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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1967

Page

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Library Planned From Storage House By Local Faculty

A storage house is being converted into a library for faculty and students. Sister Rita Grondin, Sister Priscille Roy, and Sister Estelle Domingue participate on site with Sister Roy on a stepladder. Local professionals Gilbert Boucher, contractor, Conrad Grondin treasurer of Grondin Supply Co., and Emile Lamontagne master plumber from Biddeford contribute to the project.

Rita Grondin Priscille Roy Estelle Domingue Gilbert Boucher Conrad Grondin Grondin Supply Co Emile Lamontagne Biddeford Immaculate Heart of Mary Institute Bay View Saco St. Alphee Institute Joseph Grondin

Death Toll Mounts As Reds Spread Terror In Vietnam

In South Vietnam Communist guerrillas staged pre election strikes including a Tam Ky attack where a terrorist with TNT was shot down. Civilian deaths reached 190 in a week with 426 wounded and 237 kidnapped as attacks spread along Route 1 and Highway 4. Saigon housed observers from 24 nations amid tightened security.

Vietnam Saigon South Vietnam Tam Ky U.S Quang Tin Thua Thien

Senate urges widening air war against North Vietnam

After three weeks of hearings the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee urged President Johnson to scrap guarded bombing and follow Joint Chiefs of Staff advice. They called for closing Haiphong port, boosting strikes on Hanoi lines, and targeting military sites.

Associated Press North Vietnam Senate Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee Johnson Joint Chiefs of Staff Subcommittee South Vietnam Haiphong Hanoi Red China Senate Mike Mansfield Pham van Dong U.S

Distinguishing between asthma and passion is easy

A brief humor item notes the joke that distinguishing asthma from passion is easy because asthma lasts, framed in a light chuckle style.

Fea, Corp

Curtis on Radio Promotes Maine Referenda Bonds

Governor Curtis urged voter approval of eight bond issues totaling 4242 million on the September 12 referendum. He said each bond funds education health welfare and transportation projects, including Route 6 modernization, a Lewiston Auburn bridge, airport improvements, college housing, a University of Maine center, local school construction subsidies, and facilities for the severely mentally retarded.

Augusta Curtis Maine Radio Today Ing University of Maine Portland Bangor

News At A Glance: Global Tensions and Domestic Debate

Allied ground operations aim to secure voters as Viet Cong terrorism rises near South Vietnam elections. South Vietnam faces last appeals by presidential candidates. Viet Cong campaign promises from Hanoi. Thurmond accuses Johnson of using a numbers game in bombing six of seven North Vietnamese targets.

South Vietnam Hanoi Strom Thurmond Johnson U.S U.N. Security Council Vietnam

No Journal On Holiday Labor Day

The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish Monday due to Labor Day closure. All departments will be closed for the holiday.

Biddeford-Saco Hollyberry Loft

Auto Bargaining In Stretch In Detroit

AP dispatch from Detroit reports UAW bargaining for a new automotive labor agreement stretching toward a contract with less than five days left before pacts for about 650,000 workers at Ford GM and Chrysler expire. Reuther led talks at Ford after targeting Ford as the union’s focal point, warning of a strike if no deal by the deadline.

Detroit United Auto Workers Union Ford Motor Ford Reuther UAW Chrysler

UAW Plans National Convocation Amid Auto Strike Pressure

The union, facing a potential national auto strike, calls a Sept 23 special convocation to fund strike relief as UAW assets total 67 million, enough for Ford 18 weeks and Chrysler six months but only seven weeks at GM. GM employs about 375,000 UAW workers and Chrysler about 100,000. President Johnson hopes for no strike to avoid economic harm.

UAW Ford Chrysler

Hollis Center Soldier Killed in Vietnam War

Defense officials report Army Spec. 4 Vaughn S. Morgan of Hollis Center Maine killed in action in Vietnam earlier this week. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Morgan.

Washington Hollis Center Maine Vietnam Defense Department Army Vaughn S. Morgan Charles E. Morgan

Free first aid courses for health instructors

Farnham Folson of the Maine Civil Defense said the CD is sponsoring on Tuesday free sessions for health instructors at Bowdoin College Bates College Washington State College and the University of Maine at Orono with the Red Cross and U S Public Health Service to improve knowledge of artificial respiration shock burns fractures splinting bleeding and bandaging.

Augusta Bowdoin Bates Washington State College University of Maine At

Steel Price Hike Imminent as Firms Raise Bars

The AP reports major steel producers including Bethlehem Inland Jones & Laughlin Armco Kaiser United States Steel moved to raise prices on steel bars by about 1.8 percent or $3 per ton. President Johnson expressed regret at the move while Ackley urged restraint citing inflation risks.

Oak Ridge, Tenn New York Johnson Washington Bethlehem Steel Corp Inland Steel Co Jones &Laughlin Steel Corp Armco Steel Corp Steel Corp Republic Steel Corp United States Steel Corp Gardiner Ackley Council of Economic Advisors Ackley

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