Eleventh Juror Chosen For Beckus Trial Panel
In York County tonight the Beckus murder trial nears a full jury in a high profile case. Wayne E. Beckus 26 of Masontown Pa faces a single murder charge tied to Trooper Charles E. Black’s death near South Berwick with a companion awaiting trial on the same charges. Over 70 jurors have been questioned with 11 chosen so far nine men and two women. The court continues to select one regular juror and two alternates as defense and state press challenges.
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Alfred
Wayne E. Beckus
Masontown
York County Subor
Beckus
Charles E. Black
York
South Berwick
First National Bank of
Biddeford
Joseph R. MacDonald
Rochester
N.H
York County
Marion E. Bakckwell
Shapleigh
Clarence E. Fenderson
Wells
Portsmouth Naval
Walter Thompson Saco
Jessie Allen
Robert G. Pelletier
Sanford
Lloyd P. la Fountain
William S. Silsby
J. Albert Merryman
Justice Silsby
Carpenter
Caron
Moulton
Clifford C. Clifford
W. Alberta Redmond
Kennebunkport
Helen A. Heffernan
Saco
Senate Foes Will Debate Mill Controversy On TV
Maine Senate race features Edmund Muskie and Rep. Clifford McIntire in a half hour televised debate on whether Muskie vote and Peril Point Amendment caused Worumbo Mill closing. Debate precedes second session on Cold War response. The mill, employing about 600, faces closure amid trade policy critique.
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Associated Press
Edmund
Muskie
Oponent
Clifford G. Mentire
Worumbo Mill
Maine
Portland
William Houston
Bangor
McIntire
Worumbo
South Portland
Congress
Bryant Pond
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Stanley R. Tupper
Stanley Jr
Young Tupper
Boothbay Harbor
Tall man exits sportscar in comic pose
An exceptionally tall man attempts to leave a sportscar and resembles a sunflower breaking from a vase. The scene blends surreal humor with a vivid image, captured in a single photogenic moment.
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Gen
Ivea, Corp
Pepperell Plant Move Denied By Union Leader Smoke Screen Claim
Schoonjans, area director of local textile unions, called Pepperell Mfg Co’s bid to close its Biddeford and Lewiston plants a smoke screen to avoid a voluntary wage increase. He noted workers have handled heavier loads without modern machines and urged investment in new gear. Gov. Reed met Pepperell executives and offered state help as talks continue.
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Michael Schoonjans
Pepperell Mfg., Co
Biddeford
Lewiston
Homer N. Carter
Forbes Magazine
Maine
Pepperell
Bernard Brady
Schoonjans
Textile Company
Henry Truslow
Reed
Pep‘perell
Peppersell
Boston
Schoonjan
Main St
Biddeeford
Johnson and Goldwater Campaigns Roll Through Key States
President Johnson launches a Midwest tour focusing on farm voters while Barry Goldwater pushes to win back Republican defectors in New Jersey. Mrs Johnson and Mrs Goldwater campaign in Indiana and the South as campaigns extend nationwide. Hurricane evacuees return to shattered Louisiana despite warnings. Studies show regular anti coronary diet lowers fatal heart attack risk in middle aged men. Harvard adviser warns ski slope wives should ski well. Tshombe ends bid to attend Cairo non aligned conference. De Gaulle wins Paraguay cheers after riot in Argentina. Washington lays groundwork for a new world food quality code.
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Johnson
Midwest
Barry Goldwater
New Jersey
Lyndon Johnson
South
Muncie
Ind
Louisiana
Harvard
Tshombe
Cairo
de Gaulle
Paraguay
Argentina
Washington
Man Killed In Cornish Mishap
CORNISH AP A van type truck went off Route 5 and slammed into an elm tree, killing its lone occupant Mil lard M. Hamilton 37 of Westbrook. The medical examiner cited multiple injuries including a skull fracture. Found at 7:30 a.m beyond a curve near the Limerick town line, Hamilton apparently failed to straighten after the curve. Wreckers pried his body from the cab. The truck was owned by Estes Transportation Co. of Gorham.
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Cornish
Millard M. Hamilton
Westbrook
Limerick
Hamilton
Estes Transportation Co
Gorham
Houlton Youth Dies In Mishap
HOULTON AP Stephen Barlock twelve year old of Houlton died after a potato picker ran over him while he tried to fetch a tool kit fallen from the machine. He succumbed to chest and abdominal injuries about four hours later.
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Houlton
Stephen Barlock
Goldwater Opens New Jersey Tour Urging Limited Presidency
Goldwater told a cheering Atlantic City breakfast crowd it is not safe to have so much power in one man's hands and pledged to curb executive authority if elected. He argued Johnson's administration shows usurpation of Congress and urged Republicans to unite under his conservative banner. He called for a fair shake from government for the forgotten American, defined as taxpayers and workers who educate, pay, and follow laws.
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Goldwater
New Jersey
Barry Goldwater
Atlantic City
Johnson
Congress
Arizona
Milton Glenn
Thousands Return To Survey Damage In Louisiana
In coastal Louisiana thousands of families returned to survey hurricane wreckage after Hurricane Hilda. Power and water remained scarce as residents adapted with back roads boats and cut cane fields to reach homes. Officials estimate up to 100 million dollars in damages and 37 dead from the storm and tornadoes, with 25,000 families affected across Louisiana and Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
A. L. Stansbury
Franklin
St. Mary Parish
Iberia Parish
Red Cross
Mississippi
Hilda
Vermilion
Lafourche
Vatican Approves Communion With Eastern Orthodox Services
The Vatican Ecumenical Council voted to allow Roman Catholics to receive certain sacraments in Eastern Orthodox services while not extending this to Protestant and Anglican churches. The council advanced Chapter Three of De Ecumenismo, stressing cross church sacrament presence as a step toward unity and highlighting lay participation in the Church.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
East
West
Nasser Government Holds Congo Head
Cairo reports President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s government has held Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe hostage inside the Aruba Palace on Cairo’s outskirts until Congo bars gendarmes from the U A R embassy in Leopoldville. Al Ahram quoted Nasser adviser Mohamed Fayek saying Tshombe must remain in Cairo.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moise Tshombe
United Arab Republic
Leopoldville
Tshombe
al Ahram
Nasser
Aruba
U.A.R
Mohamed Fayek
Athens
Johnson Targets Farm Proposals in Corn Belt Campaign
President Johnson accused Barry Goldwater of harming American agriculture with his farm proposals. He urged broader price supports and warned of a blow to the economy, repeating the Raleigh speech in Des Moines on a six state tour. He stressed freedom against critics and framed the race as about economic policy and national strength.
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Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Midwest
North Carolina
Ohio
California
Washington
White House
Iowa
North Carolina State College Coliseum
Raleigh
Carolina
Raleigh-Durham
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