Class A Gridiron Conference Adopts Two-Year Schedule
The Maine Class A Football Conference voted a two year schedule with Northern and Southern divisions and two groups each. Playoff paths include top Northern teams competing for a state title. The slate lists numerous matchups for Biddeford, Thornton, St Louis, Sanford, Westbrook and others across four groups and cities including Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, Edward Little, and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Maine
Edward Little
Nex
Biddeford
Waterville
Brunswick
Portland
Westbrook
St. Louis
South Portland
Deering
Thornton
Bidford
Sanford
Bangor
Lewiston
Brewer
Stephens
Cony
Gardiner
Stevens
Edwardttle
Morse
Water
Mexico
Airline Mechanics Seek 40 Percent Pay Rise in New Talks
Air line mechanics in seven major airlines plan separate yet coordinated bargaining aiming for a 40 percent wage jump. The Machinists union seeks top pay of 6 dollars an hour by 1971, with enhanced vacations, holidays, health care, pensions, overtime, and severance. Negotiations begin with United Air Lines around November 14 amid a union challenge by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Machinists Union
House
E Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
United Air Lines
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Navy
United
Trans World
Eastern
Northwest
National
Braniff
Continental
Apollo 7 Astronauts Celebrate Perfect Mission Return
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Cunningham Donn Eisele and Walter Schirra landed aboard the USS Essex after a dramatic recovery fifty five minutes after splashdown. They were ferried to the carrier, greeted by sailors and a White House call, with NASA praising the flawless 11 day flight and plans for potential around the moon missions under review.
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USS
Essex
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
Walter M. Schirradf
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Bermuda
United States
Johnson
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Samuel Phillips
Phillips
Houston
Schirra
Lo Ella Cunningham
Harriet Eisele
Apollo 7
Recovery 3
Cunningham
Fisele
Wally
Don
Walt
Tey
Essex Deck
America
U.S
Ohio Senate Race Real Hot Contest
The Ohio U.S. Senate race pits Democrat John Gilligan, ex-congressman, against Republican William Saxbe, the attorney general, in a tight contest with labor backing and veteran war records. Gilligan won the Democratic nomination by a wide margin over Lausche. Saxbe is endorsed by the Teamsters. The race remains neck and neck as November 5 approaches.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
William B. Saxbe
Saxbe
Gilligan
Frank J. Lausche
Dovish
Vietnam
Lausche
Senate
Laxbe
Mary
Tay
Red
Labor
Afl-Cio
Forces
Teamsters Union
Gilligan Camp
Fulbright Faces Hard-Fought Arkansas Senate Battle
In Arkansas Senator J W Fulbright faces one of his toughest campaigns against Republican Charles T Bernard a well financed challenger from Earle Delta. Bernard accuses Fulbright of pro foreign policy bias while Fulbright relies on long career and national support in a race that extends beyond state lines with broad fundraising by national groups and letters backing Fulbright including from Archibald MacLeish.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Arkansas
Charles T. Bernard
GOP
Fulbright
Bernard
Hoyt Purvis
Archibald MacLeish
Was
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Sen
Jim Johnson
Hanoi
Earle
Vietnam
Kennedy children head home after wedding at Scorpion Island
Caroline and John Kennedy flew nonstop to New York as the Greek wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis drew to a close. Also departing were Princess Lee Radziwill and her husband, the Radziwills, and several Kennedy family members including two of the late president’s sisters. The Vatican commented on the union noting canon law forbids marriages to a divorced person.
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Athens
Caroline
John Kennedy
Greece
New York
Kennedy
Hugh D. Auchincloss
John F. Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Boar Sea
Aristotle Socrates Onassis
Scoro Oe
John
Stephen Smith
Peter Lawford
U.S. Secret Service
Survey Says Humphrey Trails Nixon for President
A nationwide Associated Press survey of campaign professionals and observers finds Nixon leading in at least 26 states with 222 electoral votes, while Wallace threatens in several non-southern states and could win Michigan and Pennsylvania. Humphrey trails but gains momentum after the North Vietnam bombing halt, with intra party splits hampering his bid in states like California and New York.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
South
Wallace
Associated Press
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Mome
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Humperey
Hume
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Humphrey
North Vietnam
California
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Senate
Paul O'Dwyer
McCarthy
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Montana
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Alaska
Arizona
Idaho
Texas
Tennessee
Michiden
Virginia
Indianapolis Star and News
Humay
Ted W. Brown
Afl-Cio
White House
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Iowa
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
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Winslow
St. Lous
Railway Labor Act
Apel
Wayne Orse
D-Ore
Claude Dubois
Ats Pee
Main Street
Smart’s Beauty Salon
Carol Smart
Lyman
Saco, ME
Eisele
Monthru
Rose's Diner
Storer Street
Saco
Cyr's
Helper
Motor Sales
Elm St
Biddeford Athletic Association Smoker Films
Kennedy School
Kesslen
Kennebunk, Maine
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