Lani Bird satellite eyes Pacific nest after Cape Kennedy launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP A new communications satellite named Lani Bird rides a three stage delta rocket into orbit from Cape Kennedy The Comsat Corp hopes to install it over the Pacific to link North America with the Far East The satellite built by Hughes Aircraft could position over 22 300 miles above the date line to serve as a space switchboard for radio television telephone facsimile and teletype between North America Hawaii Australia the Philippines Japan and Thailand.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Comsat Corp
Pacific Ocean
North America
Far East
Comsat
Bird
Atlantic
Europe
Joseph Charyk
Communications Satellite Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hughes Aircraft Corp
Charyk
Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
Philippines
Japan
Thailand
Four German Ministers Quit Erhard's Cabinet
Four Free Democrats resigned from Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's cabinet in protest of higher taxes for US arms. The move threatens Erhard's majority in the Bundestag where the Free Democrats hold the balance, fueling talk of a grand coalition or potential government change.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Bundestag
Free Democratic Party
Herbert Wener
Christian Democrats
Erich Mende
Free Democrats
Public Career Of Former Wells Police Chief Ends
Elmer Hutchins 55, longtime Wells leader and nine year police chief, was dismissed from the Wells Police Department on October 11. He has since taken a job with a contractor in Kennebunkport and Kennebunk Beach. Hutchins, a Wells native, served over 30 years in town service, including road commissioner and selectman roles. He received two weeks severance pay and two weeks vacation pay. no pension or unemployment benefits. His pay as chief had been reduced to 90 dollars weekly after demotion to patrolman. The Board of Selectmen cited multiple reasons for dismissal. former Town Manager Bragdon blamed department management. Rumors of a personal grudge circulated as ads for the chief’s job appeared elsewhere.
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Peggy Welch Wells
Elmer Hutchins
Hutchins
Kenneth Grant
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk Beach
Wells
Board of Selectmen
Police Department
Selectmen
High Pine
Hamlin Lord
Lord
Clayton Bragdon
Lincoln
Penobscot County
Board of Selectman
Bragdon
Alberta Wentworth
Johnson urges immediate halt to Vietnam War at Manila peace talks
In Manila Johnson reports the allied leaders vow peace and progress in Asia with a six month troop drawdown from South Vietnam after conditions are met. He praises the Manila summit as unity against aggression and says the U S will stand with GIs and seek real peace without surrender terms.
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Nila
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Johnson
News At A Glance: LBJ Vietnam and Peace Talks
North Viet Nam and Red China reject peace overtures from the Manila conference as President Marcos says he has initiated peace efforts. Johnson rests at a beach resort in Thailand while Oriskany repairs in the Philippines. Food prices spark nationwide protests by housewives. Congress may raise Social Security revenue via higher payroll taxes and expanded wage base. Farm and factory voters outside Chicago influence Douglas-Percy Senate race. The case against the slayer of Sheppard’s first wife remains unsettled. Comsat aims to install a new orbiting satellite. A retired Navy captain helps wounded servicemen on a hospital ship talk to families at home by radio link.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Manila
White House
Red
Washington
Congress
National Farm and Factory
Chicago
US. Senate
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Comsat Corp
Pacific Ocean
North America
Far East
U.S. Navy
Four Held On Counts Of Arson In Saco District Court
Three Old Orchard Beach youths were released on bail after being bound over to the January term of Superior Court on arson charges. A fourth suspect remained jailed in Saco awaiting bail. Also noted: Turcotte, Turcotte jailed on auto theft charges, received reformitory sentence. a juvenile will face a hearing later.
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Superior Court
George Varney
Saco District Court
David M. Marcotte
Saco Avenue
Larry M. Savoy
Portland Ave
Rene L. Cote
Federal
John J. Hayes
Turcotte
Reformatory
South Windham
Varney
George Friary
Biddeford
Robert Foran
Summit Conference Called War Council
North Viet Nam branded the Manila summit as a war council and rejected the latest Allied peace bid. Hanoi did not cite the six month troop withdrawal offer. Peking and Viet Cong voiced opposition. Marcos pursued peace initiatives with allies discussing an honest broker role for Indonesia, Japan, and India.
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Tokyo
Manila
United States
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Peking
New China News
U.S
Cairo
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Indonesia
Japan
India
Oriskany Sails In For Repairs In Philippines
Ravaged by fire the U S aircraft carrier Oriskany sailed under her own power to repair in the Philippines as Coral Sea steamed up to take her place in the fleet The disaster aboard Oriskany killed 43 and injured 16 including 34 pilots while a civilian photographer counted more than 35 minor burns The battle on the ground saw 29 enemy killed in four skirmishes from Saigon to the DMZ while air strikes and naval bombardments pressed the North Vietnamese as Marines fought near Quang Tri and Quezon Philippine-bound Oriskany moved to Subic Bay as U S forces pursued Prairie operations against infiltrating troops.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Oriskany
Philippines
Coral Sea
North Viet Nam
Constellation
Viet Nam
Navy
Johnson
Cam Ranh Bay
Subic Bay
U.S. Air Force
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Quang Tri
Qui Nhon
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
da Nang
Quezon
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Lucienne Metayer
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Mariette Cardinal
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Mem
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Vern & Marion’s Pizza Shop
Washington & Atlantic Avenue
C. Beach
WRR Gen
Fea
Corp
RITZ
Old Orchard Street
Farrar Brown
CHEK
Elm St
Bill Brill
First Parish Congregational Church
Cor, Beach & Main Sts
Asia
Camh Ran Bay
THE
Associated Press
War Council
Maine
C. K. Burns
Jane Reed
Marion Moody
Barbara Fraser
Cape Elizabeth
Reed
Mabel Nevins
Kens Nebunk High School
Moody
Aurora Watson
Windham High School
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University of Maine
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Burns School
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