Washington Briefs Highlight Tax Plan and Foreign Policy Critique
AP reports Rep. Mills warns the 10 percent income tax surcharge may extend beyond June 1969 if the nation’s fiscal health does not improve. Republicans blast Democratic foreign policy as lagging in weapons race, predicting Soviet missiles will soon match U.S. capabilities. Senate action trims civilian space funding by 357 million dollars. capital quote notes rapid times.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
Old Orchard Beach Social Notes and Local Mentions
Old Orchard Beach notices include Mrs. Cora Jones of Portland Avenue and patient Mil likens Mills at Pine Point Manor following an accident weeks ago. Guests of Mrs. Muriel Gooch on Colby Avenue host Edward Magill and Mil dred Moyer. Gooch’s granddaughter Janice Prunier visits from Oxford Mass. Meteor Crater in Arizona noted as the first proven meteorite crater. plus a Sen Roman L Hruska quote on gun control.
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Cora Jones
Portland Avenue
Millikens Mills
Pine Point Manor
Muriel Gooch
Colby Avenue
Edward Magill
Elsmere
Del
Mildred Moyer
Sellersville
Gooch
Janice Prunier
Oxford
Mass
Saco Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Goodwin of Saco Portland Road celebrate their golden wedding in Massachusetts. Married in Rochester New Hampshire on June 10 1918 by Rev Frank S Hartley. Mrs Goodwin formerly Helen B Carpenter. They moved to Saco in 1937. He retired in 1960 after 44 years with Boston and Maine Railroad Co. They attend Saco United Baptist Church and Humane Lodge of Rochester. They winter in Siesta Beach Florida.
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Hubert C
Bert) Goodwin
Portland Road
Saco
Massachusetts
Rochester
N.H
Frank S. Hartley
Goodwin
Helen B. Carpenter
Wallace Support Grows in Maine Across Labor Ranks
Wallace supporters in Maine describe a strong local push as the candidate appeals to workers in Salinas and pages across Portland Bangor Lewiston Auburn and Presque Isle. Volunteers offer money and help while backers frame Wallace as a states rights common man who defends veterans and individual dignity.
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Salinas
Calif
Wallace
Maine
McCarthy
Nixon
Johnson
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Auburn
Presque Isle
Augusta
America
Vietnam
Kennebunk News Roundup and Local Scattered Notes
Local sports: E. R. Warren Lions Babe Ruth meets Saco Vikings Thursday at Park Street diamond. Seabee Willis Merrill on 30 day leave visits family in Arundel and Kittery to see fiancée Miss Lois Wentworth. Kennebunk and Reading natives vacation in area. St David’s Episcopal Church marks first anniversary of Budget Box shop with luncheon. Webhannet Woman's Club Gardeners meet. next gathering July 15 to Rochester NH. Voting confusion noted in town. Seymour Indiana hosts gubernatorial race with Edgar Whitcomb winning GOP nomination. Texas GOP nominee Paul Eggers also noted. Tampa zoo reports Lulu Bell seal euthanized after injuries.
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E. R. Warren Lions
Saco Vikings
Park Street
Willis Merrill
Seabees
Newfoundland
Fred Merrill
Arundel
Kittery
Lois Wentworth
Kennebunk
William Culler
Rosalie Wentworth
Delores, Carin
Tammy Jo
Reading
William Taylor
Brown Street
Arion Wentworth
Sea Road
St. David's Episcopal Church
Main Street
Andrew Hamilton
William Hooper
Cyrus Hamlin
Clyde Dwinell
Webhannet Woman's Club
Clarence Lombard
Harry E. Knight
Rochester
N.H
Robert Fe, Marier Sr
Parker Brown
Barbecue And Golf Highlight Biddeford Saco Outing
More than two hundred Chamber members attended the 16th Annual Chair Outing and Barbecue at Biddeford Saco Country Club. Dick Grant won the nine hole golf with 36, Jayson Ramsdell 44. Roland Allard took top honors in horse shoe pitching. Bernard Brady Jr. won the hole in one contest with a near miss within six feet.
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Biddeford Saco
Biddeford Youth Compete For Boys State Governor Post
Two 17 year old boys vie for the Dirigo Boys State governor seat in Orono today. Barry Noble of Biddeford is Federalist and Harry Carvel of Portland Deering High School is Nationalist. Henry Telferan of Portland runs as an independent. About 500 boys attend the annual session. Girls State nominations in Waterville feature eleven Federalists and nine Nationalists. Platforms will be decided with inaugurals Friday and Gov Curtis scheduled to speak.
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Dirigo
Orono
Barry Noble
Biddeford
Federalists
Harry Carvel
Portland
Deering High School
Nationalist Party
Henry Telferan
Dirigo Girls State
Waterville
Curtis
Town Hall Renovation Disrupts City Services
Town Hall work caused a water pipe break that cut heat and closed the office for the day. The Town Manager urged patience as operations paused while floors were repaired and service resumed. CAPE KENNEDY Florida Navy investigators analyzed telemetry to explain a Polaris A2 missile misfire.
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Town Hall
Park Street School
Lower Town Hall
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Wells Man Sentenced To State Prison In Break In
In York County Superior Court Ralph E. Lawrence pleaded and was sentenced to one to three years at hard labor in Thomaston State Prison for nighttime breaking and entering and larceny of $18 from Wells Drive-In Restaurant. Ro bert P. Wheeler of South Berwick received one and one half to four years for aggravated assault on Richard Landry and related prior offenses.
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Alfred
Wells
York County
Thomaston State
Wells Drive-In
Ralph E. Lawrence
Thomas E. Delahanty
Lawrence
Thomaston
Robert P. Wheeler
South Berwick
Wheeler
Richard Landry
Th Berwick
Eeler
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St. Joseph's Church
Richard Ledoux
Adelard Vigneault
Andre Vigneault
Saxton Co
Boston
Cme
Old Orchard Beach
Clement P. Wight
Dial
Meteor Crater
Ariz
Roman L. Hruska R
Neb
Cishem
Edmund Cashen
Seymour
Ind
Indiana
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Paul W. Eggers
GOP
Texas
Tampa
Lulu [Bell
Lowry Park Zoo
U.S. Route 1
Portland RD
Chevrolet
THE
Maine Maritime Academy
George Bradford Peacock IV
Pauline Peacock
George B. Peacock Jr
Walden St
Peacock
Naval Reserve
Texaco Corp
Grant
W. T. Grant CO
Biddeford Shopping Center
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