Maine Voters Face Eight Referendum Questions on Sept. 12
The editorial urges Maine residents to approve all eight bonding questions totaling 42.5 million aimed at education and transportation improvements. It highlights self liquidating bonds with student fees, airport upgrades, highway repairs on Route Six, a new Lewiston Auburn bridge, and a Bangor regional facility for severely mentally retarded individuals funded partly by federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kenneth Curtis
Lewiston
Auburn
Bangor
Pineland
Impressions of Inez Gun lobby shares in deaths
A columnist condemns gun neglect after a 12-year-old boy shot and killed a girl, notes the mother bought the gun, and lambasts the gun lobby and NRA for blocking federal controls. The piece urges immediate federal legislation to curb sales to irresponsible buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ermor
United States
National Rifle Association
Robert F. Kenneidy
N.Y
Three Minutes A Day by Rev James Keller
The article discusses an inner clock or circadian rhythm and how rapid jet travel across many time zones disrupts it. It cites a lecturer who fainted after crossing 24 time zones and notes it can take three to five days to reset after 12 zones. It urges wise use of technology with prayer for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keller
McNamara Faces Pressure as Pentagon Chiefs Clash
Washington scene roils over Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara amid push from Rep. Mendel Rivers and Porter Hardy to force his resignation. The article notes McNamara's influence, hawk-dove differences with Joint Chiefs, and Johnson's loyalty while battles over bombing and peace initiative rage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Washington and
The
Pacific
Bob McNamara
Pentagon
Armed Services Committees
McNamara
Capitol Hill
Rep
Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Rivers
Porter Hardy
Virginia
Hardy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness Committee
Dovish
MacNamara
North Vietnam
White House
George Ball
Joint Chiefs
MI6
Stennis
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hank Strom Thur
National Security Council
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Stennis Preparedness Committee
Wallace Green
U.S. Marines
Vietnam
George Anderson
Naval Operations
Kennedy
Portugal
Johnson
Secretary
Mac's World Rat mission accomplished
Washington columnist describes an unofficial rat hunt at a Baltimore area dump. He leads a makeshift squad including Jim Gilson and several colleagues in a night raid with a floodlight and improvised gear, reporting many rats slain and several group members earning “aces.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Maclean
Washington
Baltimore
Jim Gilson
Gilson
John Tinny
George Higgins
Jerry Nett
Charlie Tokarski
Population boom reshapes Beverly Hills since 1914
Beverly Hills grew from 674 residents in 1914 to a 2,500 percent surge between 1922 and 1930 amid the motion picture boom, Britannica notes. A scribbled Washington sidewalk quote mentions George Lincoln and a playful political aside about Shirley Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Lincoln Eekyen
Argentina
Beverly Hills
Calif
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biddeford Fire Dept Drum Corps Seeks Support
Gerard Letellier, publicity chairman, explains the self funded drum and bugle corps formed by Biddeford Fire Department members in 1966. He details early costs, uniforms bought by members, and planned parades while urging donations to cover remaining equipment and uniform needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Biddedeford
Main Street
Bar Mills Field
Kittery Point
Old Orchard
Saco
Portland
Maine
Twin Cities
Amvets
Gerard Letellier
Compensation for crime victims gains state attention
The piece surveys victim compensation plans inspired by New Zealand and England as states debate paying crime victims for medical and other costs. It contrasts potential benefits for uninsured victims with objections about which victims deserve aid and how innocence is proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
England
North Vietnamese Elections Seen as Rigged and Symbolic
The piece reviews Hanoi's past elections with Ho Chi Minh’s Communist party dominating a rubber-stamp National Assembly. It notes 99 percent votes for party candidates, limited opposition, and a constitution framed to sustain a rigid one-party state, with liberal rhetoric masking a totalitarian system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Hanoi
National Assembly
Ho Chi. Minh
Communist Party
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
T West
Old Truths Return As People Rush To Change Ways
A note on how enduring truths resist quick fixes in state and church. The text cites John Randolph and Robert Frost to warn that progress should be gradual and lessons from history endure, while urging clergy to hold to established doctrine and avoid swift, untested reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Randolph
Roanoke
Virginia
Congress
Randolph
Peple
Robert Frost
Clegymen
Compensation for crime victims prompts debate
A Will Bernard ABA public service feature argues victims deserve full sympathy and compensation. It cites a Gallup poll showing over 60 percent support for compensating murder victims' families, asking if this idea will prove a boon or boondoggle and sharing current plans and experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Experience
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Joneses Slow Down Local Chiefs of Keeping Up
Ever since that Joneses joined the British royal circle the struggle to keep up grows. Chester residents have printed a Joneses only directory and Republicans and Americans alike chase moves to stay ahead of the Johnsons and Smiths. The cost of keeping up strains many families with the Joneses as the hardest to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Britain
Roy
Chester
Englar
Joneses
M Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inez
BY Inez Robb
Buri
Ford Motors
Harvard School of Business
Mac's
Ward
California
Shirley Temple
Her
People’s Forum
Washington News
Bernard Fa
Lgislator
Confederat
By Russell Kirk
God
Satan
Harold Coffin
Saco Journa
Adams Street
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
AP News Dispatches
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!