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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1965
Page
1
About 400 union workers attended a bargaining session where a hand vote 135-104 rejected the management offer. The rejected contract would have allowed a plant shutdown in early July and a two week vacation, plus pension, health, and layoff credit improvements.
Federal mediation intervenes as Local 406 of Textile Workers union and Saco-Lowell New England Division clash over a two year wage and fringe package. About 900 workers face a strike deadline, with management withdrawing offers and an AM VETS hall meeting debating terms and potential work stoppage.
India asserts a major victory near Lahore after tank battles with Pakistanis near Lahore. Pakistan counters by claiming to repulse Indian armor near Sialkot amid heavy losses. Both sides report exchanges across the frontier as U N efforts pursue a cease fire.
Robert L. Cassette, president of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Association, demands Mayor Reny prove accusations of unfair abuse and false statements by association members. He cites missed tax list publication requests and a disputed private meeting and calls for responsible discussion over city costs and education funding.
New Orleans works to identify and process hurricane dead with 250 bodies expected from Plaquemines and St Bernard parishes. Red Cross shelters hold about 25 000 evacuees as officials battle power outages floods and disease risks. Federal agencies mobilize housing loans and reconstruction aid while profiteering concerns trigger crackdowns.
Washington reports that the Housing and Home Finance Agency has conditionally approved Sanford Maine downtown renewal. Local Sanford agencies may apply for loans to fund the redevelopment of a commercial block, with HHFA reserving 848 417 dollars to cover about three quarters of costs.
Three girls become the first triplets delivered at Maine Medical Center in Portland to 19 year old Mrs Rudy L Brann.
Ellen Fowler of Old Orchard Beach Maine earned the Sleeping Beauty nickname during the Miss American Pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. The 19 year old described a relaxed week filled with rehearsals interviews and a diary kept as a memory of the pageant. Debra Bryant of Kansas won Miss America.
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