City considers May 20 bond issue and access road
City Council schedules a May 20 special meeting at the Community Center to hear debate on a 1 million dollar sewer bond issue and on a proposed access road across Clough Field to serve a new elementary school. Public hearings will cover both issues plus the 1962 salary ordinance. opposition and support come from area residents and groups like Haven Athletic Committee.
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Lasi Get
Brackett Field
Clough Field
Robert B. Whalen
Supt. of Public Works
Gordon Hanchett
Joint
City Hall
The
Haven Athletic Committee
Whalen
Paul McEachern
Robert McKenna
Joint Building Committee
South Street
Arthur Castelar
Gosling Meadows
Stanley Wyman
Plains-Peverly Hill
Robert Durgin
Lafayette Road
Maple Haven
Council Votes for Housing on Court Street Site
Portsmouth voters solidified support for a 100 unit senior housing project on Court Street, prioritizing the plan over a 112 unit Middle Street option. The city plans to deed part of a public parking lot to meet zoning, with completion aimed within 18 months.
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Court Street
Walter J. Murphy
Portsmouth Housing Authority
Middle Street
Richards Avenue
Board of Adjustment
PHA
Robert E. Whalen
John Splaine
New Look
Paul McEachern
New York
Murphy
Saverio Giambello
HUD
Portsmouth
MacEachern
McEachern
Vaughan Street
Whalen
Keene Man Killed in One Car Hinsdale Crash
William Saari, 51, of Keene, was killed in a one car crash at Hinsdale Raceway. Witnesses say the vehicle crossed two parking areas, pierced a fence, crossed Route 119, struck a wooden guard post and overturned with Saari inside.
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Hinsdale
N.H
William Saari
Keene
Hinsdale Raceway
Raceway
New Jersey Students March for Public Higher Ed Funds
About 2000 New Jersey college students gathered at the State Capitol in Trenton to press for increased public higher education funding. Governor Richard J. Hughes and Higher Education Chancellor Ralph A. Dungan spoke, but the crowd booed Dungan and interrupted the governor during his remarks.
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Trenton
New Jersey State College
State Capitol
Richard J. Hughes
Ralph A. Dungan
Dungan
Jubilee Week set with mayoral leaders in Portsmouth plan
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce appoints current mayor Eileen Foley as honorary chairman and ex mayor Timothy J. Connors as general chairman for Jubilee Week Aug 3 10. Treasurer Warren Wilder named, with Norman R Landry coordinating. Coast Guard Eagle visit Aug 4 highlights 45 event program as city aims to make Jubilee Week annual.
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Greater Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
Eileen Foley
Timothy J. Connors
Connors
Warren Wilder
James P. Hinchey
Chamber
Vaughan’ Street
Hugh R. Clarke
Clifford N. Taylor
Norman R. Landry
Landry
U.S. Coast Guard
Governor's Island
N.Y
Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Eagle
National Coast Guard
Rice Public Library Trustees and Council Discuss Parking Lot
Rice Public Library trustees and the town Council debated the library parking lots flanking the building. The lots, leased to a private operator, provide about $2,000 in income, contributing to roughly $9,000 total for library funds. The council noted the sightline and urged careful consideration of shipyard parking needs and safety. The dispute centers on balancing revenue, appearance, and yard parking demand.
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RICE
Olaie
Elmer Burnham
Navy Yard
GI Wife Slain At Marine Base At Camp Lejeune
Nancy Pope, 21, wife of Marine Lance Corporal William J. Pope Jr., was found slain last Thursday in her Midway Park home near the Camp Lejeune base. Autopsy shows stabbing and choking. no charges yet. Pope, 20, Portsmouth, N.H., is her husband and son of the late William J. Pope and Mrs. Pope. She was born October 21, 1946 in Portland and attended South Portland schools, a Theta Delta Phi sorority member, and attended First Congregational Church of South Portland.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Marine Corps
Nancy Pope
Marine Lance
William J. Pope Jr
Pope
Midway Park
Pope Lejeune Marine Base
Lance Cpl Pope
Portsmouth
N.H
Wiliam J. Pope
Portland
Kenneth and
Fern (Tanner) Cass
South Portland
Wash
Theta Delta Phi I Sorority
The
First Congregational Church of
Phone Strike Talks Open Between NEC and IBEW
Representatives of New England Telephone Co. and the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers met in person in Boston for the first time since the April 26 strike. Federal mediators helped arrange the session at a downtown hotel. The panel would remain available but not present at the opening, in hopes of easing early difficulties as talks continue.
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Bosion
New England Telephone Co
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
John Sullivan
Thei
Fire Leaves North Hampton Inn Tenants Homeless
A fast fire at the North Hampton Inn destroyed the building and an attached barn, leaving four apartments with twelve children and three families homeless. State fire marshals will investigate the cause, while the Salvation Army seeks clothing, bedding, and furniture donations for the victims.
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North Hampton
Hampton Inn
Ilantic Ave
North Hampton Inn
Wilbur Perkins
Joseph DeMato
Portsmouth
Salvation Army
DeMato
Harry Martin
Martin
Forrest Higgins
Middie St
Tanks Used in Saigon
American flanks and armor joined a third day of hard fighting on Saigon’s fringes to halt a Viet Cong attack from the southwest. Outside the capital, U S forces pressed the enemy across the Kinh Doi Canal, with 35 enemy dead and five Americans wounded as Viet Cong fighters sought to breach the city and threaten peace talks in Paris.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hue
Dong Ha
Kinh Doi Canal
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Singes
Jan Son Nhut
Fire Tears Through Farm House in Newington
Firefighters from eight departments including Portsmouth battled a serious blaze at the John Foster property on Route 151 Newington Road. Strong winds fanned the flames as units from Greenland Newington Hye North Hampton Newmarket Wewfields Stratham and Pease AFB fought the fire.
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Newington
Portsmouth
John Foster
Newington Road
Greenland
Hye
North Hampton
Newmarket
Wewfields
Stratham
Pease Afb
Derby winner Dancer's Image disqualified for drug use
Dancer's Image, winner of the Kentucky Derby, was found to have phenylbutazone and a derivative in a urine test. The horse will be disqualified, placed last, and all winnings awarded to Forward Pass's owner Calumet Farm. Forward Pass declared winner with Francie's Hat second and T. V. Commercial third. The ruling marks the Derby's first disqualification.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville, Ky
Dancer
Calumet Farm
Forward Pass
Boston
Peter Fuller
Forward
Francie’s Hat
Wathen Knebelkamp
Fuller
Bobby Ussery
Ussery
Image
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Independence
Cheyney College
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Portsmouth Herald
Rice Public Library
Joe Donabue
Donald Lamont
Kauffman
Edward Fremeau
Parkers
Rice Library
Marine Base
Rye
Dolloff Coin & Stamp Center
H& State
Portsmov
King's
Department Store
Lafayette Plaze
Rte
State Racing Commission
U.S. 1
Ins
Hampton
Eliot Lions Club
Eye Conservation and Charity Fund
Portsmouth Kiwanis Club
Portsmouth Rehabilitation Center
Portsmouth Co-operative Bank
State Street
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