Thieu Seeks Accord on Further Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
In Vung Tau President Thieu signals potential large scale U S troop withdrawals in 1970 beyond the 60 000 redeployed this year while boosting South Vietnamese forces by 150 000 to 200 000 men next year He will ask President Nixon for the number of additional withdrawals and for the U S to meet Vietnam’s material funds and training needs The U S command reports American battlefield deaths for the year total 8185 a 33 percent drop from the same period in 1968 with an average of 215 weekly deaths Nixon notes casualties down a third from last year and cites a lower infiltration rate indicating reduced enemy activity
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U.S
Vietnam
Safer In Biddeford By PEG HENDRICK
A reporter evaluates civil defense readiness in Biddeford and Saco finding Biddeford better prepared for a nuclear attack. Saco lags with few shelters and limited supplies while Biddeford maintains numerous stocked shelters and broader CD infrastructure.
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Saco
Trees for Saco Veterans Unite to Replace Elms
Saco veteran groups contribute to the Trees for Saco campaign to replace diseased elms. Owen-Davis Post American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars post will each buy and plant two trees near Beach Street home. AMVETS Post will plant two on Spring Street. Total raised reaches 4329.83 of a 12000 goal with local businesses and individuals donating. Street canvassing and plantings planned this fall and spring under Mayor Mercier endorsement and the city street department led by Timothy Crowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Veterans
Saco
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Saco Post
Legion Home
Beach Street
Saco Amvets Post
Spring
Green Streets
Richard Gray
Armand J. Mercier
Saco Street Department
Timothy Crowley
Sca Nes
Canal National Bank
Chuckle on strength and grocery work over time
A humorous observation notes Americans growing stronger as a child can now carry ten dollars’ worth of groceries, once requiring two people twenty years ago. The quip contrasts past labor with present ease, reflecting on social change with a light tone.
Three Promotions Announced at St Francis College
Dr Richard J Spath president of St Francis College disclosed three faculty promotions Raymond A Kenneally rises to associate professor of education George Harpootian advances from instructor to assistant professor of history Dr James R Young moves from assistant professor to associate professor of chemistry Kenneally has degrees from the University of Maine Harpootian studies at American University Bryn Mawr on leave Young earned a Rhode Island School of Design B S and a Ph D from New Hampshire with prior teaching in Turkey and at UNH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Spath
St. Francis College
Raymond A. Kenneally
Kenneally
University of Maine
Liberal Arts College
George Harpootiian
The
American University
Brya ‘Mawr College
Philadelphia
Harpoothan
Middle East
James R. Young
Dr. Young
Rhode Island School of Design
University of New Hampshire
St. Francis
Young
Turkey
Haynsworth Hearing Ends in Senate Nomination Probe
Testimony wrapped up in the Senate hearings over Judge Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination. The timing of a Judiciary Committee recommendation remains uncertain as the panel reviews the evidence and prepares its report.
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Walington
Senate
Clement Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Thornton seniors sell tickets for 1969 70 lecture series
Thornton Academy seniors volunteered as salespersons for the Sweetser Lecture Concert Series benefiting the Saco Provident Association. About 49 seniors from Period 2 and 6 Political Science classes plus an American Government class will sell tickets for four Linnell Gym evening programs. The series opens October 8 with New Zealand Spring and features experts from Cornell, Harvard, Bates College plus a Bates Band and Choir finale. Local shops sponsor ticket outlets in Saco and Biddeford.
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Sweetser
Thornton Academy
Saco Provident Association
William Farrington
Saco School
Linnell
Michael Hughes
Stanley Lane
New Zealand
Lon
Olin Pettingill Jr
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
William J. Lederer
David J. Swanger
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Bates College
Saco
Lester M. Black
Shaw’s Market
Percy’s ‘Pharmacy
Murcs Music Store
Biddeford
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Thieu
Nixon
U.S. Command
Lee Nixon
Washington
Alfred
Arundel
Wiliam Wing
Gorham
Breen Savage
Wing
Webber Hospital
Saco River
John Surran
Augusta
Peg Hendrick
By Peg Hendrick
Leon H. Libby
Libby
Maremont Corp
Sanford
Kittery
Cornish
Buxton
Kennebunkport
Wells
Datyon
Old Orchard Beach
Saco CD
Ferry Beach
Albert Deshaies
Hills Beach
West Point
Pepperell Co
Notre Dame
St. Andre’s Home
Maine State Employment Office
Mahaney
Staples
Biddeford - Saco Water Co
St. Mary's Church
Biddeford Savings Bank
First National Bank
Knight and Holt
Percy's Pharmacy
Biddeford and Saco Gas Co
Family Hobby Center
Lee's
Bay View
Harold Waight
Maxine Waight
Katherine Deering
Lowell Innes
Arthur Giroux
Robert Warner
John Kennedy Charlene Whitmore
Eliot Fink
John C. Finn
Helen M. Finn
Leo Lemelin
James Thompson
Fred Clark Sr
Calvin Tetley
Bert Whitney
John E. Burnham
Ralph Daignault
Barbara Pendleton
John Dixon
D. R., Fogg
Loraine Smith
Winona Whitney
Albert Powers
Philip Snow
Oneral
Florence Hearn
Flag Pond
Lincoln Road
Grace Dow Flag
Haynsworth
Whist Party
W. F. W. Hall
Thornton St
Maine Dry Cleaning Center
Alfred Street
Westinghouse Laundermat
Professionats
High
George Streets
Steve Hill
Sam Coffin
Dan Curlew
Bruce Boutet
Peter Moumouras
Stanley Harmon
Esther Davis
Christiano Furtado
Brazil
Jeannette Morrison
Debbie Harriman
Charles Hadiaris
Jon Boutet
Stanley Charles
Gene Libby
David Staples
Tom Welch
Nancy McGuffin
Roger Wentworth
Pam Buck
Laura Angis
Jane Deane
Yoko Furuya
Japan
Robert Ouellette
Steve Bedell
James Couture
Joan Fink
Mya
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