Newsmen Held in Ugandan Jail Cell Describe Horrors
Seven British reporters freed from Kampala police headquarters recounted a brutal confinement. They described a foul damp cell block with about 50 foreigners, including women and children, where fear and lack of law prevailed and interrogators singled out Western prisoners.
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Secret Service
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Daily Mail
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King Georgey Hotel
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Reading workshop aids appointed for Biddeford teachers
The Biddeford School Department reports a Reading Workshop for teacher aides was held last week at St Joseph School. Hired under an ESEA Title I grant, aides from multiple schools studied developmental psychology, reading strategies, and corrective techniques under Maureen K. Conlon with input from Margaret Hollingsworth.
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Andrew C. Frechette
St Joseph School
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Margaret Hollingsworth
St. Andre
Elsie Archambeault
Rachel Beauchesne
Yvette Hebert
Simone __ Lapointe
Lucienne Martin
Simone Montagne
B.J.H.S
Jean Goulet
Beverly Chaloult
St. Mary School
Grace Grabach
Charlotte Jacques
St. Joseph
Jeannette Elie
Geneva Paradis
Ruth Parisien
Therese Paquette
Lorraine Stevens
Kanely Throumoulos
Birch St
Athena Gregory
Rail Workers Pension Hike Heads to Nixon for Approval
Congress approved a bill to grant a temporary 20 percent pension increase for about one million retired railroad workers and dependents. The measure, retroactive to Sept. 1, mirrors Social Security boosts and would expire June 30 next year. A solvency plan is to be proposed by March 1.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Four Women Named in Local Event
Frances Dobbins Janet Haines Christine Lemire and Rachel Reny are listed as participants in a forthcoming community event, with details to be announced by the organizers.
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Frances Dobbins
Janet Haines
Christine Lemire
Rachel Reny
Firm Ordered To Stop Deceptive Advertising Practices
The Lewiston based Consumer Beef Outlet Inc was ordered by Superior Court Justice William E McCarthy to halt deceptive advertising. An injunction requires ending any non bona fide advertised offers and stop urging customers to buy meat at higher prices.
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Auburn
Consumer Beef Outlet, Inc
Lewiston
Superior Court
William E. McCarthy
Attorney General
Consumer Protection Division
Consumer Beef
Hearing Set On New Junior High In Saco
A public hearing on the proposed new junior high school for Saco is scheduled for October 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Fairfield School. Superintendent Howard Cushman announced the date and venue.
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Saco
Fairfield School
Howard Cushman
No Americans Killed in South Vietnam for First Time in Years
AP reports that weekly casualty figures show no American deaths in action in South Vietnam for the first time since 1965. Five Americans died nonhostile, seven wounded, four missing or captured. South Vietnamese casualties totaled 409 killed and 1,710 wounded as Hanoi’s offensive continued. Allied totals to date show American 45,857 killed in action and Vietnamese losses rising.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Naw
Charter Group Meets Again
The Biddeford Charter Commission held its second working meeting in as many nights at the Mayor's office. They deleted parts of the third and fourth articles of their preliminary draft. Present were Willie Pomerleau Norman Racine Richard Dutremble Camille Bolduc Marc Bouthot and Peter Truman. Absent were George DesRoberts and Paul Gobeil.
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Biddeford
Jockeys Arcaro and Tack Win Derby Five Times
Eddie Arcaro and Bill Har tack remain the only two jockeys to win the Kentucky Derby five times each.
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Eddie Arcaro
Bill Hartack
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