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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1968
Page
5
The piece notes hat check girls in hot weather face lean tips and urges gifting cigars to men who smoke two-for-a-quarter. It predicts spring may mark the last heyday of miniskirts and recalls those who mocked them will miss them when they are gone.
A humorous column notes if more millionaires drop out of the presidential sweepstakes a poor man could win the White House. It surveys quirks of professors, cab drivers, knights, scandals, and everyday absurdities with observations on culture, politics, and social habits.
Biddeford building inspector Richard R. Sevigny reports 14 building permits issued in March including two demolitions. Estimated total construction and repair costs $55,685. Permits list owners and projects such as turning a store into a private garage at 119 Prospect St and numerous alterations, paneling, or new retail outlets across several streets in zones R-1, R-1A, and R-2.
The All-America Gladiolus Selections panel in Jeffersonville Indiana named Royalty Purity and Bluebird as top meritorious glads with bloom times 82 to 85 days. Royalty was developed by J R and C T Larus Avon Conn Purity by Henry Fritscher Santa Rosa California Bluebird by Ralph Baer man Salem Oregon. The 1967 winners were American Beauty and Kon-Tiki. The piece also notes safety and economy of reel mowers with rising sales and large seed usage.
Mower maker Einar Jacobsen says reel type lawn mowers may grow in popularity due to demand for high quality turf and safety. He notes that reels associated with golf course greens produce a better looking greener lawn by shearing rather than mowing.
A friend recalls three men carrying a giant philodendron that had adorned a Hackensack New Jersey barber shop for over two years, its length reaching 85 feet after the shop moved.
The Tigris joins the Euphrates in Iraq to form Shatt al Arab, routing their waters into the Persian Gulf. This collaboration creates a single watercourse that channels two major river systems toward the sea.
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