Change In Vote Age Is Nixed
AUGUSTA AP The Maine House rejected a proposal to lower the voting age to 20 and join the Senate in supporting a voting only constitutional amendment. Debate cited the clash with other adult rights and the risk of creating a two tier citizen. Rep William Dennett argued for full equal rights across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
House
William E. Dennett
R-Kittery
Senate
Dennett
Glenn Starbird
D Kingman
Starbird
Sales Tax Hike Called A Blessing
Augusta AP reports Senate leaders split over a sales tax increase tied to state spending. Senator Harvey Johnson argues the move helps the governor by shifting blame to Democrats while the measure seeks to remove the sales tax exemption on repairs and services for personal property.
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Augusta
Senate
Harvey Johnson
R-Smithfield
Curtis
Johnson
Curtis Revenue
Floyd L. Harding
D-Presque Isle
Today's Chuckle The Many Faultfinders Reward Jest
A light humor item notes that people who find fault behave as if there is a reward for criticizing. The quip attributes the habit to a general source or staff humor style from a corporate or military era publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fen. Corp
O Leary Honored at Farewell Reception in Old Orchard Beach
A large crowd gathered at St Margaret s Hall Old Orchard Beach to bid farewell to Rt Rev Msgr Edward C O Leary on his move from St Margaret s Church to St Charles Brunswick. The event featured a benediction at 7 30 p m and praise from clergy and parish groups with open house planned for Father John H Clancy new pastor Sunday 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. O'Leary
St. Margaret's Church
Old Orchard Beach
Brunswick
St. Charles Church
Msgr
O'Leary
Leonard Levasseur
St. Margaret's Hall
Antonio Boisvert
Robert J. White
Grand Beach
Royal J. Parent
Gerard C. Doyon
Catholic Youth Organization
Hugh Cullinan
Robert Bergeron
Thomas Fregeau
Fleur-Ange Lachance
Arnold Morin
Prescott Verrill
Conrad Hebert
William Griffin
Thomas Bill
Elizabeth Regan
Thomas Lee
Arthur Lachance
Isabelle St. Ours
Irene Lachance
Charles Huot
Irene McGlauflin
Angelina Marcotte
Brian Tierney
Conrad Boisvert
Robert Perrin
Gerard Jacques
Alice Murphy
Francis Manduca
Wilfred Cyr
Antoinette Lacourse
Virginia Turnbull
Gerard Croteau
James Murphy
James Prendergast
Grand View Country Club Fire Estimated at 40000
Palmyra residents learned that the Grand View Country Club suffered a fire loss estimated at 40000. State fire marshal H B Rollins said he is conducting a probe into the blaze that destroyed a set of buildings Wednesday morning.
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Palmyra
Grand View Country Club
H. B. Rollins
House Approves Double Bottoms Bill in Maine
The Maine House passed the double bottoms bill by 66 to 63 as the Senate had earlier approved a revised version 19 to 13. The measure would allow two trailers to be hauled by one power unit on four lane divided highways with restrictions and municipal approval for city use.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Myron D. Wood
D Brooks
Chester Burnham
Naples
Wood
Burnham
Maine
E. Louise Lincoln
Rbethel
Stanley G. Waltz
Waldoboro
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Israel Names New Premier After Defense Post Resignation
Premier Levi Eshkol announces his resignation from the defense post and appoints a 52-year-old one eyed war hero and ally of David Ben-Gurion to lead Israel. The move is welcomed by supporters and divides opinion among observers as the Western powers seek a plan to lift the blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Levi Eshkol
David Ben-Gurion
Two Israelis, one Syrian killed in border clash
An armed clash on Israel's border with Syria leaves two Israelis and a Syrian dead as Gen Moshe Dayan is appointed defense minister. The fighting follows earlier border fire and Jordan's report of an Israeli helicopter incident over divided Jerusalem. De Gaulle warns against open hostilities and calls for a four power effort to solve the crisis. Egypt vows to block the Suez Canal if the blockade continues. Elath, Israel's oil port, sits at the gulf's north end.
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Sinai
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Daves
Eshkol
Abba Eban
United States
Dayan
Ben-Gurion
Cairo
al Ahram
Nasser
Levi Eshkol
Ahram
Egypt
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Syria
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Kfar Hanassi
Syrai
Syraian
Jordan
Charles de Gaulle
Warnin
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
London
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqua
Mekong
Tan An
Saigon
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Delta
Dong Tam
North Vietnam
Security Council Deadlocked Over Middle East Crisis
United Nations Security Council remains tightly deadlocked on the Middle East crisis with a Saturday session awaited after private talks failed to yield a US or Egyptian proposal. Western diplomats cited Russian reluctance to state preferred action and noted the impasse could affect the UN’s role after nearly two decades of mediation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Acy
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
U.S
Israel
U Thant
Arthur J. Goldberg
Gulf of Aqaba
Goldberg
Soviet Union
India
Council
U.N
The
Security Council
South Vietnamese Paratroops Strike Viet Cong Battalion Near DMZ
A 5000 strong South Vietnamese task force with air and artillery support attacked the Viet Cong 708th Mobile Battalion near Dong Ha, claiming 150 enemy killed. Marines attacked a bunkered North Vietnamese ridge near Con Thien and Camp Carroll as artillery and air strikes continued.
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Saigon
708Th
U.S. Marine
Dong Ha
Iguerrilla
Con Thien
Camp Carrol
Iwo
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
U.S. Army
St. Andre's Parish Gets New Pastor
Rev. Charles E. Rivard, pastor of Holy Rosary Parish, Caribou, is named pastor of St. Andre's Church Biddeford. He will begin duties July 1, succeeding Rt. Rev. Msgr. Aime Giguere who is retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Rivard
Holy Rosary Parish
Caribou
St. Andre’s Church
Biddeford
Portland
Father Rivard
Msgraime Giguere
Bees Swarm Biddeford Neighborhood As Beekeeper Captures Queen
Residents along Vine Street in Biddeford awoke to a large honey bee swarm. Beekeeper Peter Gordon from Arundel arrived, enticed the queen into a portable hive, and followed the workers as they clustered around the queen to regulate temperature. The hive was moved and secured by morning with filmer Mrs. Normand Moulton and neighbor Urbain Bisson watching.
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Vine Street
Biddeford
Kennebunkport Communications Center
Peter Gordon
Gordon
Arundel
Fall St
Normand A. Moulton
Vine St
Urbain Bisson
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General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Main Street
Frank Manduca and
the Swingers
Gulf
Elath
Saco
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Gagnon
Call
J. M. Wood Box
H. Clifford Berry
Central Maine Power Co
Saco Armory
Franklin
Muskie
Kyros
St. Andre's
Inquire
Grove Avenue
Marie Joseph Academy
Biddeford Pool
St. Antoine Marie
Marie Camille
Saxony
Alfred Rd
Vic’s
Main St
Sealer
Mac
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