Maine Outdoors Newsletter Seeks Readers and Submissions
Earle Doucette describes a Maine Department of Economic Development sponsored weekly newsletter for outdoor writers in the US and Canada. It invites resort areas and individuals to share hunting and fishing news, with modest costs and strict accuracy requirements to attract sportsmen and boost Maine tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Doucette
United States
Canada
Outdoor Writers of America Association
Maine
Survivor recalls Liberty attack amid Pentagon account
AP report from Washington details survivor Kenneth Ecker aboard the USS America recalling a Marine corporal aiding trapped crewmen after the Israeli torpedo strike on the USS Liberty. Pentagon says most deaths were instant. 34 total, 25 instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Horton
Liberty
Pentagon
Washington
Navy Court of Inquiry
America
Kenneth Ecker
Watseka
Ecker
Rota
Spain
Mediterranean
Edward E. Rehmeyer
Edward E. Rehmeyer Jr
Railroad
Federal programs expand from health to water projects
Five years after a $6 billion health and education spend, the federal budget now totals $18 billion annually with eight million people receiving medical aid via Medicare. Grants for water and sewer projects rose from $130 million to $825 million, per Budget Bureau Director Charles L. Schultze before a Senate subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Charles L. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Senate
Oil lift plan for Europe approved by Interior Department
The Interior Department backs an emergency oil lift plan for Europe following the Middle East war. Several American oil firms will participate. Secretary of State Dean Rusk will attend a July 10 Council of Ministers meeting in London. The ICC approves 5 to 10 percent truck rate hikes for the Middle Atlantic states as part of nationwide shipping increases. The State Department says it does not recognize Israel’s annexation of the old section of Jerusalem.
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Interior Department
Europe
Dean Rusk
Council of Ministers
Central Treaty Organization
London
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle Atlantic
Holy Places
Jerusalem
State Department
Israel
Jordan
Tiger Fight Ends In Troop Casualty At Jungle Front
Sgt John E Samples of Lake County Marine Reservists reports tigers in Vietnam pose danger to VC and GI Joe. A tiger confronted a Marine eye to eye and the Marine punched it in the nose. The Marine was hospitalized for skin grafting. A fellow Marine died as the tiger was killed. A jungle report claims the tiger killed 43 VC before being shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, II
John E
Lake County
Vietnam
Charlie
Lown
Furness Engagement Announced To TV Executive
Betty Furness special assistant for consumer affairs and television executive Leslie Midgeley announced their engagement in Washington. The couple plans a New York wedding set for August 15. Furness has been married twice before, with a prior divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Betty Furness
Johnson
Leslie Midgeley
New York
Miss Furness
Kennedy children surprise visit to ancestral home in Ireland
Mrs. John F Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr to the Kennedy ancestral farm in Dunganstown Ireland for a 90 minute surprise visit. They were given two month old kittens by Mary Ryan, a third cousin of the late President, and received a 12 pound trout as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunganstown
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Kennedy
Kennedy Farm
Mary Ryan
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DEO
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Dale
The
William L. McGonagle
McGonagle
Biddeford
Saco
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Mike Mansfield
United Nations
Security Council
Mansfield
U.N
Lewis Hershey
Hershey
Howard
Hugh Ernst
Midgeley
CBS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallery of Modern Art
Chicago
Loren P. Woods
Field Museum
U.S
Great Lakes
Woods
Valhalla
Odin
Eisenhower
Being College
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Shawmut Inn
Ocean Terrace
Kennebunkport
Aly
Hamel’s Shell Services
Elm and
Alfred Sts
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