Mao and Lin to Attend Peking Anniversary Ceremonies
TOKYO AP reports Communist China will celebrate its 20th anniversary with nuclear fireworks and says Mao Tse-tung and heir Lin Piao will preside at ceremonies in Tian An Men Square. The agency denies illness rumors amid prior absences and Hong Kong reports of Lin’s illness.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Peking
Mao
Lin
New China News Agency
Tien An Men
Red China
Hong Kong
Kennebunk approves two year lease with Kesslen Shoe Co
At a two hour town meeting about 220 residents authorized selectmen to sign a two year lease with Kesslen Shoe Co for a building owned by the town. Rent rises to 10 000 per year with three optional one year terms and company to cover insurance above 625. Kesslen employs about 237 locals and has operated here for decades, seen as town backbone.
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Peg Hendrick Kennebunk
Kesslen Shoe Co
Herman Cohen
J. Alan Jasper
Kessler Shoe Co
Cohen
Budget Board
Cerns
Kessien
Kessien Naw
Thomas Reagan
Kennebunk
Wayne Goodrich
Warren Astrowsky
Donald V. Dulac
Dulac
Kesslen
George Noiles
Kennebunk Light and Power Co
West Kennebunk
Ghost Town Lively Again at Vanderbilt California
Vanderbil t California readies a revived mining venture led by Heavy Metals Corp with 40 investors backing a 2.3 million operation. Jack Jordan reports a 13 foot diameter shaft taps a vein producing ore valued at about 50 dollars per ton, aiming for 50 to 100 million in gold plus copper and silver.
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Vanderbilt, Calif
Wyatt Earp
Virgil
Las Vegas
Vanderbilt
Jack Jordan
California
Jordan
Heavy Metals Corp
U.S
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Petition Drive a Failure in Waterville
The Rev. Benjamin Bubar head of the Christian Civic League said the group fell about 1,500 signatures short of the 32,384 needed to force a statewide referendum on three 104th Legislature laws. The measures would allow Sunday liquor sales in restaurants hotels and clubs, Sunday table wine sales by grocers, and Sunday horse racing.
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Waterville
Benjamin Bubar
Christian Civic League
Bubar
CCL
Roux Retires as West Point Panel Director
Maurice C. E. Roux, long-time panel director at West Point, retires. John J. Larson will become personnel director for the Northern Operations of the Consumers Products Division in Biddeford, effective Oct. 1. Larson, a Clark University graduate of 1959, has led the Biddeford facility’s personnel coordination since 1967 and is active in local Rotary and Chamber groups with wife Charleen Clark and two children.
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Maurice C. E. Roux
West Point
Pep ‘Prelli
Roux
John J. Larson
Consumer Products Division
Biddeford
Larson
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Biddeford - Saco
Rotary Club
Mayor objects to bomb in pasture on Maui island
In Maui County, Mayor Elmer Cravalho criticized a stray 500 pound bomb found in his Maalaea Village pasture as the Navy suspends bombing on Kahoolawe. The halt, ordered after the incident, aims to determine why the ordnance landed there while residents complain of ongoing nuisances from practice blasts.
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Wailuku
Maui Island
Hawaii
Navy
Kahoolawe
Elmer F. Cravalho
Maui County
Maui
Cravalho
Maalaea
Mayor Cravalho
Jones Answers Council Charges in Public Hearing
Town Manager Leon F. Jones faced 17 charges from the town council at a public hearing in Old Orchard Beach. Lawyer William P. Donahue argued the seven member body acted as prosecutors and judges in conflict with Maine law, while Town Attorney Robert York defended the council's procedure. A decision was set to be announced after further deliberation.
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Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
William P. Donahue
Jones
A Stbert Jakeman Jr
Jakeman
Biddeford
Donahue
Maine
Robert York
Withdrawal of U S Forces From Thailand Planned
AP reports a Thai U S communique says about 36 000 U S Air Force and Army personnel will withdraw by next July from Thailand including 6 000 or more from the Air Force and 12 000 Army support troops along with 1 000 military advisers. The pullout begins within weeks and will be expeditious but tied to Vietnam war needs.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Thailand
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Nixon
South Vietnam
Value Of Mark Shoots Upward In European Markets
The West German mark leaped to 3.84 to the dollar in Frankfurt trading after an official move to let the currency find its own level. London dealers widened rates as the dollar strengthened to roughly 3.48 marks, with the pound and other currencies showing mixed movements amid speculation ahead of West Germany’s election.
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London
Frankfurt
West Germany
Europe
Zurich
Charges Dropped in Green Berets Murder Case
Washington AP A CIA decision to withhold witnesses halted the Green Berets murder trial after Army Secretary Resor ordered all charges dismissed. The CIA cited national interest and secrecy concerns while noting no direct involvement. The Pentagon said defendants will be reassigned outside Vietnam.
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U.S
Green Berets
Army
Central Intelligence Agency
Stanley R. Resor
CIA
Resor
Pentagon
Vietnam
Secret
South Vietnam
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