Marines Repel Night Assault Near Da Nang
U S Marines beat off a Viet Cong human wave 10 miles southwest of Da Nang using pistols and hand to hand fighting. Casualties were heavy for the enemy with 56 Viet Cong killed and 300 Marines moderately hurt. one Marine squad suffered two dead and the rest wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Plei Me
Highlands
Mekong
Johnson
Texas White House
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine
Chu Lai
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Capers Delights Audience at Cardiac Capers Benefit
The near capacity audience at Thornton Academy Linnell Gym watched a Broadway style benefit revue Capers. Under Eddy Smith the cast from Producing Organization Inc performed solos and numbers from Oklahoma and more. Sally Walker of Saco and John Ray led vocal highlights in a shared duet.
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Peggy Welch
Thornton Academy
Linnell Gymnasium
Eddy Smith
Jerome H. Cargill ‘Producing Organization, Inc
Oklahoma
Sally Walker
Saco
Webber Hospital
John Ray
Maine Voters to Decide on Six Referendums and Three Amendments
Voters statewide go to the polls Tuesday to consider six referendum questions and three constitutional amendments. Approving all measures would authorize bond issues totaling more than 37.5 million while current state bonded debt stands at about 148.824 million. Referendum No. 1 requests 3.96 million for student housing and dining facilities at six teachers colleges and institutes, with specific campus projects and interest reserves. Referendum No. 2 seeks 9.6 million for state highways financed by serial bonds repayable within 20 years. Referendum No. 3 asks 6 million for University of Maine housing, to be self liquidating through rents until bonds are retired. Referendum No. 4 proposes 6.97 million for U Maine capital improvements including a service building expansion, steam plant, and utility upgrades.
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Aroostook State Teachers
Fort Kent State Teachers College
Upton Hall
Gorham State Teachers College
Central Maine Vocational Institute
Lewiston
Maine
University of Maine
University
Central
Wingate Hall
Electronic device may help the blind in future
A Mexican team led by Dr. Armando del Campo at the National University has invented an amauroscope that bypasses the eye to send light signals directly to the brain. In early experiments the device is bulky and experimental, but researchers hope to refine it to portable size for use like hearing aids.
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Mexico City
Armando del Campo
The
National University
del Campo
Enrique Wodka
Campo
Wodka
Faculty of Sciences
Mexico
Telesistema Mexicana
S.A
Jorge Arias Pandal
Juan Guerrero Y Coiffier
Alejandro Guerrero Y Coffier
Institute of Monterrey
Abelardo Medina Y Diaz Infante
National Wastachals Institute
Massive Fifth Avenue Viet Nam Support March Planned
New York plans a noon rally on Fifth Avenue with an estimated 50 000 to 100 000 attendees. Five Medal of Honor recipients will serve as grand marshals. Mayor Wagner backs the protest countering anti war activity. A silent vigil will occur in Times Square.
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New York
Viet Nam
Fifth Avenue
U.S
Times Square
Memphis
Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent Reported at LBJ Ranch
Eighteen-year-old Luci Johnson and her boyfriend Pat Nugent of Waukegan Illinois spent the weekend at the LBJ Ranch amid unconfirmed reports they seek President and Mrs Johnson's permission to marry. White House spokesmen would not verify the reports.
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Johnson City
Tex
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
Waukegan
Ill
LBJ
Johnson
Austin
White House
Washington
Luci
Pat
Air Force
Danton seeks probe of state boards over York County Vocational School
Rep. Nicholas Danton of Old Orchard Beach calls for a statewide investigation of appointive boards and their members after the State Board of Education opposed the York County Vocational School. He argues the school reflects a new educational concept and urges the Legislative Research Committee to evaluate the need and worth of boards. The $500,000 bond is among six statewide referendum questions on Maine voters' ballot.
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Old Orchard Beach
Nicholas Danton
Danton
State Board of Education
York County
Louis Jalbert
Lewiston
University of Maine
Maine
Vatican decrees mark end of four years of council work
The Roman Catholic Church, with 2 300 prelates at St Peter's, formally approved four decrees and one declaration. The changes expand bishop powers, address religious orders, education, and seminary training, while renouncing collective Jewish blame for Christ's crucifixion. Pope Paul VI praised Jews as subjects of respect, love and hope.
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Associated Press
St. Peter’s
Paul VI
Sleep Extra Hour Tonight
Daylight saving ends at 2 a m Sunday and the lost hour is returned until next April. Turn clocks back one hour for extra rest.
Four Lewiston men die in Route 27 crash into Dead River
AP report says four men from Lewiston Auburn area died when their car left Route 27 and plunged into the Dead River late Friday night.
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Stratton (Ap
Lewiston-Auburn
Dominican Republic Peace Talks Struggle After OAS Accord
Six months after the April revolt the Dominican Republic remains on edge as factions clash despite an OAS backed nine part peace plan. Critics say the program lacks enforcement machinery for civilian disarmament and reintegration of forces. Provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy faces pressure from both sides as rebels pledge to clean up weapons while hidden arms persist.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
OAS
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Garcia-Godoy
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
Alhough Caasmano
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