Lina A Musical Worth Seeing By Biddeford Saco Rotarians
After nine months of prep the Lina musical lit Linnell Gymnasium in Saco with lavish sets and costumes. Performers Teresa Lemire John Ray and Dianne Sweenchaud earned rave notices for Take Me Home Lord How I Tried and By the Blue Lake. A New York scout praised the river bank scene as thunder and rain.
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Peg Hendrick
Biddeford-Saco
Lina
Raynald
Linnell Gymnasium
Saco
Bers
Theresa Lemire
John Ray
Mae
Jethro Shonin
Ray
Mrs. Lemire
Blue Lake
David Merrick Productions
New York
Dianne Sweeney
Raynald Painchaud
Pesticides Found In Maine Lobsters
Maine's lobster industry faced a pesticide scare after a Feb 14 catch off Friendship contained 0.488 parts per million, below the 1.5 ppm federal limit. Research director Robert L. Dow warns that widespread use of toxic pesticides risks lobster stocks and marine life, urging changes in agricultural practices and recognizing DDT’s lingering dangers.
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Augusta
Maine
United States Public Health Service
Friendship
Robert L. Dow
Sea & Shore Fisheries Department
Associated Press
Public Health Service
Dow
Indiana Primary Surges Toward Climax
Indiana's presidential primary neared its climax as Kennedy McCarthy and Branigin campaigned hard. Kennedy drew big crowds and led in polls while McCarthy sought a late surge and Oregon California tests. Branigin urged voters to choose a governor who can represent them at the Democratic convention in Chicago amid debate over delegate apportionment. A dispute over Indianapolis press coverage prompted Salinger to seek an ASNE inquiry.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Kennedy
McCarthy
New York
John F. Kennedy
Oregon
California
Lafayette Park
Minnesota
Richmond
Ing
Branigin
Chicago
Pierre Salinger
Star and News
Salinger
Sunday Star
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
Vincent S. Jones
ASNE
Rochester
N.Y
Saigon Faces Fierce North Vietnamese Assault
Reports say North Vietnamese forces fought in Saigon for the first time as a major attack pressed the capital. A rocket hit near downtown near the U.S. and International House while U.S. troops and South Vietnamese forces fought in Saigon and around Tan Son Nhut airport amid heavy curfew and evacuations.
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Saigon
Ravestone
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
Tan Son
Nhut
Biddeford Post Office Project Delayed Over Land Title Issues
City officials report delays in a new Biddeford Post Office due to land title questions and eminent domain negotiations. The 60 825 square foot site on Washington and Alfred streets involves six parcels including the Danas and other owners. officials await a title determination and aim to settle the dispute to proceed with a construction award.
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Biddeford
Arthur G. Danas
Danas
Leo R. Lemire
Lemire
Post Office Department
U. S
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
L. P. le Trourneau
Roland J. Paquette
Mayne Realty Loan Company, Inc
Doyle
Saigon toll rises as Viet Cong mount Sunday onslaughts
Bombers and helicopter gunships pound Viet Cong holdouts in Saigon after a broad militant Sunday across South Vietnam. U.N. ambassador-designate George W. Ball says Hanoi misreads peace talks. Four of five visiting newsmen killed in Mekong Delta by Viet Cong. In Indiana and national politics five primaries loom while Johnson tax plan draws renewed scrutiny. Heart transplant cases advance in Houston as patient Joseph Rizor dies from oxygen deficiency. Tammy the Bengal tiger remains a danger in Dade County home, kept caged by public safety officials.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
George W. Ball
U.N
North Vietnam
Mekong
Indiana
Humphrey
Washington
Joseph Rizor
Houston
Tex
Tammy E Tiger
George Olfern
Tammy
Dade County
Sanford Re-Certified Workable Urban Renewal Program
Sanford’s Workable Program for Community Improvement has been re certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Senators Muskie and Rep. Kyros said the recertification keeps Sanford eligible for federal urban renewal grants loans and FHA mortgage insurance to support redevelopment and rehousing displaced families. The program requires yearly progress to remain eligible for continued federal aid.
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Sanford
Edmund
Muskie
Peter N. Kyros
D-Maine
Biddeford-Saco Journal
New England Telephone Strike Continues In 11th Day
In Boston and Washington unions clash over pay as 13,500 installers and repairmen press demands. IBTW leader says no meeting scheduled this week while Local 1302 ratifies a contract. others accept 19 percent wage gains over three years for operators and clerks amid near normal service.
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Boston
New England Telephone Co
Robert Donovan
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Donovan
Communications Workers of America
Washington
New England
New England Federation of Traffic Workers
IBTW
Voice
Bell Telephone System
Ben S. Gilmer
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell
Four Killed Newsman Describes Viet Cong Attack
The dispatch recounts a deadly ambush on a crowded Saigon street as a jeep carrying journalists from Australia and Britain is attacked by Viet Cong forces. Bruce Pigott and John Cantwell are among the slain. others survive as the gunfire lasts about ten seconds.
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Frank Palmos
Associated Pre Saigon
Mekong Delta
Saigon
John Cantwell
Time Magazine
Michael Birch
Associated Press
Ron Laramy
Reuters
Bruce Pigott
Bruce
Cantwell
Mane
Laramy
Bao Chi
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Joyce Walker
Twin City
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Richard M. Nixon
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