NOW co founder targets Senator Smith in Maine protest
Portland AP reports Ramona Barth of Anna Says targets Senator Margaret Chase Smith with persistent pressure to join NOW. Barth, a 60 year old Tufts graduate and author, plans a November NOW meeting in Orono with Wilma Scott Heide and Jane Muskie on the platform to push liberation issues.
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Portland
Maine
National Women’s Organization
Ramona Barth
Anna
Margaret Chase Smith
Mrs. Smith
NOW
Ms. Barth
Police Probe Murders In Chinatown
A young Chinese social worker Barry Fong Torres 29 executive director of the Youth Service and Coordinating Center in Chinatown was shot in the abdomen and head at his apartment door. Police note a bloodstained misspelled message under his body and count nine related killings and 17 assaults since this year. Investigators compare Chinatown gang violence to Chicago rackets of the era.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Barry Fong-Torres
Youth Service and Coordinating Center
Fong
Torres
Yong
John McKenna
Chicago
Inequities In Music Program Spurred By Parents in SAD 71
Mrs. Victor Serreze told SAD 71 directors in Kennebunkport that Park Street School offers free brass and woodwind instruction while the Consolidated School charges 1.50 per 20 minute lesson to private instructors. She cited about 450 dollars spent for private coaching and urged upgrading instrumental quality to match Park Street standards. Daniel Calderwood said solutions have been sought and busing was proposed but could affect academics. Superintendent John Seekins urged budgeting review and hiring more music teachers as Economos and Miss Fitton proposed. Calderwood Interim Superintendent Leo Martin Economos and Miss Fitton were asked to study the issue and report back.
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Kennebunkport
Victor Serreze
SAD 71
Park Street
Serreze
Port
Daniel Calderwood
Consolidated School
Flag Presented to Women of Relief Corps in Saco
An American flag was presented to the Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps of Saco in memory of Mrs. Phyllis Wright. Mrs. Ruth Willey delivered the flag at GAR Hall in Saco after the Department convention in Portland. A buffet luncheon preceded the meeting and April May June birthday honors were given. Donations were approved to the VAVS fund at Togus hospital and to the Lincoln plaque for the national convention.
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Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps
Saco
Ruth Willey
Corps
Phyllis Wright
Gar Hall
Department
Portland
Annie Caton
Mary Fairfield
Vavs Fund
Togus
Lincoln
National
Convention of Women’s Relief
Convention Plaque Assigned to Host City for Year
Members will meet at GAR Hall Cutts Avenue on July 25 at 11 30 a m for a luncheon at Captain's in Cape Porpoise after the plaque is presented. The end of August event is scheduled in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Gar Hall
Cutts Avenue
Captain’s
Cape Porpoise
Sarelas Speaks At Club Meeting
Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club heard Town Manager Louis Sarelas discuss town management at the Wonder Bar Steak House in Biddeford. Officers for next year were elected with Rene Fournier as President and a slate of vice presidents, a treasurer, past president, and directors, to take office in October.
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Old Orchard Beach
Kiwanis Club
Wonder Bar
Biddeford
Harold Fohlin
Louis Sarelas
Rene Fournier
Arthur Anderson
Howard Leggett
Alan Coker
George Baggs
Robert Corliss
Adelbert M. Jake
Auxiliary Plans For Poppy Drive In Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Memorial VFW Auxiliary met at the post home on Atlantic Avenue with President Emma McDermott presiding. Buddy Poppy Chair Frances Pettengill announced the Poppy Drive set for June 30 and July 1 and plans for the annual Thrift Sale in July.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Memorial
VFW
Post Home
Atlantic Avenue
Emma McDermott
Buddy Poppy
Frances Pettengill
Rescue Unit Certified In First Aid
The Search and Rescue Unit sponsored by the Saco Park and Recreation Department completed a six week First Aid course. William Emerson was the instructor in charge at the City Building in Biddeford. The unit is now certified to provide first aid with plans for further training. Meetings are held each Wednesday from 6 30 to 9 30 p m at the City Building and attendance is open to many interested persons.
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Saco Park
Training Ship State of Maine Makes Portland Port Call
The training ship State of Maine will dock at Maine State Pier in Portland at 7 p.m. tonight on its European cruise homeward to Castine. On Friday June 30 the voyage ends, with academy officers and cadets aboard. The voyage included Lisbon Naples Piraeus Barcelona and Plymouth during two months at sea. In Plymouth the ship joined the Observer Singlehanded Transatlan tic Race activities and hosted the Ancon Association reunion. The port call will include guests of senior students, state legislators and officials.
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Maine Maritime Academy
State of Maine
Portland
Maine State Pier
Castine
European
Lisbon
Naples
Pireaus
Barcelona
Plymouth
Maine
Jim Ferris
Dover
Mass
Ancon Association
State of
Hesburgh Marks Twenty Years as Notre Dame President
South Bend Indiana AP Twenty years after becoming Notre Dame president Reverend Theodore Hesburgh has guided campus growth from 2500 to about 8200 students and overseen 75 buildings. He has served as Civil Rights Commission chairman and remains committed to priestly duties and nonviolent social change.
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South Bend, Ind
Theodore Martin Hesburgh
I Notre Dame University
Father Hesburgh
Notre Dame
U.S
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Hesburgh
Poster Judging Opens for Hire a Veteran Contest
TOGAS John J. Jackson announces a poster contest for high school students. National winners receive a Washington visit with a 1500 scholarship first prize, 1000 second prize, and 500 third prize. County judging Sept 28, state Oct 5, national Oct 21. posters 17 by 22 inches.
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TOGAS
John J. Jackson
Veterans Administration Center
Washington
D.C
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Target of State Now
Alexander Economos
Funice Fitton
Calderwood
Leo Martin
Economos
Miss Fitton
Women of Relief Corps
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Femme Napkins
Carton
Masons Brand
Lauraine Pettengill
Webber Hospital
Agnes Lombard
Ann Williamson
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