CIA Agent Downey Returns After 20 Years in Chinese Prison
CIA agent John T. Downey arrives in New Britain Connecticut after 20 years in a Red Chinese prison on spy charges. He is welcomed by hundreds of friends and will answer questions at a noon news conference. His mother Mary Downey, critically ill, tells him not to let fame go to his head.
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New Britain
Downey
Hartford
Bradley International
Connecticut
New Britain General Hospital
CIA
John Downey
Hong Kong-China
China
Col
Corwin Boake
U. S. Army
U. S
Hong Kong
John
William
New York City
Richard
Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Manchuria
William Downey
Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
South Korea
Japan
Thomas J. Meskill
White House
Meskill
Windsor Locks
Sev
Downey Treated Like Folk Hero at New Britain Hospital
John Downey, freed after 20 years as a prisoner of war, arrives at New Britain General Hospital to visit his ailing mother. Crowds of 300 plus gather, police barricades hold back fans as Downey thanks supporters and returns home, with debriefing planned at the hospital.
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New Britain, Conn
Rosemary Yusciewitz
John Downey
New Britain General Hospital
CIA
Rosemary
Downey
China
Jimmy Sziabowski
James Bar- Tow
New Britain
Newington
William
Debbie Giancola
New Hampshire House Debates Border Claim to Offshore Waters
Concord action centers on a bill to establish territorial boundaries 200 miles east from New Hampshire and Maine and Massachusetts, including the Isles of Shoals. The measure aims to bar out of state fishermen and push for offshore soil while considering human sterilization bills in parallel votes.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Maine
New Hampshire House
House Fish and Game Committee
Massachusetts
Meldrim Thomson Jr
Isles of Shoals
Nelson H. Chamberlain
Bath
Chamberlain
Eugene Daniell Jr
D-Franklin
Elizabeth Goff
D-Salem
House
Elmer Johnson
R-Winchester
House Judiciary Committee
Biddeford Ice Arena Talk Stalled by Weak Support
At a Biddeford High School lecture hall meeting chaired by City Councilman Nolette, the Biddeford Hockey Association tabled plans for a nonprofit ice arena amid reported lack of community support. Sanford Construction proposes a 1000-seat arena near Five Points, costing about 500000 with annual taxes around 16500, to be built in 6 7 months if funded.
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Harry Gray
Biddeford
Robert E. Nolette
BHA
Rotary Park
Gray
St. Francis College
Nolette
Allen Smith
Sanford
Roger Johnson
Alfred Road
Five Points
Smith
Kennedy advisers dispute harm from Pentagon papers copy
Former Kennedy aides Arthur Schlesinger Jr and McGeorge Bundy testified that copying the Pentagon papers in 1969 did not endanger the United States. John Kenneth Galbraith returns to the witness stand in the Ellsberg Russo espionage trial as testimonies emphasize Kennedy’s reservations about Vietnam.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Pentagon
John Kenneth Galbraith
Russo
Ellsberg
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
McGeorge Bundy
Vietnam
U.S
Schlesinger
iRusso
Schweitzer
City College of New York
Elisberg
United States
Bundy
New York Times
Country Music at Waban Sunday Afternoon
Country western program at Waban Sunday at 2 p.m. Admission charged for most, children under 12 free. Refreshments offered. Featured performers include Duke Knight Hollis Kenny Drummond Portland Dave and Marge Taylor Charlie Newells Stonington Four Kings and a Queen Wayne and Vivan Carson Northwood Joe Newman Gloucester Walter Tracy Saco.
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Sanford
Ca Waban
Duke Knight
Hollis
Kenny Drummond
Portland
Dave
Marge Taylor
Charlie Newells
Stonington
OOB Building Committee Receives $2000 for Prelims
The Old Orchard Beach town council approved $2000 for preliminary test borings and related expenses to advance a school building referendum. May 14 was set for the vote and a three part plan for a new elementary school, a new gym, and renovation of the current gym into library and classrooms was outlined with an estimated $2 million total cost.
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Michael Spath
Old Orchard Beach
School Building Committee
Barbara Lord
Lillian Merry
Louis Savelas
John T. McNeil
Savelas
McNeil
Old Orchard Beach Comfort Station
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Peking
Eral
Yale University
Hilltop Hospital
Bliss B. Clark
Ice Arena
South Portland
Gilbert R. Boucher
Boucher
Biddeford Athletic Association
Youth Hockey Association
JFK
Southeast Asia
Congress
Dick Danforth
Saco
Diana
Billie Holiday
Eve
Waban
OOB Building Committee
West Grand Avenue
Joseph Mokarzel
Mokarzel
Dale Blow
John Margarones
SUM International Productions
Pamanis
Saco Cinema
Biddeford - Saco
Biddeford Savings
Bioperorpd Savings Bank
Main ST
F.d.1.c. Biddeford
Ferry Road
N. P. Scontras Gallery of Homes
Portland Road
Me Golley
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