule burial, pinewood derby races, and a striped bass derby sponsored by local clubs. Fireworks cap the night at Thornton Academy grounds.
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Women's Relief Corps
G.A.R. Hall
Biddeford-Saco Country Club
Old Orchard Road
Centennial Fair
Trinity Episcopal Church
Main Street
York Institute (Museum
Little League Park
Middle Street
Saco
Saco Yacht Club
Thornton Academy
Painchand
District Court
Saco Pump Museum
North Street
Pepperell Square
Biddeford and Saco Rod and Reel Club
Abe Lincoln
Leo Muise
Nunan
Elm St
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Lamontagne
Biddeford-Saco
Cutts Ave
Sacoveer Shopping Center
Academy
Centennial Party In Full Swing At Saco Festivities
The Centennial celebration in Saco featured Philip Nunan Sr. with a full beard contest winning a trophy and Mary-Jo Zelle 7 crowned Little Miss Saco after a jazz dance. Beards, costumes, and raffish entries drew a crowd at City Hall and events include a chicken barbecue at Thorn ton Academy and a band concert.
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Laco
Philip L. Nunan
Mary-Jo Zelle
Saco
Joel Stacey
John Ray
Biddeford
Gail Berube
Denise Rube
Anne Marie Putney
Saco City Hall
Mary-Jo
Priscilla Beaulieu
York County
Maine
City Hall
Raymond Carter
Frank DeFrancesco
Paul ‘Casavant
Manager Resigns At Woolworth’s Biddeford Store
Charles Coughlan resigns after 17 years with Woolworths, ending seven years as Biddeford store manager at 142 Main Street. He plans to take another position and previously managed outlets in Maynard Massachusetts East Gloucester Massachusetts Hartford Connecticut and Winchester Square Massachusetts. He and his wife reside at 28 Herring Avenue Biddeford.
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Woolworth
Charles Coughlan
Biddeford
Main St
Coughlan
Maynard
Mass
East Gloucester
Hartford
Did Detroit Miscalculate Editor's Note on 1967 Riot
An editor's take on Detroit's 1967 riot asks whether the city misread rising tensions amid urban renewal. The piece notes the destruction of Hastings Street, the large displaced Black population, and the high cost of the riot, raising questions about race relations and urban policy in a city with a sizable Black middle class and strong public institutions.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Austin Scott
Chrysler
Hastings Street
12Th Street
Sun Strip
Whitey
Jerome Cavanagh
Ray Girardin
Commissioner Nears Retirement From Biddeford Field
Dennis Twomey reports 87 year old William Baker known as The Commissioner considers retirement from May Street Memorial Field. Arthritis prompts the possible exit after 15 years as caretaker and mentor to local youngsters. He helped erect equipment, planted willows, and maintains daily 9 to 5 routines in all weather while praising field director Robert Cote and others. He recalls softball era and his nickname origin from Nick Gillis. Baker drives a 1940 car and lives with daughter at 25 Dearborn Avenue.
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Dennis Twomey
William Baker
Biddeford May Street
Baker
Saco- Lowell
Robert Cote
Barker
George Wells
May Street
Wells
Ing
Nick Gillis
Cote
Roland Bois
Dearborn Ave
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Steve Stibbens
The
Thornton Avenue
Philip L. Nunan Sr
Harvey Lamontagne Jr
Paul Casavant
Mary-Jo Zello
Rye Rube
Most Holy Trinity
School Street Methodist Church
Saco City
Sth Tay Ag
Birt
Ldn
Ted Dyer
Expo
Centennial Party
WRR Gen
Fea, Corp
Woolworth’s
Motor City
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