State Police Raid Biddeford Businesses Begin Gambling Sweep
State Police and investigators raided several Biddeford establishments this morning as part of a gambling crackdown. Curtis News on Main Street and the Cue Stick Lounge on Alfred Street were among those searched. Police officials said more details would follow later this afternoon.
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Biddeford
Col
Parker F. Hennessey
Curtis’ News
Main Street
Cue Stick
Alfred Street
Edgar Sevigny
Venus probes signals received in Britain after Venus 4
Signals from Venus 4 reach Britain as the Soviet probe completes a four month journey to Earths sister planet. Sir Bernard Lovell notes continued coverage on page two.
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Associated Press
Venus
Britain
Soviet Union
Earth
Bernard Lovell
Arson Suspected in California Brush Fires
Fire officials say arson may account for a third of the 50 000 acres burned across Southern California. A major 7 000 acre fire near Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Paula is 12 miles around with four miles uncontrolled, edging into rugged terrain as it moves away from towns. An earlier Santa Paula blaze burned 15 000 acres near the town.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Paula
Page Phreee
Components Inc. Workers Ship 185 Pounds of Christmas Gifts
Employees at Components Inc. in Biddeford and Kennebunk organized a holiday drive after obtaining a USO Vietnam installations list. They packed 185 pounds of gifts, with 20 pounds each for four local servicemen and 21 packages for USO units in South Vietnam, all wrapped and sent.
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Components Inc
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Maine
Vietnam
Divisions
Components, Inc
United States
South Vietnam
Nelson R. Ouellette
Robert G. LaMar
Raymond Prejean
al c Raymond Arcand
U.S.O
Study Of Catholic Schools Planned For Biddeford
State Department of Education supervisors will visit Biddeford Catholic schools over several months to observe instruction administration and finance. Andrew J Peterson will coordinate the project with results and recommendations due by early January. Sponsored by Rev Sylvia Levesque and church education officials.
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State Department of Education
Biddeford
Andrew J. Peterson
State Department
Sylvia Levesque
Catholic Education
Charles Murphy
Thomas Vose
Diocesan
Office of Education
Page Forees
Counterattack On Import Quotas Planned By U S
Washington AP reports the Johnson administration will mount a major defense before the Senate Finance Committee against a push to impose import quotas on steel and other goods. Secretary of State Rusk and trade negotiator Roth lead the administration’s case, arguing quotas threaten liberal trade policies and could trigger $3.5 billion in retaliation.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Dean Rusk
William M. Roth
United States
Roth
U.S
Rusk
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Johnson Budget Under The Knife In House Action
In Washington the Johnson budget faces deep House cuts with a June 30 impact. The Appropriations Committee outlines a payroll and research reduction aimed at 2.85 billion in savings, including 1.4 billion by year end. Republicans push a 5 billion annual cut and members offer amendments targeting programs like supersonic transport and various Johnson administration efforts.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Appropriations Committee
John ‘Son
The
Treasury
Justice Department
FBI
Post Office
Mothers, children wait as doctor opens clinic door
A mother jokes that patients look like a sink full of dirty dishes when the pediatrician arrives to open the office. The lighthearted remark captures a quiet morning scene in the waiting area with families present.
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WRR
Fea
Corp
Soviet Venus 4 Probes Surface In Flight Test
Soviet Venus 4 landed a 2,438 pound instrument package on Venus after a four month, 213 million mile voyage. Data showed surface readings suggesting high heat and varied temperatures up to 536 degrees Fahrenheit before transmissions ceased. Jodrell Bank tracked signals claiming surface contact, while Lovell hailed potential first surface data from Venus. U.S. officials note prior failures of Venus and Mars missions. Mariner 5 was slated to fly by Venus with diameter measurements.
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Moscow
Venus
Tass
Vitaly Bronshten
Venus 4
Earth
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Sir Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Lovell
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
U.S
Two US Companies Ambushed North of Saigon
U S Army soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division clash with a Communist regiment in jungle near Saigon, leaving 58 Americans dead and 61 wounded along with over 100 Viet Cong killed. Maj. Don W Holleder and Lt Col Terry Allen Jr among officers killed. North of Vietnam U S aircraft lose four planes while Hanoi claims five shot down. Additional notes report heavy shelling of Australian destroyer Perth and South Korean Marines claiming 431 enemy killed on the Batangan Peninsula. Infantrymen of the 9th Division uncover large weapon caches in a tunnel complex east of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S
Don W. Holleder
Army
Terry Allen Jr
Sicily
Holleder
Allen
North Vietnam
Red China
Lang Son
Lang Giai
Hanoi
Perth
Vietnam
Batangan
Chu Lai
U.S. 9Th Division
Nobel Prize Awarded for Eye Visual Processes
The 1967 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine goes to Ragnar Granit Haldan Hartline and George Wald for discoveries on the eye's primary chemical and physiological visual processes. Hartline works at Rockefeller Institute and is a Johns Hopkins alumnus. Wald is Harvard biology professor and Columbia alumnus. Granit, born in Helsinki, is a Swedish Royal Society member and Caroline Institute researcher.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ragnar Granit
Haldan Keffer Hartline
Boston
Mass
George Wald
Harvard University
Royal Caroline Institute Medical Faculty
Hartline
Johns Hopkins University of
Rockefeller University of
New York City
Johns Hopkins
Department of
Rockefeller Institute of New York
Wald
Harvard
Columbia University
New York
Germany
Lasker
Rumford Medal
Ruth Hubbard
Experi
Granit
Helsinki
Finland
University of Helsinki
Royal Society
Swedish Academy of Science
Dames Laundry Closure Announcement Shifts to Landry’s
Raymond Mondor informs former Dames Laundry customers of a move to Landry's Laundry Inc at 155 Pool St Biddeford Maine. He pledges continued high quality service and expresses thanks for past business.
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Pool St
Biddeford, Maine
Dames Laun
Landry’s Laundry, Inc
Biddeford
Maine
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Under
Main ST
Saco 4
Portland Road
Golden Rooster
Attention Club
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Pennsylvania University
Caroline Institute
Davis
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Raymond Mondor
Sam’s
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