Astronaut Edward Givens Jr Dies in Car Crash Near Houston
Edward Givens Jr., 37, Air Force major and astronaut candidate, died when his 1964 foreign compact left the road near Pearland south of Houston. Two Air Force Reserve officers were injured. Dellorto in critical and Hall in fair condition. He had been among 19 new astronauts named in 1966 and had not yet flown in space. Survived by wife Ada Muuss and three children.
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Houston
Tex
Edward G. Givens Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Givens
Air Force
America
Astronaut Corps
Pearland
Air Force Reserve
Maj
William Hall
Youngstown
Ohio
Frances Dellorto
Chicago
Ill
Hall
Dellorto
Ellington Air Force Base
The
Space Center
Donald K. Slayton
Stuart Allen Roosa
Charles A. Berry
Quannah
Spacemen
Ada Muuss
Bedford
Mass
E. G. Givens
Quanah
Recreational loan guarantee challenged in Maine case
A legal dispute pits the Evergreen Valley development group against the Maine Recreation Authority over a $3 million mortgage guarantee. The Maine case before Justice Walter Tapley Jr. questions MRA authority after an $8 million prior commitment to back a Delaware group's loan. The Delaware International Design & Development Corp plans to develop Bigelow Mountain.
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Portland
Supreme Court
Walter M. Tapley Jr
Maine
The
Development Corp
Evergreen Valley of Lowell
Tapley
Maine Recreation Authority
MRA
Lloyd K. Allen
Delaware
DCEV
International Design & Development Corp
Bigelow Mountain
Claire Bernier Honored At West Kennebunk Shower
Claire Bernier was guest of honor at a stork shower held at her mother in law's home in West Kennebunk. Hosts Elsie Bernier and daughters in law organized pink blue and white decorations with a cake by Mary Lou Bernier. Attendees from Kennebunk Sanford Biddeford and Hartford Conn. attended or sent regrets.
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West Kennebunk
Robert
Claire) Bernier
Elsie Bernier
Inlaw
James
Lora) Bernier
Raymond
Pauline) Bernier
Donald
Mary Lou) Bernier
Mary Lou Bernier
Barbara Stone
Sylvia McKay
Virginia Mann
Aline Leavitt
Jean Camire
Hazel Coyne
Anita McKay
Flora Charland
Edna Gendreau
Terry Hutchins
Nettie Perkins
Linda Starbird
Gertrude Barrett
Bonita Bernier
Nancy Perkins
Kennebunk
Cecile Guilemette
Rolando Page
Rose Harmond
Lillian Page
Viola Guay
Laura Parenteau
Pat Parenteau
Sanford and
Springvale
Gisele Letellier
Madeline Letellier
Biddeford
Claire Bernier
Lora Bernier
Pauline Bernier
Gloria Bernier
Carol Bernier
Hartford
Frances Burr
Eldora Boston
Dorothy Clough
Ann Cluff
Joanne Thurston
Abby Clough
Kennebunkport
Celine Lemieux
Rose Carpentier
Sanford
Daniel Aguair Jr Graduating Today
New York. Daniel J. Aguair Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Daniel J Aguair Sr of Biddeford Maine is a member of Columbia College graduating class and will receive a bachelor of arts degree today in ceremonies on Columbia campus at Morningside Heights in New York City.
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New York, N.Y
Daniel J. Aguair Jr
Daniel J. Aguair Sr
Pool St
Biddeford
Maine
Columbia College
Columbia
Morningside Heights
New York City
Delta Alpha Club Appoints Committees
Last night at Ferry Beach Saco the Delta Alpha Club closed its current activities with a covered dish supper and the appointment of a nominating committee to propose officers for fall. A second committee selected the September banquet site and a memorial service for member Mildred Shane was led by President Geraldine Hutchins. The next meeting is Oct 2 at Mrs Helen Horne's Ocean Park home.
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Delta Alpha Club
Mae Hurrell
Ferry Beach
Saco
Charlotte Whitehurst
Florence Scammon
Ethel Roberts
Dorothy Tarbox
Luella Graham
Mildred Shane
Geraldine Hutchins
Helen Horne
Ocean Park
Edith Hutchins
Ethel Cobb
Marion Dow
Sarah Goodwin
Bertha Sylvester
Gladys Lamb
Edna Emerson
Esther Cobb
Mildred McIntire
Portland Names City Manager in 6-3 Vote
Portland selects John Menario age 31 as city manager after a 6-3 council vote. He succeeds Graham Watt who resigned February 23 to take a similar post in Dayton Ohio. The source notes Cicero called Herodotus the Father of History.
