Mercier Heads Saco Democratic Ticket In Nomination
Mercier leads Saco Democrats endorsing a slate headed to mayoralty. He pledges programs to improve tax assessment fairness educational facilities city educator relations street services and expenditures while ensuring city employee security. A Realtor and long-time resident, Mercier lists community roles including March of Dimes chairman and Little League leader.
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Saco Democrats
Armand J. Mercier
Mercier
Saco
Thornton Ave
Jeanette Lamontagne
Saco March of Dimes
Biddeford-Saco Disabled Veterans Post
Saco Little League
State of Maine Publicity Bureau
York County Board of Realtors
Maine Association of Real Estate Boards
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Saco Business Men's Association
Notre Dame Church
Saco City
Tobie Nathanson
Armand Mercier
Da Nang Hit Hard By Communist Rockets and Mortars
Da Nang endured its heaviest bombardment in three months with rockets and mortar rounds striking U.S. and South Vietnamese units, towns, and a provincial capital. Casualties were limited but one American was killed and twelve wounded. Ground clashes followed a mortar attack near Saigon. Washington cited at least 74 such attacks since November 1, with civilians killed or wounded, as Hanoi denied any ceasefire accord.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S. 1St Division
U.S
South Vietnam
Camlo
Demilitarized Zone
Trey Delta
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
K Oe Tam
Lightae
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Hoang Xuan Lam
Hong Kong Flu Expected To Hit Nation This Winter
AP dispatch quotes Surgeon General Dr William H Stewart saying early Hong Kong flu cases are mild with most people missing two or three days in bed. He notes the illness appears without complications and is no more serious than ordinary flu, with vaccine only needed for high risk groups. He predicts an active epidemic year.
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Washington
Hong Kong
William H. Stewart
Stewart
West Virginia Coal Mine Blast Traps 75 Miners
A blast at Mountaineer Coal Company's No 9 mine near Mannington trapped as many as 75 miners. By later counts 21 had been located or rescued. eight found at the bottom of a shaft and lowered out by crane. Rescue teams and relatives gathered as officials reported multiple explosions and ongoing efforts to reach workers. The mine employs about 360 on three shifts with daily production around 9,434 tons, and Gov. Smith dispatched mine experts to assist.
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Mannington
W.va
Marion County
Sheriff's Office
Coal Company
Robert Tennant
Mountaineer Coal Company
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mountaineer
Consolidation Coal Co
Dave Davis
Llewellyn Portal
Tennant
Farmington Ridl
Llewellyn
Hulett C. Smith
Charleston
Washington
Elmer
West Virginia Department of Mines
Santa Claus Visits Twin Cities Parade Route Set
The Biddeford and Saco Merchants Committee hosts Santa’s visit on November 29 with a 10 a.m. parade starting at Saco City Hall. He travels Main Street through Saco and Biddeford to a Santa Headquarters store beside the First National Bank parking lot on Main Street, Biddeford.
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Santa Claus
Biddeford
Saco
Yale Store Hours Listed for Christmas Season
Biddeford and Saco merchants will stay open until 9 p m on December 4 5 and 6 after a Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce meeting The following days Dec 7 closing returns to normal times and Dec 9 through 23 closing is 9 p m Dec 24 reverts to normal hours
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Biddeford and
Saco
Biddeford-Saco
Surplus Food Problem Grows for United States
Washington AP reports that as developing nations expand self sufficiency the United States faces surpluses. USDA and AID note 600 to 650 million bushels of wheat in store by July 1, 1969, with export targets slipping. World demand slackens as imports fall and aid recipients cut conals, while the green revolution advances in parts of Asia and the Middle East.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Agency For International Development—Aid
Agriculture Partment
Soviet Union
Red China
India
Pakistan
Agency For International Development
William S. Gaud
Turkey
Philippines
East
South Asia
Middle East
Oil imports program under pressure from special interests
AP reports Michael L Haider chairman of the American Petroleum Institute and Frank Ikard president warn that special interests and favorable treatment erode the Mandatory Oil Import Control Program. They call for redefining goals and objective allocation to shield national security and domestic industry. Ikard cites a proposed 300000 barrel Maine refinery under Machiasport free trade zone as a threat to controls, urging reevaluation by President-elect Nixon.
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Chicago
Ichael L. Haider
American Petroleum Institute
Interior Department
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Haider
Frank N. Ikard
Institute
Richard M. Nixon
Ikard
Johnson
Machiasport
Maine
Occidental Petroleum Corp
New England
Jene Hs So Pr
Centrifuge Experiment Shifts Bullet in Brain Injury
In Sunnyvale, California, Joseph Barrios, 63, was placed in NASA Ames centrifuge equipment and spun at 4 to 6 g to move a .22 bullet lodged in his brain from the third ventricle to a safer lateral ventricle. The test, conducted after an Oct robbery, aimed to relocate the projectile while doctors monitored via TV and vital signs.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph Barrios
NASA
Ames Research Laboratory
O'Connor Hospital
San Jose
Barrios
Chuckle Time Delights A Woman On Her 30th Birthday
A lighthearted note about Chuckle Time pausing briefly for a woman turning 30. The gag emphasizes a momentary pause in the joke as she reaches a milestone, with playful tone characteristic of casual newspaper humor.
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Saco Democratic
Roland Simpson
Edwin Munford Jr
Donald Linscott Jr
Gene Palmer
Edmond Rube
Everett Forrester
Newton Sanborn
Tony Dallaire
Lemire
Roland Lemieux
Leo
Leo Lemire
A&p Super Market
Biddeford & Saco
Saco Theresa Paquette
P. Cabana
John Kelleher
R. Stevenson
Yale
Shoe Corp
Westland Shoe Corp
Smith St
Helper
Motor Sales
Elm St
Bernard Neveux
Christo Anton
Roland Bois
Neveux
Claude Dubois
Co. Ed Street
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