Pvt Alan B Craig leaves for Vietnam duty
Pvt Alan B Craig of Cape Porpoise is spending leave with his parents in Cape Porpoise after boot camp at Parris Island. He completed infantry training at Camp Lejeune and will depart from Camp Pendleton for Marine ground forces in Vietnam. He is a Kennebunk High School and Northeastern University graduate with a BS in business admin. The piece also notes Spyros Louis winning the marathon in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
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N. C
Frank Craig
Cape Poinse
Alan B. Craig
S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Craig
Kennebunk High School
Northeastern University
Boston
Poor People's Army Plans Washington Camp in 1968
Dr Martin Luther King Jr says he will recruit the poor for a two month camp in Washington beginning about April 21 to press Congress for jobs or a guaranteed income. He cites mixed reactions in Mississippi and Alabama and notes support from middle and upper class Negroes while some leaders oppose a single purpose political campaign.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
King
Mississippi
Alabama
Congress
Montgomery
Selma
Ala
Birmingham
Sai
Andrew J. Young
Edwards, Miss
Lawrence Guyot
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Guyot
U.S. Congress
Massachusetts lawmakers eye conventions and reforms
In Boston leaders Donahue and Quinn outline plans to avoid last year’s yearlong session. They push staff for committees, space allocation, and a six to seven month session with focused agenda items. Reforms include staff expansion, streamlined printing, and potential statutory and rule changes to speed government.
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Boston
Massachusetts House
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
Holyoke
House
Robert H. Quinn
Donahue
Quinn
Ways and Means
State House
John Davoren
D-Milford
France Defies Monroe Doctrine in Mexico Monarchy Effort
During the Civil War France was the only foreign power to evade the Monroe Doctrine by attempting to establish a monarchy in Mexico while domestic bills faced press scrutiny and public document duplication was being eliminated.
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France
Mexico
Beach Man Cited For Sportsmanship
MIAMI Florida Frank Blow of Old Orchard Beach Maine earned recognition for sportsmanship last week in the Metropolitan Miami Fishing Tournament when he caught and released 13 sea trout while fishing out of Bonefish Harbor in the Florida Keys.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Blow
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Bonefish Harbor
Florida Keys
PARDONED BY JOHNSON FOR DOCTOR Mudd 1869
Dr Samuel Mudd who aided Abraham Lincoln's assassin was granted an unconditional pardon by President Andrew Johnson in 1869, marking his release from penal restrictions.
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Samuel Mudd
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
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