Pro Communist Demonstrations in Hong Kong Against British Rule
Pro Communist demonstrators parade on Hong Kong island venting anti British slogans at Government House. Chou En Lai rally in Beijing with about 100000 massed at a gymnasium. Demonstrations spread to the British Legation and Macao, with demands against police brutality and British suppression of patriots.
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Hong Kong
Government House
Peking Radio
Chou En-lai
U.S
Legation
Maceo
Hong
Kong
David Trench
Kowloon
Chuckle on husbands as eggs in humor column
A light humor line compares husbands to eggs, hard boiled outside and yellow inside, cracked on top, attributed to TM WRR Gen Fea Corp in a chuckle feature.
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Open Wide Interfaith Festival Set for Kennebunk Week
A week long interfaith religious arts festival Open wide is planned for August 6 to 13 in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Exhibits include painting sculpture gravestone rubbings serigraphy with performances such as jazz drama poetry films lectures and vocal concerts culminating in an interfaith worship service. Churches from Kennebunk Kennebunkport and nearby Biddeford participate including Baptist Christ Church St David Episcopal St Monica Catholic Trinity Chanel Episcopal Unitarian Church on the Cape First Congregational and more.
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Kennebunk
Donald Sheppard
Bourne Street
Robert Howes
Kennebunkport
Baptist
Christ Church
Franciscan Monastery
St. David Episcopal
St. Monica Roman Catholic
Trinity Chanel Episcopal
Unitarian
Kennebu
Curtis Urges Creation of Municipal Affairs Division
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis urged Maine lawmakers to create a Department of Municipal Affairs to improve information, coordination, and services to municipalities. He spoke in a joint House Senate session, stressing bipartisan reform and faster modern governance for state cities.
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Curtis
Augusta
Ken]nneth M. Curtis
Department of Municipal Affairs
Maine
New England
Washington, D.C
House
Senate
Hoover
Hoover Commission
Commission
Executive Council
Move On Opposing Tax Hike Campaign Against 1 Percent Maine Sales Tax
The TWUA COPE Committee plans a campaign against Maine's 1 percent sales tax increase. Michael Schoonjans said a 4 pm meeting would kick off efforts to mobilize grassroots support, including a letter-writing drive to state senators and representatives and leaflets from the Citizens Committee for Fair Taxes. The campaign frames the tax as unjust for workers and urges lawmakers to vote against it.
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Biddeford - Saco Joint Board
TWUA
AFL - Cio - Clc
Cope Committee
Maine
Michael Schoonjans
Scnoonians
Citizens Committee For Fair Taxes
Hong Kong Resident Seeks Aid on Ginseng Location
A Hong Kong resident, Ting Fei Lee, requests help from the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce about finding Panax quinquefolium, the ginseng plant. He describes its habitat and notes hunters have diminished with industry growth, asking for any information on local herb hunting.
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Ting Fee
Lee
P.O. Box
Hong Kong
Biddeford - Saco
New Post Office Site Under Study for Biddeford
Reported plans outline a new federal post office in Biddeford with 11 000 square feet of interior space plus 2 100 square feet of platforms and 23 000 square feet for parking and maneuvering. Construction could start this year with a roughly 12 month completion. The existing Washington Street post office may be leased to the government by a contractor and later sold by GSA.
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A and P
Upper Elm Street
Biddeford
Herbert
Alfred Street
Fumor
Alfred and
Washington
Prospect Park
Robert Shepherd
Sen. Edmund
Muskie
Shepherd
Washington Street
General Services Administration
GSA
Potential New Middle East Crisis Warned By AP
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan outlines a brewing Middle East danger with Egyptian and Syrian forces massed near Israel. Nasser faces a delicate balance as Saudi Arabia and Jordan tensions rise, while Yemen and Saudi border clashes threaten a broader Arab front.
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William L. Ryan
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Nasser
Faisal
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Syria
Recog of Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star for Sgt Harper
Sgt E Terrence G Harper U S Army center receives first oak leaf cluster to Bronze Star and citation for meritorious service April 1966 to March 1967 in ground operations against a hostile force in Vietnam while with the 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division. Ceremony at Saco Army Reserve Center Col Morris J Naudts presents.
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E. Terrence G. Harper
U. S. Army
Morris J. Naudts
Maine
U. S. Army Corps
U. S. Army Reserve Center
Saco
Harper
Republic of Vietnam
25Th Infantry
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Closer
Factory Island
Scott
Lawn and Garden Products Dealer
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Pepperell Square, Saco
Wells Trading Post
Wells
Council
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XIII
United States Army Corps
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Phil’s Taxi
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