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Portland
John Menario
Menario
Graham W. Watt
Dayton
Ohio
Cicero
Father of History
Herodotus
More Persons Selected For Traverse Jury
York County Superior Court added 15 jurors for the May term to supplement the traverse jury. From Biddeford were James K. Gilman Jr and others, while Saco and neighboring towns contributed Newman Bagley Mary Dudley Donald Lester and more. Justice Charles A. Pomeroy ordered the drawing after many panelists were excused and the original list of about 45 was reduced to under 20.
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Alfred
Biddeford-Saco
York County Traverse Jury
Superior Court
Biddeford
James K. Gilman Jr
Richard P. Grenier
Rita E. Lamarre
Donald M. Nadeau
Saco
Newman Bagley
Mary Dudley
Donald Lester
Charles A. Pomeroy
Justice Pomeroy
Kenneth Cox
Old Orchard Beach
Frank J. Gales
Lucille D. McBride
Kennebunk
Albert Boutin
Marion R. Broadbent
Lloyd C. Woodman
Sanford
Ralph S. Moulton
Josephine Sawyer
Kittery
Kennebunk Couple Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Haines of Kennebunk hosted a surprise party on High Street for their 25th wedding anniversary. Attendees included family and friends from Kennebunk, Saco, Portland, Lynn Mass., Limerick, and more. The couple married June 6, 1942 in Portland and have three children.
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Kennebunk
Raymond Haines
High Street
Allen Haines
Raymond Doyle
William MacDonald
Portland
Doyle
W.harry Knight
Verlin Scott
Kathy
Dennis
Raymond Russell
Milton Benson
Nicholas Trougakos
Saco
Barbara
James Foley
Lawrence Witham
Lawrence I
Lynn and Lee
Lynn
Mass
James Gochie
James
Joyce
Michael
Limerick
Norman Means
Debra
Norman
Henry Richard
Bath
Allan
Richard
Jeannette
Haines
Father Burke
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Signal Corps
Kyros Names Two Vital Middle East Points
Maine Representative Peter N. Kyros says the key issues are limiting Communist influence and safeguarding Israel’s self determination. He urged restrained force in the Middle East during a speech at the Jewish Community Center in Portland Monday night.
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Portland
Maine
Peter N. Kyros
Israel
United States
Middle East
VFW Post in Saco Opposes Flag Proposal
Members of the Saco Memorial Post Veterans of Foreign Wars met at the Boucouvalas Dupuis AM VETS Home in Spring Street Saco to review reports on bicycle rodeo and Memorial Day ceremonies. Commander Linscott named Parisien guard and Caouette Lavigne Parisien to the building committee to plan a post home. A proposed flag removal at the cemetery was rejected by the group. The next meeting was set for July 10.
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Saco Memorial Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boucouvalas-Dupuis AM
Spring Street
Saco
Donald Linscott
Raymond Parisien
Claude Caouette
Albert Lavigne
Parisien
Saco Veterans Council
Sixteen REA Offices Closing in Maine
The Railway Express Agency will shut sixteen Maine offices as part of an economy drive. The Public Utilities Commission approved closures with 30 days notice. eight towns will retain pickup and delivery, others will have local agents. Salaried staff will be reassigned. company cites possible bankruptcy but promises no service reduction.
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Augusta
Maine
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
South Windham
Bridgton
Burnham Junction
Skowhegan
Norway
Mechanic Falls
Newcastle - Damariscotta
Madison
North Anson
Bingham Rangeley
Strong, Phillips
Brownville
Steep Falls
Daughters of Penelope Name Banquet Plans and Delegates
Mrs Amy Albert was reinstated as a member during a Daughters of Penelope meeting at Ahepa Hall Saco led by President Mrs Alexandra Vorias. Delegates Anita Tito Dorothea Vlakhos and Mrs Albert were chosen for the district convention June 23 24 at the Marshall House York Harbor. Banquet set for Shawmut Inn Kennebunkport at 6 30 p.m. June 15.
