Overflow Crowd Attends Human Rights Symposium
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King addressed an overflow crowd at St. Francis College gymnasium and outside, urging non-violent action for Civil Rights. He contrasted progress with ongoing segregation, urged retraining, economic fairness, and continued struggle, saying democracy demands ending racial injustice.
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St. Francis Gymnasium
Martin Luther King
Waldemar Roebuck
Action For
St. Francis College
Dr. King
Africa
United States
Airplane Crash Probe. FBI joins San Francisco Bay Area crash
The Pacific Air Lines crash near Concord California killed all 44 aboard. A cocked 38 caliber revolver found at the wreck site drew FBI involvement and civil aviation investigators hope a garbled radio tape may yield clues. Details describe wreckage, fragmented bodies, and uncertain identifications as investigators work through the scene. The flight originated in Reno and stopped in Stockton before continuing toward San Francisco. Continued on page two.
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Concord
Calif
Pacific Air Lines
FBI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Reno
Nev
Stockton
San Francisco
Federal Aviation Agency
Lacan
Walter Young
William Bogart
Dr. Bogart
David Silva
Silva
Dale
Stopp
Saco Businessmen Elect Officers for Year
Donald C. Doyle was elected president of the Saco Businessmen’s Association at the annual meeting in the Saco Municipal Court Room. Clifford A. Purvis was named vice president Israel A. Rosen treasurer and Robert J. Fenderson secretary. Directors include Richard Brady Roland Vincent Richard G. Harmon John G. Janson Lester H. Austin Nicholas P. Scontras and Robert Butler. Scontras honored for long service and noted for two years as secretary. The group discussed potentially asking city hall to remove parking meters in the business district but tabled the issue for later study.
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Donald C. Doyle
Saco
Saco Tannery Target Of Union Organizers
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union AFL-CIO will face a scheduled NLRB hearing in Saco. Information from the National Labor Relations Board in Boston indicates organizers target the tannery, with details to be presented at the hearing.
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Saco
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
Boston
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
AFL — Cio
Saco Tannery
Saco Court Room
Alfred L. Hubert Jr
Cross St
News At A Glance From Associated Press
National Johnson tells Georgia legislators racial peace may come in the South before North racial strife ends. An airliner crash probe widens as a loaded revolver is found in the wreckage. 44 people died. Cary Grant mural turns out to be a first-grade project. Business leaders begin meetings with officials in Hot Springs Virginia. Rusk to Europe to urge NATO help for South Viet Nam and Cuba boycott. Truman celebrates 80th birthday. International security tightens in Cairo for Khrushchev arrival.
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Associated Press
Johnson
Georgia
South
FBI
Los Angeles
Cary Grant
Business Council
Hot Springs
Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
NATO
South Viet Nam
Cuba
Harry S. Truman
International
Dale Hansen Named West Point Choice
Dale Hansen a Thornton Academy senior has won the principal appoint ment to West Point Military Academy from the Adjutant General of the Army on Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s recommendation. He reports July 1 and is the son of Mrs Clarice Hansen and the late Ralph Hansen of Saco. He held editing and leadership roles at Thornton, earned National Honor Society membership, and represented Maine at Wright Brothers event Kitty Hawk and YMCA Older Boys Conference Auburn.
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U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Dale Hansen
Thornton Academy
West Point Military Academy
Adjutant General of the Army
Hansen
Clarice ‘W. Hansen
Ralph E. Hansen
Heath Road
Saco
Old Orchard Beach High School
Tripod
Stu
Truman Feels Fine On 80th Birthday
President Harry S. Truman celebrated his 80th birthday in Washington feeling well and sharing elder statesman advice. He suggested a 14 hour workday for presidents and proposed restoring two Secret Service guards on crowds to deter threats. Truman, visiting from Independence, spoke about hounds and defended Johnson on his handling of the dogs while noting his worry about how his wife Bess would view his Washington performance.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Bess
Independence
Truman
Johnson
Secret Service
Air Force
Johnson Urges Race Justice in Deep South Tour
President Johnson, touring the Deep South, urged for racial justice and said the Constitution provides a guide to freedom. He spoke to Georgia lawmakers at a breakfast noting the many troubles of the South and warned against extremism as he discussed national unity and his antipoverty program. He hinted at November plans and jabbed Nixon and Goldwater during stops in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Deep South
South
Georgia
Appalachia
United States
America
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Biddeford PTA installs new officers at junior high
The Biddeford Parent-Teacher Association installed a new slate led by president Robert Hodge at Biddeford Junior High School. Outgoing president Mrs George Harpoothan oversaw the ceremony and a summer workshop was announced for Aug 8-9 at the University of Maine Orono.
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Biddeford
Parent-Teacher Association
George Harpoothan
Robert Hodge
William McKenney
Allen Sakalas
Pauline Thibeault
Carlton Brock
Hodge
University of Maine
Orono
Biddeford Junior High School
Carleton Brock
William
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Clarence Laplante
Atty
Harold D. Carroll
St. Francis Advisory Board
King
Egypt
Alabama
George Lineau
Betly
Saco Businessmen
Vic’s Appliance
Main Street
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Maine
Garnache’s Seafood
Alfred Street
Marshall
Biddeford Pool
Linoleum Co
Alfred St
Cairo
Khrushchev
NLBR
Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de
Mittee
Gedeon Bergeron
League
Philip Cartier
Henry Fournelle
Roland Paquette
Richard Auger
West Point Choice
Gen
Fea, Corp
Henri
Wells
Henri’s
Philadelpl
New York
Zona
Nixon
TVA
Goldwater
Tennessee Valley Authority
Biddeford Pta
Richard Giroux
Cary Sneider
Richard Rhames
Richard Bilodeau
Beverly Donovan
Susan Maxwell
Gail Devoe
Maureen Miller
John Throumoulos
Gordon Mailman
Robert Fournier
Eve Susan Clopper
Jennifer Parks
Theresa Chretien
Fanchon Carey
Clifford C. Clifford
Earle, Mailman
Amedeo Miniutti
Frank Chappell
Daniel Carey
James Mouse Zas
Leo Simensky
George Spirounias
Irving Sandler
Sydney Cohen
Clifford Berry
Archie Maxwell
Edward Litwenowich
Michael Mantis
John Barrett
Norbert Twomey
Philip Chasse
Bruce Wilson
Rene Giroux
Norman Reilly
Stuart Flavin
Edeward Ready
Samuel Karlein
Yvonne Drouin
Raymond Kelleher
Harry Coombs
Shirley Parks
Leon Haines Jr
Rene Lacroix
Charles Draggins
W. McKenney
George Harpoothian
Pauline Thibault
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