Golfers Move To Protect Score Cards at Open Championship
The USGA will intensify security at Oak Hill to prevent score card errors and privacy breaches. Officials cite the 1957 Jackie Pung and 1968 De Vicenzo incidents, stating players will have private checkouts with off limits tents and armed patrols to avoid repeats of the Masters error that cost Roberto De Vicenzo a playoff, as Bob Goalby clinched the title.
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Rochester
N.Y
U.S. Golf Association
L’affaire de Vicenzo
Oak Hill
Jackie Pung
Joseph C. Dey
USGA
Roberto de Vicenzo
Argentina
Bob Goalby
Augusta
Mistak
Women golfer disqualified for erroneous scorecard at Winged Foot
Mrs. Pung, a Hawaiian house wife, was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard after appearing to win the Women's Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York, in 1957. Report noted she was reportedly distracted by press and well wishers.
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Pung
Winged Foot
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Teacher Coach Resigns From Burns School in Saco
David Lent 24 resigns as Burns School teacher and coach to join Johnson Junior High Standish next fall. A Winthrop High and Maine Portland alum, he majored in history and coached football and baseball with Burns teams posting strong records. He also guards Crescent Beach State Park and plays in Portland's Twilight League.
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David Lent
C. K. Burns
Saco
Lent
Johnson Junior
Standish
Boston
Winthrop High School
Lee Young University
Utah
University of Maine
Portland
Boy Scouts of America
Boys State
Hearst
Winthrop High
Em- Eve
Burns
Crescent Beach State Park
Union Tire
W T Grant reports record May sales and chain expansion
Richard J. Gregg announced May 31 1968 sales of 8282959595 up 12.19 percent from May 1967. Four month year to date sales reach 300914499 up 15.24 percent. Six new stores opened in Florida Ohio Kentucky Georgia and two in South Carolina with two major enlargements. Net total stores at May 31 1968 reach 1090 from 1099 year ago.
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Richard J. Gregg
W. T. Grant
Biddeford
Bartow
Fla
Medina
Ohio
Hopkinsville
Warner Robins
Charleston
S.C
Pennsville
N.J
Altoona
Penn
Junior Girl Scouts Hold Rite In Saco
A Court of Awards ceremony for Saco Troop 19 was held at Saco School Street Methodist Church. Susan Mazeiko led a candle light ceremony with Debra McLeod Pamela Emerson Dianne Nolette Patricia Loring Judy Hebert Susan Mazeiko Jane Trask Debra Ketchum Denise Rondeau Janice Boucher Bertha Dawn. Gifts and pins were given for perfect attendance and year membership.
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Saco
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Debra McLeod
Pamela Emerson
Dianne Nolette
Tricia Loring
Judy Hebert
Susan Mazeiko
Jane Trask
Debra Ketchum
Denise Rondeau
Janice Boucher
Bertha Dawn
Ronald Husser
James Dawn
Patricia Loring
Mary Dawn
Marie Lesieur
Diane Nolette
Angela Costo
Lillian Husser
Navy Captain McGonagle Wins Medal of Honor
The Navy officer who commanded the USS Liberty during the 1967 attack by Israeli forces received the Medal of Honor in ceremonies at the Washington naval yard. Capt. William L. McGonagle, severely wounded, kept the ship afloat as it was strafed and torpedoed, with 34 lives lost. The Liberty was later placed on the inactive list. McGonagle has since been promoted to captain and named prospective commanding officer of the USS Kilauea, an ammunition ship under construction in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Liberty
William L. McGonagle
Paul R. Ignatius
Washington Naval Yard
Israel
McGonagle
Douglas improves after pacemaker surgery at Walter Reed
Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, 69, has progressively improved after the implanting of an electronic heart pacemaker at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The device, about the size of a cigarette pack, corrects a slow pulse by sending electric impulses to stimulate the heartbeat. Hospital officials did not disclose details until newsmen noted his absence at the court. Discharge date remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sureme
William Douglas
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Douglas
Singer Jimmie Rogers to enter hospital for third brain operation
Los Angeles AP reports singer Jimmie Rogers, 34, will enter St. Vincent's Hospital Friday for his third brain operation since a skull fracture last December. A spokesman cited the accident causes as a fall at a party or after a car stop. The Los Angeles Party Council denied Rogers' $11 million damage claim.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Rogers
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rogers
Granada Hills
Los Angeles Party Council
Kennebunk Republican enrollment drive and local notices
The Kennebunk Town Republican Committee will host enrollment sessions Thursday through Saturday to sign voters for the June 17 primary. Other items note graduation attendance, town committee meetings, district officials, and church Vacation Bible School plans.
