01 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1964
Page
1
Hazel L Collins aged 62 of Foyas Lane Kittery Point died July 31. Funeral services held at Murphy Opera Home 8 Federal St Salen Mondas afters now. Arrangements by Franklin G Wilson Funeral Home Kittery.
Mrs Stephen Brownell of York Harbor reports the private funeral service for Mary Kestia Brownell aged 92 of Vark Haeber. The Rev Howard Benson of the Second Methodist Church officiated. Burial followed at Hop Cemetery in Kennebunk.
Mrs Ha gel L Collins wife of Richard Collins of Foye's Point died at her home yesterday. Born December 19 1901 in Beverly Massachusetts she was the daughter of John and Catherine Lawrence. She is survived by her husband a son Robert J Sylvester of Yokohama Japan a daughter Mrs John Griffen of Salem Massachusetts a brother C Clifford Lawrence of Beverly and two grandchildren
The Milk Dealers Association says milk prices in Quebec will rise one cent per quart this Friday. Montreal will see 25 cents a quart while other regions rise to 24 cents. Card of thanks notes appreciation for sympathy and floral tributes for Lester S. Chase.
In London Kenneth Gatland of the British Interplanetary Society hailed Ranger 7 as a magnificent achievement and a necessary step toward placing the first human explorers on the moon. A panel of moon experts began an intensive study of the photographs to aid the design of the lunar craft planned to land astronauts on the moon possibly in 1969. Ranger 7, launched from Cape Kennedy, travelled about 249,666 miles and transmitted more than 4,000 photographs in the final approach before impact at 6:07 Friday morning. Images showed lunar seas or maria, including broad smooth plains likely suitable for landing.
The Democratic state chairman said federal programs are now available to aid rural Maine communities. Auburn’s William B D Hathaway, running for Congress in the god District, argued that half of Maine’s population lives in rural areas and urged local leadership to secure long term government financial support for capital improvements to boost rural Maine.
CHICAGO AP migrants from the Southern Appalachians face urban poverty as they move north seeking work. About 25,000 migrants in Chicago live in Uptown, paying high rents and sharing cramped quarters. Exploitation and higher living costs offset meager wages, prompting some to return home.
Boston AP reports New England Democrats express disappointment at President Johnson dropping Robert F. Kennedy as VP pick yet intend to back Johnson’s choice. Rhode Island Senator Pastore and Maine Senator Muskie are not favored. Massachusetts Governor Peabody supports Johnson and Kennedy’s stated prerogative. Public sentiment leans to open convention, but no local names are favored.
A one month old girl named Lori Jean Anson died after apparently standing on a kitchen floor and toppling head first into a diaper pail. Her parents, Mr and Mrs Macy Anson, were nearby as the mother hung clothes on an outside line during the accident.
The United States Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of 11 men accused of membership in an international heroin ring that imported over $100 million of heroin into the United States since 1960. New trials were ordered because the trial judge did not properly charge the jury.
PORTLAND RP Louis Marcille, assistant circulation manager of Guy Gannett Publishing Co, retires Saturday after 39 years with the Portland newspapers. He is succeeded by his son Robert Marcille.
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