Convoy Stopped By Soviets At Marienborn Checkpoint
The U S Army reports another convoy halted on the autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany at Marienborn. Twelve vehicles with 44 men were held, with 20 passengers not dismounting per Allied rules. The Soviet officer demanded 15 passengers dismount, claiming Allied criteria are not binding.
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Hall
West Germany
East Germany
Spiridonov
James H. Polk
U.S
Berlin
Marienborn
Washington
John Lamb
North Augusta
S.C
6Th Infantry
Ivan Yakubovsky
Miners Rescue Efforts and Local Council Candidacy Announced
Napoleon Verrier of Biddeford today announced his bid for councilman at large in the Democratic primary to support mayoral candidate Conrad Fortier. A lifelong resident, Verrier, 19 Harding Street, is a licensed electrical contractor and former deputy chief of the Biddeford Fire Department. He and his wife Delina Labbe have two children. In Germany, 11 trapped miners near Broistedt returned to work as a rescue effort nears completion. They were entombed 11 days, fed via a microphone and light, with 29 others still missing.
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Napoleon Verrier
Harding St
Biddeford
Conrad T. Fortier
Verrier
Delina Labbe
Pauline Chenard
Leo Paul
Army Intelligence
Broistedt
Germany
Rudolf Stein
Moon Glow Brings Scare at Old Orchard Beach
A caller warned of a large blaze at the town dump seen from Ocean Park Road near the Saco line. Fire crews rushed to the scene but found the orange glow was the moon rising over the eastern ocean, not a fire.
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Old Orchard Beach
Ocean Park
Saco
Viet Nam junta forms Buddhist led government in Saigon
Saigon is calm as the revolutionary junta assembles a Buddhist led government for South Vietnam. Washington politicians say parties will monitor developments and influence ahead of the upcoming elections. An AP poll notes Goldwater as the GOP’s strongest challenger to Kennedy with about two thirds predicting his nomination and victory.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Washington
Voting Site Changes in Biddeford and Saco Referendum
Biddeford voters keep Oct 7 locations for the special city referendum, while Saco wards shift polling places to Fairfield School Pepperell Park for Wards 3 and 4, with Ward 4 at Bonython and Ward 3 at Locke School previously. Ward 6 moves to Saco Recreation Hall on Pleasant Street. Wards 1 and 5 remain at Sweetser School and Wards 2 and 7 at city hall. Polls open 9 am to 7 pm with five referendum questions and two proposed state consts.
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Biddeford
Saco
Fairfield
Pepperell Park
Bonython
Locke School
Saco Recreation Hall
Pleasant Street
Sweetser School
City Hall
Parties eye elections as turnout and backlash shape races
Washington AP reports leaders from both parties monitor Tuesday's elections for clues on white backlash to civil rights in major Northern cities and the fate of governors in Kentucky and Mississippi, mayors in Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Memphis and Salt Lake City plus legislatures nationwide. The Philadelphia race between Mayor Tate and James McDermott is highlighted as unrest linked to civil rights gains looms. Kennedy won Philadelphia by 331000 in 1960, influencing GOP efforts to strengthen urban outfits.
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Washington
Kentucky
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Memphis
Salt Lake City
New Jersey
Virginia
James H. J. Tate
James T. McDermott
Kennedy
White House
Viet Cong Guerrillas Come Under Fresh Pressure After Coup
South Vietnamese forces resumed U.S. backed operations against Viet Cong guerrillas after Diem overthrow confusion. Viet Cong attacks were minor despite directives to strike, as junta leaders moved to form a Buddhist led caretaker government. Bodies of Diem and Nhu awaited funeral arrangements at Saigon hospital amid guarded cemetery scenes.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Mekong
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Viet Cong
Doung van Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Jem
St. Paul’s Hospital
Zaitlin Seeks Biddeford School Board Post
Joseph Zaitlin of 72 Birch St Biddeford announces candidacy for the Board of Education on the Frederic Deschambeault ticket in the Democratic primary. A Biddeford native and 1931 Biddeford High School graduate he leads I Zaitlin and Sons Inc scrap firm founded in 1917. He holds multiple community roles including PTA member synagogue director and Boy Scouts sponsor. A World War II veteran with 44 months service he is married to Celia Fleet with two children Samuel and Shifra.
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Joseph Zaitlin
Birch St
Biddeford
Board of Education
Frederic Deschambeault
Zaitlin
Biddeford High School
I. Zaitlin and Sons, Inc
Isaac Zaitlin
Biddeford Pta
Congregation Etz Cha
Goldwater Seen GOP Candidate in 1964 Poll
An AP poll of 1,403 GOP leaders across states shows Barry Goldwater as the party's strongest potential candidate against President Kennedy with 85.1 percent. About 64.2 percent think he could win the nomination, while Nixon trails Rockefeller for strongest candidate. Some fear Eastern money may block Goldwater. others favor someone else if the convention deadlocks.
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Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Kennedy
GOP
Associated Press
Goldwater
New York
Arizona
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Thurston Morton
Kentucky
George Romney
Michigan
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Lodge
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Roland Boucher
Harry R. Courtois Jr
Harry S. Courtois Jr
Raymond Mathieu
Dennis Provencher
Raymond Labrecque
Gagnon
Story
Miners Aid Own Rescue
Main Street
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Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Biddeford First
Stanley R. Hurd
Kennebunk
Gertrude Farwell
Biddeford Pool
John P. Tarbox
Hammond I. Peterson
Dixie
Jos. T. Letellier & Sons
Pool Street
Royal R. Chretien Sales
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Ngo Dinh
Nhu
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