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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
1
Bernard C. Neveux announces his bid for Biddeford mayor in a press conference. He criticizes the current administration for tax increases and pledges new leadership to address city concerns.
The document notes a council budget plan where the approved increase was under 180 000 dollars, yet city financial experts raised taxes by 380 000 dollars. This overrun exceeds the council approved amount by 200 000 dollars.
President Johnson arrived in Canberra for a warm welcome as Australia and New Zealand pledged allied unity. He urged nations to work toward peace in Vietnam and spoke of a new vision of emancipation from hunger and tyranny. A crowd of 400 cheered as Holt greeted him, with Johnson noting support from Australia in Manila talks and vowing to continue the effort for a just Asia.
The Soviet Union urged concrete U.S. steps to back nonproliferation pledges and hailed faint signs of progress as the U.N. General Assembly opened a major disarmament debate. Fedorenko warned that West Germany access to nuclear weapons remains a threat to European peace, urging a joint Soviet U.S. pledge to restrain proliferation.
An excerpt from The Pleasure of His Company recounts Paul B. Fay Jr. and Jacqueline Kennedy hosting the Kennedys at Cape Cod and at the White House as they discuss the Bay of Pigs and JFK’s reluctance about a second term. The passage notes JFK’s frustration over the failed operation and the need to know basis for information.
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest funds and sponsors the Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association which operates five days a week from city rooms with Miss Margaret Murphy RN and assistants. They inspect pupils, perform follow up visits, and conduct school physicals and vaccinations in cooperation with Dr Leopold Viger. Last year 1396 pupils received general inspections, 387 follow ups, 267 physicals, and 85 vaccinations.
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