Mystery Man Bob Monks May Run For Governor In Maine
The Cape Elizabeth businessman and 6 foot 6 inch figure, Bob Monks, draws attention after a strong showing in the GOP Senate primary and a public drive against a ballot issue. He speaks of a gap between law and action in mental health and industrial growth and hints at political ambitions while vowing continued campaigning across Maine.
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Bob Monks
Journal
Margaret Chase Smith
Mrs Smith
Bill Hathaway
Hathaway
Cape Elizabeth
Local Flotilla Seeks Use of Fletcher's Neck Station
A meeting in Portland with Coast Guard officials eyed leasing the abandoned Fletcher's Neck Coast Guard Station to three local groups including St Francis College and Biddeford residents. If approved, leases would bypass GSA surplus steps and speed use for a Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla. The Boston district office must approve, with Kyros and a congressional committee looped in.
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Fletcher's Neck
Portland
Coast Guard
Fletcher's Neck Coast Guard
Jerry Plante
U.S
Peter Kyros
Federal
Donald J. McCann
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Plante and
McCann
General Services Administration
General Service Administration
GSA
R. H. Wood
Cong
Kyros
Plante
Boston
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A light quip notes that preferring Monday to Friday could signal rising success. The joke hints at ambition and a shift in mindset as a humorous take on work ethics.
Three-City Dispatch Center Proposed By Local Police
Police chiefs from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach met to discuss a joint dispatch facility. Four channel system would channel one normal ops two car to car three regional disaster and four fire/other use with state funding 95 percent. Central base would empower dispatchers to coordinate across towns while preserving local control.
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Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Leonard Seagren
Maine Law Enforcement Planning and Assistance Agency
Channel One
Channel Two
Channel Three
Channel Four
Ojy
Seagren
Richard Lamb
Agnew Lawyers Press Strategy Amid Palm Springs Vacation
Washington AP Spiro Agnew's legal team works on a temporary injunction to block grand jury hearings into alleged Maryland political corruption while Agnew vacations in Palm Springs with his family at Frank Sinatra's home. The Baltimore grand jury heard five witnesses including William J. Muth, an Agnew fundraiser and former Baltimore city council vice president, who called the probe a fishing expedition.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Palm Springs
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Baltimore
United States
Judah Best
Carl Albert
House of Representatives
William J. Muth
Terrorists Take Over Railroad Near Vienna
A train carrying Jews from Bratislava to Vienna for transfer to an emigration center was seized by two Arab gunmen at Marchegg near Vienna. One railway official was killed and two others injured. Nine hostages were taken and the attackers negotiated from a car near Vienna airport as police surrounded the scene.
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Vienna
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Schonau
Israel
Marchegg
ITT offices bombed in New York and Rome incidents
A powerful explosion hit ITT offices in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper injuring no one and causing no fire. A separate early blast damaged ITT Standard S.A. in Rome, with two doors slightly damaged and unknown attackers noted.
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New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Manhattan
ITT American
Rome
ITT Standard S.A
Telecommunication Corporation
World
Park Avenue
50Th Street
Madison Avenue
New York Post
ITT
Red And White Pines Can Grow On Wasteland
Maine foresters showcase a 100 acre wasteland near the Maine Turnpike in New Gloucester where 40 000 pine seedlings planted over ten years are thriving. The 2000 acre woodlot owned by Warren Chandler of Gray aims for pulp or saw logs in about 20 years. Foresters stress small private owners receive guidance on thinning harvesting and road layout while mills expand saw operations to capitalize on lumber prices.
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New Gloucester
Maine
Cumberland County
Maine Turnpike
Warren Chandler
Gray
Chandler
Maine Forestry Department
Forestry Department
A. Temple Bowen Jr
Clifton E. Foster
George Ruppp
Pownal
Raymond
Canada
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Harrison Ave
Abby Faitcrarts
Joe Harris
Michael Spath
Lamb
Acadia National Park
Brian Thayer
Grand
Internal Revenue Service
Charles Sutton
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