London Police Contain Largest Vietnam War Demonstration
London police contained record scale Vietnam protest, repelling a small attack on the U S Embassy without nightsticks. About 30,000 marched, 7,000 in Grosvenor Square, 39 demonstrators arrested and 5 officers treated. The John F Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede suffered a stone slab explosion. Home Secretary Callaghan praised peaceful conduct and police restraint. The London School of Economics hosted demonstrators as a weekend hospital, then left Sunday night. Continued on page hive.
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U.S
John F. Kennedy Memorial
Runnymede
Grosvenor Square
Mayfair
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Stock Exchange
London School of Economics
Eome
Paris
Page Hive
Nolette Seeks Biddeford City Council Seat
Robert E. Nolette, 43, of 29 Quimby St, Biddeford, seeks a seat on the City Council as Ward 5 candidate on Bernard Neveux’s Democratic ticket. He cites rising municipal taxes hurting aging citizens and notes nine years with Raymond Gosselin coal mason contractor. He is a St Joseph Church communicant, member of St Louis Band Club and Biddeford American Legion post. He is married to Pauline Blanche with two sons.
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Robert E. Nolette
Quimby St
Biddeford
Bernard Neveux
Nolette
Raymond Gosselin
St. Joseph's Church
St. Louis
Biddeford American Legion Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley - Post
Pauline Blanche
Richard
Norman
St. Joseph's School
Chuckle Signboard Goes Taller in Daily Display
A local signmaker unveils a taller Chuckle Sign featuring a play on words centered on a witty mini punchline. The display aims to brighten storefronts and bring quick laughs to passersby.
Judgment Sought To Block Kennebunk Town Meeting
Kennebunk residents seek a Maine Supreme Court ruling to stop a November 5 town meeting called to rescind Kennebunk's transfer to form a SAD with Kennebunkport. The fate of the SAD and the legality of posting warrants are disputed after a turnout of 350 petitioners and a tight district vote. Herman Cohen, petition initiator, protests to state officials as locals call the town “boiling.”
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Kennebunk
Chester Cram
Maine Supreme Court
Hermanee
Kennebunk Town
Kennebunkport
Frank Stevens
Cohen
State Board of Education
Augusta
Atty
William Donahue
Cram
Herman Cohen
Maine State Department of Education
Campaign 68 Leaders Enter Final Week of Race
Nixon presses hard as Humphrey ex presses optimism and Wallace targets border states and industrial cities. Nixon defends running mate Agnew amid conflict of interest questions. In a rare AP interview Nixon says he would have warned North Vietnam to stop infiltrating troops before bombing the North. Humphrey criticizes what he calls militarization of life and policy while Johnson ramps up support in final days.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
North Vietnam
Humphrey
Johnson
Wallace
Midwest
Spacecraft Returns To Earth After Three Days In Space
MOSCOW AP reports the unmanned Soyuz 2 landed in the Soviet Union after three days in space as cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy in Soyuz 3 remained in orbit. Tass said the two ships completed mission checks while Beregovoy conducted solo maneuvers and live TV gave close coverage.
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UN Jsia
Soyuz
Soviet Union
Tass
Georgy Beregovoy
Beregovoy
Earth
Boris Petrov
Soviet Academy of Scientists
Pravda
Communist Party
Gram
Space Research
Adimir M. Komarov
Soyuz 2
Ancaea
Beregolvoy
Nixon Becomes Embattled in Final Campaign Push
Richard Nixon defends running mate Spiro Agnew amid conflict of interest charges in a late campaign surge. He condemned a New York Times editorial as gutter politics while asserting a retraction would be printed with the ads. Nixon hinted White House staff behind a possible Vietnam bombing halt as Humphrey gains momentum.
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Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
White House
Johnson
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
GOP
Humphrey
Albany
N.Y
Pittsburgh
Agnew
Face the Nation
CBS
New York Times
San Francisco
Times
John B. Oakes
United States
Maryland
Chesapeake National Bank of
Towson
LaBelle And Masse Back Lemire Ticket
Robert B. LaBelle and J Phillip Masse announce candidacy in Biddeford Democratic primary for city offices. LaBelle seeks a Board of Police seat backing Mayor Leo Lemire. Masse runs for Board of Education backing the Lemire ticket. LaBelle is a Navy veteran and former hotel desk clerk now with Maremont in Saco. Masse is a lifelong Biddeford resident with education at Biddeford schools, Boston University and Lincoln Institute.
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Robert B. LaBelle
J. Phillip Masse
Leo R. Lemire
LaBelle
Birch St
Board of Police
Lillian Petit
Steve
St. Louis High School
Ricky
Doris
St. Joseph's School
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
New England
Maremont Corp
Saco
Tighe, Beaudoin-Farley
Amercian Legion Post
B Saco Lodge of Elks
Masse
Marial Ave
Board of Education
Leo Lemire
Boston University
Lincoln Institute
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Pace Five
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Arthur King
Garnet Colpitts
Gordon Day
Katherine Brown
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Biddeford-Saco Joint Board
Twua C.O.P.E
Donald Nolette
Robert Bissell
Alex Anastasoff
SAC Town Meeting
Baltimore County
Baltimore
the Times
Shriners
Knights of Colmbus
Biddeford High School
J. Philip Masse
The
Knights
Fez
Robert J. Ouellette
Marcel Viger
Simon Spill
Thomas Haley
Antonio Gosselin
Paul L. Powers
Ralph A. Gould Jr
Lemire
Robert Labelle
Donald Briggs
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