Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast and Open Houses Around Town
A crowded schedule lists Kiwanis pancake breakfast at High Street and multiple open houses and exhibits across Portsmouth area venues including Masonic Temple, Great Island Common, Portmouth Naval Shipyard, and Strawbery Banke. Events span fishing derby conclusions, bean suppers, class reunions, a costume ball, chamber music, a historical pageant, and art exhibits from morning into night with many times and locations highlighted.
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Kiwanis
Masonic Temple
Great Island Common
King Usaf Thunderbirds
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
IMS Minerva
Portsmouth Harbor Coast
Guild of Strawbery Banke
Conant
National Guard Armory
Strawbery Banke
South Meeting House
PHS
St. John’s Masonic
Turnpike Project Not Under Statute
Augusta Maine AP William R Adams Jr Portland attorney says Maine Turnpike Authority widening may fall outside the 1970 Site Selection Law. He argues the authority is a quasi state agency and that state highway exemptions and grandfather clause may shield the project from environmental control. The matter follows a report by Frank A Howe on using Site Selection rules for the York House to Scarborough widening.
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Phyllis Austin
Jon A. Lund
Augusta
Maine
al William R. Adams Jr
Portland
Department of Environment
Maine Turnpike Authority
Frank A. Howe
Difan Taw
Authority
Putnam
York Ivihouse
Scarborough
Board of Environmental Protection Authority
Turnpike Authority
Epping Boy 14 Held After Fatal Shooting
A 14 year old Epping boy is in custody after the fatal shooting of Donald K Williams 23 of Fremont on Jenness Road. Williams died at Exeter Hospital at 3 19 pm from a 20 gauge shotgun wound. A juvenile petition has been filed and the boy will appear before Judge Kendall Chase after the municipal court session. The boy's identity is not disclosed at this stage.
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West Epping
Epping
Jenness Road
Donald K. Williams
Main Street
Fremont
Williams
Trasmania
Exeter Hospital
Rockingham County
Alty
Carleton Eldredge
Portsmouth Herald
Kendall Chase
Epping Municipal Court
Parole hearing delayed in murder case
Merrimack Superior Court Judge Maurice Bois delayed until Aug 30 a decision on two suits to revoke parole for Frederick Martineau and Russell Nelson. Gov. Meldrim Thomson seeks immediate return to prison pending parole review. The case stems from a 1958 Nashua murder. both men are serving life terms after earlier sentences were reduced.
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Concord. N.H
Frederick Martineau
Russell Nelson
Merrimack
Maurice Bois
Eldredge
Meldrim Thomson
Consay
Williams
Pris
Jenness Road
Parale Board
Boss
Asst
Alty
David Hess
Martineau
Nelson
Nashua
Rhode Island
Agnew Offers Records in Probe of Political Corruption
Federal investigators collected copies of Spiro Agnew’s personal financial records from his Washington office as part of a probe into alleged political corruption. Beall said Agnew would be interviewed only at his lawyers’ discretion, and the grand jury will meet more than weekly to hear witnesses.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Beall
Henry I. Peterson
Justice Department
Agnew
Baltimore County
Maryland
Justice Depariment
Atty
Eliot L. Richardson
Giant Parade Closes Portsmouth 360th Anniversary Week
A weekend of events marks Portsmouth 360th anniversary with a Thunderbirds display at Pease Air Force Base open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and HMS Minerva tours at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Today also includes open houses at local bases and a final pageant on the high school field. A Sunday parade features 200 bands and floats starting at 2 p.m., lasting over two and a half hours, described as the largest in city history. Fireworks follow the pageant at the high school athletic field as crowds enjoy beer tents and live music in the South Playground area. Visitors can tour the Coast Guard cutter Decisive at New Castle from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, with combined weekend events planned amid weather uncertainties.
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Portsmouth
Air Force
Thunderbirds
Pease Afb
Pease
HMS Minerva
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth High School
Corcord
EMS Minerva
Portsmouth Harbor Coast Guard
New Castle
Pleasant Street
Pentagon Opens Way To Building More Fills
Washington AP report says Deputy Defense Secretary Clements ordered Air Force to use 30 million dollars previously appropriated for long lead items for the Fiji and notes Congress may authorize about 176 million for about 12 additional F- lls beyond 543 built or under prior authorizations. The June 6 decision to end production of the F-lls in December 1974 is cited as a context for the shift.
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Washington
Con. Pentagon
William P. Clements Jr
Congress
Air Force
Fiji
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Clements
Department of Defense
Divers salvage wreck of Andrea Doria yields little treasure
Treasure hunters spent 250 dollars for eight days underwater aboard the sunken Andrea Doria but recovered only rubble and junk. Divers reported girders and false ceilings collapsing in a 220 foot dive area, with no cash or jewels found. They praised saturation diving as a proof of concept while acknowledging the mission fell short of its treasure goal.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Fairhaven
Mass
Andrea Doria
Robert Coffey
Shar
George Powell
Furber
Hearing on Malpractice Charges Delayed in New Hampshire
Merrimack Superior Court Judge Maurice Bois delayed a ruling on whether a public hearing is required for malpractice charges at the state mental hospital. The delay comes after a nearly three hour meeting with two assistant attorneys general and Dr. Glenn Bricker of Ashland, who has accused General Warren Rudman of obstructing justice in the hospital investigation.
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Concord, N.H
State Mental Hospital
Merrimack Superior Court
Maurice Bois
Bois
Glenn Bricker
Ashlan
Ally
Warren Rudman
Soviet MIRV tests widen missile gap with United States
Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger said the Soviet Union demonstrated flight tests of MIRV capability on at least two missiles the S8X-17 and SSX-18, signaling a potential U S disadvantage by the 1980s. He warned controls on MIRVs had deteriorated and warned both powers would retain submarine launched missiles after any land based strike.
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Washington
James R. Schiesinger
Soviet Union
U.S
Schlesinger
Russia
United States
Schicenhiank
Haan
Mir
Schiesinger
Defense
Pentagon
Portsmouth 350 Car Drawing At Armory Tonight
The Portsmouth 350 drawing for two cars will be held tonight at the National Guard Armory costume ball at 10 p.m. Tickets remain available downtown and at headquarters on Market Street. The event is part of a fundraising or community raffle with public access.
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Portsmouth
National Guard
Market Street
Red Tide Closes Essex Bay Flats
Public Health Commissioner William J. Bicknell announced the closing of clam flats in Essex Bay due to red tide contamination. The area known as the Spit Area will be closed for at least three weeks despite toxin levels below this year’s unsafe threshold. A second closure and testing prompted a cautionary note about market safety and prior mass shutdowns.
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Boston
William J. Bicknell
Essex Bay
Essex
Ipswich
Gloucester
Spit
Bicknell
Ted
Massachusetts
North Shore
Dity
Paris
Bay
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Ryers Club
New Castile
Mveling House
Roger A. Putnam
Epping Boy
Carol Tatro
Brewitt
Manchester
State Police
Gardo Macrelli
William Gemmatis
Coffey
Coltex
Sheila Grattan
Read Contracting
Ainter & Decorator
Wentworth
Tihanni- Wentworth
Hott Peer
Reds
Brentwood
Bockingham
County Commissioners
County Extension Service
Exeter
Carlisle
County Extension Council
Ing Land
County
Hampton Road
Cal
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