Saco council rejects police chief and captain raises
In a unanimous vote the Saco Police and Fire Commission budget was kept level for the police chief and captain. The council also approved nine crossing guards for 42 weeks, a $2,000 uniform fund, and considered a teletype machine for state‑wide connectivity to improve operations.
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Saco
Saco, Police and Fire Commission
Commission
Peter Danton
Danton
Camp Ellis
North Saco
Faith Tabernacle Schedule Listed
For five Wednesdays Faith Tabernacle offered a Sunday School Teachers Training Course on Teaching as Jesus Taught. Regular Bible study and prayer meet resume Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Sunday services: Sunday School 9 45 a m, morning worship 11 a m, evangelistic service 7 30 p m. Rev Ralph Mugford is pastor.
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Old Orchard Beach
Faith Tabernacle
Jesus
Ralph Mugford
Thunderbird Patrol Observes Two Birthdays in Saco Meeting
The Thunderbird Patrol of Saco celebrated birthdays for Robert and Richard Ouellette at the Ouellette home on Wakefield Avenue. Awards went to Michael and Clyde Clyatt with merit badge registrations for David Dawn and a service pin for Richard Ouellette.
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Robert
Richard Ouellette
Thunderbird Patrol
Saco
Ouellette
Wakefield Avenue
Michael
Clyde Clyatt
David Dawn
Westbrook
Sanford Armory
Science Museum
Boston
Sig A
York
YMCA
Portland
Albert Ouellette
Kennebunkport
World Publicly Sees Antiwar Debate in Congress
The piece surveys the 1968 antiwar uproar in Congress and public, noting North Vietnam’s likely aim to prolong war for bargaining power. It cites Johnson policy, Senate debates, and varied votes on bombing while highlighting figures like Byrd Clark Fulbright Javits Hatfield and Kennedy.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Vietnam
Congress
Thomas J. McIntyre
N.H
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
North Vietnam
Joseph S. Clark
Richard B. Russell
D.ga
Soviet Union
Red China
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South
South Vietnam
Rep
H. R. Gross
Iowa
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Party of Peace
Senate
Everett M. Rirksen
Mark O. Hatfield
Edwin O. Reischauer
U.S
Japan
Robert F Kennedy
Wilson faces rift in Labour as polls test support
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson confronts a Labour split as three special elections test party support in Glasgow, South Wales, and the Midlands. Abstentions on defense policy shrank the Commons majority, prompting a sharp rebuke and threats to dissolve Parliament amid economic and foreign policy pressures.
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London
Harold Wilson
Glasgow
South Wales
English Midlands
Midlands
Wilson
House of Commons
Times
Financial Times
Vietnam
Britain
Public Power Bill Opposed By CMP
Norman Temple of Central Maine Power warns in Portland that passing a Maine public power bill would halt CMP construction plans. He says there is no room for two atomic plants in 1972, as the legislature considers a state run nuclear plant while CMP plans a private plant at Wiscasset.
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Portland
Central Maine Power Co
Maine
Norman Temple
Central Maine
Wiscasset
Storks in Europe Attract Nests On Homes For Luck
The white stork nests on houses where platforms are installed in Europe as it is believed to bring good luck to the home's occupants.
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Europe
Polling hints at party discontent over welfare cuts
Heavy defense spending has curbed the party’s cherished social welfare program. Disillusionment with the government may appear in Thursday’s polling.
Beach Eastern Star Chapter Elects Officers
Miniwanca Chapter Order of the Eastern Star in Old Orchard Beach elected officers at the annual meeting. Elected were Worthy Matron Jean Mooers and Worthy Patron Harold W. Smith, with several other officers and a three year Finance Committee member Helen Smith. Installations scheduled for March 25 with many invitation chapters listed.
