Demaris the Fearless Author Faces Chicago Crime Probe
Internationally known author Demaris interrupts a biddeford visit to promote his new book Captive City. His works like The Green Felt Jungle exposed Chicago corruption, naming leaders and big names. He recounts meeting leaders after JFK's assassination and notes a $5 million suit from Ruby’s attorney.
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Peg Hendrick
Demaris
Ee City
Chicago In Chains
Biddeford
Aurore Desmarais
Santa Barbara
Calif
Captive City
Chicago
Colonel McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
al Capone
Henry Crown
Crown
the Tribune
Britt Eklund
Peter Falk
John Cassavetes
Las Vegas
Dallas
John F
America
College of Idaho
Boston University
Iney Patriot Ger
Boston
Trident Press
Simon - Shuster Co
Washington, D. C
Bob Kennedy
FCC
Ovid Demaris
Congress Street
Brazil Accepts Terrorists' Demands For Ambassador Release
Brazil's government says it accepts all demands of the gunmen holding US ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick. Foreign Minister Jose Magalhaes Pinto says the regime will release names of 15 political prisoners as a swap, with a 48 hour deadline and a manifesto declaring a dictatorship.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Con Ape
Charles Burke Elck
Jose Magalhaes Pinto
Ebrick
Foreign Ministry
Elbrick
Junta
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Seven Killed in B52 Bomber Crash at Loring AFB
LIMESTONE AP The Air Force recovered the bodies of seven men killed when a B 52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Loring Air Force Base The eight engine jet burned in a forest bog near the Maine New Brunswick border rescuers cut a path through swampy terrain to reach the wreckage Names and ages include Maj Nils O A Oxehufwud 39 Schenectady NY commander Capt William N Payne 27 Sacramento CA copilot Lt Col Robert C Smith 41 Milford CT radar officer Maj Robert M Murray 35 Jamestown NY electronic warfare officer Capt Theodore A Burbank 27 South Weymouth MA navigator M Sgt Earl J Barnes 38 Klamath Falls OR gunner Col Homer C Bell Jr 61 Grafton WV observer The aircraft carried no bombs and the crash occurred Thursday night on a training mission
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Limestone
Air Force
Loring Air Force Base
Maine - New Brunswick
Nils 0.A. Oxehufwud
Schenectady
N.Y
William N. Payne
Sacramento
Calif
Robert C. Smith
Milford
Mass
Earl J. Barnes
Klamath Falls
Ore
Homer C. Bell Jr
Grafton
W.va
Col. Bell
3Rd Air Force
Evalu
Maine Legislature Sets Holiday Observance Shifts
The Maine Legislature this year passed a law moving several holidays to Mondays for school observances. Veterans Day will fall on the fourth Monday in October, Washington's Birthday on the third Monday in February, Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, and Patriots Day on the third Monday in April. Columbus Day is dropped as an optional holiday. New Year’s and Christmas remain on January 1 and December 25.
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Washington
Hughes Triples Holdings In Nevada Gold and Silver
Billionaire Howard Hughes triples his Nevada mining stake with at least 1,665 claims in productive and target areas. Records show $2.9 million paid for 1,178 claims near Austin, where Mineral Inspector Mervin Gallagher notes real potential and mines yield invisible gold. Hughes crews sample cores and strip topsoil while public records indicate multi‑million investments across Nevada since 1966.
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Reno
Nev
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Hughes
County Recorder
Austin
Mervin Gallagher
Gallagher
Las Vegas
Moroccan student exchanges views on America and life in Maine
Ahmed Benaissa, 26, of Casablanca,Morocco, arrived in New York City with misconceptions about Americans being rich. Now staying with Norris Stephens in Kennebunk, he enjoys Maine yet finds its climate damp. Sponsored by Christ Church Kennebunk, his nine week stay under the Experiment in International Living, based in Putney Vermont, includes teaching French and studying law back home.
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John Surran Ahmed Benaissa
Casablanca
Morocco
Ahmed
Norris Stephens
High St
Kennebunk
Journal
New York City
New York
Maine
Christ Church
Putney, VI
United States
Anedea
America
Adventures in Christian Living Lecture Series Hosts
Christian Living speakers announced for a four Monday lecture series at United Church of Christ Congregational Biddeford starting Sept 29. Speakers include John Biter on The Generation Gap, Rev Harold Fray on Are We a Sick Society, Dr Allan K Chalmers on Criminal Rehabilitation, and Sister Rita Grondin on We Search for a Cure. Tickets distributed to Biddeford Seco area churches. Each talk allows 20 to 30 minutes plus audience Q&A.
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United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
John Biter
St. Francis College
Harold Fray
Eliot Congregational Church
Newton
Mass
Allan K. Chalmers
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc
Boston University
Rita Grondin
Bay View
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Biddeford-Seco
Rod Oa
Biddeford-Saco
Ford
Albert Worden
Roy MacNaughton
St. Brendan's Church
Biddeford Pool
Nicholas Liberis
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
James Goudoures
St. Demetrios Church
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Halfway Market
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Lambert
Ahmed Benaissa
Biddeford-Saco Journal
John Surran
Benaissa
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Hughes Triples
Orchard Beach Choice
Norman J. Lessard
Ocean Park Road
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Maine Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
Christian Living
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