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Kennebunk Town Republican Committee
James McMahon
Box
Kennebunk
Husson College
Bangor
Carol Taute
Howard ‘‘Aute
Boyd Slowik
Joseph
Linda
Judy
Janet
Victoria
Sandra
Arundel
Husson Colege
Linda Vadnais
Gerard Vadnais
Gerard Jr
Richard
Robert Harvey
Old Orchard Beach
Omer Butler
Barbara Brewer
Summer St
Leanne Travers
Edward Travers
Sea Road
American International College
Springfield Mass
Theresa Travers
Norwood
Mass
Elfred Leech
Oneonta
N.Y
Great Hill
Kennebunk Beach
Patricia Maling
Shirley Gordon
Maine Municipal Association
Samoset
Rockland
Donald V. Dulac
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Wishing Well
Harriet Blaisdell
Park Street
Baisdell
Gwendolyn Skioicki
Mildred Whitten
Sarah Owen
Jimmy Wood
Ellen Morse
Mark Webb
Roxanne Noble
Jackie Dickens
Craig Lantagne
Renn Noble
Michael Johnston
Vernon Sargent
Scott Lantagne
Jay Bonney
Amy Natale
Jason LeBarge
Tommy LaPointe
Douglas Bibber
Christian Hood
Teresa Morse
Jess MacKinnon
Joyce
Fellows Halloward
Anna May Towne
Townes
Advent Christian Denomination
Clavaria
Mindanao
Phillipines
Towne
Webber Hospital Alumnae Officers Elected
Exeter New Hampshire Webber Hospital Alumnae Association elected officers at the annual banquet and meeting in Biddeford Maine Dorothy Reinfuss Gertrude Benoit Virginia Watson and Christine Langevin were named president vice president secretary and treasurer respectively A committee was chosen to compile a graduate plaque list and a fundraising project for the Smith Nursing Scholarship Fund was announced with the next meeting set for October 2 in Exeter.
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Exeter
N.H
Webber Hospital Alumnae Association
Biddeford
Maine
Bob Taylors
Dorothy Reinfuss R.N
Newton Junction
Gertrude Benoit R.N
Virginia Watson R.N
Danvers
Mass
Christine Langevin R.N
Bid
St Francis Parents Club To Hold Annual Meeting
WEST HARTFORD Conn The Connecticut Parents Club of St Francis College Biddeford Maine will hold its annual meeting tomorrow at 8 pm in the Hartford Courant Building President Henry J Rogers says Rev Francis Hale of St Timothy s Church West Hartford will be speaker The club is one of six parent groups meeting each season to promote St Francis College ideals with chapters in New York New Jersey Rhode Island Massachusetts and Maine.
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West Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Parents Club
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Maine
Hartford Courant
Henry J. Rogers
Francis Hale
St. Timothy’s Church
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont greenlights grant for animal nutrition facility
Senator George D Aiken says the Agriculture Department approved an 18250 grant to the Vermont state agricultural experiment station to fund an animal nutrition facility at South Burlington on land owned by the University of Vermont.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Agriculture Department
Vermont State Agricultural Experiment Station
South Burlington
University of Vermont
Truman Parade Units Set For Tomorrow
The Truman for Congress parade will be held Wednesday at 7 starting at Elm and Main, proceeding down Main and up Alfred to the Truman headquarters. The St. Louis High School band Saco Jets Saco Minstrels and Biddeford Fire Department Drum and Bugle Corps will march with refreshments planned per campaign manager Theodore Truman.
