Military aid to Viet Nam likely to extend past 1965
The plan to pull out most U.S. troops by end of 1965 appears shelved as instability in Saigon follows two coups. McNamara testifies that training and advisory roles will continue into 1965 and beyond, with remaining U.S. personnel to assist Vietnamese forces.
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Fred
Hoffman
Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D Ga
White House
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John F. Kennedy
Taylor
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Diem
Johnson
Mc.Namara
House Committee
Nguyen Khanh
McNa
Officers Named By Saco Congregational Women
A March trip by Saco Congregational Women to Saigon spurred a surge in U S aid and a sizable expansion of Vietnamese regular and paramilitary forces. At an April 24 news conference McNamara refrained from predicting total American servicemen in Vietnam by year end 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc
Saigon
U.S
McNamara
Viet Nam
Oklahoma Democrats nom Harris to challenge Wilkinson
Oklahoma Democrats chose 33 year old attorney Fred Harris to run for U S Senate against ex football coach Bud Wilkinson. Harris defeated incumbent J Howard Edmondson by strong margin carrying 74 of 77 counties. Jed Johnson beat Vic tor Wickersham for the Democratic runoff and will join Harris in the fall campaign. Edmondson resigned early to join Kerr term. Kerr widow endorsed Harris. Also report on local Women’s Fellowship dinner and officers at First Parish Congregational Church in Saco and an engagement in nearby Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Democrats
Fred Harris
Bud Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
Harris
J. Howard Edmondson
Jed Johnson
Victor Wickersham
Wilkinson
Lawton
Edmondson
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Muskogee
Cherokee
Adair
Sen. Kerr
Kerr Senate
Kennebunkport
Women's Fellowship
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
United Church of Christ
Shawmut Inn
Robert King
Gilbert Harrison Jr
Lawrence Dearborn
Walter White
Raymond Mailman
Donald Fogg
Harry Nielson
Mae Sweetsir
Mary Stearns
King
Lloyd Anderson
Elizabeth Stearns
Ralph Meserve
Paul Weimer
Reading
Hazel Bishop
William Marston
Chester Pease
Lawrence Bowie
Walter McKenney
Fogg
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Arthur Maxwell
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ (Congregational
Church Library
Saco Church
Bishop
Florence Northrop
Melville Stackpole
George Toumeshey
England
South Portland Man Dies After Mower Incident
Medical examiner Dr. G. Hermann Derry says 54 year old Frank W. Elgee choked while driving a power mower on Charles H. Bailey’s lawn. Elgee tumbled from the mower and it dragged him in circles. head injuries were not the cause of death.
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Frank W. Elgee
South Portland
Elgee
G. Hermann Derry
Charles H. Bailey
Biddeford Auxiliary Sets Friday Deadline for Bike Project
The Biddeford Minor League Auxiliary announces a Friday deadline for participation. Committee members will collect at St. Andre's School yard at noon and at Decary Field after school on May 29 to support the bicycle project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Minor League
St. Andre's
Decary Field
Wells High to Host All-Infant Clinic Tomorrow
Public health nurse Mrs. Elaine Hotte announces a well-baby clinic at 9 30 a m tomorrow in the nurse s office at the Wells High School annex. Dr Ruth Endicott will attend and immunizations plus physical exams will be offered. Infants and children through pre primary age may attend.
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Wells
Wells High School
Elaine Hotte
R. N
Ruth Endicott
Invitation News From Relief Corps Meeting in Saco
The Fred Gurney Women’s Relief Corps received an invitation to the department convention June 12 13 at the Eastland Motor Hotel Portland. The group met in GAR Hall Saco with President Eva Sherman presiding and plans to attend the Atlantic City convention Aug 30 to Sept 3. President Sherman donated geraniums for Memorial Day décor and will visit California in August for a permanent rest. Memorial Day and Flag Day observances were noted by Mrs. Annie Caton. The next meeting June 23 will start with dessert at 1 39 p.m.
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Fred §. Gurney Women’s Relief Corps
Department
Eastland Motor Hotel
Portland
Gar Hall
Saco
Eva Sherman
Atlantic City
N. J
California
Annie Caton
Ethel Ballard
Marie Caton
Biddeford Offers Bicycle Licenses at Police Station
Biddeford police announced bicycle license plates are available at the police station for all bicycle owners. The city ordinance requires registration of bicycles with the department.
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Biddeford
Beach Town Council Sets Friday Meeting
OLD ORCHARD BEACH a special meeting of the town council is set for Friday May 29 at 7 p.m. to issue licenses The expiration date from the previous year is May 1 Council members have spent most of the past month reviewing applications
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Old Orchard Beach
Wells Resident Bound Over To Superior Court
A Wells man was bound over to the September term of York County Superior Court after a Municipal Court hearing on cheating by false pretenses. Richard A. Dissney pleaded innocent and posted 500 bail for the Superior Court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KENNEBUUNK — A_ Wells
York County Superior Court
Richard A. Dissney
Ronald J. Cole Gardiner
Lee
Darlene A. Shuffleburg
Kennebunk
Gwendolyn E. Shibles
Ogunquit
Local Man Innocent Of Safe Theft Count
Alfred Couture Jr. 19 of Biddeford was found innocent by a Superior Court traverse jury after a 35 minute deliberation on charges of nighttime breaking and entering and larceny. He faced theft allegations of a $100 safe and $22.25 cash from L C and L C Maling Inc on Alfred Road. The battered safe was later found abandoned off Mountain Road Arundel by Biddeford police. Luis Ramirez of Saco was found guilty of drunken driving in the same proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Arthur A. Couture Jr
Summer St
Biddeford
Superior Court
Traverse
Couture
L.C
L.C. Maling, Inc
Alfred Road
Arundel
Luis A. Ramirez
Saco
Armand A. Dufresne
Sanford Court: Boat Registration, License Charges
A Biddeford man and a Saco woman appeared in Sanford Municipal Court for motor vehicle violations. Frederick G. Hall Jr. 21 pleaded guilty to lacking boat registration numbers and paid a 15 dollar fine. Sally Carrow 18 pleaded guilty to driving without a license and her case was continued for sentence to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Percy Day
Kennebunk
Richard Cartier
Summer Street
Biddeford
George B. Roost
Springfield
Robert W. Taylor
Raymond Levesque
Haverhill
Mass
Lenwood W.taylor Jr
Hampton
N.H
Robert J. Sullivan
Somerville
Pai Jeffrey Daniels
Gonic
Charles Raybine
Lynn
Gene R. Gulliver
Waterville
Fernand J. Richard
Moncton
N.B
Sanford
Saco
Frederick G. Hall Jr
Sally Carrow
Vacation Fashion Finds at Nichols Store
Vacation time starts at Nichols with the newest sunniest and most colorful fashions for outdoor free time. The versatile easy care styles promise travel friendly packing and budget friendly pampering.
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Nichols
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Saco Congregational
Nancy Augusta Atkinson
Milton S. Atkinson
North Street
Atkinson
Donald Terry Brookshire
U. S. Army
Donald Brookshire
Asheville
N. C
Thornton Academy
Westbrook Junior College
Maine Medical Center
St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco
Calif
Cape Elizabeth
Bicycle Project
Wells Clinic
Relief Corps
Beach Town Council
Warren’s
Warren’s Furniture Co
Biddeford, Maine
Sanford Court
Hartemonr
Arnel
Bermuda
Terry
Nichols & Company
Pepperell Sheet Store
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