Pressure to fundraise at Maritime Administration meeting
A Marine Administration veteran charges senior staff were pressed to donate to a Democratic fund raising dinner after a meeting called by acting head James Gulick. Invitations went to GS-15+ staff for a $250 plate event on April 4, with officials denying coercion while acknowledging possible pressure. The Civil Service Commission said it would investigate if warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulick
John J. McCarthy
Civil Service Commission
Michael Kirwan
Ohio
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Johnson
General Accounting Office
Carl C. Davis
C. R. Smith
Howard Samuels
Bob Lee
Secretary of Commerce
C.R. Smith
Davis
Island Of Mauritius Faces Bleak Future
Mauritius faces a grim future amid overpopulation sugar dependency and internal strife. The island hosts foreign military interests US and Soviet links and a British pact. unrest has killed scores amid gang warfare tied to prostitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauritius
Living Costs Rise For Fifth Month In A Row
February saw consumer costs climb three tenths of a percent, marking a fifth consecutive monthly rise at an annual rate near four percent. Wholesale prices jumped seven tenths, led by a 1.5 percent food surge, while wages rose to 104.33 dollars on 55 cents weekly gain for 45 million workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Blacksmith Shop on Water Street Sold to George's Electric
The two story brick building and large lot on Water Street in Saco, known as Foran's Blacksmith Shop and former site of a blacksmith, has been sold to George's Electric. Fred Foran previously owned the property, which abuts the electric company's building. The sale was negotiated by N P Scontral Agency Realtors of 194 Main Street, Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Street
Saco
Foran
George's Electric
Fred Foran
Electric Company
N. P. Scontral Agency
Main Street
Czechs Urge Dubcek to Resist Outside Pressures
In Prague 134 writers and artists sign an open letter urging Communist leader Alexander Dubcek to resist pressures as Czechoslovakia pursues democratization. They cite concerns raised by an East European summit at Dresden and call for a road to permanent democracy rather than a retooling of power. Dubcek also says Kosygin spoke at Dresden on problems and progress ahead of an expected economic summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Bloc
Dresden
East Germany
Dubcek
Antonin Novotny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Senate votes on tax surcharge and spending cut plan
In Washington sponsors predict Senate approval of combining President Johnsons proposed 10 per cent income tax surcharge with a $6 billion spending cut. House opposition and Mills influence may block the plan as Congress acts on Ways and Means rejections. The Senate overruled a Treasury ban on tax exempt municipal bonds for private plant financing, losing over 75 million in last years revenue. Final passage aimed tonight with a conference Thursday and law by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Treasury
Department
Rivalry In Organizing Teachers
Washington AP reports a national clash between NEA and AFT over membership and influence. NEA with 1.1 million members and 1857 founding faces AFT’s 150,000 in a changing field of walkouts and bargaining gains in major cities and districts. The article notes merger talks led by AFT president Charles Cogen amid calls for unity, but merger prospects fade as NEA resists affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
National Education Association
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
NEA
AFT
Sam Lambert
Pike County
Scranton
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Michigan
Bay County
Paducah
Albuquerque
N.M
Montgomery County
Florida
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Chicago
Cleveland
Gary
Ind
Washington, D.C
New York
Charles Cogen
America
Cogen
Afl-Cio
Braulio Alonso
Chamber of Commerce
Alonso
Maryland
Rich Texan Rumor Sparks Chuckle in America
A playful jab notes a notably poor Texan so strapped for cash that his Rolls Royce telephone line is shared on a party line, poking fun at wealth stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Housing Complex Planned For Saco Hillview Heights
Developer Leroy Waycott announces Hillview Heights a new 60 acre subdivision on Buxton Road Saco with about 125 half acre lots mid price homes 13000 to 15000 and some two family dwellings plus playground and community land areas. Land bought from Burton K Braley. deal brokered by Armand J Mercier Realtor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton Road
Saco
Leroy Waycott
Waycott
Hillview Heights
Burton K. Braley
Armand J. Mercier
Thorntos Ave
Bowdoin Named Board Chairman in Kennebunk Meeting
KENNEBUNK The Board of Selectmen and town manager Donald Dulac held the first meeting since the March 18 Town Meeting at town hall. Warren E. Bowdoin was elected chairman, Richard Brown secretary, and Raoul Charland won the bid for the Lower Village fire station contract. Dulac will seek bids on radio equipment, while Chester Cram was reappointed town counsel. Edmund L. Cashen remains Civil Defense director, Sealer of Weights and Measures. Frank Stevens and Lewis H. Burr were reappointed as police and fire chiefs respectively, with Edward C. Winston Richard Bibber and Hugh Googins in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Board of Selectmen
Donald Dulac
Warren E. Bowdoin
Richard Brown
Raoul Charland
Dulne
Chester Cram
Edmund L. Cashen
Dulac
Frank Stevens
Lewis H. Burr
Edward C. Winston
Richard Bibber
Hugh Googins
Farley Declares Re election Bid for State Senate
Peter J. Farley of 31 Green St Biddeford announces his candidacy for re election in the June Democratic primary for Maine state senate in the second district covering Biddeford Arundel Kennebunk Kennebunkport and Wells. He has seven terms in the Maine House and four in the senate and has served on the taxation and Fish and Game committees. He is a longtime Democrat and former assistant minority leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Farley
Green St
Biddeford
Farley
Maine
House of Representatives
Senate
Arundel
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Wells
Fish and Game
American Legion
Tighe Beaudoin - Farley Post
Holy Name Society
The
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Maine Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Proctor Road
George Merrill Sr
Old Orchard Beach
Stella Lombard
Melvin Avenue
Wayne Stiles
Robert Janson
Port Louis
Indian Ocean
Soviet Union
Africa
Cape Kennedy
Britain
Suez
China
Pekine
Formosa
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Peking
Diego Garcia Island
London
Kink
Shropshire Light Infantry
Pakistan
Wormwood’s
Camp Ellis
Vietnam
Joseph B. Wagner Jr
Political Alternatives
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
U.S. Gov
Theodore Truman
Notre Dame Hospital
Paul Casavant
Harold Applin
Msgr
Edward O'Leary
St. Charles Church
Brunswick
Atkinson
Laco LL
Franklin
Quinn's Cycle Shop
Saco Ave
Bowdoin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!