Tax Bill Deadlock Delays Senate Adjournment in Election Year
The Senate fights a 24 amendment tax bill aimed at attracting foreign investment while funding presidential campaigns through voluntary tax checkoffs. Senate leaders push for a session to break the impasse as Republicans and Democrats clash on the measure and related appropriations.
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Senate
Mansfield
House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Johnson
United States
Survivors Of Slide Sought In Welsh Town Tragedy
In Aberfan Wales rescue workers probe coal sludge as a 800 foot slag heap threatens new movement. 107 bodies have been recovered, 100 children, with fears the toll could reach 200. 36 hospitalized survivors and 8 percent escaped.
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Aberfan
Wales
John Beale
Civil Defense
David Benton
David
Pastor and wife celebrated golden wedding anniversary
GOODWINS MILLS Rev and Mrs Mathew Farnum marked their 50th anniversary with a church reception at the Smith home. Farnum, pastor of Advent Christian Church, received gifts from church groups and fellow members while vocalists and readings accompanied the event. They wed Oct 25 1916 in Schenectady NY and have one son Madison of Stauburg NY, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Notables included Madison Farnum and many church families.
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Robert Cole Jr
Robert Cole Sr
Youth Fellowship
MiLow Society
Harry Daniels
Farnum
Schenectady
N.Y
Madison
Staisburg
Pleasure Of His Company JFK Reverie In The Clouds
Editor note to a series on Paul B Fay Jr's book about his friendship with John F. Kennedy. The excerpt recalls Air Force One talks, Kennedy’s view on wealth and land, and simple pleasures like a Cape Cod weekend. Fay recalls discussions about property values and Kennedy’s enjoyment of quiet moments with friends and family. He reflects on Kennedy’s humanity and historical interests during his presidency.
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Paul B. Fay Jr
John F. Kennedy
Paul B, Fay JR
Air Force One
United States
Jacqueline
Squaw Island
Cape
Atlantic
Jack
Ocean
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Fortune
West Virginia
Atoka
John Kennedy
Johnson Appears Weary After Wild Australian Reception
President Johnson ended his Australian tour leg in Brisbane weary after Sydney’s anti Viet Nam protests. He and Mrs. Johnson faced crowds of about 6,000 in Brisbane and more than a million in Sydney where eggs and toilet paper were hurled. Johnson kept smiling but avoided crowds at times, after a Canberra barbecue and a farewell in cold weather.
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Brisbane
Australia
Johnson
Sydney
Canberra
Fairbairn Airport
Lanyon Station
Edward
Johnsons wild welcome in Sydney amid Viet Nam protests
President Johnson draws a wild welcome from a million Australians in Sydney as anti Viet Nam demonstrations flare. Across the globe a Welsh slag heap disaster may have killed up to 200 near a school and homes while U S pilots claim 150 Viet Nam coast barges knocked out.
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Associated Press
Johnson
Sydney
U.S
Dean Rusk
Manila
Washington
Senate
89Th Congress
Oakland
Calif
Canada
Humphrey
Rockies
Minnesota
Kennebec Council Helps Girl Scouts in 10 Counties
The Kennebec Girl Scout Council, chartered in 1963, serves 10 southwestern Maine counties with 14,000 members in 600 troops. In Biddeford and Saco, 400 scouts join 18 troops under 50 volunteers in the Saco Valley Neighborhood chaired by Mrs. Ruth Wolfertz. Funding from eight Community Chests supports training and on the job aid for leaders, while independent drives fund areas outside chest coverage. The program runs day camps at Kennebunk Pond in Lyma and a camp in Acton, aiming to inspire character patriotism and service through four age levels: Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors. The movement, founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low, seeks to develop happy, resourceful citizens.
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Girl Scouts of America
Juliette Low
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford
Girl Scout
Pool Street
Kennebec
Ruth Wolfertz
Kennebunk Pond
Lyma
Acton
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American Red Cross
Glen-Mor
Portland Street
Kennebunk
Ernest Woodworth
Fred Patterson
Jacqueline D. Vaughan
National Red Cross
Elmont S. Tyndale
Hiram Parish
Homer Allingworth
Thomas Jones
Wayne Wormwood
Irene Allen
Howard Shaffer Story
Viime Wuay
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
John J. Williams
Del
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
White House
Labor and Welfare Departments
Pace
Mrs
Mathew Farnum
Madison Farnum
Richard Cole
Gladys Waterhouse
Paul Dow
Oscar Rundgren
Howard Procter
David Smith
Linwood Goodwin
Maurice Carvell
Daniels
Laurence Brown
William Harris
Elwood Brown
Donald Waterhouse
Mollie Goodwin
Virginia Gay
Gordon Cole
Mary Waterhouse
Walker Smith
Rachel Smith
Elizabeth Procter
Kathryn Procter
Susan Smith
Sharon Smith
Lyla Goodwin
Debra Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
Jane Smith
Richard Goodwin
John Waterhouse
Ross Goodwin
Julie Waterhouse
James Waterhouse III
Leroy Mullett
Janet Waterhouse
Janis Goodwin
Joel Waterhouse
JFK
Secret
Port Lobster Co
Ocean Ave
Kennebunkport
WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Robert
Joe” Fecteau
Harry Huot
Dial
Murphy’s
Main Street
Home Entertainment Center
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Kennebunk K
P. Hall
John Burton
Westbrook
Percival K. Griffin
Gray
Maine
Frank C
Hassell
North Windham
Wesley Leech
Henry Smith
Harland Dutch
Edward Benoit
Incomin
John Lindsey
Clark
U. S
Viet Nam
Lord Case
University of New South Wales
Ted
Pool Road
Dyer Davis Garage
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
Lionel Cote
Daniel Cantara
Laurianne Grover
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