Milestone Anniversary Marked at Milestones Foundation
About 350 people toured the Mile stone Foundation in Old Orchard Beach to honor the organization's second anniversary. Joe and Mickey Askey led the event with speakers including Maynard Dolloff and Sheriff Charles Sharpe, praising the program that helps recovering alcoholics live while rebuilding lives.
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Milestone Foundation
Old Orchard Beach
Charles Sharpe
Cumberland County
Mary Worth
New England
Joe
Mickey Askey
Craig Worthing
Portland
WGAN
Maynard Dolloff
Maine
Salvation Army
Clarence Peterson
Mary Worthley
Maine Rehabilitation Bureau
Ray Nichols
Elmer Mitchell
Foundation
Clinton Duffy
California
San Quentin
Explorers Say Polar Bears Are Dangerous
Four British explorers led by Wally Herbert returned to Portsmouth aboard Endurance after 477 days crossing 3,620 miles of Arctic ice. They described polar bears as a major threat, recounting bears boarding their camp, eating rubber boots, and ignoring warning shots. They battled temperatures to 45 below zero and built igloos, calling the journey a form of horizontal Everest.
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Portsmouth
England
Endurance
Wally Herbert
Alaska
Blackboard
Kenneth Hedges
Roy Koerner
Herbert
Vivian Fuchs
Alec Rose
Freddie Church
North Pole
Muskie Banner Up In Biddeford
Philip Jenkins of Biddeford displays a 6 by 7 1 2 foot Muskie campaign banner on his home roof between two American flags. He will present it to Senator Muskie at the Shore Dinner at Thomas Point Beach Brunswick attended by Governor Curtis and Congressmen Kyros and Hathaway.
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Philip Jenkins
Biddeford
Serdmund S. Muskie
Jenkins
Main St
Maine Democratic Party
Senator Muskie
Thomas Point Beach
Brunswick
Kenneth Curtis
Peter Kyros
William Hathaway
Saco River
Pentagon to cut Army strength and draft 29500 in August
The Pentagon announced plans to draft 29 500 men in August and to reduce Army strength by 13 000 as part of Nixon’s Vietnam withdrawal. About 8 000 soldiers leaving Vietnam will not be replaced, and 5 000 more will depart as their terms expire, leaving total Army strength just over 1.5 million and saving about 130 million dollars. First 15 000 returnees include the 9th Infantry Division battalion to Ft Lewis with a July 8 ship date and early discharge processing.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Army
U.S
9Th Infantry Division
60Th Infantry
McChord Air Force Base
Ft. Lewis
Seattle
Maine Canoeists Near Canadian Border in Maine's North
Three of the four canoeists Dan Ahern Richard Suzor and Dave Shoby paddling toward the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City are now 22 miles from the Canadian border in Stratton Maine. Ahern says they are tired bug bitten and ahead of schedule at about 22 miles per day with two days left to reach the border. The group rests at Cathedral Pines Camping area after crossing Flag Staff Pond Carry Ponds and facing insect portage challenges.
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Dan Ahern
Richard Suzor
Dave Shoby
Maine
Plains of Abraham
Quebec City
Canada
Stratton
Jim Zoll
Biddeford
North Dead River
Ahern
Clearwater Sails to Kennebunk for Open Folk Festival
The sloop Clearwater arrives in Kennebunk on June 29 with Folk singer Pete Seeger and the Hudson River Sloop Singers aboard. A 7:30 concert at the Franciscan Monastery grounds follows an all-day open festival from 1 to 6 pm with an audience sing, poetry readings, and a fundraiser for the Hudson River Sloop Restoration. Tickets via Brick Store Museum or monastery gate.
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Kennebunk
Clearwater
Kennebunk River
Pete Seeger
Hudson River Sloop Singers
Hudson River Sloop Restoration Fund
Seeger
Ian Crowd
Kevin P. Brown
New England
New York
Hudson River
Cyrus Hamlin Kennebunk
Judicial Era Ends With Warren Retirement Chief Justice Succession to Burger
The Supreme Court marks a ceremonial twilight as Earl Warren retires after 16 years as chief justice. Warren Burger, a strict constitutionalist, takes the helm amid a Nixon led transition. The era featured landmark rulings on civil rights and one man one vote, ending Warren’s half century of public life.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Warren E. Burger
Nixon
Burger
White House
Eisenhower
Warren Court
Pope Paul Defends Church Policies Amid Global Tensions
Pope Paul VI defended the Catholic Church against critics in a wide address marking six years since his election. He spoke on Church reforms, canon law, and renewed humility toward critique, while urging peaceful solutions to Vietnam and Middle East conflicts and supporting efforts by the Big Four toward a lasting peace.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Man Caneeka
Hiself
Pope Paul
Vietnam
Nigeria
Middle East
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Tisserant
Roman Curia
Vaticania
Eagles Elect State Officers At Biddeford Convention
About 500 Eagles and spouses gathered in Biddeford for the state convention with an election of officers led by Thomas Barrett of Pittsburgh as installing officer. Key posts included Joseph Larose as past worthy president and Donald Files as president. The next convention will be in Portland and Larose and Gerard Hevey will attend the international gathering in Minneapolis.
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Eagles
Biddeford
Order of Eagles
Leeman
Westbrook
Worthy
Albert Dostie
Lewiston
John Iezzi
Biddeford-Saco
The
Joseph G. Larose
Donald Files
Portland
Arthur Westleigh
Thomas Ellis
Rumford
Wellington
Aerie
Glenn Yarborough
Saco
Larose
Gerard Hevey
Minneapolis
Minn
Eages
Merton Ira Staples Amvets Hall
Alfred Street
Wellingtton Leeman
Linwood White
White
Augusta
Joseph Larose
End of an Era as Warren Burger Steps Down
A simple ceremony marks the end of a 50 year public service era with Earl Warren and retirement from the Supreme Court after 16 years as chief justice. A banquet and dance followed at AMVETS Post, Biddeford, with catering by Bull's Cane and music by Rachel Martel's Orchestra.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Grand Aerie Headquart
Ters
Warren E. Burger
LeoGrand Freeman
Leonard Bourcier
Merton
Ira Staples Amvets Post
Al‘fred Street
Biddeford
Bull's Cane
Birch Street
Rachel Martel
Vietnamese forces attack Ben Het outposts amid airspace tensions
SAIGON reports North Vietnamese troops attacked two outposts near the Ben Het Special Forces camp despite B52 bombardment. U.S. air controllers warn against further probes into last week's air traffic downing, signaling a potential new and worse air transportation crisis.
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Saigon
Ben Het
Washington
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Martin Greeley
Joe Askey
Portland City Hospital
Scarborough
Philip Haggis
Greeley
John T. Mahan
Clinton
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Muskie Banner
HELP
Trull
D T 9 International
Dozer
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Namese
Midway Islands
Cathedral Pines
Paris
Robert Schumann
Georges Pompidour
Jordan
Egypt
Minnesota
Senate
Abe Fortas
Richard Washburn
Skowhegan
Harold Pearl
Thomas Milkern
Arthur Rizas
Aime Cormier
Anthony Neyel
Calvin Lyons
Thomas E. Barrett
Pittsburgh
Rizas
Rachel Cormier
le Letourneau
Biddetourneau
Associated Press
Claude Dubois
Kesslen
Kennebunk, Maine
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