TV Viewers Reconciled To Holiday Commercials
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry notes Thanksgiving Day TV featured parades and holiday programming on CBS NBC and NBCs special. NBC highlighted New York Philadelphia and Detroit parades while CBS showed multiple cities. Evening programs offered musical numbers from Dean Martin Eydie Gorme and Al Hirt with Steve Lawrence and Juliet Prowse billed for weekend viewing.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Santa Claus
CBS
NBC
Phia
Detroit
Dean Martin
Eydie Gorme
al Hirt
Franklin County Jail Escapee Being Hunted
FARMINGTON AP reports authorities hunt a Skowhegan youth Dominic Shirland 20 who fled Franklin County jail after an arraignment for burglaries. Sheriff Dwight Lander said he was last seen in Fairfield at an acquaintance’s home and is now sought in the Bangor area. Shirland was arrested in Skowhegan Wednesday on breaking and entering and larceny charges.
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Farmington
Skowhegan
Franklin County
Dwight Lander
Dominic Shirland
Fairfield
Lander
Bangor
Shirland
New Credit Union Formed At Beach
Old Orchard Beach reports the formation of St. Margaret's Federal Credit Union with a charter presentation at 8 p.m. Monday at Jamesson School. The credit union will then open for business and accept new members. Officers named are Norman Murphy president Paul Brady vice president Norman Lescard treasurer and Fernando Rounds secretary.
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Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret’s Federal Credit Union
Jameson School
Norman Murphy
Paul Brady
Norman Lescard
Fernando Rounds
Vatican Council Expands Mixed Marriage Procedures
Vatican Ecumenical Council actions on Roman Catholic marriage laws may ease future permits for dual wedding ceremonies with Catholics and non Catholics. A New Bedford wedding that joined Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox rites under papal dispensation is cited as a possible forerunner. The council approved a document recognizing the validity of marriages between Eastern-rite Catholics and Orthodox Catholics, signaling broadened allowances while considering the consciences of both partners.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Vatican
New Bedford
Mass
Ecumenical Council
Draft Church Marriage Reforms Shared With Vatican Experts
A draft document outlining proposed changes in church marriage laws for mixed marriages was turned over to Pope Paul VI for revision by Vatican experts, after being discussed with an Orthodox minister. The action signals an effort to harmonize rites across different Christian traditions.
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Paul VI
Vatican
Dunlap Lodge Plans New Year's Dance
Dunlap Lodge F. and A. M. announces a New Year’s dance on December 31 from 9 p m to 2 a m at Masonic Hall Main Street Biddeford. Co chairmen of the arrangements committee are Allen Sukalas Walter Alexander and Basil Emery Jr Reservations may be made with any lodge officer Music by Jimmie Gendron’s orchestra with refreshments and noisemakers
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Dunlap Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Biddeford
Allen Sukalas
Walter Alexander
Basil Emery Jr
Jimmie Gendron
Section Designates Route 9 as State Highway
Augusta AP reports the State Highway Commission will designate the Route 9 segment from Brewer to Baileyville's U S Route 1 as a State Highway when funds for snow removal equipment are available. Until then the road, known locally as the Airline, stays in the state-aid system.
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Augusta
State Highway Commission
Brewer
U.S
Collision Between Shalom and Tanker Drops Passengers Into Panic
Nineteen ships equipped with radar. The Shalom struck a tanker at sea advancing chaos as crew battled cold and fear. The tanker sent SOS at 2 23 a m and Coast Guard units rushed to the scene while the liner stood by to aid survivors. Passengers described no panic and the ship resumed service with drinks served after the incident.
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Kristian Bendersen
Shalom
Coast Guard
Caribbean
Santa Paula
No Reduction Planned At Shipyard In Work Force
Defense Secretary McNamara assures Senators there will be no Portsmouth Naval Shipyard job cuts for the next three to four years. The yard now employs 7,274. layoffs will come mainly from attrition and furloughs with a planned 10 year phaseout while Dow Air Force Base staffing should stay steady through 1967.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Robert S. McNamara
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Edmund Muskie
Maine
McNamara
Muskie
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Dow
McIntyre
Johnson Nears End Of Extended Ranch Holiday
President Johnson nears the end of an extended Thanksgiving stay at his Texas ranch with no public appointments. Kilduff provided limited details on holiday activities while the First Family kept to seclusion. The president worked in the morning, stayed in touch with the Congo situation, and spent the afternoon with Mrs Johnson. Their daughters Lynda and Luci Baines joined for the turkey dinner after arriving from Washington.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lady Bird
Malcolm Kilduff
White House
Kilduff
Congo
Johnsson
Bangor railroad director joins national rail group board
W. Jerome Strout, president of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of American Railroads. He succeeds E. Spancer Miller, president of Maine Central.
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Bangor
W. Jerome Strout
Bangor and Aroostook
Association of American Railroads
E. Spancer Miller
Maine Central
Ball to Meet British Officials and Paris Officials on Diplomacy
Ball travels from Paris to London after meetings in Paris with U.S. officials and NATO representatives to gauge reactions to British policies and De Gaulle dissension. The report notes Patrick Gordon Walker and likely Wilson will also meet Ball. Also mentioned is a separate note that the world's wind system extends about 22 miles.
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Patrick Gordon Walker
Wilson
London
Ball
Paris
U.S
NATO
de Gaulle
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Westinghouse
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New England
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Coca-Cola Bottling Plants, Inc
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