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Amy Albert
Daughters of Penelope
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Saco
Alexendra Vorias
Anita Tito
Dorothea Vlahakos
Albert
Order of Ahepa
Penelope
Marshall House
York Harbor
Shawmut Inn
Kennebunkport
Maine Guard to Lose Two Armor Battalions in Streamlining
The Maine National Guard faces loss of two armor battalions plus an artillery battalion in Aroostook County and units in Brewer and Augusta as two new engineer units join. Maj. Gen. Heywood says overall strength remains about 2,800 with no current plan on which armor battalions depart.
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Aroostook County
Brewer
Augusta
Heywood
Speck death sentence upheld by judge in 1967 Illinois case
Richard Speck, condemned to die for the July 14 1966 nurses massacre, was ordered to die by electric chair on Sept 1 by Judge Herbert C Paschen in Peoria. An automatic appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court delays execution during review, with defense ready to push to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Peoria
Speck
Paschen
Willard Koeppel
Peoria County
High Court
Gerald Getty
Cook County
U.S. Supreme Court
Forest Fire At Mayfield Seems Under Control
The Mayfield forest fire grew to 250 acres but was checked. About 500 cords of Scott Paper Co pulpwood burned in Somerset County east of Bingham. A bulldozed control line should be completed today with ample equipment available. Airwater drops continued on the large blaze started Monday. Additional smaller fires were contained across Washington, Piscataquis, Aroostook, and other counties with no new fires reported.
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Augusta
Mayfield
Austin H. Wilkins
Scott Paper Co
Somerset County
Bingham
Wilkins
Ilkins
Williamsburg
Piscataquis County
Nothing Rotten About the Braves Atlanta
AP reports on Atlanta Braves new $18 million stadium and its warm up fungo practice. The article notes 51,000 seats treated with liquified petroleum gas per Koppers Company and mentions a separate NY homicide statistic from 1900 to 1917.
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Braves Atlanta
Fungi
Atlanta Braves
Koppers Company
Killer murders eight nurses in South Chicago dorm siege
An intruder seized eight nurses at South Chicago Community Hospital dormitory bound them and systematically killed each one after leading them to separate parts of a townhouse. The crime ends with a life imprisonment recommendation and a death sentence.
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South Chicago Community Hospital
Piano Pupils Give Recital Under Miss Welch’s Guidance
The piano pupils of Miss Mike B. Welch performed at a recital last night in Saco before parents and a small audience. Performers included Claire Celeste Cote Susan Kan George Gourdouros Collen Curran Michael Curran Joy Brayley David Whittier Susan Whittier Mary Kiely Jane Kelley Barry Reardon Mary Hobins Nancy Emerson Jan Emerson Carmen Provenche Arlene Levesque Glenn Chanon and Andrea Levesque.
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Mike B. Welch
Davis Post
Legio Beach Street
Saco
Miss Welch
Claire Ce Celeste Cote
Susan Kan
George Gourdouros
Collen Curan
Michael Curran
Joy Brayley
David Whittier
Susa Whittier
Mary Kiely
Jane Kley
Barry Rear
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Motor Sales
Elm Street
Dial
Daniel Aguair Jr
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Vieques
Haiti
Atlantic Ocean
Culebra
South America
ST. Thomas
Miles
Caribbean Sea
Frederiksted
ST. John
ST. Croix
Tortola
Virgins
U.S. Atlantic
Denmark
Alaska
U.S
Seaboard
Seaboard Finance Company
Lifesaver
Walker Street
City
Kyros
VFW Post
REA
Daughters of Penelope Pick
Mary Economos
Betty Vassill
Kanely Throumoulos
Georgia Vanites
Eleanor Kouotulakos
Georgia Mouzas
Testa Tito
Catherine Shourens
Betty Brickates
Maine Guard
Biddeford High School
Gary Johnston
Well
Paul Stebbins
Johnson
Stebbins
St. Francis College
Washington County
Grand Falls Plantation
Township 11
Range 9
Sangerville
St. Francis, Lincoln and
Winslow
Encyclopaedia ‘Britannica
Saco-Lowell
Maremont Corp
Russ Bennett
Edwards Plant
Touraine
Eryle
Areva
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