Bond-Rite To Buy Grafton And Create 100 Maine Jobs
Grafton Lumber Co will be sold June 1 to Bond-Rite Corp in Biddeford. The new firm plans to move equipment from Nashua and produce plastic items, expanding to full capacity by August 1 and employing about 100 by January 1.
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Grafton Lumber Co
Smith Street
Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Bond-Rite Corp
Dun-Rite Corp
Nashua
N. H
Guichard
Merrivale Inc
N.H
Pakistanine jetliner crash kills 120 near Cairo airport
A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720B on a Karachi to London inaugural service crashed in desert near Cairo Airport killing 120 of 126 aboard. Six survivors, all Pakistanis, were rescued as search teams reached the scene at dawn.
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Cairo
Karachi
London
U.S
Geneva
Akhtar Aly Khan
Budget Accord Reached In Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA AP Gov. Reed says party leaders have a budget package totaling about 5 million dollars to end the session quickly. The plan raises general fund income by 3.58 million, funds a 2.25 million pay raise for state employees, an 880 thousand expansion for the University of Maine, and 450 thousand for bond retirement. It includes a 4 million revision to education subsidies tied to a possible tax increase, plus 1 million for capital construction. A 7.2 million bond issue for Maine and 2.4 million for the university are also proposed.
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Augusta
Reed
University of Maine
India and Soviet Union Hint at New Era of Ties
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri returns from an eight day visit to the Soviet Union claiming Moscow offers sympathy and support on many issues. The shift signals potential decline in American influence as New Delhi accuses Pakistan and the United States over regional conflicts while Soviet leaders pledge expanded trade.
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Conrad Fine
New Delhi
India
AP India
Soviet Union
Lal Bahadur Shastri
U.S
Viet Nam
Shastri
Moscow
United States
Johnson
Washington
Pakistan
Rann of Kutch
Alexei N. Kosygin
Shatri
Leningrad
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Bien Hoa
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Saigon
Italy
South
Alexei N. Ko
Dominican Junta Claims Victory In Santo Domingo
The Dominican junta declares absolute control and calls for unconditional surrender of rebels led by Francisco Caamano Deno. Cease fire talks begin with U N peace mission while clashes subside in Santo Domingo and northern suburbs.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Santo Dodomingo
Imbert
Congressional Palace
Junta
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caaman
Red Cross
Ford Is Changing Party Appearance
Ford, now heading the House Republican Party, outlines steps to reshape public perception four months into leadership. He cites support for the voting rights bill and backing of President Johnson's actions in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic, emphasizing doing what is right to earn citizen respect.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
White House
Ev Dirksen
Leaflets Warn Communists Of Stepped-Up Air Strikes
U S Air Force planes flew near Hanoi dropping half a million leaflets urging North Vietnamese communists to halt aggression in South Viet Nam. In Da Nang area a Viet Cong mortar killed one Marine and wounded two as Marines returned fire. Actions included raids on Phu Qui complex, Hon Matt radar, rail cars, bridges, and a convoy south of Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
da Nang
North Viet Nam
Ninh Binh
Hon Matt Island
Phu Qui
U.S. Navy
Coral Sea
Connvoy
United States
Nhan Dan
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Rooftop Collapse at Brooklyn Food Queen Injures Dozens
In Bensonhurst a supermarket roof collapsed sending concrete and plaster raining down on customers and clerks. Sam Kinker and witnesses describe the blast as a sudden shock with windows shattering. Twenty three people, mostly women, were injured and treated at hospitals while fire crews cleared debris. A two story building cushion may have prevented worse. University inspectors and the district attorney opened inquiries into the incident.
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New York
Brooklyn
Sam Kinker
Martin Scott
Food Queen
Harold Birns
Dist
Atty
Aaron Koota
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Grafton
East Coast
Joseph Rosenfield
Rosenfield
National Forest Service
Department of Commerce
U.S. Plywood Corp
Smith
Carborundum Co
New England
Tighe-Beaudoin-Fairey
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Bertha Keigher
Auxiliary
Blanche Farley
Marie Anne Beauduin
Alexina Fran
Maine
Maurice Arsenault
Dar
Russell’s
Shop 'N Save
Seal Rock
Fair Lady
Storer Street
Saco
Main Street
SEAF
Alfred Street
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Bensonhurst
Mary Rossi
Electrolux
Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Butler’s Dept. Store
Ec Se
USA
Harold
East
Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Oak Ledge
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