Saco Street Opening Permits Voted By City Council
Saco council approved street opening permits for Northern Utilities to lay new gas lines in Dyer Temple Pleasant Middle High Free Common Storer North Spring Main Lincoln and Cutts Avenues and Thornton Streets The agreement requires streets be restored to prior condition and outlines penalties The gas plan dates to 1965 and includes cooperation with the street commissioner A water fluoridation referendum was also set for December with a similar question planned for Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford
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Saco
Northern Utilities
Alfred St
Biddeford
City Hall
Donald Doyle
North Street
Saco Street
Dyer
Temple
Pleasant
Middle
High
Free
Common
Storer
North
Spring
Main
Lincoln
Cutts
Thornton Avenues
Old Orchard Beach
Make-Believe World Guides Missile Tests at Martin Yard
A 40-foot square terrain model at Martin Marietta Orlando Division simulates 20 square miles of ground for testing optical and radio guidance. The $2 million lab enables rapid flight-mission testing and device evaluation by reproducing terrain, lighting, weather, and realistic targets such as Hoover Dam Friendship Airport and Philadelphia Harbor.
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Orlando
Fla
Baltimore
Friendship
Philadelphia
Southeast Asia
Martin Marietta Corp
Lando Division
U.S
Vietnam
George E. Smith
Martin
Smith
Hoover Dam
Chuckle Quote: Big Shot Illusion About Signatures
A witty line defines a big shot as the man whose name graces company letterheads because no one can read his signature.
Union Rejected At Garland Mfg Co in Saco
Garland Mfg Co workers in Saco voted 21 to 9 against union representation in a National Labor Relations Board conducted election led by agent Francis Payne. Representing the union were Alex Anastasoff Leo Bedard and Jules Garcia. Company counsel was Atty. Alan Levenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Mfg. Co
Saco
National Labor Relations Board
Twua-Afl-Cio-Clc
NLRB
Francis Payne
Alex Anastasoff
Leo Bedard
Jules Garcia
Boston
Atty
Alan Levenson
Portland
Harriman says Vietnam peace impossible while North Vietnam rejects talks
Paris AP The United States top negotiator W Averell Harriman declared at the 23rd Paris session that peace in Vietnam will be impossible as long as North Vietnam refuses to join a political settlement. He accused the Communist side of defying international law and the UN charter and called on Hanoi to cooperate in a settlement allowing South Vietnam to decide its future without external force.
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
United Nations
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
Ha van Lau
Harriman
Hanoi
Nixon Aides Reject Ford Push For Wal lace Backing
Nixon aides rebuff Rep Gerald Ford urging Republican candidates to back George C Wallace if needed for re election. Nixon warns that peace talks in Vietnam will slow if troop cuts happen before negotiation clarity emerges. Humphrey calls for a 50 percent Social Security rise over four years financed partly from the Treasury. House leaders urge members to return home for campaigns after a few days of work in Congress. Continua on Page Two.
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Richard M. Nixon
Rep
Gerald Ford
George C. Wallace
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S. Treasury
House
Congress
House Commerce Committee
It's Been A Tame Hurricane Season
Miami weather officials say it has been a tame Atlantic season with no major storms so far. Director Robert H. Simpson warns a sudden atmospheric change within a week could spawn new storms or a giant hurricane, noting cold tropical air and persistent west winds limited development. He adds forecasters enjoyed a busy season tracking Pacific hurricanes, sometimes reaching near record counts while public impact remained dull.
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Miami
Fla
Tropics
Robert H. Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Simson
U.S
Simpson
Pacific
People's Courts in Cuba Bring Ordinary Citizens to Trial
In Havana a militiaman calls for order as Popular Court No 6 of Vedado convenes with three judges and a woman observer. The courts hear minor offenses, absenteeism, child raising, and antigovernment rumors, with sentences up to 18 months.
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Havana
Ernesto Che Guevara
Vedado
People
Justice Ministry
Oper
Laird Sees 90000 Troop Cut By June Not A Doves Sop
Republican Melvin Laird traveling with Richard Nixon says a 90000 troop reduction in Vietnam is likely by June but not a sop to the doves. Nixon endorses the plan, while Humphrey accuses it of confusion and danger and warns talks could stall peace efforts. Nixon and the White House deny prior knowledge of any plan.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hanoi
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Humphrey
Laird
U.S
Nixon
South Vietnam
House
Defense Appropriations
Washington
White House
Pentagon
Minneapolis
Seattle
UN General Assembly opens amid new nation and calls for broad invites
At the United Nations 23rd session Swaziland is admitted as the 125th member after a secret vote with 119 for Arenales Catalan elected Guatemala president. Romanian Foreign Minister Manescu urges China seating and broader admission while Swaziland pledges cooperation with South Africa Mozambique and opposes apartheid.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Africa
Corneliu Manescu
U.n.’S
China
East
West Germany
South Korea
North
South Vietnam
United Nations
Manescu
Vietnam
Middle East
Czechoslovakia
U.N
Emilio Arenales Catalan
Leopoldo Bonites
Ecuador
Jose Pinera
Chile
Assembly
Swaziland
Prince Makhosina
South Africa
Mozambique
Crack Enemy Battalion Chopped In Half
AP reports a 300-man enemy battalion armed with flamethrowers rocket launchers and assault rifles was split in two while attempting to overrun a Katum Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border. The assault left 135 dead and uncovered 1,000 plastic explosive blocks and 1,000 unused rocket grenades indicating strong local support. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces counted 11 dead 10 wounded and one missing among South Vietnamese. Americans suffered no listed casualties. The Katum camp, three miles from Cambodia and 70 miles northwest of Saigon, guards an infiltration route to Tay Ninh and toward the capital. Since Monday night U.S. bombers have dropped about 1 750 tons on infiltration routes in northern Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
Katum
U.S
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Quang Ngai
U.S. Americal
Tam Ky
U.S. Americal Division
U. S
Newmilitarized Zone
Dmz
Bence
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Emile Drouin
Sidney Sclare
Heath and
First Streets
Sclare
Edward H. Smith
Maine Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
Main St
Trinity Episcopal Church
Cleveland St
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Biddeford-Saco Stores
John Bissonnette
Rosanne McCabe
C. A. Baillargeon
Claralessard
J. E. Hickey
Margaret Sprague
Kathleen Cooper
Lucille Desjardin
Garland
Associated Press Campaign
Claude Dubois
Maine
Linoleum CO
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Spiro T. Agnew
Hawaii
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Gruening
Biddeford Athletic Association
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