Tourists Stranded After Ticket Sale in Moscow
About 100 travelers from the United States Britain Japan and West Germany were stranded in Moscow after Aeroflot overbooked flights and offered no seats for days. They were kept under guard on transit hotel floors with limited contact until some reached London.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Japan
West Germany
U.S
London
Aeroflot
IATA
International Air Transport Association
Can
New York
Tehran
Portland Coast Guard Hosts Boating Course Evening Session
Maine Power Co at 162 Cance Road Portland hosts an evening boating course at 7 30 p m sponsored by the Portland Coast Guard Auxiliary The only charge is for an instruction manual.
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Maine Power Co
Cance Road
Portland
Portland Coast Guard Auxiliary
Brain Waves Study May Pinpoint Sex Offenders
Stanford University researchers say measuring arousal brain waves from sexual stimuli may help identify child molesters and assess counseling effectiveness. The team used slide photographs triggering brain E waves to gauge sexual preference and potential changes after treatment.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Ronald V. Costell
National Institute For Mental Health
Washington D.C
Australian American Browne Wins New England Chess Title
Walter Browne the Australian-American grand master won the New England Chess Championship in New Haven defeating Peter Winston of New York City to claim the title. Winston tied for second with Erwin Middleton and L C Noderer, each earning $125. Browne collected $300 and will play first board for Australia at the International Chess Olympiad in Skopje.
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New Haven
Boris Spassky
Browne
Fischer
New England
Winston
Erwin Middleton
Bronx
N.Y
L.C. Noderer
Windsor
Australia
Skopje
Yugoslavia
Harlow Daly
Sanford
Maine
Coming Events in Kennebunkport and Kennebunk
Tuesday events include Yankee Belle Chorus rehearsal at Kennebunkport Community House and a Police Commission meeting with a public zoning hearing at Lower Town Hall. Well Baby clinic at Storer Street runs 3 to 5 pm with vaccines available. Thursday features Duplicate Bridge at Webhannet Club, Rotary lunch, Fifty-Plus Club activities, Odd Fellows meeting, Maine Arts and Crafts public meeting, and Blood Bank Committee at the C of C office.
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Yankee Belle Chorus
Kennebunkport
Temple St
All Women
Police Commission
Kennebunk Lower
Kenenbunk
Storer Street
Kennebunk
Webhannet Woman's Club
Fletcher Street
Rotary Club
Glen-Mor
Odd Fellows Meeting
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Maine
St. David's Episcopal Church
Blood Bank Committee
Navy Unveils Sweeper Boat For Oil Spills
In Seattle a 25 foot self propelled sweeper boat was launched to harvest up to 2200 gallons of oil per hour from a one millimeter slick. Built by J B S Scientific Corp using a dynamic inclined plane, the vessel collects oil into a belt and well for transfer. Powered by an 80 horsepower diesel engine it can operate in one to two foot swells at up to 3 knots. The launch occurred at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.
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Seattle
U.S. Navy
13Th Naval District
J.B.S. Scientific Corporation
Burlington
Mass
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Thornton Academy School Menus Highlights for Thursday Friday
The Thursday menu features Frankfurter Roll with mustard relish cole slaw chips juice chocolate cake and milk. Friday offers Hamburger School with baked roll catsup tomato lettuce buttered carrots dessert and milk.
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Thornton Academy
Hamburger
Turks End Titles and Adopt Surnames in 1934 Law
In 1934 a new law abolished the old titles bey and pasha and required all Turkish citizens to pick and bear a surname reflecting modern nationhood.
Candidates Arrive In Same Car At Harmony Fair
Republican William S. Cohen and Democrat Elmer H. Violette met en route to the Harmony Fair in Newport Maine after Cohen's car broke down on Interstate 95. Violette picked up Cohen and both proceeded to the fair despite the mishap.
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Newport
Maine
Harmony Fair
William S. Cohen
Cohen
Bangor
Elmer H. Violette
van Buren
Violette
Coast Guard Offers Free Boating and Seamanship Course
The Coast Guard announces a free twelve lesson boating and seamanship course for the general public. The program covers basics of pleasure boating from seamanship and rules of the seaways to charting and plotting, beginning September 7 at the Central.
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Portland
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Saco
Trudeau's Club
Art Nadeau
Allied Chemical Coatings
Factory Island
Saco, Maine
Bermuda
Inverurie Hotel
Boston
Towle’s Travel Agency
Main St
Youland Bldg
Biddeford
Navy
Howe's Floor Store
Wells
Coast Guard
TOY & Gift
Beverley Holden Sanford
Avon
Conn
F.d.1.c
Ling
Citgo
Cities Service Oil Company
Cities Service Company
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