Vatican Council approves interim birth control statement
The Vatican Ecumenical Council approved an interim statement on birth control that experts say could eventually support a moral acceptance of contraceptives. It also defeated a nuclear stockpiling declaration and finished three days of voting on the family and marriage chapter with 1596 voting yes and 72 against plus 484 with reservations. the details of the reservations remain unclear.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Flood Announces Run for Saco Ward 7 Alderman
Gordon Flood of 11 Stuart Street, native of Kennebunk and Boothbay Harbor educated, seeks election as alderman in Saco Ward 7. Republican and World War II veteran paratrooper, he's married to Lydia Waters of Saco with two daughters Retta in the Women’s Army Corps at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Marcia a Burns School student.
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Gordon Flood
Stuart St
Saco
Flood
Kennebunk
Boothbay Harbor
Europe
Lydia Waters
Retta
Women’s Army Corps
Fort Jackson
S.C
Marcia
Burns School
Dairy Farmer Free On Bail In Bank Robbery Case
East Livermore dairy farmer Gerald C. Castonguay is free on 7500 bail for a February Superior Court arraignment on charges from the April 15 robbery of the Depositors Trust Co. branch in Wilton. He was returned to Maine after six months of a three-year federal sentence in a Connecticut penitentiary for the holdup. Castonguay, 23, had been indicted in October on charges of stealing 63827 and assaulting a teller.
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Farmington
East Livermore
Gerald C. Castonguay
Superior Court
Depositors Trust Co
Wilton
Castonguay
Maine
Connecticut
Webber Hospital Association elects new president and board
Adelbert M. Jakeman Sr. was chosen president at the Webber Hospital Association annual meeting held at the hospital nurses home. Officers include Stuart V. Flavin vice president M Abbott Pendergast secretary and Archie B. Maxwell treasurer. The board reelected for four years features Jakeman Ward Johnson Roy MacNaughton and others. The report outlined expansion progress with a new 40 bed patient floor an out patient department a business office and X ray room completed, a second stage underway with centralized food service half done, and plans for a new laboratory in the final stage. Retiring President Rogers presided and thanked staff and volunteers.
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Adelbert M. _Jakeman_ Sr
Webber Hospital Association
Stuart V. Flavin
M. Abbott Pendergast
Archie B. Maxwell
Jakeman
Ward Johnson
Roy MacNaughton
Atty
Simon Spill
Laurence H. Staples
Lloyd M. Anderson
Joseph S. Audie
Herbert R. Bean
Leo Bourque
Walter H. Burke
Robert W. Cole
Daniel E. Crowley
Harry P. Garland
Maxwell
Roger P. Moore
Pendergast
John Rogers
Roger Sherman
Edwin G. Walker
Rogers
Carleton F. Davis
Webber
Paul S. Hill Jr
Woman Seeks Biddeford Council At Large Seat
Theresa N. Connolly of Wentworth Street announces candidacy for Biddeford council at large as an independent Democrat in the December 13 primary. Connolly, born in Biddeford and educated locally, has been chief clerk for the assessors office and formerly worked as a reporter for the Biddeford Daily Journal and Portland Press Herald. She has also held roles with the Washington Times-Herald and Miami Herald and worked in the Navy Department. She serves on several Democratic committees and is the widow of James B. Connolly.
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Theresa N. Connolly
Wentworth St
Biddeford
Graves Announces He Will Seek Saco Mayoralty Seat
Philip E Graves a Saco attorney will seek Republican mayoralty candidacy in the December election. He will be nominated at the GOP caucus in City Hall. Graves, a native of Saco, has served as city solicitor and school committee member and is married to Sarah Bridge of Atlanta.