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Elm Street
Main Street
Alfred Street
Truman
Theodore Truman
St. Louis
Five nations agree on Far East security post British withdrawal
Britain Australia New Zealand Malaysia and Singapore reached a general accord on maintaining Commonwealth security in the Far East after Britain plans to withdraw troops by 1971. In a two day conference the five governments issued a 1500 word communique stressing Malaysia and Singapore must defend each other as indivisible and cooperate closely.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Far East
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Hong Kong Riot Police Patrolled After Confrontation
Armed riot police patrolled Hong Kong after their first clash with Communist demonstrators since last summer’s upheavals that left more than 50 dead. Local Communists demand reinstatement of workers fired for following the general strike call.
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Hong Kong
Canada set for June election with 967 candidates
Canada heads to a June 25 vote for 264 seats in Parliament. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau faces a major opponent, a 38 year old career woman in his riding. Conservative leader Robert Stanfield governs Nova Scotia as head of the opposition.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Huguette Marleau
Liberal Party
Montreal
Mount Royal
Robert Stanfield
Nova Scotia
New England News Briefs
A compact digest of regional items from New England, including brief reports on local events, government actions, and community notices. Readers get quick updates on noteworthy happenings across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Coast Guard rescues Massachusetts man adrift off Newport
Joseph Wigman 52 of Hingham a department store supervisor was found Monday night in a 14 foot outboard near Newport about 30 miles from Woods Hole after his engine failed Saturday. He drifted in heavy seas with a load of fish and tuna. Police say suspects exist but no charges filed. The same front brought rain and wind. The report also notes First National Stores withdrew its bid to buy King Kullen Grocery Co Inc of New York.
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Newport
R.I
Massachusetts
Coast
Coast Guard
Wigman
Somerville, Mass
First National
New England
New York
New Jersey
King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc
King Kullen
Long Island
N.Y
Hilliard Coan
Finast
Mediators add pane to seek settlement in NE Telephone strike
A six member mediation panel in Boston seeks a solution to the strike that began April 26 at New England Telephone Co. Two more mediators were added to review wage, contract length, and promotion guidelines while talks with the company and the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers are delayed until Thursday. The firm cites more than seven million dollars in lost wages. NE Telephone says it has reached a three year contract with the New England Federation of Accounting Workers, boosting wages and fringe benefits by about 19 percent overall with a 7.5 percent increase in the first year. Earlier pacts were made with the New England Federation of Traffic Workers and the director clerical union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England Telephone Co
John Sullivan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Sullivan
New England Federation of Accounting Workers
New England Federation of Traffic Workers
Director Clerical Union
Chafee Urges Graduates to Take Political Plunge
Rhode Island governor John H. Chafee spoke at Waynflete School in Portland urging graduates to join public life. He warned against preoccupation with security and urged taking chances when a compelling cause arises. He noted his own Portland roots from the late 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Chafee
Wavynflete School
Waynflete
Woman fatally shot outside Cranston Street bar in Providence
A 27-year-old Providence woman, Rosalie Bjorklund of 16 Edgemere Ave, was shot dead in front of a Cranston Street bar Monday night. Police said she died from a bullet wound entering her back and exiting the chest, pronounced at Rhode Island Hospital. Medical Examiner Dr. Joseph Palumbo confirmed the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Cranston Street
Rhode Island Hosital
Rosalie Bjorklund
Edgemere Ave
Joseph Palumbo
Basel Port Moves Eight Million Tons of Cargo Annually
Basel Switzerland on the Rhine handles about eight million tons of cargo each year, underscoring its status as a major continental shipping hub and economic gateway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Switzerland
Rhine
Journal want ads headline read like a call
Classified brief notes invite readers to browse want ads across the journal. Listings feature jobs, rentals, sales, and services with concise details and contact lines, reflecting a busy marketplace and community needs.
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E. Terry Courtney
Robert C. Gelinas
Bernard Ave
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Main St
Fleisher
Paris
Youland
Burns School
C. R. Cadorette Mason
Burner Service
Biddeford-Saco Coal & Oil CO
Cleaver St
Raymond Vrooman
M. H. Fishman Co
Biddeford, Maine
Biddeford-Sace
Denver
Thacher Hotel
Continental Trailways
Earth
David Hardman
Cumberland Hill
Robert Bellevue
Grove Avenue
Mrs. Bellevue
Oy Bluth
Eau Gallie
Edmund Cashen
St. Francis Parents Club
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