Maine Guard Units Boost Strength Under Selective Reserve Plan
Five Maine Army National Guard units will reach war time strength under the Selected Reserve Force plan. The 262nd Engineer Battalion Combat Army and the 121st Public Information Detachment will go to stepped up status November 1, with units in Bangor Millinocket Belfast Calais Newport and Augusta. Training rises from 12 to 18 assemblies per quarter, each at least four hours. The move aims to make 150000 Guard troops ready for rapid combat, imposing higher costs and demanding broader public support.
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Augusta
Maine Army National Guard
Defense Department
Army National Guard
Reed
National Guard
Comet Set To Dazzle Pre Dawn Skies This Week
A newly found bright comet will appear before dawn across the nation. Colgate University Observatory director Anthony F. Aveni expects a peak in about eight days as the comet nears the sun and may break into smaller units. The spectacle could vanish after one solar pass.
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Hamilton
N.Y
Anthony F. Aveni
Colgate University Observatory
Aveni
Berkeley Astronomer Disputes Comet Sun Impact Prediction
Dr. Leland Cunningham of UC Berkeley challenges Russian astronomers who warn the comet will strike the sun. He notes observers in the mid Pacific and Japan will see it brightest as it passes about 300000 miles from the sun’s center. Aveni cites East sky view before sunrise and a likely Oct 21 peak.
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Leland Cunningham
University of California At Berkeley
mid-Pacific
Japan
Aveni
Bernier Family Is Aided In Saco Fire Rescue Effort
Donations of clothing and furniture pour in for Lester Bernier family after their Boothby Park home burn, killing three children. Marilyn Carter of the Welfare Department says help covers bedding and boys clothing needs, with shoes coats and outerwear also requested. Local church group promised underwear for the family.
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Lester Bernier
Saco
Marilyn Carter
Bernier
Boothby Park
Carter
Danny
Grandparents Derive Night Life From Childcare Costs
A humorous note says couples reach a point where they can afford evenings out but cannot leave grandchildren alone, illustrating the irony of rising costs limiting leisure. The quip credits TM WRR General Feature Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WRR
Fea. Corp
Clothing Firm To Build New Plant In Biddeford
John Roberts Inc a Biddeford clothing maker announces a 75000 square foot plant in the new Biddeford Industrial Park off Route 1 to employ about 200 more workers. The plant will be single story with modern lighting ventilation cafeteria and a nursery for workers children. Production capacity and staff will nearly double and a new training and recruitment effort with Bertrand Frank Associates is underway. The project includes bus service and ample parking while a nursery aims to aid working mothers.
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John Roberts, Inc
Biddeford
Route 1
Carmen D'Amico
Bertrand Frank Associates
New York
Picariello and Singer, Inc
Boston
Stuart Grant
Firm of
Engineers
D’amico
Maine Employment Security Commission
Grant
John Roberts
Biddeford - Saco
Saco - Lowell
Smith
Economic Inn
Edward F. Gaulin
Maine Court Bans Blue Cross Extended Coverage Endorsement
The Maine Supreme Court ruled that an extended coverage endorsement offered to 15 000 Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers is an encroachment on commercial insurance and unlawful. The decision states no difference from standard health and accident policies and cites equal protection under state and federal constitutions.
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Portland
Maine Supreme Court
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Maine
Harold C. Marden
Associated Hospital Service of Maine
U S Forces Pull Out Of An Khe Viet Nam Valley
U S forces withdraw after four day Shiny Bayonet operation in the Suoi Ca Valley near An Khe. Maj. Gen. Harry Kinnard says Viet Cong defended wounded, many documents captured, 34 bodies counted and 93 guerrillas captured, with 44 more killed by artillery or air action. One battalion remains under fire as civil affairs plans move in.
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AN Khe
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Cavalry Division
Suai i Ca
Harry Kinnard
Viet Nam
Kinnard
Col
Thomas Brown
West Point
N.Y
Battali
Union Shop Repeal Bill Shelved in Senate Action
The Senate shelved for this year a bill to repeal Taft Hartley 14B allowing states to ban union shop contracts. Senate Leader Mansfield blocked cloture after Dirksen led a successful filibuster, defeating the measure for 1965. McNamara expects revival next year, while Mansfield keeps plans undecided.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Mansfield
House
Union Shop
Dirksen
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