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Philip E. Graves
Saco
Graves
GOP
City Hall
Roscoes. Graves
Dr. Graves
Thornton Academy
Peabody Law School
Portland
Saco Industrial Development Committee
Sarah Bridge l
Atlanta
Georgia
Joseph
Martha
Trinity Episcopal Church
Gerard Cassette
Harold Waight
Bryce Milne
Raymond Carter
Paul E. Reay
News At A Glance United States News Summary
The United States emphasizes military gains over diplomacy with North Vietnam as Ia Drang deaths rise. Johnson pushes a civil rights bill against all white juries. In Rio de Janeiro ministers review inter-American ties amid Chilean student protests. Kennedy is jeered in Chile. Rusk faces spitting incident in Montevideo. US actions threaten Red China at the UN. Diamond rumors arise from the moon. Eisenhower’s hospital aura lessens. A diver recalls memory loss after injury and reunites with family post twenty years. Aileen Rowe murder case sparks desert grave search.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Margaret
Highland Place
International
Rio de Janeiro
University of Chile
Robert F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Montevideo
United States
China
U.N
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arizona Desert
Aileen Rowe
Man hopes lean years behind him and woman hopes ahead
A lighthearted feature notes a man's belief that current lean times end soon and a woman's optimism for a brighter period ahead. Published in WRR General Features section.
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Fea, Corp
Cantara Accepts Backing For Biddeford Mayor Nomination
Daniel P. Cantara 54 of 106 Elm St Biddeford has accepted the endorsement of the Democratic Social Club and announced his candidacy for mayor in the December primaries. Cantara, a former city official and owner of Dan's Restaurant, criticizes popularity contests and says he will run city government as big business with a seasoned campaign team. He will face Leo R. Lemire in the Democratic primary, with Atty John F Xaphes the lone Republican seeking the post. primary December 13 and city election December 20. nominating papers due November 27 noon.
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Daniel P. Cantara
Elm St
Biddeford
Democratic Social Club
Cantara
St. Mary’s Grammar School
Biddeford High School
Dan’s Restaurant
Democratic 500 Club
City Democratic
Taxpayers Group
Leo R. Lemire
Atty
John F. Xaphes
Roberge Seeks Biddeford Council Seat With Lemire Ticket
Roberge 44 of 133 Foss St Biddeford announces candidacy for councilman at large in support of Leo Lemire ticket. A new comer to politics he is married with nine children and employed by Central Maine Power as a hydro maintenance man for 11 years. He belongs to York County Democratic Committee Biddeford City Committee AMVETS and St Francis Alumni Association.
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Conrad Roberge
Foss St
Biddeford
Leo Lemire
Roberge
Helen Gleason
Richard
Bernard
Harry
Celeste
Mark
Estelle
Raymond
Peter
Michael
St. Francis High School
St. Andre’s Church
Central Maine Power Co
York County Democratic Committee
Amvets and
St. Francis Alumni Association
Mrs. Marie D. Migner Announces Beach Town Clerk Candidacy
Mrs. Marie D. Migner of Union Ave announces her candidacy for Beach Town clerk. A longtime civic participant since 1957 she has held multiple public service roles including Budget Committee Planning Board ballot clerk and town meeting representative. She formerly managed Clear Weave Shop and Harrison Shop and served as local correspondent for Guy P. Gannett Co. and as a part time bookkeeper. She is an AMVETS Auxiliary life member.
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Old Orchard Beach
Marie D. Migner
Union Ave
Migner
Clear Weave
Biddeford
Harrison
Portsmouth
N.H
Guy P. Gannett Publishing Co
Portland
Shor
Binette Seeks Biddeford Police Commissioner Nomination
Richard Binette of 131 May Street Biddeford announces his bid for Biddeford police commissioner in the December primaries as an independent Democrat. A lifelong Biddeford resident, he attended St Joseph's Grammar and St Louis High Schools and is active in local groups. He is married to Rita Sevigny with two young children and works as a meter reader for Biddeford and Sico Water Co.
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Richard Binette
St. Biddeford
Biddeford
Tcember
Binette
St. Joseph’s
Ann Marie
Judith Ann
St. Joseph's Parish
Biddeford and Sico Water Co
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St. Andre’s Grammar School
Plato Truman
Andrew Laverriere
Jakeman Webber Association
Adelbert M. Jakeman Sr
Roland L. Petit CO
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Charles W. Yost
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