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Old Orchard Beach
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Jean Mooers
Harold W. Smith
Pauline Peacock
David Mooers
Gertrude Wight
Esther Black
Helen Speed
Marjorie Douglass
Helen Smith
Pine Tree
Gorham
Adah
Biddeford
Annette
Saco
Queen Esther
Hallowell
Sarah Orne Jewett
South Berwick
Beulah
Cumberland Mill
Priscilla
Ruth Durant
Jennie Rallis
Constance Roach
Hubert Standeven
Production Halts At GM Fisher Body Plant In Mansfield
In Mansfield Ohio production halted at General Motors Fisher Body division after a labor dispute followed a strike threat. Picketers appeared at 6 am blocking the day shift while a plant spokesman said operations were shut down. Police said one protestor was struck by a car in what was ruled a pedestrian accident.
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Mansfield
Ohio
General Motors Corp
Fisher Body
Richland County
United Auto Workers Union
William Hall
Frank Petty
UAW
How To Overcome Shyness And Shine At Dances
Advice from Elinor Williams to a shy freshman girl about acting confidently, smiling, starting conversations, and thinking of boys as friends to ease self consciousness. Readers are invited to request free printed tips by mail to Box 1993 Boston Massachusetts.
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Elinor Williams
Elinor
Dept. Wcp
Boston
Mass
Ans
Striking Mansfield Plant Faces Snowbound Pickets
Deputies confirm picketing at the Mansfield GM plant despite heavy snow as an eight day walkout ends after UAW President Walter Reuther orders workers back. The strike stemmed from work farmed out to other GM plants, with GM citing parts shortages from the Mansfield stoppage.
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Hall
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Mansfield
Traffic Safety Chief Reviews Auto Industry Objections
National Traffic Safety Agency chief Dr. William Haddon Jr. will study objections from major manufacturers to the interior safety standard among 20 new rules. Firms say inadequate time for design changes hinders compliance ahead of the January 1 effective date. other standards pose no major difficulties.
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Washington
National Traffic Safety Agency
William Haddon Jr
Past Presidents Honored By Catholic Women Club
The Catholic Women's Club of Most Holy Trinity Church Saco held a St Patrick era meeting at Notre Dame School Hall. Past presidents including Mrs Gerard Cameron Miss Theresa Colpitts Mrs Edmund Choroszy Miss Irene Tarazewich and Mrs James Lombard received shamrock plants amid a spaghetti supper. Proceeds from a food sale benefited Sisters of Atonement and Mrs James Fennell for foreign relief.
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Catholic Women’s Club
Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
Notre Dame School
Beach Street
Gerard Cameron
Theresa Colpitts
Edmund Choroszy
Irene Tarazewich
James Lombard
Andre Cloutier
Wilbrod Bedard
Sisters of Atonement
James Fennell
Anne Dineen
John Chase
Robert E. Lee
Notre Dame Hospital
Harold Applin
Standard aims to reduce injuries from second collision
The standard challenging manufacturers targets reducing injuries and deaths from the second collision the impact when car occupants strike the interior after a crash.
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Steve White
BHS Future Business Leaders of America
Elks
Saco Lodge of Elks Cribbage
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Council
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
The
Richard Dupuis
Conrad Jacques
Gilbert Luce
Joseph Grondin
Elmer Meserve
Edward Gallagher
Thomas Pouravelis
Hollis Truscott
Wilfred Arbour
Andre Laliberte
Albert Chretien
Steve Fl
Young School
Main
Beach Streets
North America
Wilmington
Del
Grumman Aircraft
Clock Appliances
Maytag
Kelvinator
RCA Whirlpool
Gall
World
Associated Press New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Fifth Avenue
James J. Comerford
Malcolm Wilson
Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Los Angeles
Shirley MacLaine
Ernest J. Zack
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Miss MacLaine
Beverly Hills
Calif
John F. Kennedy
Rick Nelson
Kris Nelson
Kennedys
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kris
Nelsons
James Marlow
CMP
Beach
Eastern Star Chapter
GM Auto Body Plant
R. J. Stueck
C. B. Connley
St. Louis
Stueck
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