Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to be phased out over a decade
Sen Thomas J McIntyre NH says Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be phased out over 10 years. McNamara to announce closure or phase-out of 95 defense installations affecting 1,015 Maine workers at the yard area payrolls totaling around 6.8 million annually. The yard, located at Kittery Maine on the NH border, is the nation's oldest shipyard with 7,600 current workers statewide.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thomas J. McIntyre
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
McIntyre
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Maine
Pentagon
Biddeford
Saco
Kennebunk
Wells
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
West Kennebunk
Arundel
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
John W. King
King
Portsmouth Navy Yard
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy Yard
Kittery
Fire Engulfs Morin Building Sears Store In Biddeford
Flames raced through the three story Morin building on Alfred Street Biddeford housing Sears Roebuck store and apartments. Damage estimated at least 100000 as firemen from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford Pool battled the blaze. Roof section collapsed threatening adjacent blocks, five women rescued from upstairs apartments, Red Cross aid sought for six or more homeless families under disaster relief.
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Sears-Roebuck
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford Pool
Sears
Alfred and
Jefferson Streets
Willie Pomerleau
Red Cross
Pomerleau
Biddeford City Hall
Bulding
Mahaney
William Mahaney
Mary Glaude
Pierre Nadeau
Annie Wright
Leo Cote
Mary Landry
Dominique Chouinard
Annette Goulet
Robert Beaupre
Ronald Vachon
Delia Nor
Death sentence for Dr Paul Carlson postponed in Congo crisis
In Leopoldville Congolese forces aided by white mercenaries pushed toward Stanleyville as rebel leader Christophe Gbenye delayed Executing American medical missionary Dr Paul Carlson. Negotiations over prisoners of war were sought after a warning from the US envoy, with American hostages totaling more than 60 in rebel territory.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Stanleyville
Paul Carlson
Kundu
Christophe Gbenye
Carlson
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Gbenye
Kenyatta
U.S
G. McMurtrie Godley
United States
Governor Protests Shipyard Closure in Edging Bid
Governor Reed telegraphed Defense Secretary McNamara to oppose the closing of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery as ill advised and inconceivable. He said the yard is the oldest and finest in the nation and urged governmental reconsideration.
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Augusta
Reed
Book Becomes Movie Title Joke
A quip notes turning a book into a movie, labeled with TM and WRR Gen. Fea. Corp. credits.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Waight Nominated As Saco GOP Mayoralty Candidate
Harold P. Waight won the Saco Republican caucus nomination for mayor with Milne noting his dedication to duty and taxpayer interests. Mayor J. Edward Whelan supported the choice, urging unity and stating a mayor is only as good as his council as Waight emphasized teamwork to win in December.
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Waight
Saco Gop
Harold P. Waight
Nomin Milne
Saco
Didate
Whelan
Cau
Cus
Cnadioun
Bryce
Gerard Cassette
Pauline Larochelle
Gilberte Roy
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Morin
Johnson
Ter
Texas
Old Orcharden
Simard
Edgar Morin
Mariam
Dupuis Hardware and Plumbing
Gertrude’s
J. C. Window and Siding Co
Bill’s TV Center
Main Street
Saco Dial
Kesslen Shoe Co
Kennebunk, Maine
School Street Methodist Church
Robert Verrier
Biddeford Motor Sales
Howard Giles
Your Seafood Headquarters
Bath
Fish
Kennebunk Inn
Mohair & Wool
Ritz Dress Shop
Old Orchard Street
Robert Knox
Theodore Poirier
Ralph H. Meserve
Bryce Milne
John E. Anagnostis
Sampson’s Super Market
Para’s Pizza
Pool Street
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