Viet Cong prepare summer offensive in Saigon area
Documents from Hanoi show a high command that despite battlefield reverses still claims the most advantageous position. They plan summer and fall campaigns to erode U S public resolve and force negotiations as the Saigon government tightens its defenses and pacification drive while Viet Cong bases and rural areas face intensified attacks.
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Saigon
Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Liberation Army
Cholon
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Mak
D-Day 25 Years On Sainte-Mere-Eglise Remembrance
A commemorative report recalls D-Day's dawn 25 years ago from Sainte-Mère-Église. Allied forces including Americans British Canadians and Free French liberated the town with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne and remembrance ceremonies honoring Omar Bradley James Gavin and other leaders. Casualties for the first 24 hours numbered about 6,603 American, 3,500 to 4,000 British and Canadian. ceremonies mark the end of a four-year Nazi grip and the opening of Europe’s liberation.
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise
France
Eisenhower
Ernest Dupuy
London
Hitler
Free French Army
Europe
U.S
82Nd Airborne Division
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Gavin
Omaha
Utah
Juno
Sword and Gold
Omaha Beach
William Sharp
Pennington
N.J
1St
Omar Braley
Richard Gale
Charles Ellworthy
The
Royal al al
Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust
Biddeford School Board Lowers Wage Offer For Teachers
Biddeford School Board presents a two step salary plan to the Biddeford Teachers Association at a noon meeting in Biddeford High School. The first step sets base pay from 5800 to 8700 for new to ten year teachers starting Sept 1 with a second step in April 1970 raising base to 6000 9000 depending on experience. The board hopes agreement on basic salary will unlock the rest of the contract after many private and public sessions.
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Biddeford
Biddeford Teachers Association
Leo Lemire
Lemire
Biddeford High School
Bruce L. Smith
Board of Education
Bruce Smith
B.T.A
Moon Landers Face Quarantine Before Earth Return
First men to walk on the moon will endure two weeks of quarantine after splashdown to prevent lunar contamination. Astronauts will be disinfected with iodine, wear isolation gear, and be kept in a controlled path to NASA and Houston facilities.
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Atlanta
Earth
David J. Sencer
National
Communicable Disease Center
Moon
J.W. Humphreys
National Aeronautics and Space
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Sencer
Honor Parts Listed At Pool Academy
Honor parts named for Marie Joseph Academy Biddeford Pool graduates. Valedictorian Priscille Doyon of Saco treasurer of National Honor Society and editor of the school paper. to attend University of Maine Portland in September. Bernadette Goddu of Holyoke will study at UMass Amherst in the fall. salutatorian and senior class president. Diane Garriepy of Biddeford first honor essayist. Outstanding Teenager of America and Rivier College scholarship recipient. Dianne Clavette of South Portland second honor essayist. National Honor Society president and plans to study at Plus-Gray's Portland in medical secretarial field.
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Marie Joseph Academy
Biddeford
Priscille Doyon
Gerard J. Doyon
Boom Road
Saco
National Honor Society
Vvice
Sodality
Doyon
University
Mal — 2
Portland
Bernadette Goddu
Jean Goddu
Portland St
Holyoke
Mass
E National
Bernadette
Ae University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Diane Gar
Riepy
Paul B. Garriepy
Herring Ave
Miss Garriepy
Rivier College
Nashua
Dianne Clavette
T. R. Clavette
Sawyer St
South Portland
Dianne
Saco Journal
Mise Clavette
Plus-Gray’s School of Business
Playhouse Fate In Doubt In Kennebunkport Ghost House
Kennebunkport theatre owner Robert Currier laments the abrupt departure of former managers Mye Bolis and Ken Gaston from his summer playhouse. He contemplates selling or reopening with new shows, naming Henry Morgan among interested party actors, while acknowledging the property’s famed haunted reputation and a late season in doubt.
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Kennebunkport
Ghost House
Robert Currier
Kennebunkport Playhouse
Mye Bolis
Ken Gaston
New York
Currier
Henry Morgan
Jane Morgan
Miss Morgan
Curriers
Is Marijuana Smoking Harmful?
National Science Foundation board chairman Dr Philip Handler testified to a House subcommittee that current evidence does not prove marijuana is addictive. He compared moral ethics to science, noting the decision about danger remains unsettled and likened the issue to alcohol. Meanwhile officials urged a nationwide drug education campaign.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
Philip Handier
Handler
House Appropriations
Johnson Administra
James L. Goddard
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Gerald N. Kurtz
National Institute ‘of Mental Health
Moscow Denies Peking's Charges Amid Border Tensions
Tokyo AP reports Beijing accused Soviet forces of firing across the Manchurian border, massing armor in Sinkiang, and kidnapping Chinese. China cited incidents including a May 31 air incursion, a May 5 ship grounding, and civilian casualties, demanding an immediate halt to firing, return of kidnapped citizens and seized items, and compensation, while warning the Soviet Union of grave consequences if ignored.
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Tokyo
Red China
Sinkiang
Moscow
Peking
Sinkiang Province
Wapalao
Heilung River
Heilungkiang
Heilung
Real Loan Crunch Seen Ahead
Washington AP reports hundreds of banks and lenders warn of a real loan crunch as government guaranteed student loans may be sharply curtailed or ended this summer. More than 640 million in guarantees for 750000 students under the Higher Education Act of 1965 hang in the balance amid rising interest rates and pressure from colleges on cuts.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Congress
Job seeker blanks government question with violence answer
A job applicant faced a government form asking if he would advocate overthrow by subversion or violence. He wrote in Violence in response, highlighting a paradoxical answer on political stance and employment eligibility.
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