McNamara Defends U.S. Equipment in Viet Nam
Secretary McNamara told a House Armed Services session that American troops in South Viet Nam receive the best equipment for their task. He refuted claims that obsolescent planes caused pilot deaths and warned the war will be long and hard but winnable.
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Washington
Robert S. MecNamara
South Viet Nam
MecNamara
McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
Limi
Capitol Hill
Dean Rusk
David E. Bell
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs For Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
al. Rusk
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
Laos
Rusk
Brewster Defeats Wallace in Maryland Presidential Primary
In Maryland, Sen. Daniel Brewster defeated Gov. George Wallace by 53.23 to 42.66 percent as Wallace faced a murky legal question over Maryland's unit vote system. Brewster aimed to preserve Johnson's 48 convention votes, while Wallace challenged civil rights legislation. A court had nullified Maryland’s unit vote system for statewide offices, with hearings set for Monday on applying the ban to the presidential primary.
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Baltimore
Daniel B. Brewster
Johnson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Senate
Wallace
Indiana
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
Brewster
Cambridge
Andrew J. Easter
Baltimore County
Thomas B. Finan
Housing Plan Is Listed on Cascade Road Site
A Maine housing development firm announced 200 building lots along Cascade Road Saco ready for homes. Resort Development Corp plans a model three bedroom ranch, with Mainline Homes of Portland to construct, offices opened on Portland Road opposite Cascade Road. Atty Robert York is president, Sonnenfeld secretary, treasurer Walter Brick. Major cleanups and water mains will be extended as needed. Continued on Page two.
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Cascade Road
Saco
Resort Development Corp
Robert York
Biddeford Pool
Albert Sonnenfeld
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
Sonnenfeld
Maine
Walter Brick
Portland
Homewood Park
Portland Road
Communists seize Plaine des Jarres as neutralists retreat
VIENTIANE Laos AP Premier Souvanna Phouma said last neutralist positions in Plaine des Jarres have fallen to the Communists Gen Kong Le abandoned his post and pulled back southwest amid continued pressure A spokesman for Souvanna said U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk urgently recalled Adlai Stevenson continued on Page two
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Vientiane
Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Souvanna
U.S
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Adlai
Space officials weigh limits before manned flight
At the COSPAR meeting in Florence US and Soviet scientists say five day manned missions push human limits with current gear. A year may pass before major new ventures. US aims for two Gemini flights by late 1964 or early 1965.
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Florence
Italy
United States
Soviet Union
International Committee On Space Research — Cospar
Anatoli Blagonravov
Cornish Youth Dies Of Injuries
PORTLAND AP Scott Seward age 6 of Cornish died at Osteopathic Hospital Tuesday night from injuries in a bicycle car collision. State Police said he rode into traffic on Depot Road near his home Monday afternoon and struck the side of a moving car.
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Strong
U.S
Maine
Peter Mills
Farmington
Senate
Mills
Portland
Runnells
Scott Seward
Cornish
Nhne Osteopathic Hospital
Depot
US Soldier Dies In Fight Near Saigon Border
An American soldier was killed and an American officer wounded in an ambush on a patrolling mission 45 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. The officer was flown to a hospital in Saigon and reported in good condition. The death raises American combat fatalities in Viet Nam to 132, with total American deaths since late 1961 at 230.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army —— Forces
Special
Viet Nam
Rockefeller Attacks Goldwater In California Primary
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller said he doubts a majority of GOP voters will see Barry Goldwater's philosophy as responsible Republicanism. He urged California voters to back his push for the June 2 primary and its 86 delegate votes, arguing Goldwater could deny him the nomination if he fails to clinch on the first ballad. Rockefeller forecasts New York’s 92 delegates and Oregon results shaping the race ahead of the Republican convention.
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Riverside
Calif
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
New York
California
Goldwater
Uly
Arizona
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gold
GOP
Republican Party
Owen-Davis Legion Post Elects New Officers
Ervin Stevens was elected commander of the Owen-Davis Post American Legion at a meeting last night at the Post Home Beach Street Saco Other officers named include Donald Lucas Gordon Flood Ronald Ayotte adjutant Donald Keithley finance officer Carl Murphy chaplain Joseph Stirling service officer Roger Grant historian and Wilfred Turnage sergeant at arms Delegates to the Department of Maine convention in Portland next month are Stevens Lucas and Ayotte with Murphy Flood and Samuel Rankin as alternates Executive committee members are Walter Stebbins Arthur Albrecht and Na
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Ervin Stevens
Owen-Davis
American Legion
Beach Street
Saco
Donald Lucas
Gordon Flood
Ronald Ayotte
Donald Keithley
Carl Murphy
Joseph Stirling
Roger Grant
Wilfred Turnage
Department of Maine
Portland
Stevens
Lucas
Ayotte
Murphy
Flood
Samuel Rankin
Walter Stebbins
Arthur Albrecht
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Robert Warner
Thomas Haley
Clayton Freeman
Ing
Andrew Scontras
Richard Dupuis
Lee Ketchum
Howard Cushman
Mabel Fanning
Carl Vingon
D-Ga
Kosciusko
van Steuben
Pulaski
South
Wiliam S. Maillard
R.calif
Clemente J. Zablocki
Dwis
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Saco Brick Company
North Street
Mason's
Sonotubes Sakrete
Olympia Ave
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
State of Maine Bus Transportation Furnished
William A. Runnells
Lewis C. Barrows
Shelton C. Noyes
Rangeley
Carleton G. Lane
Lane
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American Legion and Auxiliary
University of Maine
Colby College
Kennebunk High School
Susan Bixley
Marjorie Crown
Pauline Mahrt
Elaine Hirst
Stephen
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Kenya
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Soviet
Mars
Sisterhood of Etz Chaim Synagogue
Leonard Goldman
Arnold Shapiro
Charles Green
Daniel Lemovitz
Louis Spill
Arthur Simensky
Samuel Karlin
Joseph Zaitlin
Van’s Cafe
West Grand Avenue
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Hotel Thacher
Sam
Thacher
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Main Street
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