She Conquered Adversity in Handicapped Teacher Hope
Pauline Ruel, a 20 year old with cerebral palsy from Biddeford, talks about her hopes to teach arts and crafts to children at Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army Center. She has written for The Church World and St. Andre's High School accolades show resilience and a desire to integrate handicapped and non handicapped people.
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Pauline Ruel
Granite St
Biddeford
Pauline
Raymond G. H. Ruel
Granite Street
Salvation Army Center
Old Orchard Beach
Gorham State College
Institute of Christian Action
St. Francis College
Church World
Pine Tree
St. Andre’s High School
Institute
St. Andre's High School
Rebellious Ocean Hill Brownsville District Refuses 80 Teachers
In Brooklyn Ocean Hill Brownsville, a rebel district refused to assign 80 white teachers to nonteaching duties, triggering anticipated strikes as police guarded schools and protests formed outside. Rhody McCoy announced the action, while students entered classes without incident amid a district split with the city Board of Education. Albert Shanker warned of a possible strike vote if conditions worsen.
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New York
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Rhody McCoy
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Violence Strikes Northern Ireland in Londonderry
Riot police guard key areas as three homemade gasoline bombs explode in Londonderry. Prime Minister Terence O'Neill calls Cabinet in Belfast to discuss security. In clashes nearly 100 injured as youths taunt police with Nazi shouts amid discrimination protests against Catholics. ONeill had just returned from England as Wilson visit looms.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
Belfast
O'Neill
England
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Prison on Wheels Exhibit Displays Law Enforcement Tools
The Crime Discouragement Display Prison on Wheels arrives at Biddeford Shopping Center from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Oct 12. Sheriff J Edward Slavin of New Haven, Conn, promotes the 33-foot mechanized prison touring 47 states to show the consequences of crime to deter youths. Attendants explain items such as the lie detector, the Drunk-o-Meter, electric gun lock, tear gas guns, and other modern aids, with no admission charge.
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Prison On Wheels
W. T
Biddeford
J. Edward Slavin
New Haven
Conn
Slavin
Vilage
Milford
Bidde. Ord
Laflamme Seeks At Large Council Seat on Democratic Ticket
Former Biddeford councilman Paul E. Laflamme, 35 Gove St., announced his bid for city council on the Democratic Primary ballot as a councilman at large. A WWII OSS veteran, he ran in 1965, is married to Claire Dubuc, has two daughters, and runs a retail oil business. He is active in St. Andre's Church and several local clubs.
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Biddeford
Bernard Neveux
Paul E. Laflamme
Gove St
Laflamme
Office of Strategic Services
Claire Dubuc
St. Andre’s Church
Merton Ira Staples Amvets Post
Standby Radio Communications Club
Peace President Echoes Across Campaigns in Washington
Hubert Humphrey urged annual U S Soviet summit forums to pursue peace and a Middle East solution while warning against hopes of easy victory. Richard Nixon favored halting bombing when it reduces American deaths and stressed nonmilitary diplomacy, and George Wallace urged a negotiated end with readiness for a military push if talks fail. Wallace also backed a US Soviet summit and ending Rhodesia sanctions, plus moving 30,000 troops to curb crime in Washington.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
George C. Wallace
Washington
Nixon
Humphrey
United Press
Wallace
National Press Club
UPI
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
United Nations
Rhodesia
J. McCarthy
Humam
McCarthy
New York
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Red Feather Parade Set to Start at 7 Tonight
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest parade steps off at 7 from Beach Street lights in Saco. Four divisions lead the annual drive as the parade travels down Saco Main Street, up Biddeford Main Street to Jefferson Street, then to City Square.
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Biddeford-Saco
Saco
Biddeford
Jefferson Street
City Square
Apollo 7 Astronauts Begin Final Preparations
Apollo 7 command pilot Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham begin final simulator prep for an 11 day earth orbit mission. NASA officials call the craft ready as Saturn 1B rocket readiness and stability are praised. If successful, Apollo 8 could orbit the Moon in December as a rehearsal for a 1969 lunar landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Walter M. Schirra ‘Jr
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
George E. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Schirra
Brooklyn Bridge
Earth
U.S
Cunningham
Biddeford Ballot To Decide Mayor Pay And Fluoridation
Biddeford city council moved to place two measures on the November ballot: a mayor salary hike from 1500 to 6000 dollars for 1969 and the addition of fluoridation to the drinking water. Both were approved unanimously for referendum, with other items including traffic-light plans, property condemnations, and a bid for a new Biddeford Historical Archives Society discussed.
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Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Hill
Pool
Main
Elm Streets
Douglas Cobb
State Highway Commission
Main Street
Cobb
Oul
Edward Wolfertz
Oscar W. Perreault
Roger R. Johnson
Raymond Kennealad
Estelle Richard Labonte
Granite Street
Hy-Way Steel House
Alfred Road
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Arnested Bergeron
Mont
el Q
Ellis
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Apply Land Mfg. CO
Claude Dubois
UMS
Maine
SA Storer Street
Cyr's
Mary's Hall
Kenne
Dy School
Clement P. Wight Agency
C. Russell Durant Realtor
Middle East
Roland Lemieux
Raymond LePage
Manuel Rosenbaum
Bernadette Courtois
Grace R. Hubert
LePage
Rosen
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