Indians Prepare Day of Mourning for Plymouth Thanksgiving
Costumed Pilgrims renew 350 year old observance in Plymouth Mass yet Indians plan a fast to mourn loss of Indian life land and culture since 1620. The protest includes Wampanoag Narragansett Passamaquoddy Chippewa Rappahannock and Oglala Sioux with Crazy Horse lineage.
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Plymouth
Mass
New England
Philip I
Massasoit
Philip
Washinton
Freeman
Plimoth Plantation
Wampanoag
Narragansett
Passamaquoddy
Crazy Horse
Public Lots Pilot Project Proposed in Maine
Maine plans a pilot to appoint a land agent with power to supervise public lots for parks forests and other public uses. The project targets five or six townships to test state options and would repeal the 1903 timber rights law.
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Augusta
Maine
Lawrence Stuart
Stuart
Massachusetts
Flexible travel weekend aims for safer Maine highways
Maine officials urge calm driving for Thanksgiving weekend as Col. Parker F. Hennessey says thousands will travel state roads. He emphasizes courtesy and patience as key safety factors in holiday traffic. Saddleback Ski Area plans weekend-only openings with 6-8 inches of snow base, GM John Christie says.
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Augusta
Maine
Department of Public Safety
Parker F. Hennessey
Peieese
Rangley
Saddleback
John Christie
Adult education classes cancelled at Old Orchard Beach High
Old Orchard Beach town officials spokesman Raymond Cote said no adult education classes will be held tonight at Old Orchard Beach High School because of tomorrow’s holiday.
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Old Orchard Beach
Raymond Cote
Old Orchard Beach High School
Speck Sentenced to Up to 1200 Years in Illinois
Richard Speck was sentenced by Judge Richard J. Fitzgerald in Peoria to eight consecutive terms totaling 400 to 1,200 years for the 1966 Chicago nurses killings. Speck, silent in court, had previously faced a death sentence after the June 1967 trial but received a life-like multiple life terms amid changes to capital punishment.
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Peoria, Ill
Richard Speck
Chicago
South Side
Peoria County
Herbert C. Paschen
Speck
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Paschen
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Cook County
Three Minutes A Day and the Duty to Help the World
A dated appeal cites daily child hunger and preventable deaths, contrasting high and low income regions. It urges readers to act, citing Donne and Romans to stress shared responsibility for the vulnerable. It ends with a prayer asking for awareness and aid to the poor and forgotten.
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United States
International Children’s Organization
John Donne
Jesus
Biddeford Properties Change Hands In Local Sales
The property at 261 Alfred Street in Biddeford was sold to Mr and Mrs Rosaire Roberge of Biddeford. The two family dwelling with garage was negotiated by N P Scontras Gallery of Homes in Saco and sold by broker Joseph Curran. The 26 Dupont Avenue Cape with workshop sold to Mr and Mrs Guy Laverriere of Biddeford. bought from Mr and Mrs Richard Fecteau. The Ed R Morin Real Estate Agency in Biddeford handled that sale.
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Alfred St
Biddeford
Rosaire Roberge
N. P. Scontras Gallery of Homes
Portland Road
Saco
Joseph Curran
Dupont Ave
Richard Fecteau
Guy Laverriere
Prospect St
Ed. R. Morin
Singapore Fire Toll Reaches Sixteen At Department Store
The Singapore blaze at Robinson's Department Store killed 16 people with three charred bodies found in an elevator. Two others remained missing and were feared dead, police said.
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Singapore
Robinson’s
Town Council to Hear Licenses This Month
The town council sitting as a licensing board will hear two victualer license requests on November 24. Theresa R. Melancon of 87 Union Ave and Lucienne Ducharme of 88 Saco Ave seek victualer licenses.
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Old Orchard Beach
Theresa R. Melancon
Union Ave
Victualer
Lucienne Ducharme
Saco Ave
Proxmire Criticizes Army Valet Practice
Senator William Proxmire said he asked the Comptroller General to probe military personnel assigned as personal servants to top officers. He argued the practice misinterprets equality and questions the justification and funding for such duties.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Elmer B. Staats
Noted Senator Claims Military Pampered and Soft
Senator Proxmire asserts that wives running errands and bartending at official and unofficial parties in the quarters of senior officers show a pampered and soft military. He says the findings contradict Defense Department claims that budgets are rock bottom.
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Proxmire
Department of Defense
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POLI
Scammon
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Hagar
Electrolux
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O. O
Jani Wey
Main Street
RCA Accugolor
Lee Us
Sunbeam
Thomas Edison
Journal
Jack & Larry’s Jewelery
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Ocean Park
Richard Armstrong
Omar
T’s Want
Alfred ST. Lee
Feinberg’s
John D. Downing Agency, Inc
Harry S. Stott
Sanford
Stott
U. S
Creteau
Army Brass
Priscilla Hamel Bryant
Arsenault
Beauty Salon
Old Orchard Road
Shirley Arsenault
Coats
Burgundy
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