Navy fliers testify as Senate probes air strike rules
Two Navy pilots set for questioning by the Senate Armed Services Committee amid allegations of Navy violations of engagement rules in Tonkin Gulf bomb sorties. The probe follows Air Force report falsifications and a defense secretary denial of Navy rule breaches.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Senate Armed Services
William Groepper
William Moore Jr
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Air Force
U.S
John Lavelle
Southeast Asia
Demilitarized Zone
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Case
Young Democrats Convene In Saco
The Saco Young Democrats met at the Democratic Headquarters with reports from the Voter Registration and Membership Committees. Posters advertised the York County Democratic Women's Committee Ball in Biddeford on Oct 7, and Nancy Chandler will speak at a September 28 meeting in Alfred.
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Saco Young Democrats
Saco Democratic
York County
Democratic Women’s Committee
Stephen F. White
Biddeford
Maine
McGovern
Nancy Chandler
National Committee
Alfred
Main St
Saco
Registration Table To Aid Saco Voters
A voter registration table will be open at Shaw's Super Market in Saco Valley Shopping Center. It operates Thursday and Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon for all residents wishing to register.
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Saco
Shaw’s
Saco Valley
FISH Steering Committee Holds Regular Meeting
The FISH steering committee met with co chair Betty Applin presiding. Reports show June to August calls from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard and Buxton for emergency transportation. Volunteers provide fuel and time with no federal funding. The service urges neighbors to drive when possible to keep FISH available for real emergencies. October meeting set for Trinity Episcopal parish house Saco with invitation to all women’s groups.
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FISH
Betty Applin
Kathy Hill
Sharon St. Amand
SCIM
Rita McQuade
Santa McCarthy
Stanley Hyde
Rita Nedeau
Welfare Dept
Biddeford
Elaine Graham
Biddeford Public Health Association
Buxton
Jean Hemenway
Julia Marston
Mary Ellen Desjardins
Sarah Smith
Solange Waterhouse
Camille Gagnon
Trinity Episcopal Parish
Saco
Picayune origin tied to half-dime coin meaning petty
The term picayune in English traces to a small U S coin once worth half a dime, giving the word its current sense of petty.
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U.S
Gypsy Moth Blights Forty Maine Acres
Gypsy moth caterpillars defoliated an estimated 40 acres of woodland in Maine this summer. USDA APHIS notes the moth remains a persistent problem as the pest spreads to states with valuable trees, with Connecticut hardest hit at 513,900 acres defoliated and large losses across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
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Maine
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Five Member Appeals Board Forming in Kennebunk
Selectman James K. McMahon announced that Kennebunk's three member Appeals Board will be expanded to five within two weeks due to a state law change. Two new members will be appointed by the board before its next meeting.
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Kennebunk
James K. McMahon
McMahon
Town Selectmen
Lyman Couple Hosts Housewarming for Richard Lagueux
Mr and Mrs Richard Lagueux of Hill Road were honored with a housewarming party at their new home in Lyman. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Robert Lagueux. A basket of cards and money was given and a buffet served. Attendees included many Lagueux relatives and friends from Biddeford Saco Kittery Gray Worchester Milford N H Buxton Worcester Mass and Lyman with others unable to attend noted.
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Robert Hoyt
Wilfred Trottier
Biddeford-Saco
Louville Bowden
Kittery
Hazel Hiscock
Milford
N.H
Fred Loring
Wendell Kenney
Gray
Paul Rouselle
Nancy Valcourt
Worchester
Mass
Michael Azevedo
Buxton
Paul Cote
Lyman
Henry Townsend
Roland Lagueux
Maine Governor Proclaims Cystic Fibrosis Month
Governor Curtis urges statewide support for Cystic Fibrosis research in September. He cites the disease as a dread inherited illness affecting Maine youngsters and notes the Downcast Chapter’s door to door drive aims to raise up to $100,000 for research.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Curtis
National
Saco Jaycee Wives Plan Busy Schedule
Saco Jaycee Wives meet at Mrs. Richard Farrell home Ferry Beach Saco noting plans including state board meeting Oct 15 in Waterville a Cape Elizabeth event Oct 11 and a Flame of Hope Candle sale Oct 13 at Shaw's Market Saco 3:30 to 8 p.m. Final plans for a regional supper meeting set for United Baptist Church hall Main Street Saco Monday at 7 p.m. Participants listed include Jo-Ann Dearborn Nini Waycott Jeannine Trot tier Sandy Taylor and guests Karen Dumas Debbie Osborn.
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Saco
Shaw’s Market
United Baptist Church Hall
Main Street
Jo-Ann Dearborn
Nini Waycott
Jeannine Trottier
Sandy Taylor
Karen Dumas
Debbie Osborn
Public Showing At Planetarium Begins Series
Portland Maine Oct schedule starts at 3 p.m. Sundays Oct 1 and 15 and 8 p.m. Tuesdays Oct 3 and 17 at Southworth Planetarium University of Maine Portland campus Gorham. Free shows cover the sky over Portland and explain star motion sun movement constellations color size and satellites. Reservations suggested due to limited seating.
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Portland
Southworth Planetarium
University of Maine At Portland
Gorham
Planetarium
Destructive Insect The Boll Weevil in the South
The boll weevil causes about 200 million dollars in annual losses in the south. It attacks a plant's fruiting buds in spring and later infests the bolls which contain lint and seed in unripe pods.
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