Debates Begin Between Hildreth and Kyros In Saco
The first of four scheduled debates between State Sen. Horace A. Hildreth Jr. Republican candidate for Congress in the First District, and U.S. Rep. Peter N. Kyros, Democrat, was held yesterday afternoon at Thornton Academy Linnell Gym in Saco. Students asked 11 questions read by moderator William Farrington, with four minutes per candidate and two minutes rebuttal.
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Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Thornton Academy
Congress
U.S
Hornton Academy
Linnell Gymnasium
Saco
Robert Rancourt
Alan Polackwich
William Farrington
Hildreth
Peg Hendrick
Kyros
Johnson-Humphrey
Leoves
Two Grid Tilts In Area Friday
Biddeford High School and Stephens High of Rumford failed to move Friday football to Saturday. Stephens officials refused, Biddeford and St Louis both host night games that date. St Louis plans a Parents Night at home, hindering date changes.
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Rumford
Art Descoteaux
Tiger
Stephens
Biddeford
St. Louis
Bangor
Mexican Troops Seize Vocational School Amid Citywide Clash
In Mexico City a nightlong gun battle left at least three dead and about 50 students and riot police wounded as troops captured Santo Tomas Vocational School. Police fought snipers on rooftops while protests and clashes spread to nearby districts amid a two month student rebellion against President Diaz Ordaz.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Santo Tomas Vocational School
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
San Jacinto
Tlatelolco
Federal District Penitentiary
Diaz Ordaz
Cambodia Border Hit By 300 Tons Of Bombs
US strategic bombers pounded the Cambodian border with 300 tons of ordnance in four raids along the infiltration route north and west of Saigon. Civilian casualties included six wounded by rocket fire on the Nha Be depot. High altitude B52s hit Tay Ninh area as fighting persisted with scattered enemy contacts. In Phong Phu, three civilians were killed and seven wounded in nearby mortar attacks.
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Nha Be
Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Mekong
Phong Phu
New York Talks Fail In Teachers Strike
In New York the eight day teachers strike shows little progress toward a settlement. Talks in Brooklyn's Ocean Hill-Brownsville district reveal clashes over local board control and job security. Parents flock to private schools as fear and frustration mount.
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Board of Education
Brooklyn
Bernard E. Donovan
C. Herbert Oliver
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Europe Shudders Over Soviet Moves
AP analysis notes European anxiety as Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia signals broader pressure on Yugoslavia Romania and potential moves toward West Germany. The piece cites Tito’s defense warnings to Yugoslavia signs of edginess in Romania and Pravda accusations of West Germany as a Western attack node while Moscow privately denies imminent action against West Berlin.
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Morrow
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Pravda
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Moscow
Humphrey Earns Strong UAW Endorsement in Detroit
Walter Reuther announced the United Auto Workers endorsed the Humphrey Muskie ticket, saying it shows working men and women remember their friends. Humphrey and Muskie collected 2319 votes, 88 percent of 2638 ballots from local UAW delegates nationwide, with Wallace second at 271 votes and Nixon/Agnew garnering about one percent.
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Walter Reuther
Humphrey-Muskie
United Auto Workers Union
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
UAW
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryand
Fortas Nomination May Be Hushed By Maneuver
CHICAGO AP The Senate may be offered a plan to avoid a long fight over Abe Fortas as chief justice by declaring no vacancy exists while Earl Warren stays on the bench. The Chicago Tribune reported the maneuver, with Democratic Leader Mansfield calling it false. White House knowledge and Johnson’s anger were noted.
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Senate
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Washington
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Dirksen
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U N United States Threatens Debate at UN Assembly
The United States opens the General Assembly's 23rd session angrily pressing for a debate on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Thant proposes a bombing halt resolution on North Vietnam, while U.S. envoy Ball presses Thant on Vietnam talks and considers adding Czechoslovakia to the agenda.
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U.N. General Assembly
United States
U Thant
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Thant
U.S
North Vietnam
George W. Ball
Paris
General Assembly
Washington
State Department
Ball
GOP Candidates Decide On Nixon Backing Washington Strategy Split
Winston-Salem AP report says Republican congressional hopefuls may withhold full backing of Nixon if it risks their races. House minority leader Gerald Ford chairs the cross country strategy sessions guiding candidates from North Carolina Kentucky and Virginia. Ford emphasizes local sentiment guides support for the Nixon Wallace ticket and stresses electing enough Republicans to shift the House margin.
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George C. Wallace
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Rep
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Michigan
House
Ford
Wallace
Greensboro
North Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Marveland
Washington
Nixon
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