Parking Study Sought for Washington Street School Site
Biddeford leaders consider turning the Washington Street School into a downtown parking area amid talk of road through the site. A chamber letter urges a feasibility study and panel including city officials and chamber members. Veterans groups also show interest in acquiring the building.
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Biddeford
Leo Lemire
Washington Street
Biddeford Saco
Lemire
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Amvets
Crisis in Agriculture and Global Tensions Spur News At A Glance
The milk-dumping protests surge as prices fall amid a booming economy. North Korea accuses UN of kidnapping a defector while U N Command disputes. In the Kennedy era, Clay Shaw faces indictment in New Orleans. Dr Martin Luther King Jr expands antiwar stance and a JILL Kinmont Kinmont story notes a skier's comeback quest.
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North Korea
U.N
National
New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
Kennedy
U.S
Alaskan
Coast Guard
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Jill Kinmont
Vin
Watts
Los Angeles
Maine dairyman backs NFO to aid milk price debate
Gorham farmer Dewayn D Shaw supports dairy price protests reaching Maine saying farmers should back those seeking higher milk prices. He plans to form a Maine National Farmers Organization unit and contacts Lloyd Fairbanks of Iowa to bring an NFO representative to meet local dairy farmers Friday.
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Gorham
Maine
Dewayn D. Shaw
Shaw
Midwest
National
Farmres Organization
NFO
Lloyd Fairbanks
Corning
Iowa
Fairbanks
Maine Dairyman Association
New England Milk Producers Association
NEMPA
MDA
Record Casualties Highlight Vietnam War Toll in 1967
The AP reports over 500 dead so far this year with 2,675 Communist and 211 American soldiers killed last week. U.S. and Allied forces, including fractures of Korean units, press operations along the DMZ and Cambodia border as 18 ground sweeps unfold and coastal campaigns clear Viet Cong positions.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
North
South
Song Cau
Tuy Hoa
Qui Nhon
Phan Rang
U.S. Air Force
Lo U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Beach area school district bill accepted in Augusta
The House accepted an emergency measure to organize a school district for Old Orchard Beach. It allows borrowing up to 600000 dollars to construct a new school replacing the Federal iSchool destroyed by fire last September. The district affects only the new school and goes to the Education Committee for study.
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Augusta
Old Orchard Beach
Nicholas W. Danton
Committee On Education
Two Biddeford Officers Resign in Police Board Tension
Friction between Biddeford Police Department members and the Police Commission led to the resignations of Desk Officer Clarence Bellanger and Officer Robert Lagueux. Bellanger's exit followed a board decision, while Lagueux said he left after warnings about resigning if complaints were raised against him.
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Biddeford
Police Commission
Clarence T. Bellanger
Robert Lagueux
Belanger
Lagueux
Armand Belair
Robert Lavallee
Albert Les
Sard
Lessard
North Vietnam Factions Seen Influencing Peace Talks
An AP analysis argues Hanoi has hawk and dove factions shaping its approach to peace talks with the United States. The piece notes shifts in North Vietnamese behavior, the publication of Ho Chi Minh’s letter to Johnson, and varied responses to U.S. messages as evidence of internal power dynamics and possible peace probes.
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Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
Washington
Congress
Johnson
International
John M. Hightower
USS
Hoa Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
United States
Hostili
Dean Rusk
State Department
Chuckles Prompt A Martial Riddle About Women
A dated joke notes a misused sentiment about handling women as a punchline. It frames a sexist premise as humor without contextual counterweight, reflecting old era attitudes in light entertainment.
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Montreal
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Gio Linh
Junction City
Marvel Drive
Portland Rd
Saco
FBI
Kartland
Bataway
Tru-Mac Loafer
Maineline Shoe Co
Berwick
Seaver
Rte
Pine Point, Maine
Beach Street
Sunporch
Apply
Beachway Market
School Union
Dayton and Arundel
Joanne Landry
St. Andre's School
Robert Hodge
Jon
Athan Haines
Ernest Harmon
ESEA
Joanne
Jonathan
Union Four
York County
WRK Gen
Fea, Corp
Reilly’s Bakery
Main Street
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford-Saco Merchants Committee
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