Webber Hospital Plans $3 Daily Rate Increase
Webber Hospital Biddeford announces a $3 per day rate hike for all rooms effective December 1. President John Rogers cites need to fund wage reviews with new schedules for nurses and other staff, as upgrades anticipate a February completion of wage surveys and expanded 125 bed capacity after new addition.
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Secret Service expands presidential protection
The Secret Service will add 75 personnel to boost protection and advance work for presidential travel. Douglas Dillon says the expansion, costing about 650000 dollars, will include more sophisticated equipment and electronic data processing to track potential threats. The program may take up to 20 months to fully implement.
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Ball Leaves On Mission Tonight
Washington AP undersecretary of state George W Ball flies to Paris for talks with European leaders and U S officials on economic and military problems facing the Atlantic Allies. Key topics include British financial policies and the U S plan for a multilateral nuclear force to be jointly owned and manned by NATO members. Ball's trip follows Britain s financial crisis and Prime Minister Harold Wilson s criticisms of the MLF. Rusk and Schroeder indicated hope that NATO nuclear fleet can be established with broad participation. Belgium reportedly will not participate in the nuclear force.
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Viet Nam Strategy Studied
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Ambassador Maxwell D Tay lor began an intensive reassessment of U.S. strategy in Viet Nam. The study could push President Johnson toward a broader war as Taylor and Rusk hold talks leading to White House sessions next week.
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Thanksgiving traffic toll climbs with holiday fatalities
The Associated Press reports a sharp rise in Thanksgiving traffic deaths with 206 fatalities during the 102 hour weekend. Weather worsened driving conditions across regions, and multiple-death accidents occurred in several states including Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, and South Carolina. The count exceeds the nine month daily average and last year’s figures.
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Iowa
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Congo Rebels Strike Back as Stanleyville Falls
Government troops push across the Congo River toward rebel held Stanleyville where snipers fire as 59 foreigners, including three Americans, have been killed since the U S Belgian airborne operation began. Paratroopers rescued about 1,600 white hostages in Stanleyville and Paulis, with 170 foreigners brought out by Belgian forces and U S C 130s. A embassy spokesman said evacuation of Stanleyville refugees was complete, while five Americans remained in rebel zones alongside other nationals missing in the north.
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Tragic Sea Collision Sinks Tanker Off New Jersey
The Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali and Israeli liner Shalom collided eighteen miles off the New Jersey coast in dense fog on Thanksgiving Day. Ninety passengers and crew watched as lifeboats, swamped sections, and a partially submerged stern marked the scene. Twenty four of the tanker’s 43 crew were saved. thirteen bodies were recovered as search efforts ended at sunset with six mariners still missing. The Shalom carried 1,076 aboard and sustained no serious injuries.
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Before Marriage Spooner Motif Sparks Marriage Joke
A brief humor item notes that before marriage a man spends time spooning around, after marriage the habit becomes forking over. This light quip attributes the joke to TM WRR Gen Fea Corp style.
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