Vatican Council approves unity plan at ecumenism vote
The Vatican Ecumenical Council backed a second chapter of the schema on unity by wide margins with 2,120 voting yes and 46 no. It urged a conversion of heart for Catholics and affirmed openness to other Christians while stressing public and private prayer for Christian unity. Continued discussion noted.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter's Basilica
Christian Unity Movement
Tol
Atty
Albert Cookson
St. Andre’s
Pool Road
Guinea Road
Mrs Johnson Launches A Whistlestop Tour
First Lady Lyndon B Johnson opens a 1682 mile southern campaign with a Lee quotation urging unity amid civil rights tensions. With President Johnson aboard the Ladybird Special, they tour Alexandria and beyond as crowds cheer and some heckling arises.
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Mrs. Johnson
Ladybird Special
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Johnson
Alexandria
Lee
Arlington
Nations Top Marine Flags Navy Gun Gap
Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr. says there is a naval gunfire deficiency hindering landings and urges remedial action. He notes postwar shifts to missiles reduced shore bombardment, with Navy and Marine forces studying new gunfire support ships to close the gap.
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Washington
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Navy
Marines
Greene
Korea
Catch Up From Paying As We Go Joke Line
Witty quip notes readers daydream of paying as they go while time and money lag behind. A lighthearted jab on modern costs and convenience.
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Gen
Tea, Corp
Campaign headlines mix in 1964 GOP and civil rights notes
Key items from News At A Glance include Barry Goldwater campaigning in Pennsylvania with a vow to invite Eisenhower to South Vietnam if he wins, Lyndon Johnson's wife urging Americans to unite, a tense Southern political mood, naval gunfire concerns for beach landings, Supreme Court challenges to the Civil Rights Act provisions, steel industry labor shortages in Chicago and Gary, John Wayne recovering after two surgeries, a Pittsburgh area nun relief effort, a Presbyterian minister aiding Akron nuns, and Queen Elizabeth II beginning a Canadian tour with public events.
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Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert E. Lee
South
Luke
National Steel Industry
Chicago -Gary
Big John Wayne
Los Angeles
Akron
Ohio
Guidance Unit Election Highlights Local Leaders
Rev. Robert M. Howes of Kennebunkport was reelected president of the Community Child and Family Guidance Association at its first annual meeting held at the Sweetser Children's home in Saco. Officers include Eleanor Rice Sanford vice president and H W Stevens Saco treasurer.
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Robert M. Howes
Kennebunkport
Community Child and Family Guidance Association
Sweetser Children’s Home
Saco
Eleanor Rice
Sanford
H. W. Stevens
Elizabeth Smith
Kennebunk
Eleanor Travis
Clement Thibodeau
Leo Pelletier
Reed Airs Pepperell Troubles With Officials Offer Of Aid
AUGUSTA AP Gov Reed says he conferred with Pepperell Mfg executives and is convinced they will work to keep operations in Maine. Pepperell runs cotton textile mills in Biddeford and Lewiston and discussed Maine problems with Vice President Henry Truslow and mill manager Bernard Brady. They talked transport, labor, power, maintenance and local taxes and the governor pledged to extend all services of his office.
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Augusta
Reed
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Maine
Pepperell
Biddeford
Lewiston
Homer N. Carter
Henry Truslow
Bernard Brady
Truslow
Brady
Fourth Juror Is Selected At Trial
On the second day of the Wayne E. Beckus murder trial in York County Superior Court, four jurors were seated, with John A. Crabtree Chesley J. Foss and Fred Lane chosen for duty. The defense used six of its twenty peremptory challenges as the panel narrowed. the court excused many fishy prospects and instructed jurors not to discuss or reveal questions.
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Alfred
Wayne E. Beckus
Masontown
York County Superior Court
Char E. Black
Somerwick
John A. Crabtree
Wells
Chesley J. Foss
Fred Lane
Limerick
Jeremiah Guiney
Biddeford
Weymouth W. Colby
M. Louis Gagne
Sanford
Hilma Bean
Hollis
Jessie D. Chase
Kenneth W. Berdeen
Kennebunk
Girard Chretien
Robert G. Pelletier
Ralph A. Smith
Annie Cowgill
Kennebunkport
Bernard Dunton
William S. Silsby
Wers
Beckus
Pelleer
Lloyd P. LaFountain
Wells Beach
Alfred Farmer
Roland Rioux
Armand Lavalle
Leroy Littlefield
Eliot
Randall Cushing
Alice Cousins
Buxton
Harold Crawford
Acton
Edgar Cabana
Harvey Lam
Winifred van Houten
Lebanon
Roland Maynard
Helen Irene Rankin
Justice Silsby
Eisenhower Caught In Nuclear Weapons Control Row
Washington AP report shows former President Eisenhower pressed between Democrats and Republicans over who controls nuclear weapons. A GOP task force accused Johnson of overstepping, while Eisenhower urged avoiding detailed public clash. White House said Johnson agrees with Eisenhower that defense plans should stay private.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Tost
Johnson
U.S
Eisenhower
New York
White House
United States
NATO
George Reedy
Seattle
Plans for $475000 26 room Biddeford elementary school
Biddeford City Council heard plans for a two story West Street elementary school with 12 classrooms per floor a ground level subprimary room a multipurpose room and teachers offices The $475000 estimate excludes $28000 for land and furnishings The center site plan allows future expansion Bids expected in about 10 days and drainage and land costs discussed School building committee favored West Street over Clifford Park due to deed restrictions and lodging costs
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Biddeford
Wadsworth
Boston
West Street
Raymond Kenneally
Kenneally
Clifford Park
Cil
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Christian World
Eral
Potomac River
Electrolux
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Remar’s
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Biddeford Junior High School
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Susan Maxwell
Jackie Daudier
Dean Burch
Burch
Arizona
Goldwater
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Conroy
Granite Street
Laurence Kraynick
Whitman & Howard Inc
Kraynick
Philip Bartlett
Dartmouth Street
Bartlett
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