Historic schooner launches for America's Cup races
A 104 foot schooner with a black hull slid into the harbor as crowds cheered. Workers plan rigging for June completion and sailing in Newport Rhode Island as spectator queen. The craft mirrors an earlier famous yacht with heavy lead ballast for stability.
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Newport
R.I
America
Royal Yacht Squadron
Isle of Wight
Memphis
U.S. Naval Academy
Schaefer
Rudolph Schaefer
Edmee Coombs
Lucy Pedersen
East Boothbay
Kenneth M. Curtis
Vintage Cars Showroom Quality Offers Across Several Models
A dealer advertises several classic autos with showroom condition. Highlights include a 1965 Oldsmobile 98 four door hardtop with R and H, auto, and options. a 1965 Mercury Monterey four door. a 1965 Comet 202 two door. a 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury with auto and options. a 1964 Mercury Park Lane four door. a 1964 Oldsmobile 88. and a 1963 Thunderbird hardtop coupe with R and H and auto. The seller notes cars like new condition and urges viewing.
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P. S
P. B
New America Yacht Built with Sparkman Stephens Design
The vessel preserves the main lines of the original America for Portsmouth repairs in 1851. Sparkman and Stephens Inc. of New York designed the new yacht co-developer of Ranger. Captain Lester Graham Hollett to skipper with 50 years sea experience. Ratsey and Lapthorne Inc. supply sailmaking. Oregon fir planks, 97 foot masts of spruce, teak deck over plywood, air conditioned and fitted.
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Portsmouth
England
Sparkman and Stephens Inc
New York
Ranger
United States
Lester Graham Hollet
Dartmouth apologizes to Wallace over campus disruption
Dartmouth College formally apologized to former Gov. George C. Wallace for the outburst by white and Negro hecklers that drove him from the stage. Dean Thaddeus Seymour said the majority valued free and unobstructed platform for opinions and that the incident did not threaten academic rights.
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Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Dartmouth
Thaddeus Seymour
Wallace
Granite State
Concord
Sub-Division Panel Named In Biddeford
Biddeford planning board initiates an advisory committee to study a proposed subdivision ordinance. Six area developers were invited to serve: Raymond Allie Gilbert Boucher Philip Gadbois Leopold Nolette Fernand Payheur Linwood Thomas. First workshop session set for next Wednesday at 7 30 p m in city hall. Panel also tabled subdivision plans for land of Dorothy Oddy at Biddeford Pool due to missing plan copy.
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Biddeford
Raymond Allie
Gilbert Boucher
Philip Gadbois
Leopold Nolette
Fernand Payheur
Linwood Thomas
Portland
William Dickson
City Hall
Dorothy Oddy
Biddeford Pool
LBJ proposed delay and board to spur wage settlement
President Johnson proposed a delay of 70 to 110 days and a special five member White House board to win voluntary settlement of the wage dispute. Six unions representing 137000 shop workers demand a six percent raise this year and five percent next year plus two 12.5 cent pay increases for skilled workers. Railroads offer six percent for 18 months and one five cent skill increase. Simkin in Chicago to help unravel trucking disputes with strikes and lockouts delaying a national Teamsters contract for 450000 workers. Government officials keep pressure to avoid a nationwide shutdown.
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Johnson
White House
Simkin
Chicago
Teamsters
House Stands Its Ground On Divorce Bill
The Maine House rejected adding incurable mental illness as a divorce ground by a 70 to 55 vote while signaling willingness to discuss with the Senate. The bill, already approved preliminarily in the Senate, would allow divorce if a spouse has been confined for seven years in a mental institution and is deemed incurably afflicted.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Maine
Police Question Three Youths In Mid Town Break-In Case
State police questioned three youths today about an attempted break in at a mid town service station. One youth was stopped in a nearby car, the other two were found hitchhiking on the Maine Turnpike near the South Portland exit. Mr and Mrs Richard Hutchins who live opposite Route One station called police after seeing a car in a dark driveway.
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Ogniquit
Maine
South Portland
Richard Hutchins
Teamsters
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Maine Maritime Academy
Bath Municipal Band
Pontiac Bonneville
Auto
P.S
R. &H., Auto
Oldsmobile
P. W
Plymouth
Sport Fury
Club Cong. R. & H. Auto
P. G
Mercury Park Lane
Mercury Colony Park
R. & H. Auto
Valiant
P.B
Elm Street
Dial
Invea
Gov. Curtis
Richard B. Adams
Bath Grace Episcopal Church
Father Adams
Shipbuilding Company of
Goudy and Stevens
Paul R. Ross
Prospect St
Iinsurance
Sul Faa
Ana Hewreece
Jack & Larry
T. M. Armstrong Deering Lumber
Elm ST
Remar’s Ladies Store
Main ST
Doyon’s Pharmacy
Coty
Bond Street
Ambush
Yardley
Candy Cupboard
Amity
Hill & Main Streets
Garden Shop
Luzerne
W.t.grant CO
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