A Life Devoted To Animals By Peg Hendrick
Mrs. Lillian Merry Maine humane officer for 16 years cares for neglected animals in Old Orchard Beach. She treats, rehabilitates, and seeks homes for dogs and other pets while facing legal and financial challenges. Her kennels, partner husband, and a devoted veterinary ally enable救 many rescues despite fines and limited state support.
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Peg Hendrick
Old Orchard Beach
Lillian Merry
Mrs. Merry
Merry Kennels
Jand
Green Acres
Maine State Society
Merry
Pine Tree Humane Society
Saco
Paul
William McKenzie
Chuckle Children Start School With Alphabet Advantage
A humorous note suggests modern children begin schooling with an edge, knowing two sets of the alphabet. The fragment hints at educational progress and two alphabets, though details are limited.
Apollo 7 plans eye moon mission on Christmas Day
The Apollo 7 mission is going well with plans to send three men to the moon on Christmas Day. The Wally, Walt and Donn television show from space signals a forerunner of more spectacular space events to come.
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Wally, Walt and
Donn
Lemire Seeks Fourth Term as Biddeford Mayor
Biddeford mayor Leo R. Lemire announces he will run for a fourth term in the city primary. A World War I veteran and Biddeford High School alumnus, Lemire lists veterans groups and local committees among his affiliations and notes ongoing city projects including street and sidewalk reconstruction, separation of storm drains, a vocational school, beach parking upgrades, and new police fire and street department equipment. He and his wife Theresa Morin have four children.
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Leo Lemire
Biddeford
Leo R. Lemire
Lemire
776Th
St. Joseph's Church
Council
Decary Little League
Knights of Columbus
American Leon
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks
Lemire’s
Fortune's Rock
Air Commission
Gladys Threatens Isle of Pines With Hurricane Strength
Tropical storm Gladys intensified to near hurricane force, pummeling the Isle of Pines south of Cuba with 60 to 74 mph winds. Florida issued hurricane watches as evacuations began in western Cuba and the refugee airlift from Varadero to Miami was halted.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Youth
Gladys
Florida
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Havana
Cuban
Pinar del
Varadero
Castro
Isla Ide la Juventud
Island of Youth
Florida Keys
Gulf Coast
Florida Bay
Key Largo
Keys
Key West
Radio
Army Engineers Survey Saco River Breakwater Project
Three U S Army engineers from the Corps of Engineers Waltham Mass visited Saco Biddeford yesterday to survey progress on rebuilding two breakwaters at the river mouth and to locate spoil areas for dredged material. They announced plans for bids later in November and a hydrographic survey to map dredging sites with work to begin next year pending weather.
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U.S. Army Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Waltham
Mass
Saco River
Pla
Charles S. Sullivan
Corps
New England
A. V . Mauriello
Jesse J. LaMarche
Army Corps
Henry P. Ross
Joint
Saco River Navigation Committee
Biddeford and
Saco
Raymond Gagnon
Ross
Heroan IV
Reed Rumery
Rumery Boat Yard
Camp Ellis
Hills Beach
Biddeford
Can
Bombing halt talk surfaces as peace moves loom
Washington officials deny any change in Vietnam war policy while Paris reports hint at a possible halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam. South Vietnamese diplomats say discussions point toward a near break in bombing, though Harriman and Thieu aides urge caution amid no official confirmation.
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Washington
White House
George Christian
Saigon
Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Christian
United States
Vietnam
Nguyen de Thieu
W. Averell Harriman
South Vietnam
Tthe
Pham ‘van Lam
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Majestic Hotel
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu
Apollo 7 astronauts teach space age cooking and plumbing
Bearded, rested Apollo 7 crew present a televised in-flight lesson on space food preparation and plumbing as they near the mission halfway point. The six day orbit shows included a nine minute TV segment cut short by reception trouble at Corpus Christi.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Walter Cunningham
Narrator Schirra
Space
Cunningham
Schirra
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
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Belgium
Maine Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
Mos
D. C. Beach
Biddeford-Saco Joint Board
Twua Cope
Donald Nolette
Robert Bissell
Alex Anastasoff
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Turkey
D. Bowle
G. Stickney
Jane Hill C
Sawyer
Leo R, Lemire
Gladys Pounding
Army Engineers
Main
Eisele
I Irra
Mission Control
Astro
Conora
Grange Hall
North St
D Shoe Corp
Maine
Westland Shoe Corp
Smith ST
Joly
White Star Laundry
Alfred —— So
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