POW Kavanaugh dies amid fear of retribution from military
Marine Sgt Abel Larry Kavanaugh 24 died by a self inflicted gunshot at his father in law home in Commerce City. Doctors said he feared the military would find a reason to keep him in service after being a POW in Vietnam. He faced charges with eight other former POWs for aiding and conspiring with the enemy at a Hanoi area prison compound.
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Commerce City
Colo
Vietnam
Abel Larry Kavanaugh
Adams County
Atty
Floyd
Marks
Jack Baldwin
Kavanaugh
Air Force
Edward Allen
Brudno
Harrison
N.Y
John W. Bolin
Aurora
Denver
Bolin
Hanoi
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
U.S
Secretary of the Navy
South Vietnam
Guy
Usherette Tales of Movie Theater Quips
A New York AP item quotes a movie usherette hearing various odd lines from patrons. The bits include requests for seating, commentary on a full moon, cigar issues, a claimed sex fiend, a patron asking to hold a baby, nostalgia for cheaper films, and rude or flirtatious remarks.
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New York
Gloria
S Viets Take To Skating
Saigon amid war and cease fire sees a skating craze as dozens of halls open from Danang to the Delta. Le Hui Tai, calling himself father of Vietnamese skating, notes the sport as exciting exercise and a respite from daily life while teens and workers skate under rock music and neon signs in Saigon.
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Saigon
Alice Cooper
Danang
Delta
le Hui Tai
Vietnam
Tran van Huu
Link
Teat
Tai
Saco Democrat to testify at statewide Charter Commission hearing
Michael Aube of Saco 14 Dyer St is slated to testify at the Democratic Charter Commission hearing in Augusta at the Civic Center. The event is part of 50 hearings nationwide to draft a permanent Democratic Party charter chaired by Maryland Governor Terry Sanford with attendees from York County and lawmakers expected to send representatives. Muskie may testify in person, with plans to spend the weekend at Kennebunk Beach.
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Augusta
Michael Aube
Dyer St
Saco
Democratic Charter Commission
Civic Center
Aube
Saco Young Democrats
York County
U.S
Maryland
Terry Sanford
National Charter Commission
William Hathaway
Edmund “Muskie
Peter Kyros
Sen
Muskie
Kennebunk Beach
New Hampshire Covered Bridge Reborn as Park Center
The Conway Smith covered bridge, replaced by a new span on U S 302 over the Saco River, will remain in place as the focus of a two bank wayside park. The old bridge had served Conway to North Conway and helped end a five year truck detour on the Portland Maine to St Johnsbury route.
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Conway
N.H
New Hampshire
Saco River
U.S. 302
Department of Public Works and Highways
Conway-Smith
Portland
Maine
St. Johnsbury
North Conway
Japan Stunned By Soybean Ban
Japan faces an immediate total ban on U.S. soybeans affecting 105 million people. The move jeopardizes meat, vegetables, and edible oil supplies as Japan seeks new suppliers and reassesses food security amid U.S. restrictions. Ingersoll pledges priority for 660 000 tons for July through September.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
United States
Robert Ingersoll
Agriculture and Forestry
Yoshio Sakurauchi
Washington
Ingersoll
Masayoshi Ohira
Nixon
U.S. China
Britain
London
David Geddes and Son Ltd
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Judge condemns police search in Koukoules murder case
Superior Court Justice Harry Glassman condemned police actions in the search for evidence after the Brunswick shooting death of George S. Koukoules. He plans to seek action from the attorney general over alleged improper search and seizure, as Mrs. Koukoules is tried for murder. A handgun found in an attic crawlspace was questioned for its handling and admissibility.
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Portland
Superior Court
Harry P. Glassman
Brunswick
Glassman
Jon A. Lund
Koucoules
Law Ten
Shaumasal
Greely
Curtis Signs Bond Issue For Maine Highways
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis signed a 7.8 million highway bond issue into law for Maine. The appropriation goes to voters in a referendum. He also extended July 1, 1974, deadline for shoreland zoning and eased exemptions for ponds and wildlife areas. Additionally, Curtis approved a plan for drug offenders to be sentenced to treatment facilities, merging the Division of Alcoholism with the Maine Commission on Drug Abuse.
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Augusta
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Division of
Maine Commission On Drug Abuse
Sunset Towers Visited By Biddeford Senior Citizens
Sixty members from the Biddeford Senior Citizens Club toured the Sunset Towers residence for elderly citizens in Sanford on Wednesday. The group, joined by members of the Biddeford and Sanford clubs, was entertained in the recreation room and refreshments were served. President Mrs Alden Racine announced no activities next week at the Biddeford Center due to the Fourth of July holiday. The next meeting will be announced.
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Biddeford
Senior Citizens Club
Sanford
Sunset Towers
Alden Racine
Biddeford Center
Winners Named In Old Orchard Beach Duplicate Bridge
Carleton Davis and Celia Gross won first place at the Wednesday duplicate bridge game at the club house on Lawn Avenue. Ruth Kendall and Phyllis Claus took second, Oscar Paradis and Richard Stetson were third. Other players included Harry Sawyer Otis Kendall James Warren Edna Wentworth Mary Kneeland Al Rosen Robert Whelan Rose Ann Prince George McLean M and Mrs Lester Austin Ruth Anderson Esther Green Robert Toulouse and Avis Briggs.
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Old Orchard Beach
Transportation To Camp Waban For Handicapped Children
The Saco Valley Association for Retarded Children announces daily transportation for area handicapped children to Camp Waban Sanford for a summer recreation program. Bus departs Saco Valley School Biddeford at 8 a.m. and returns at 4 30 p.m. Parents must ensure morning arrival and evening pickup.
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Saco Valley
The
Saco Valley Association For
Parks and Recreation Departments
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Roebuck Ave
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Xour
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Main St. Biddeford
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