Veterans Groups Hear Kyros Cite Aid Push At AMVETS Meet
U S Rep Peter Kyros told Maine AMVETS delegates the 90th Congress has approved bills expanding veterans benefits as 7 000 local veterans become eligible for educational aid under new G I Bill laws. He noted increased support from Congress and the White House amid a large 1968 budget request.
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Old Orchard Beach
Department of Maine
Amvets
U.S
Peter N. Kyros
Assembly
Kyros
White House
Congress
Cynthia Nicholson
Biddeford
Ellen Bogarty
Pennsylvania
Robert Washburn
Veterans Affairs
Robert Fecteau
Maine
Thomas Bill
World War I Veterans Conclave Sees Largest Maine Gathering
More than 300 World War I Barracks and auxiliaries are expected to attend the 10th annual Maine State Convention at St Francis College in Biddeford. The event opens with remarks by Department Commander Leslie B Dyer and welcomes from Arthur J Lambert and Very Rev Clarence Laplante.
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St. Francis College
Biddeford
Leslie B. Dyer
Rockland
Arthur J. Lambert
York County
Dyer
Clarence Laplante
O.F. M
St. Francis, College
Maine
Florence Gagne
Saco
Nasser Offers Presidency to Mohieddin in Caribbean Talk
In a meeting with Zakaria Mohieddin he offered the presidency after 15 years in office and received expressions of support from Iraq and Lebanon. Mohieddin declined the offer, while Communist bloc nations convened in Moscow pledging aid to a listed cause.
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Iraq
Lebanon
Zakaria Mohieddin
Nasser
Moscow
Three Air Attacks On Syrian City Reported By AP
U N observers report three Israeli air strikes around Damascus and say Israeli troops near the city. Israel meets with U N truce envoy to arrange a cease fire as the war continues.
Middle East War Ends in Jewish Victory and Nasser Resigns
The rapid Arab-Israeli war ends with Israel’s triumph breaking the Egyptian blockade and occupying Old Jerusalem. Nasser resigns, while the US and USSR seek to prevent renewed conflict, and a Cold War hotline signals possible cooperation in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
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Gulf of Aqaba
Old Jerusalem
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Kremlin
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
Cardinal Ritter Dies at 74 in St Louis
Joseph Cardinal Ritter archbishop of St. Louis since 1946 died peacefully at 5 45 a m after suffering two heart attacks since entering De Paul Hospital Monday He was 74 and a spokesman for the St Louis Archdiocese released the news
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St. Louis
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
de. Paul Hospital
Blue Ribbon Bride Contest Teems With Quips And Quizzes
In London the Good Housekeeping Institute hosted the Blue Ribbon Bride contest for brides and those married under two years. Entrants offered witty answers to a key question and were judged on a 20 part questionnaire plus tasks such as bedding, tidying a muddled paper, identifying perfumes and tying a bow tie. The winner, Mrs Jillian Buckingham aged 25 and married 22 months, said the greatest mistake is intolerance.
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London
Tute
Jillian Buckingham
Israel Says Dayan Probing Syria Ceasefire Talks
Israel informed the United Nations Security Council that Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was meeting with Lt. Gen. Odd Bull to arrange a ceasefire with Syria. Bull heads the U N Palestine Truce Supervision Organization in Jerusalem and the council heard conflicting reports of air attacks on Damascus amid the talks.
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U Thant
Israel
Syria
Middle East
U.N Security Council
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Jerusalem
Odd Bull
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Moscow
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nar
Egypt
Thant
Security Council
New York
R.H.W. Bunworth
Ireland
Mixed Armistice Commission
Koneytra
Bull
United Nations, N. Y
U.N. Security Council
Isreali
United Nations
U.N. Palestine Truce Supervision Organization
Gideon Rafael
R. H. W. Bunworth
First Lady Extends New England Tour To Maine and New Hampshire
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson continues a four state swing through New England moving from Vermont to Maine and New Hampshire. Highlights include a clambake at Strawbery Banke restoration site and a Mt Mansfield ski ride with a live porcupine as added attraction. Udall praised the trip noting Democratic governors in the region and the First Lady's remark that New England highways seem uncluttered.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
New England
Green Mountains
Maine
New Hampshire
Rocky
Strawbery Bank
Portsmouth
N.H
Johnson
Stewart Udall
Rockies
California
Grand Canyon
America
Udall
New
Mt. Mansfield
Skitch Henderson
Vermont
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Quincy
Mass
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National Assembly
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