Johnson Seeks Savings in U S Military Budget
President Johnson reviews U S military commitments with Defense Secretary McNamara and Secretary of State Rusk at the LBJ Ranch to find budget cuts. McNamara’s march to Bergstrom will frame a defense spending target under 100 billion while noting possible year to year increases.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Congress
McNamara
Lbj Ranch
Pentagon
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Associated Press
Dean Burch
Chuckle Sign at Optometrist Window Promises Help
A humorously worded sign in an optometrist's window states If you don t see what you want you ve come to the right place. The quip plays on vision and service, reflecting a lighthearted storefront approach.
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Optometrist
WRR
Fea, Corp
Vatican council poles over nuclear arms policy
At the Vatican Ecumenical Council an American bishop and a British archbishop argued against a blanket denunciation of all nuclear weapons. They urged that arms may be needed for legitimate defense and urged governments not to abandon nuclear deterrence. The discussion centers on weapons effects and the danger to noncombatants as the council weighs the ethics of armament and disarmament.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Council
Philip Hannan
Washington, D.C
Assembly
George Andrew Beck
Liverpool
England
Call For 1965 GOP Convention Getting Lukewarm Reception
AP reports Massachusetts AG Edward W Brooke’s bid for a 1965 GOP convention to draft a new platform drew mostly lukewarm support. Leaders favored waiting until 1968, with few seeing a need for an extra convention before the scheduled cycle.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Associated Press
Victor Smith
GOP
Central Committee
Illinois
Brooke
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Veterans Day Observance Delays City Services in Biddeford Saco
The two cities close municipal offices and most businesses on Wednesday for Veterans Day. Post offices run holiday hours with lobby access but no mail delivery. Biddeford lobby 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saco same hours. The parade begins at 10 a.m. in Saco then moves to Biddeford with a theater program. Biddeford High School travels to Sanford for a Cobb Stadium clash.
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Biddeford
Saco
Biddeford-Saco
Saco Democrats nominate Reny for mayor in 1948 race
Paul E. Reny 47 of 46 Fairfield Street won unanimous endorsement as the Democratic candidate for mayor by the Saco Democratic City Committee. He is police and fire commissioner, a Civil Defense radiological officer, and past president of the York County Firemen’s Association. Theodore Poirier announced his candidacy for mayor with a Republican caucus set for November 18.
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Fred Young
New York State
Theodore R. McKeldin
Baltimore
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Brooke
South
North Carolina
Herman Saxon
Virginia
Robert J. Corber
Sen. Goldwater
Paul E. Reny
Saco Democratic City Committee
Reny
Fairfield St
Biddeford High School
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Reny Brothers Printers
Saco
York County Firemen’s Association
Theodore Poirier
Saco Republican Caucus
Poirier
Cumberland Avenue
Saco Business Men's Association
Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks
Patricia Henderson
Bangors
Most Holy Trinity Church
All Nation Summit Session Is Asked
LONDON AP Prime Minister Harold Wilson reported Red China has proposed an all nation summit to discuss nuclear disarmament. He said Britain is consulting with Allied governments before answering. The message followed Chou En lai’s Oct 19 note claiming a successful nuclear test and urging a world summit.
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London
Harold Wilson
Chou En-lai
Red China
Wilson
House of Commons
Chou
Peking
No Journal On Holiday Observance Closures
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish tomorrow in observance of Veterans Day. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco
Chest Drive Nears Its Goal in Community Chest Drive
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest report shows 75 percent of its $33,000 goal raised. Since last week, pledges total $3,384.95 with gifts from industry $1,470.45 business $903.50 public $537 and special gifts $474, bringing the to date amount to $25,363.16. Next report is set for November 16 at 11 a.m. at the Community Chest office, per secretary M Cartmill.
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Biddeford-Saco
Chest Bodie Division
Kremlin calls for world Communist conference over Moscow Peking rift
Kremlin pressure for a world Communist conference grows as Chinese Premier Chou En-lai and the Peking delegation extend their Moscow visit. Pravda urges unity, while Tass notes Brezhnev's toast to socialist unity and talks of bargaining over Chinese terms for suspending hostilities. Chou offered no reaction to the toast.
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International
Britain
House of Commons
Kremlin
Chou En-lai
Red China
Moscow
Peking
L’unita
Chou
Pravda
Nikita Khrushchev
Thej Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Brezhnev
Communist
Tass
Drought Crippling Numerous Areas
CHICAGO AP drought across New England Midwest and West cripples communities and farms. Hundreds of counties qualify for federal aid as streams dry up and winter wheat losses loom. Colorado and Michigan face near total crop destruction and widespread feed shortages threaten over 38 thousand head of livestock across multiple states.
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California
Howard Sautter
Leo
Chicago
Associated Press
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midwest
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Pittsfield
Mass
Hartford
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Michigan
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Robert L. Bowie
Lansing
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Hatfield
Leverett Saltonstall
Robert Taft Jr
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Taft
John A. Love
William W. Scranton
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
St. John Hall
Democratic Association
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Saco Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest Office
M. Cartmill
Secreary
Khrushchev
St. Joseph’s High School
Jacqueline Letourneau
Alfred Letourneau
Marguerite Letourneau
Marguerite
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