Saco-Lowell Wins $1.5 Million Army Guns Pact
The Army Weapons Command awarded Saco-Lowell 7,548 M 60 machine guns and bipod assemblies in a 1.482 million contract. Maremont Corp. in Saco also announced a separate 786 thousand dollar M 60 deal with follow-on 1966 production and continued spare parts orders for the M 60. The Saco plant plans employment growth tied to textile machinery parts and ordnance business for 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea
Edmund S. Muskie
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Army Weapons Command
Saco-Lowell
New England
Maremont Corp
Saco
Sen. Muskie
Easley, S. C
Senate Reconsiders Water Projects Bill After Approval
The Senate approved a compromise to authorize 140 water projects costing about 2 billion dollars and then moved to reconsider the measure. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield requested the reconsideration with no stated reason. The plan, agreed by conferees on Oct 15, would fund projects via future appropriations and include 41 states. Key item is the 227 million Dickey Lincoln School hydroelectric project in northern Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Army Corps of Engineers
Maine
Hanoi
Peiping
Johnson
Viet Nam
Everett M. Dirksen
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
William Proxmire
Dwis
Investigator Testifies Klan Harassed Witness Prospects
Washington AP report on House Un-American Activities hearings where investigator Donald T. Appell testified that Klan threats hinder witnesses across the South. He described fear of harassment, cross burnings, beatings and death, as lawmakers prepare to probe Klan finances and networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Donald T. Appell
Congressional
Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Robert Shelton
Loss of U S Bomber Raises North Viet Nam Tensions
The AP reports another U S bomber downed over North Viet Nam with two crewmen presumed captured. The F4C Phantom was shot Monday near a bridge 40 miles west of Vinh, marking the sixth U S plane lost in North Viet Nam in three days and the 115th since bombing began last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Vinh
United States
Hanoi
Man Killed as Dominican gunfight rages in Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo a civilian man was killed amid renewed clashes between Dominican troops and rebel partisans. Provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy halted extra troop deployments and ordered a weapons crackdown as tanks remained at the Ozama fortress. A dock workers leader, Jose Ramirez, was among casualties as fighting spanned the harbor district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Ozama Fortress
Constitution Plaza
Humberto Trifillo
Francisco Caamano Deno
Visional
Garcia-Godoy
Biddeford Saco Chest Campaign Reports Progress
First report meeting shows 7 622 dollars pledged or 22 percent of the 33 897 dollar goal. Campaign drive chair Robert E. Conroy says the second report will be Monday at 11 30 am at the Chest headquarters with division chairmen named for Special gifts, Industry, Business, Public. Agencies include local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts councils health nursing services and a hearing center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Community Chest
Drive
Robert E. Conroy
Spe
Cial
Cleo Ross
Raymond P. Bonang
Paul Casavant
Roger Parker
William L. Smith
Albert P. Deshaies
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Kennebec Girl Scout Council
Saco Public Health
Biddeford Public Health
Northeast Hearing and Speech Center
Anti-Draft Demonstrations Likely No New Legislation
Washington AP reports anti draft protests provoke Senate denunciations but no immediate push for new laws. Senators decry destroyers of draft cards and those aiding avoidance, while deferring action until possibly next year. Remarks emphasize constitutional rights and concerns over undermining Johnson policy in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Johnson
State Department
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Armed Services Committee
Frank J. Lausche
United States
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
California
Lausche
Nicholas Katzenbach
Donald Russell
D-S.c
Russell
Katzenbach
Congress
Transfer Of Trust Fund Is Rejected In Saco
Saco City Council unanimously rejected Portland attorney Schwarz proposal to transfer Lucia Kimball Deering trust funds to Saco Osteopathic Hospital for a general hospital. City Solicitor Ayotte upheld 1917 charter powers and 1919 trust board control, with the fund now worth 569010.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Ronald Ayotte
Lucia Kimball Deering
Portland
Robert Schwarz
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Schwarz
Saco Hospital
Ayotte
Deering
Kimball Hospital
Laco Atty
Charles Smith
Paul S. Hill
Board of Trustees
Hill
Webber Hospital
Health Facilities Planning Council
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Ladies Guild of
St. Francis College
Pool Road
Biddeford
Vincent A. Tatarczuk
S.T.L
J.C.L
Msgr
Tatarczuk
Church World
Guild
Donald Nicknair
0.F.M
Rachel Hebert
Simonne Doyon
Gertrude Conroy
Dickey
United Klans of America
Shelton
U. S
Midway
Independence
North
Guam
Ho Bo
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Mekong
Chuong Thien
Phong Dinh
Delta
Chu Lai
3Rd Marines
Boe
T M
WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
D. O
K & K Shoe Co
Main St
Aime Poirier
Sanford
Dominican
Goce
Jose Ramirez
Kuchel
Atty. Schwarz
Council
Beatrice Gallant
Gallant
Tax Department
Byron Dolby
Finance Committee
City Hall
Philip Gadbois
William H. Myers Glass Co
Yarmouth
Paul E. Reay
Donald Guay
Robert
Grand Lodge of Maine
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Saco Ioof Lodge
John E. Hill Sr
Thomas F. Vining
Milton Randall
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