Veterans of Foreign Wars convention closes with new officers
The state VFW convention in Portland installed new officers led by Commander Mrs. Craw ford. Beatrice Hawthorne of Portland will head the ladies auxiliary. About 20 000 people viewed Saturday parade. Senior Vice Commander William G. Lessard and other officers elected. Awards went to St Louis High and Old Orchard Beach Junior High for top scores. Majorette titles claimed by Saco Jets seniors with junior division to Old Orchard Beach.
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Craw
Veterans of Foreign Warsford
Beatrice Hawthorne
Portland
Aux- Dent
Nellie Hartford
Eastiliary
Clayton Garceau
Old Hiram
Bea- Town
Trice Garceau
Old Town
Mander
Carolyn Crawford
Orrington
Evelyn M. Riggs
South Portland
Madeleine Beckwith
Waterville
Harriette Gurny
Fairfield
Myra Desmond
Winslow
St. Louis High School
Old Orchard Beach Junior High School
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Jets
Biddeford Drillettes
Rubenettes
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Biddeford-Saco
William G. Lessard
Skowhegan
Chase M. Libby
Brunswick
Gerard T. Morin
Sanford
Walter Nadean
Alan Hartford
East Hiram
John Elwood
Rumford
Ary
Beatrice Garceau
Madeliene Beckwith
VFW Elects State Officers and Parade Winners
The Pine Tree Warriors of Lewiston won first in senior parade awards with Mariners Rol lingford of N H second and Biddeford Fire Department drum corps third. Biddeford-Saco champions were named to represent the VFW for the year. Junior class trophies went to Deer ing Defenders of Portland first and Avengers aymond second. Sharpies Drill Team of Augusta took first in drill, with Saco Fire Department Bathtub float earning a special award and Vanguard Color Guard in Portland receiving a special mention. Continued on page two.
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Pine Tree Warriors
Lewiston
Mariners
Rollingford
N.H
Biddeford Fire Department
Biddeford - Saco
V.F.W
Deering Defenders
Portland
Avengersaymond
Sharpies
Augusta
Saco Fire Department
Vanguard Color Guard
Supreme Court rules 1866 civil rights ban on housing discrimination
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision, held that the 1866 Civil Rights Act bars all racial discrimination in sale or rental of property, private or public. Justice Stewart stated Congress meant what it said, extending to housing. Dissenting were Justices Harlan and White. The case involved Joseph Lee Jones and Barbara Jo Jones barred from buying a home near St. Louis.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
Joseph Lee Jones
Barbara Jo
Paddock Woods
St. Louis
Double Anniversary Noted At Biddeford Celebration
A Saturday night double wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Desrochers of 42 Summer St Biddeford drew about 300 guests at the Eagles Home on Birch Street. The couple, grandparents of seven children and 31 grandchildren with nine great grandchildren, were joined by relatives from Quebec Hartford Conn Nashua Lewiston Brunswick Sanford Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas. A purse was presented to each couple by Maureen St. Amand.
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Eagles Hall
Birch Street
Biddeford
Alberic Petit
Pike St
Anni
Ernest Desrochers
Summer St
Petit
Eagles Home
Desrochers
Quebec
Hartour
Ford, Conn
Nashua
N.H
Lewiston
Brunswick
Sanford
Old Orchard Beach
Maureen St. Amand
Army Says Decision Final In M16 Contract Battle
Representative Kyros, at a Portland press conference, argued Maremont has a better than 50 50 chance of winning the M16 contract despite an Army brief stating the award to General Motors and Harrington and Richardson Co is final. He said he will pursue court action and seek a GAO ruling Tuesday.
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Portland
Peter N. Kyros
Marement Corp
U.S. Army
Ward
General Motors
Harrington and Richardson Co
Kyros
House
General Accounting Office
David Spear
New England
Maremont
Maremont Corp
Page Army
Army
Enemies Helicopters Reported Downed Near DMZ
U S military headquarters said aircraft suspected to be enemy helicopters were fired on near the DMZ. Vietnamese sources claimed seven to nine helicopters shot down by artillery and Navy jets, with others destroyed by air power earlier, and a Saigon suburb ground assault by South Vietnamese and Special Forces fighting Viet Cong strongholds.
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Dmz
Ben Hai River
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
South China Sea
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Saigon
Green Beret
Pollock Couple Observes Golden Anniversary in Saco
The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pollock of Biddeford was celebrated at Cascades on the Portland Road in Saco. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pollock and other relatives. The couple, married June 17, 1918, at Christ Episcopal Church, were honored with a commemorative plaque and a purse of money. Pollock retired in 1962 after 46 years with Saco-Lowell Shops.
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Charles L. Polock
Alfred St
Biddeford
Cascades
Portland Road
Saco
Ernest Pollock
George Libby
Charles T. Pollock
Ronald Ouellette
Paul Pollock
John B. Wells
Pollock
Alfred
Saco-Lowell
Sorbonne Falls To Gendarmes After Occupation Ends
Paris officials and gendarmes moved in to end a month long Sorbonne occupation as students and UNEF pledged peaceful action. Street clashes lingered in the Latin Quarter while 65,000 Renault workers voted to return to work with a 10 percent raise by October 1 and a shorter work week. Premier Pompidou pressed for a strong government majority to enable reforms.
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Paris
Sorbonne
France
Latin Quarter
Renault
National Students Union
UNEF
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
NRA
Grenade attacks flare as Saigon battles continue
South Vietnamese troops wipe out another Viet Cong nest near Saigon amid ongoing bloodshed as rockets terrorize the capital from sampans coming from Cambo dia. A top South Vietnamese general is dumped from a key post amid political turmoil and shifting power dynamics.
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Saigon
U.S
Sampans
Camboia
Primary Day Rain Dampens Maine 1st District Primary
Maine voters face a light turnout in the 1st District congressional primary as rain suppresses enthusiasm. Incumbent Peter N Kyros faces Plato Truman and David Graham in a three-way Democratic race, while Horace Hildreth Jr leads a Republican field with David Ault and Gary Merrill. Absentee ballots show low interest. independents may vote on $2.3 million bond issues. This primary also marks Maine Senate districts under the one man one vote ruling.
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Portland
Maine
Peter N. Kyros
Plato Truman
Biddeford
Hawk
David Graham
Freeport
Horace Hil
Dreth Jr
David Ault
Wayne
Gary Merrill
Hildreth
Falmouth
Senate
William D. Hathaway
Iden H. Shute Jr
F. Hanson Jr
Farmington State College
Maine Maritime Academy
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
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Elaine Boissonneault
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Shore Road
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Saco Jaycees
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Charles L. Pollack
Univer
Associated Press
Vietnam
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shafer
Richard M. Nixon
Adam Powell
Harlem
Bimini
National Rifle Association
Eisenhower
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