Biddeford Votes On City Charter Proposal Tuesday
Biddeford voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide a proposed city charter following a legislative bill. Polls open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with turnout expected light as advocates push for two year mayor and council terms and other structural changes.
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Biddeford
Edward F. Gaulin
Civil Service Commission
Maine
Napoleon Nadeau
Nadeau
Plato Truman
Armand Fecteau
Armand Duquette
Labor Day Observance Quietly Shut Down Local Businesses
Holiday observance closes offices and stores in Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Post offices open limited hours with no deliveries. municipal offices close noon today and resume Tuesday. National Guard riot training underway at Saco Armory. Journal not published Monday.
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Colorado
District of Colombia
American Samoa
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
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Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Beach
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
National Guard
A Golfer Yells Fore Then Takes Six and Five
A lighthearted Chuckle notes a golfer who shouts fore while playing and ends with a score tally of six and five, illustrating a playful miscue in a brief comic item.
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Goat theft targets Biddeford resident’s animal
Biddeford police investigate the theft of a gray one year old goat belonging to Edward Gilbert of 14 Piersons Lane. The animal was left chained at the city dump off Main Street where Gilbert, a caretaker at the facility, ties the goat to an abandoned school bus. Police chief Edgar Sevigny confirmed the investigation.
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Biddeford
Edward Gilbert
Piersons Lane
Main Street
Gilbert
Edgar Sevigny
Betsy Aims At Carolinas As Small Craft Seek Port
Hurricane Betsy neared the Carolinas driving small boats to port along a 500 mile eastern seaboard stretch. Forecasters warned of heavy seas and rising tides from Cape Kennedy to Cape Hatteras as Betsy, with winds up to 125 mph, tracked NW. The Miami Weather Bureau issued a watch for parts of the Carolinas while experts debated steering forces ahead of potential landfall.
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Carolinas
Cape, Kennedy
Cape Hatteras
Miami Weather Bureau
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Bahamas
Atlantic Ocean
Abaco
Betsy
Melbourne
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
N.C
Raymond Kraft
Georgia
Kraft
Weather Bureau
Schweitzer Enters Coma at Jungle Hospital
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, 90, lapsed into a coma at his jungle hospital in Gabon. His daughter Rhena Schweitzer Eckert said there was no hope of saving him as doctors reported organ failure and a peaceful, terminal decline.
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Lambarene
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer
Rhena Schweitzer Eckert
Jersey
Schweitzer
Friedmann
David Miller
United States
Ogoove
Steel Industry Negotiators Ready New Contract For Ratification
Pittsburgh report says steel negotiators return from Washington with a new contract ready for ratification and a possible industry shutdown averted. President Johnson announced the settlement as fair and aimed at preventing inflation. Details remain under wraps though wage gains likely 46 to 48 cents an hour over three years.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
United Steelworkers of America
AFL- Icio
Union
United Steelworkers Union
Tellvision
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Labor Day Closure for Biddeford-Saco Journal
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish Monday in observance of Labor Day. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco
World tensions surge as India Pakistan Kashmir crisis grows
Across Kashmir India and Pakistan exchange incursions amid a UN cease fire row. Pakistan claims advances into Indian held territory while India vows to defend. In Vietnam the war effort rises with heavy air attacks and Viet Cong defeats. U.S. labor, steel and shipping strikes unfold as Washington presses for settlements.
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Viet Nam
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Bigger U N Kashmir role seen by U S officials
U S officials urge a larger United Nations peacekeeping role in Kashmir if a cease-fire with India and Pakistan holds. They warn the crisis could escalate unless halted quickly and say a strengthened U N force may be needed, with U S support including transports.
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Washington
U.S
United Nations
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
United States
U.N
U Thant
Johnson
B.K. Nehru
Dean Rusk
Nehru
Rusk
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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