Warplanes Bomb North Vietnam Island and Vicinity
U S warplanes dump 12 tons on Hon Nieu Island north of the 17th Parallel destroying an antiaircraft battery two buildings and a radar tower. Carrier aircraft hit bridges and barges south of Hanoi as Viet Cong attacks spread through Quang Tri Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces with heavy losses reported.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Hon Nieu Island
17Th Parallel
U.S
Hanoi
Oriskany
1St Army
Quang Tri
Quan Ngai
Quang Nam
Quan Tin
Tam Ky
Quang Tin Province
da Nang
Quang Tri Province
Quang Ngai
Memorial Day Parades in Biddeford Saco Area
Memorial Day events highlight Bisdeford Saco activities with parades in Old Orchard Beach and services at Woodlawn and Laurel Hill Cemeteries. Officials urge safe driving as thousands travel Maine highways.
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Biddeford Saco
Woodlawn
Laurel Hill
Monda
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Biddeford
Saco
Soviet-Chinese Alliance On War Appears Shattered
In Moscow observers say a bitter exchange between the Soviet Union and China has shattered the fragile alliance over Viet Nam. The Soviets imply Beijing seeks to trigger a world war to unite the Communist bloc, signaling potential long term impact on Southeast Asia conflict.
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Moscow
Viet Nam
Peking
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Pravda and Peking Trade Barbs Over World War Wariness
Pravda accuses Chinese of delaying tactics and warns true communists to avert a potential war. Beijing retorts that Russians abet U.S. imperialist peace talks and subordinate Vietnam to a broader Soviet U.S. coexistence strategy aimed at quelling the Vietnam issue.
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Kremlin
Pravda
Peking
U.S
Soviet China clash widens over Vietnam crisis
The Soviet and Chinese exchanges intensify after a Pravda reply to a Chinese attack. Kosygin’s Asia trip cited imperialist provocations in Vietnam as uniting Moscow and Beijing against aggressors. Observers doubt Ruskian aid to North Vietnam will halt, including possible antiaircraft missiles.
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Namese
People's Revolutionary Struggle
New China News Agency
Pravda
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Asia
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
China
Drink American Policy Underway
London dispatch reports mixed reactions to President Johnsons drink American policy. American ambassador Angier Biddle Duke cites European optimism about U S wine capacity while a Burgundy wine group criticizes the move as bad humor. White House sources note no foreign wines have been served at the executive mansion since August 1964.
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London
E.wropeans
Johnson
Angier Biddle Duke
Spain
United States
Dijon
France
Association of Fine Wines of Burgundy
White House
Executive Mansion
Massachusetts hunters kill escaped mountain lion near Uxbridge
Three Bay State hunters using two Texas trained dogs treed and shot a 60 pound female puma after daybreak near Uxbridge. The animal had escaped from Detroit zoo relocated to Southwick Animal Farm days earlier prompting a police led search. Residents alerted as calls flooded in about sightings and encounters with the mountain lion.
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Uxbridge
Mass
Massachusetts
Robert L. Hest
Saugus
George Delp
Salem
George Trabis
Georgetown
Texas
Southwick Animal Farm
Detroit
Brewer
Gemini 4 rendezvous aims for first space link
Cape Kennedy officials unveil the plan for Edward White to unseat from Gemini 4 and attempt a 20 foot proximity rendezvous with the spent second stage as James McDivitt pilots in. The crew expects to approach within 25 feet during the first orbit and White may space-walk to test a Buck Rogers style oxygen gun.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edward H
Gemini
White II
White
Space Agency
George E. Mueller
Pad 19
Cape Kenne
James A. McDivitt
Air Force
Mueller
McDivitt
Strawbery Banke Restoration Aims To Open 17th Century Homes
Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth New Hampshire marks a multi million dollar restoration unveiling two 1600s houses and opening 27 historic buildings. The project honors Stoodleys Tavern Puddle Dock and links Paul Revere George Washington and other figures to the site while funding nears four million.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Stoodley
Stoodley’s
William Pitt Tavern
Revere
Committee of Safety
Ft. William and Mary
New Castle
George Washington
William Pitt
John Paul Jones
LaFayette
Louis Philippe
France
Strawbery Banke
John Mason
Piscataqua
New World
No Journal On Holiday Observance Closures
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Memorial Day Monday and all departments will be closed for the holiday.
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Biddeford-Saco
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National Safety Council
John A. Gronouski
Leo Paul Nadeau
Rual
Charles Dineen
Gerard Twomey
City Parcel
William Beety
Willie H. Laverriere
Beety
North Viet Nam Island
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Bien Hoa Air Base
William Oakley
Waterbury
Philip Neil Butler
Black Well
Oklo
Radio Hanoi
Butler
Nghe An
State Department
Maxwell D. Taylor
Maine State Liquor Commission
Timothy J. Murphy
Leon F. Jones
Jefferson Street
City Square
Main Street
Alfred Street
Graham Street
West Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Robert Libby
Disabled American Veterans
Joseph Zaitlin
American Legion Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley Post
Women’s Reserve
Napoleon Frechette
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edward G. Gaulin
Martin J. Rielly
Biddeford Post
Biddeford High School
American Legion and Auxiliary of Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley Post
Knights of Columbus Council
St. Andre’s Parish
East Biddeford
Little League
Adrien Petit
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Amvets and
Auxiliary
Troop 1
Building Association
Explorer
West Biddeford
Robert Poire
Tighe - Beaudoin- Farley Post
American Legion
St. Louis
St. Joseph's Parish
Decary
Ralph Coutois
L. H. Kendall
United Spanish American Veterans
York County
Sons of the Union
David E. Grindle
Gerald E. Burtt
John A. Logan
Cary Sneider
Lincoln
Linda Mainville
Fea. Corp
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
D. O
Bay State
Lion
Dan Brewer
Animal Farm
Carl Johnson
Restoration Project
Paul Revere
Ed and Frank Chevrolet, Inc
Route 1
The
Small Business Administration
Saco Area Building Corp
William P. Kirk Jr
Saco of
Altenburg
Kirk and Co
Kirk
Frank
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