Quemoy Lives On Brink Amid Mainland Threats
Quemoy Island endures near-constant shelling and siege mindset as 590 enemy guns loom in range. A plow girl tends furrows beside camouflaged anti aircraft guns while soldiers fortify tunnels and bunkers. U S backing remains key to Formosa Quemoy and Matsu defense in a unified theater of operations.
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Quemoy Island
China
Communist China
Quemoy
United States
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Ching-Kuo
Formosa
Pescadores
John F. Kennedy
Cardinal Felici urges obedience to pope despite possible errors
Vatican adviser Cardinal Pericle Felici states Roman Catholics must still obey papal orders even if the Pope erred on birth control and celibacy. He warns defiance edges toward heresy but affirms obedience to legitimate authority within law and power.
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Vatican City
Paul
Pericle Cardinal
Felici
Commission For the Revision of
Aew
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Recounts Sought After Biddeford City Election Night
Democratic mayor Leo R. Lemire captured the Biddeford nomina tion and appeared set for a fourth term as his party held most seats. Lemire defeated Bernard G. Neveux 3,307 to 2,256, with recounts sought by Neveux supporters. Ballots were secured overnight by city officials and guarded by Biddeford police as tallying continued.
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Leo R
Lemire
Biddeford
Bernard G. Neveux
Board of Education
Raoul Paradis
Pauline C. Berry
Neveux
Marcel Viger
Edgar Sevigny
Innes Ailige
Aeligh
Marc A. Collette
Portland Sailed Into Disaster 10 Years Ago
The steamship Portland carrying nearly 200 people disappeared during the 1898 hurricane while en route from Boston to Portland Maine. Debris and bodies washed ashore near Provincetown, mass casualties reported, with search efforts continuing for a month. Excavations and recovered wreckage years later prompted historians to label the sinking an act of God. Memorial services have been held annually.
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York County
Area 5
Glen-Mor Restaurant
Portland Street
Kennebunk
Henry S. Curtis
Public Health Service Region 1
Boston
Jack Leet
State House
Augusta
Mary Peirce
Maine Department of Mental Health
Linwood Brown
Sweet
Portland
Maine
New England
India Wharf
Tbecety
Cape
Portland Steam Packet Co
Race Point
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Boston Herald
al George
Malden
Saigon Mystery Envoy in Paris Signals Talks Near
A mystery envoy from Saigon in Paris signals nearing end of South Vietnam boycott of the Paris peace talks. An imminent U S Saigon agreement on participation terms and Thieu readiness to join the four party talks is reported, with protocol details arranged for Ky’s vice presidency arrival.
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Paris
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
State Department
Thieu
Ih Vietnam
U.S
Johnson
Dean Rusk
National Security Council
White House
Rusk
Anatoly Dobrynin
Moscow
Sealab 3 Voyage To Ocean Depths Near San Clemente Island
Sealab 3 departs by barge toward the sea floor near San Clemente Island for a two month stay, housing five teams of divers in a 57 by 12 foot habitat to install underwater infrastructure and conduct training and research, including lobster farming and animal retrieval work. The project, valued at 10 million dollars, follows Sealab 1 and 2 tests that demonstrated prolonged life undersea.
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Long Beach
Calif
San Clemente Island
Pacific Ocean
Maine
A. Barth
San Diego
Richard C. Bird
Newton, N.J
Aviation Ordnanceman
Richard M. Blackburn
Portland
Ore
Berry L
George B.oe
Navy Mine Defense Laboratory
Panama City
Fla
Jay W. Myers
Buffalo
N.Y
John F. Reaves
Ventura
Calif. LA
James Vorosmarti Jr
Medical
Palmerton, Pa
Richard A. Cooper
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.S. Navy
Bermuda
la Jolla
Cali
Doyle Leads Saco Republicans in endorsements for December election
Doyle, seeking a third term as mayor, touted tax restraint and city improvements including a new police station and street department equipment. He noted stalled sewage work due to lack of federal funds and promised continued effort. Caucus also named a school board member and seven ward officers with clerks and wardens listed for each ward.
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Saco Republicans
Donald C. Doyle
Doyle
Tration
J Station
Maine
Claire T. Scammon
Wilfred C
Saco
Ward 1
Wilfred Buck
School Board
Claire T. Scamman
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Ser Childrens Home
Moody Street
Brink
John P. Masse
Paul FE. Laflamme
Romeo Sevigny
Harrison E. Grover
Wilfred Pembriant
Roland L. Labelle
Robert R. Labelle
Richard Binette
Police Commission
Michael Nanos
Philip Gadbois
Emile Lamontagne
Laflamme
Emile P. Drouin
Norman. Lavigne
Roland Bois
Antonio J. Dallaire
Gerard R. Moreau
Edward P. Gilbert
Vivian B. Marcotte
Henry Camire
Richard D. Lajeunesse
Leo P. Courtois
Doris T. Leveille
Edouard Gagnon Jr
Anna Forcier
Con ‘Rad Lessard
Aristide Angers
Robert E. Nolette
Arthur Fontaine
Joseph H. Kerry
Albertine Loignon
Leo R. Lemire
Toyota Agency
Harriman
King's Motor Sales
Arundel
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
U.S. Gov't
Turkeys
Hollis Blanchard
Main Street
Raymond L. Chenard Sr
Harold P. Waight
Malcolm K. MacLeod
Richard Braley
James W. Warren
Richard C. West
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