York County farmers solve labor woes with family partnerships
In York County farmers ease labor shortages by partnering with sons. Jerry Gile of Alfred runs five own orchards and two more with his sons Alden Wayne Bruce and Keith owning equal shares. Last year the operation yielded about 25,000 bushels across 17 apple varieties. Labor remains local with pickers and school helpers paid about 27 cents per basket. Bruce uses hydraulically controlled picking gear to boost efficiency while the family also runs a storage shed selling cider honey and vegetables. Nearby Carl E Russell operates a 200 acre dairy farm and a 400 acre property in Arundel with fringe benefits for workers including free housing milk electricity and produce. The article notes labor management varies and questions who will farm the land after current generations.
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Peg Hendrick
York County
Jerry Gile
Alfred
Newfield
Limington
Alden
Wayne
Bruce
Keith
Jerry
Gile
Carl E. Russell
Route 35
Kennebunk
Arundel
Goodwins Mills
Russell
Clarence Pierce
Wells Youth Acquitted In Maine Murder Trial
Raymond J. Chesley, 17, of Wells was acquitted of murder in the shotgun death of his stepfather Walter E. Dube, 51, Aug. 29. Judge Harold J. Rubin ruled the state failed to prove unlawful killing or malice, saying the jury would have to guess what happened inside the house. Earlier, Rubin suppressed Lt. Richard Jones’s testimony as inadmissible after Miranda warnings, citing Chesley’s age and confusion during questioning on the night of the incident.
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Alfred
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Raymond J. Chesley
Wells
Walter E. Dube
Charles W. Smith
Rubin
Chesley
Mur.r
York County Superior Court
Jones
Walter E.be
Supreme Court
Lt. Jones
Highpine
Rookie Cosmonaut Sent Into Space Orbit
MOSCOW AP reports the Soviet Union launched rookie cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi into orbit aboard Soyuz 3. Tass said he is a pilot cosmonaut hero and merited test pilot, with all systems functioning as he begins the flight program.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Col
Georgy Beregovoi
Beregovoi
Vladimir Kommarov
Alexei Leokov
Kommarov
Cardinal Cushing Plans Retirement
Cardinal Cushing announced plans to retire as archbishop at the end of a year, citing publicity over his defense of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s remarriage. The Boston church leader, a Kennedy family friend, said he would submit his resignation to Pope Paul VI when he turns 75 in August 1970, after 50 years as a priest.
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Boston
Richard Kn
Cushing
Jen
Jacqueline Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Pope Paul VII
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Jocqueiion Bouvier
Jacqueline
Sim
Navy Sealsponder Sea Habitat Sees Female Aquanauts?
In Long Beach California Navy Sealab 3 officials at a news conference disclosed delays to lowering the 57 foot Habitat to around mid November or later as five teams of eight or nine men prepare to spend 12 days each at a depth of 600 feet near San Clemente Island. On surfacing they will endure six days in decampres chambers as high pressure gases affect tissues. Capt Grady H Lowe suggested female aquanauts could help solve boredom and Capt George F Bond noted no current plan to use women but saw no reason they could not do the work. Former astronaut Scott Carpenter questioned the view, saying it depends on viewpoint.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Sealab 3
San Clemente Island
California
Ses
Surace
Grady H. Lowe
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Pasadena
George F. Bond
Scott Carpenter
la Jolla
Bond
Carpenter
New Hampshire Jet Crashes Into Moose Mountain
A Northeast Airlines jet carrying 39 passengers and 3 crew crashed in fog near Hanover New Hampshire on Moose Mountain. Thirty two died and 10 survived, rescued by helicopters. Captain John A. Rapsis and several injured were identified among the dead and wounded. Rescue teams labored through rugged terrain until daybreak. one injured passenger was in critical condition.
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Hanover
N.H
Northeast Airlines
Moose Mountain
Northeast
John A. Rapsis
Nashua
Betty J. Frail
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Winthrop
Mass
Robert Kimball
Tuck Business School
Dartmouth College
Richard L. Veech
Oxford
England
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Bernard Desmond Jr
Springfield
Dennis J. Cooney
Parmly R. Wills
Lebanon
Wills
Boston
Montpelier
Jean St. Hilaire
Goldwater Making Comeback In Arizona Senate Race
In Phoenix Arizona Barry Goldwater seeks a Senate return arguing for strong leadership on crime and Vietnam while facing Democrat Roy Elson who trails in polls but emphasizes Central Arizona Project funding and Hayden endorsement. Elson promotes experience as Hayden aide and criticizes Goldwater on defense and space programs despite fundraising gaps.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Paul Fannin
Elson
Carl Hayden
Goldwater
Vietnam
Central Arizona
Arizona
Hayden
Senate
Electors Free to Vote for Whomever in Most States
In most states and DC electors may vote as free agents if not bound by state results. Only 16 states plus DC bind electors. Florida New Mexico and Oklahoma impose penalties for not following state results. Historical cases show two electors have opposed state outcomes in the past. The Constitution does not require binding electors, but states have varying laws enforcing party candidates or penalizing deviations.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Florida
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Tennessee
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Idaho
Maryland
Massachusetts
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James Charest
Linnell Gym
Carl DeSuze
Casta Fruit
Sanford
Carl
Kittery Naval Yard
Russells
Stephen Russell
Wells Youth
Richard Jones
Maine State Police
Ted Dyer
Maine
Main Street
Biddeford
Cardinal Cushing
Wet Corp
Westland Shoe Corp
Smith ST
Mt. Joly
New Hampshire
Electoral College
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Laco
Sea Spray Motor Inn
Kennebunk Beach
Donald Briggs
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