New England Vignettes From Janice Elliott AP Writer
Police seek the thiefs who stole a massy antique cannon from the Salem New Hampshire Historical Society on the second floor likely to decide next plans. A cornstalk named son Royal Charles Jones Jr. of Coventry Rhode Island sparked the nickname Cornstalk. Golf club thefts and a garage break in Mondague Massachusetts show local mischief. Ballot shifts in town politics bring party changes and new moderators as a Maine ferry misses a trip. Middlebury College students pursue environmental studies at the Highstead Reserve. Deer Run Golf Course hosts cemetery hazards as local politics evolve in Sciutate Rhode Island.
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Janice Elliott
Associated Press
Boston
New England
Salem, N.H
Historical Society
Neveux Proposes Five-Point Tax Plan for Biddeford
Democratic mayoral candidate Bernard G. Neveux spoke at his Elms Street campaign HQ outlining a five point tax solution. He urged economizing to hold taxes steady, evaluating programs for value, dropping nonessential proposals, attracting new industry to widen the tax base, and fostering a healthy economic climate. Candidates and workers attended.
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Bernard G. Neveux
Biddeford
Elms Street
Saco Mayor Praises St Francis Club Over Election Picketers
Saco Mayor Donald C. Doyle writes to the St Francis College Young Republican Club thanking them for backing his bid for the District 3 senate seat and notes that student picketing publicity did not reflect the majority. Doyle cites freedom of speech and calls for government changes in a country that allows it. In Portland a group Elephant for Vietnam Instead of Our Boys forms to raise funds to send the zoo elephant to Dalat after a U S soldier accident, while seven elephants have been born since 1953 with six surviving. Dignified eight dollars sixty cents wins a $2,000 trot at Get Results Place Your Ads ffolk Downs. In The Journal Classified
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Saco
Donald C. Doyle
St. Francis College
Young Republican Club
St. Francis
Doyle
Portland
Ore
Portland Zoo
Dalat
U.S
Vietnam
Our Boys
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Zoo
Saco Democrats Endorse Candidates In City Committee Meeting
Saco Democratic City Committee and Social Club endorsed candidates from each ward after a caucus. Co chairs Richard Murray and Charles Gilpatric led the session at GAR Hall with Armand Mercier outlining campaign plans and a fund drive to close Dec 4.
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Saco
Democratic City Committee and Social Club
GAR
Cutts Avenue
Richard Murray
Charles Gilpatric
Wilbrod Bedard
Armand Mercier
Thornton
Mercier
Gilpatric
Unwanted Items May Be Wanted By Someone Else
Local thrift drive notes that items considered unwanted by residents could be sought by others in need. Volunteers urge sorting through closets and garages to donate usable goods to support the community program and help families access affordable necessities.
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