St Francis College to Move 28 Coed Students Onto Campus
Dr Richard J Spath president of St Francis College told the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce that 28 girls from Marie Joseph Academy will move to a campus dormitory within a week to free Franciscan fathers for priestly duties The coed program is expanding with about 550 students this year and more than 600 expected next year He urged community support for the college and discussed inviting controversial speakers as part of the college’s growth.
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Peg Hendrick
St. Francis
Marie-Joseph Academy
Richard J. Spath
St. Francis College
Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce
Wonderbar Steak House
United States
Spath
Biddeford-Saco
Maremont and Union Set Monday Contract Talks
Maremont Corp requests a 10 a.m. meeting with the Textile Workers Union of America Local 406 in Saco to renew wage and fringe benefit demands as talks resume amid a weeklong stalemate. Alexander Anastasoff of the Biddeford Saco Joint Board notes national TWUA president William Pollack will attend. About 1,500 workers are employed at the Saco plant which manufactures ordnance material for the armed forces.
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Maremont Corp
Alexander Anastasoff
Biddeford Saco Joint Board
TWUA
Maremont
Saco Concern
Anastasoff
William Pollack
Textile Workers Union of America
AFL — Cio
CLC
Saco Armory
Franklin Street
New England
Saco
Clock Ritual Returns as Nation Remains in Time
Chicago reports on the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and the semiannual ritual of turning clocks back one hour this Sunday. The piece explains nationwide time alignment, exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii, and state-by-state touchpoints including Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and others while noting the DST controversy and economic impacts on TV, travel, and rural life.
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Chicago
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Ohio
Virginia
Alexandria
Washington
White House
Indiana
Idaho
Nevada
Nebraska
Florida
Texas
Michigan
North
South Dakota
Tennessee
Upper Peninsula
Upper Michigan
Readwomen Like A Book Not Shut In So Easily
A humorous line notes that while people may read women easily, they cannot be confined or silenced, reflecting playful gendered insight in a light feature style. The quip hints at persistence and wit as themes.
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WRR
Fea
Corp
Vietnamese Battalion Repels North Assault Near Saigon
South Vietnamese forces claim the 88th North Vietnamese regiment attacked near Phuoc Binh north of Saigon, three enemy charges repelled in five hours. Government troops seize 73 weapons, while U.S. air units support with gunships, bombs, and artillery as 12 soldiers die and 24 wounded.
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Saigon
Sangon
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Long Province
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Tass
Vietnam
Cmdr
John Sydney McCain
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Navy
Europe
Adm
McCain
London
88Th
South Vietnam
5Th Infantry Division
North Vietnamese
South ‘Vietnam
Cambodia
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Pleiku City
Phan Rang
China Air Lines
Air America Line
Marine Corps
Phuc Yen
Hoa Lac
Red Capital
Notre Dame Hospital Welcomes Candy Stripers
Sixteen junior volunteers, aged 14, completed a four week training under Sister Cecile Smith at Notre Dame Hospital. They will assist on the surgical floor starting Monday, handling bed making discharges and errand runs, in a voluntary two way program.
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Notre Dame Hospital
Cecile Smith
Ceclie
Cecile
Vermont
St. Andre’s
Planning Commission Aims to Boost York County Economy
Alfred reports Arthur Lougee of the York County Regional Planning Commission says the active body coordinates federal, state and local efforts to improve the county economy. A survey of unused skills will guide future industry, with emphasis on education, employment, and preserving resources.
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Alfred
Arthur T. Lougee
York County
Lougee
VCRPC
Tential Industries
Maine
United Nations Near Plan for Arab-Israeli Settlement
A U.N. Security Council drafting team nears agreement on a plan to appoint a special representative for the Middle East. Delegates outlined rival drafts from India, Denmark and Latin America with talks focusing on Israeli troop withdrawals and refugee issues. U Thant seeks more observers at Suez Canal. Egypt reports sufficient fuel stocks and ongoing Red Sea crude production.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N. Security Council
U. N
Middle East
India
Argentina
Brazil
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Mali
Denmark
Latin America
U.N
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
United States
Israel
Arabia
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Senate Foreign
Vietnam
U Thant
Suez Canal
Ministry of Transport and Oil
Red Sea
Pope and Orthodox Leader Meet in Rome for Historic Talk
Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras spent 90 minutes in the Vatican study in their longest private discussion on reuniting the largely schismatic churches. They exchanged kisses of peace and left without issuing a communique as aides met separately.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Athenagoras
Jerusalem
Turkey
Vatican Secretariat For Christian Unity
Paul
St. Gregory
St. Silvester
Zurich
St. Peter's Basilica
Christian Unity Office
Vatican
Rome
Christendom
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Maremont and Union
New York
Los Angeles
General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Main Street
Biddeford
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Planning Commission
Ritter Naval Shipyard
Pope
Dame’s Laundry
Sam’s
Alfred St
Ken
Pine Point
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