World’s Week Politics Dominate Scene in Campaign Tour
The Associated Press reports busy campaign trails as leaders and families press their presences. President Johnson and Lady Bird tour the South and Midwest while Barry Goldwater campaigns in New Jersey and Texas, with both sides drawing mixed receptions. Peggy Goldwater avoids political questions in public, Lady Bird faces mixed reaction, and Rep. Miller plus Sen. Humphrey vie for youth votes. Foreign events mirror turmoil with De Gaulle’s South America swing and Peron supporters in Spain, plus Soviet detentions in Khabarovsk and Tshombe’s Congo activities.
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Associated Press
Lady Bird Johnson
Peggy Goldwater
Midwest
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
New Jersey
Texas
Johnson
Linda Bird
Luci Baines
Goldwater
Barry Jr
Michael
Miller
Lady Bird
South
Virginia
Carolinas
Charleston
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Lyndon
William E. Miller
New York
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Charles de Gaulle
France
South America
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Spain
de Gaulle
Buenos Aires
le Grande Charlie
Paraguay
Siberian
Khabarovsk
Moscow
Congo
Held against will officer menaced in Caracas threats
In Caracas Venezuela anonymous calls to AP warned that Lt Col Michael Smolen deputy chief of the U S mission to Venezuelan forces would die an hour after the execution of Nguyen Van Troi a Viet Cong. Smolen was seized by a gang claiming FALN ties and authorities stepped up a nationwide search while Washington warned embassies.
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Caracas
Venezuela
South
Viet Nam
Michael Smolen
U.S
Associated Press
Smolen
Nguyen van Troi
Armed Forces of National Liberation
FALN
Troi
Robert S. MacNamara
Washington
U.S. State Department
State Department
Saigon
Johnson Tackles The Racial Question
President Johnson campaigned in Louisiana and Mississippi urging civil rights while noting some Southerners hear only Negro during elections. He stressed equality and enforcement of civil rights as essential for the presidency, drawing cheers from integrated diners at a New Orleans Democratic dinner.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Deep South
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Sam Rayburn
South
Rayburn
Sammy
Texas
Church program lists hymn Rise Up O Men of God
A church bulletin announces the hymn Rise Up O Men of God with parentheses below reading The congregation will remain seated Copr Gen tea Corp, reflecting a typesetting error in the printed program.
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Gen
Tea, Corp
State Prepares To Rest Its Case Against Beckus
In York County Superior Court the state moved toward resting its case in the Wayne E. Beckus murder and armed robbery trial connected to the July 9 death of Trooper Charles C. Black during the South Berwick bank robbery. Prosecutors presented 18 witnesses linking Beckus to the crime though he did not fire the gun. The weapon, a .22 Ruger semi auto pistol, was identified, with bullets found in the trooper. Defense timing for presenting its case was unclear.
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Alfred
York County
Beckus
Emery R. Jordan
State Bureau of Identification
Black
Robert G. Pelletier
Sanford
Stephen A. Cobb
Testimony Details Fatal Trooper Shooting Wounds
Aminer testified Black was struck by bullets above the right eye and in the nostril and shoulders. Pathologist Dr. Moeser described bullet wounds as skin defects from foreign bodies. He testified one bullet cut through Black’s brain severing an artery, another entered from nose to head, another pierced the right elbow, and a bullet caused a right chest fracture.
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Moeser
Black
Becket Beckus Testimony on Wounds and Gun Sale Details
Witnesses describe injuries from the robbery and murder, noting a collar bone damage and an aorta injury. Roy Ackerman testifies selling a .22 Ruger pistol and ammunition to Beckus, identifying him in person and in a photo. Defense cross examines, while officials confirm prior identifications at a jail and sheriffs office. Continued on Page Two
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Ackerman
Beckus
Reginald R. Sabean
Water Street
Eastport
Maine
Robert G. Pelletier
Lloyd P. LaFountain
York County
Alfred
William M. Ellsmore, Jr
Rochester
N.H
John Link
Somersworth
Goldwater Stumps In Pacific Northwest
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater campaigns across the Pacific Northwest urging voters to pay the rent for liberty as he attacks President Johnson's federal reach. He speaks in Spokane Portland and Salt Lake City, then on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco where a Columbus Day crowd lights fireworks as he stresses freedom comes from God and must be preserved at the ballot box. He cites immigrant roots and questions what Americans aim to own, urging action to keep liberty strong.
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Spokane
Wash
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Utah
Johnson
Washington
San Francisco
Fisherman’s Wharf
Goldwater
Christopher Columbus
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Poland
Small Nations Key In U N Dispute Over UN Finances
United Nations diplomats report that one or more small member states may propose settlements to the U S Soviet dispute over financing peace keeping operations. A 21 nation working group may meet next Friday to discuss whether the General Assembly or Security Council sets assessments and whether non paying nations lose their assembly vote. The United States has signaled a showdown when the assembly opens on November 10.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Security Council
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Congo
Middle East
Council
U.S
U.S.S.R
U.N
U Thant
Water Company Began in 1881 at Biddeford Saco
Joanne Rumery details the Biddeford and Saco Water Company's origins in 1881, its growth to a nine million gallon daily capacity, and the modernized plant on Hollis Road. The system serves York County with extensive mains, from two 24 inch intake pipes to a 350 hp main pump, chlorination, alum and lime treatment, and continuous testing in a floodproof, reliable facility.
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Biddeford
Saco
Hollis Road
York County
Jor
Old Orchard Beach
Ocean Park
Com
Pany
Harry M. Wooster
Pine Point
Scarborough
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Bessie Boston
Richard Burke
Vernor Clough
Robert Stimpson
Marcia Goff
Langley Philbrick
Lois Johnson
Roy Boston
Bernard Bunnell
Emma Bunnell
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Lubbock
el Paso
Phoenix
Columbus
Ohio
Muncie
Ind
L, Morissette
Boom Road
General Accounting
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Whist Party
ST. Francis College Benefit Priesthood Fund
Goldthwait
City Square
Roussel’s
Esso Station
Pool Street
Oscar Bouthot
Roy Ackerman
Dover, N.H
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Mously
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Fedorenko
Midd-East
By Joanne Rumery
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