World’s loudmouth leaders fade in era of quiet talks
Washington reports that after decades of brash oratory the world sees a dearth of standout voices. Fidel Castro is rare, Churchill Roosevelt and Kennedy cited as memorable, while Khrushchev and De Gaulle have retreated into quiet significance.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Mohandas Gandhi
Nehru
Europe
Asia
America
India
Eisenhower
Johnson
Great Society
Texas
Dominican Republic
Viet Nam
Truman
Kennedy
I J
Churchill
Roosevelt
Charles de’Gaulle
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
St Josephs High School Holds Final Assembly
The final assembly at St Josephs High School Biddeford featured The Sands of Time theme. Sister St Marcella awarded valedictorian and salutatorian pins Constance Rousseau JoAnn Ross. Senior gifts included draperies chairs and plants for the assembly hall.
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St. Joseph’s High School
Biddeford
St .Marcella
Constance Rousseau
JoAnn Ross
Youths Blamed for Vandalism at Saco Plant
Three Saco youths aged 10 11 and 8 were blamed by police for breaking 10 windows at Edward Kinmonds bottle gas plant on Scammond Street. A dump truck in the yard was damaged with a broken rear window taillights and dash board. Restitution may avoid court action per property owners and Capt Foran.
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Saco
Edward Kinmond
Scammond Street
Robert Foran
Earl Jamieson
Foran
Capt
George Atkinson
Shadagee Road
Saco _ police
Florida
Gemini astronauts prepare for extended spacewalk
The plan calls for White to photograph a tumbling booster from 16 miles away then from 10 feet after repressurization while McDivitt pilots near 97 hours 50 minutes the longest U S spaceflight to date. Dr. Barry and Dr. Gilruth defend safety and mission aims despite inherent risks.
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White
McDivitt
United States
Alexei Leonov
Charles Barry
Robert Gilruth
Manned Space Center
Saco Holds Memorial Parade With Veterans Honor
A Memorial Day parade in Saco features Rabbi Boris Gottlieb dressed, students singing, graves decorated by the Sons of the Union Veterans, and a post-parade memorial service at Laurel Hill Cemetery led by Grand Marshal Clinton Fec teau Jr. If rain hits, services move to City Hall. The event is organized by AM VETS Post Boucouvalas-Dupuis and Owen-Davis Post with the American Legion.
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Pete One
Boris Gottlieb
Sons of the Union Veterans
Maine National Guard
Biddeford
Saco
Pepperell Square
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Paul E. Reay
Clinton Fecteau Jr
Main Street
Beach Street
Boucouvalas - Dupuis Amvets
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Saco City Hall
Saco Fire Department
Cornelius Timmons
Owen-Davis
Arnold Ballard
Amvets Boucouvalas-Dupuis
Painchand
Company
Explorers
Boy Scouts
Cub
Saco Ranger
William Turnage
Owen - Davis Post
Thornton Academy
Owen- Davis Post
Auxiliary
Sons of American Legion
Amvets
Diplomats react to Johnson wine policy at receptions
Mixed comments from diplomats and wine officials greet the Johnson administration plan requiring American wine labeling at official events. Critics call it costly and impractical, while supporters say it promotes American products.
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State Department
Associated Press
Jacques Chevignard
The
Knights of Wine Tasting
Diplomatic Corps
Bertrand Mure
Pierre Grandjean
London
Lisbon
Athens
Rome
United States extends aid and tight control in Dominican crisis
The United States has sent over 10 million dollars in aid to the Dominican Republic amid its civil war and will retain tactical control of the inter-American force as a Brazilian takes command. In Vietnam, U S planes strike four bridges and a barge near Hanoi while Sino Soviet ties fray. Civil rights compliance in hospitals and schools shows progress, Ed White prepares for a space rendezvous, and Mississippi protesters head toward the Bran don registrar. New York Mayor Wagner weighs a possible fourth term.
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Dominican Republic
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Moscow
Peking
Johnson
Welfare Department
National
Ed White
Mississippi
Brandon
New York
Robert F. Wagner
City mobilizes beautification drive in Fall River
Fall River Massachusetts launches a civic beautification program led by Evelyn R Lowenstein supported by national figures. Projects include sidewalk flower boxes street trees and parkway landscaping with industry church and youth involvement and plans for a waterfront park near the Taunton River.
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Fall River
Mass
Evelyn R. Lowenstein
Lyndon B. Johnson
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Fall River Electric Light Co
Skindiver Fights Off 32-Foot Shark Off Durban Coast
Norman Gradwell warded off a wounded 32 foot black shark in an underwater struggle near a submerged pier. His empty spear gun pierced the shark just behind the gills, saving his life as he towed the creature ashore and clubbed it to death.
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Durban
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Norman Gradwell
Gradwell
PFTA Picnic Slated June 20 at St Francis College Biddeford
The Parents Friends Teachers Association plans a June 20 picnic on the grounds of St Francis College Pool Road Biddeford from noon to 5 pm. The event will feature a Father’s Day gift award, games for all ages, and refreshments.
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St. Joseph’s School
Biddeford
St. Antoinette
St. Gerald
St. Beatrice
Mary Philippe
Donna Poithier
Veronica
Mona Poithier
Parents, Friends
St. Francis College
Pool Road
Paul Neault
June Dubois
Noella L’heurseaux
Claire Guertin
Yvette Loranger
Therese Rossignol
Gertrude Remillard
Therese Petrin
P. R. Boston Wins Hot-Topping Contract at Wells High
Wells Superintending School Committee awarded the hot topping contract for Wells Junior High to P. R. Boston for 4500 dollars. The board authorized consulting a heating engineer on the high school boiler and buying two lawn mowers at the lowest price. They also approved hiring a substitute janitor for ill James Ward.
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WELLS
P. R. Boston
Robert W. Johnson
Johnson
James Ward
Ogunquit Man Hurt When Crane Falls at Bath Iron Works
Arthur C. Damien, 59, of Ogunquit, was injured when the crane he operated fell across a vacant ship ways at Bath Iron Works. He was listed in fair condition at Memorial Hospital with possible rib fractures and other injuries after a BIW spokesman said a small winch tested pulled the crane from its tracks.
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Arthur C. Damien
Ogunquit
Bath Iron Works Corp
Memorial Hospital
BIW
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