Navy searches Atlantic for missing Scorpion submarine
A U S Navy armada with 36 ships and nearly 8,000 men hunted a missing Scorpion with 99 crew after it failed to reach Norfolk at noon Monday. Planes traced a 2,100 mile course from Norfolk toward the Azores as the search continued, amid fears of a fate like the Thresher.
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Atlantic
Norfolk
Navy
Azores
U.S
Cape Cod
Mass
United States
Memorial Day Parade in Biddeford Formats at 1 PM
The Biddeford Memorial Day parade forms at St. Joseph's Cemetery at 1 PM with ceremonies at 1:30 PM and a march through Granite Street West Street and Graham Street to City Square. Grand Marshal Roland St. Michel leads. Camille Roy is Chief of Staff.
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Biddeford
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Granite St
West Street
Graham Street
City Square
Roland St. Michel
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Post
American Legion
Camille Roy
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Biddeford
Sons of Union Veterans
Co. B 133 Engr. Bn
Maine
St. Louis
Sylvio Gilbert
Chuckle on fashion norms and ambiguous gender signs
A humorous meditation on how clothing and hair length blur gender cues. The line suggests stretch pants and long hair make gender indeterminate, prompting amusement at social expectations.
Army Delays M16 Contract Brief in Congress Battle
Rep. Peter N. Kyros of Maine reports the Army asked for a one week postponement before presenting to the Armed Forces subcommittee chaired by Richard Ichord on the $56 million Hydramatic GM rifle contract and the $42 million Harrington & Richardson award. The delay follows Kyros urging GAO involvement and questions whether price was a prime factor. The Army says formal legal questions require time and no production has begun.
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Armed Forces Committee
Peter N. Kyros
Dmaine
Biddeford- Saco Journal
Washington
Army
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
Peter Kyros
General Accounting Office
GAO
Kyros
General Motors
Ypsilanti
Mich
Harrington & Richardson Co
Worcester
Mass
New England
Marement
Saco
Department of the Army
Ichord
Dancers Image Out Of Belmont
Dancers Image, the 1968 Kentucky Derby winner disqualified later, retires from racing. Owner Peter Fuller says the horse will not start in the Belmont Stakes and will be wound down at Runnymede Farm in New Hampshire while offers for syndication are considered.
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Dancers’ Image
Peter Fuller
Boston
Fuller
Belmont Park
Dancer
Aqueduct
Mystery Sub Scorpion Search Expands As Depth Fear Mounts
U S Navy ships and planes scour the stormy Atlantic for the missing atomic submarine Scorpion and its 99 crewmen. A naval expert warns rescue gear would struggle if found deeper than 300 feet. Oregon politics favor McCarthy and Humphrey against Kennedy, with Nixon ahead in Republican voting.
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U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Navy
Oregon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Something Happened At Princeton
Princeton University faced campus unrest as students reshaped its image. SDS elected president of the student government and a Negro was elected sophomore class president while demonstrations drew large crowds. Goheen says Princeton is changing but not radical, with more diverse, financially aided undergraduates and demand for greater student voice in governance.
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Princeton
Princeton University
Radical Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Columbia University
New Jersey
Richard Rein
Daily
Princetonian
Institute For Defense Analysis
Otto Butz
Nassau Hall
Robert F. Goheen
Goheen
Princetonians
Elliott Moorman
Newark
Mother And Son To Be Graduates At Biddeford High
Jean Hudson and her son Stephen will be the first mother and son to receive diplomas in the same year at Biddeford High School on June 11. Jean quit school at 16, returned to adult evening classes, and earned A and B grades while juggling family life. She plans to study social service work at St Francis College after graduation.
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Hudson
Biddeford
Jean Hudson
Biddeford High School
Stephen
Beth
Thornton Academy
Biddeford Junior High School
St. Francis College
John Jr
University of Maine
Orono
Jane
Indonesia Silent On Plot To Assassinate Suharto
Jakarta reports say Antara ignored a rumored Communist plot to kill President Suharto and 19 top aides during prayer at Merdeka Place. Observers doubt the plan. officials offer no details while the military seeks to deflect blame.
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Indonesia
Antara
Suharto
Mosane
Merdeka Place
Amir Machmud
Communist Party
Sukarno
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