Biddeford AL Post to Buy Flag for Troop at Meeting
The Biddeford American Legion Post votes to purchase a flag for the physically handicapped Boy Scout Troop. At the Elm Street post, Commander Roland St Michel led a session noting 311 paid members and naming new committees for 1967-68.
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Pepperell Foremen’s Club
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Roland St. Michel
Theodore
Goulet
Adrien Poissant
Robert Dube
George Boutin
Raymond Lamontagne
Adrien L'Heureux
Horace Beaulieu
Poissant
Boutin
Alfred Prejean
St. Michel
Biddeford Veterans Council
Joseph Zaitlin
Robert Poire
Webber Hospital
Willie Collard
Veterans Hospital
Tagus
Joseph Hanusek
Edward Giroux
Polycarpe Richard
Royal Sheltra
Vietnam
Bomb scare evacuates Berwick schools hoax tied
AP reports Estabrook Elementary and Berwick High School evacuated after threats that proved to be hoaxes. About 1730 students were affected as searches found no danger. No injuries reported. District officials coordinated with law enforcement.
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Berwick
Estabrook
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to curb draft card burning
The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to overturn a Boston Circuit ruling upholding draft card burning as protected speech. The case targets David P. O’Brien of Framingham who had his six year sentence overturned. other circuits upheld the law. The brief argues Congress may prohibit destruction of the draft card.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Boston
Congress
David P. O’ Brien
Framingham
Mass
New York City
St. Louis
Brown Leads Bipartisan Vote Against Debt Limit Rise
Rep. George E. Brown Jr. joined Republicans and Southern Democrats in a protest against the Vietnam war by defeating the administration bill to raise the national debt limit to 336 billion dollars.
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George E. Brown Jr
Dcalif
Biddeford Fund Drives New School For Ethiopian Children
Biddeford residents donated over 1000 dollars to a Biddeford High School project aiding Dekia in Ethiopia. Peace Corps workers Dale Andersen and Thomas Beck report Dekia chief Rasha Mamo sponsored a new mission school as rains and insects damaged the aging wooden facility. Local donors funded materials and construction efforts to build a sturdier school for first graders and future students.
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Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Dekia
Ethiopia
Samuel Zaitilin
Dale Andersen
Thomas Beck
Peace Corps
Andersen
Beck
Fwga
Dekia Rasha Mamo
Mamo
Peacel Corps
Anniversary Dance for Gagnons Slated
Mr and Mrs Alfred P Gagnon of 9 Wilson Street Biddeford will be guests of honor at a public dance honoring their 30th wedding anniversary. The event is at St John s Hall Adams Street Biddeford at 8 Saturday night.
Four Area Youths Are Commissioned
Bowdoin College hosts ROTC commissioning for four area graduates. David P. and Dennis P. McNabb, twin sons of Mr and Mrs John F McNabb of Saco, Walter Rowson III of Kennebunkport, son of Mrs Karl K Bechtold and the late Walter Rowson, and Lendall L. Smith of Kennebunk, son of Mr and Mrs Lendall A Smith of 18 Portland Street.
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Brunswick
U.S. Army Reserve
Bowdoin College
David P
Dennis P. McNabb
John F. McNabb
Summer St
Saco
Walter Rowson III
Karl K. Bechtold
Kennebunk
Port
Walter Rowson
Lendall L. Smith
Lendall A. Smith
Portland St
Classified Columns Offer Bargains Galore
Readers are advised to peruse the classified columns for a wide range of bargains. Shoppers can find ads detailing furniture appliances and services with various prices and contact details across multiple listings.
Tim Martin Among 24 for Hartford heroism policy
Timothy Martin, 14, of Old Orchard Beach, is named one of 24 candidates for a $2,500 Hartford Education Life Insurance policy for heroism. He received a merit certificate for smothering flames engulfing Mrs. Edith Milliken’s clothing on February 13, using a rug until help arrived. The winner will be announced at the International Association of Fire Chiefs convention in September.
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Old Orchard
Union Avenue
Martin
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Party Politics Clash Head On In Maine Ballot Change Fight
Democratic governor vetoed a second bill to alter Maine election ballots while Republicans scrapped Gov. Curtis reform plans. Previous veto sustained. The first bill would remove party squares to end straight ticket voting. the second lists candidates alphabetically by office. The governor’s veto message was to be released as the Senate convenes.
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Augusta
Curtis
Maine
Senate
Queen Mary to end Cunard service with last Atlantic voyage
The Queen Mary sails on September 22 for its final Atlantic crossing from New York to Southampton marking 31 years with Cunard. After return she undertakes two farewell cruises before retirement on October 19 possibly heading to a breakage yard or a new buyer.
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Associated Press London
New York
Southampton
Majorca
Canary Islands
Cunard Line
Cunard
Soviet Writers Demand Open Debate on Censorship
A group of 79 Soviet writers urged the Kremlin National Writers Congress to debate Solzhenitsyn s censorship charges. They circulated a four page petition in Moscow last month demanding discussion of alleged manuscript confiscations and suppression by secret police and cultural authorities.
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Moscow
Kremlin
National Writers Congress
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich
Communist Party
Breakin at Bull's Cafe In Biddeford Causes $60 Loss
Thieves struck Bull's Cafe at 8 Water St Biddeford last night taking about $60. Entry was gained through a rear window after a screen was removed. The cigarette machine was rifled. Det. Adelbert Morin and Alfred Guilmette investigated.
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Biddeford
Bull’s Cafe
Water St
Joseph Larose
Adelbert Morin
Alfred Guilmette
Stone Elected President Of Converse Rubber Co
Malden Massachusetts The Converse Rubber Co based in Presque Isle Maine elected Stephen A Stone 49 of Newton as its new president succeeding Albert St Wechsler who retires next October.
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Stone
Malden
Mass
Converse Rubber Co
Presque Isle
Maine
Stephen A. Stone
Newton
Albert ST. Wechsler
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