Right to Read group seeks volunteers for literacy aid
An editorial urges involvement with adult literacy efforts. It highlights one in seven Americans as functionally illiterate and praises the Literary Volunteers of America and its Maine branch LVPTS for providing free teachers. It describes an 18 hour training and two one hour weekly lessons. Contact Jonathan McKallip at 22 Middle St. Orono to volunteer or seek a tutor.
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Literary Volunteers of America, Inc
Maine
Literary Volunteers of
Pine Tree State
Jonathan McKallip
LVPTS
Middle St
Orono
Maine Legislature Reaches halfway mark
Maine lawmakers approaching mid session with hopes of adjournment by July while debating measures on meat boycott symbolism and cost of living. A constitutional limit on sales tax, exemption for Community Center sales, and plans for a Maine state lottery dominate hearings alongside proposals on minimum wage, arson penalties, public bids, animal access to stores, and paramedics practice. The column notes commentary from Rep. Barr Hobbins and local figures on policy and taxes.
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Maine
Barr Hobbins
Saco
Barry J. Hobbins
Washington
Senate
Owen Hancock
Rep. Hancock
Democratic Vysovyisis
House
Arthur Genest
D-Waterville
Biddeford Saco Journal Daily Publication Details
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster and B. F. C. Whitehouse as owners with W. Paul Casavant publisher and Charles C. Sutton editor, Gladys M. Whitehouse treasurer, offices on Adams Street Biddeford Maine, with subscription rates and Associated Press affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Bankers seek to broaden control over banks via Fed and FTC
Washington bankers Sparkman and Tower pressed Commerce Chair Magnuson to preserve their bank exemption and extend it to savings and loans and credit unions. Proxmire denounced the move, urging tougher regulation and defunding special exemptions for financial institutions. Tower and Sparkman deny swapping favors for campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Alabama
Texas
John Sparkman
D-Ala
John Tower
R-Tex
Sparkman
Tower
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Commerce
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Savings and Loans
Stern Ftc
Federal Reserve Board
Sparkman-Tower
Magnuson
iSenate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Federal Reserve
Wisconsin
Savings and Loan
Mac's World Unnecessary Structures
Column questions if highways and large infrastructures remain needed as cars and energy evolve. Foresees electric mass transit and dirigibles as alternatives, warns against overbuilding amid fuel limits and urban sprawl. Proposes a Bureau of Redundancy to reassess current projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Redundancy
Biddeford Readers Debate Dog Control Charter Change
Letters discuss Biddeford dog laws and an LD 1525 leash proposal demanding dogs stay on leash even on private property. Critics urge legislative protest and public hearings, citing higher fines and a new public nuisance tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Committee On Fisheries and Wildlife
State House
Augusta
Harvard Exit Theater Built On Personal Touch In Seattle
An architect and an engineer started The Harvard Exit in Seattle to connect with people through cinema. The theater blends a homelike lobby with piano chess and conversation while offering wholesome films from classics to new releases. It aims to counter impersonal corporate culture with a labor of love for cinema and quiet beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harvard
Needle Chemists Claim Fly Cure Through Sexy Perfume
The Needle Chemists at Toronto University announce a perfume that allegedly makes male houseflies die of passion. Dabbed behind a lady fly’s ears the scent drives all suitors to extinction. The humorous piece notes flies resemble humans in lax family planning.
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Toronto University
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B. F. C. Whitehouse
Ye Mathews-Shannon-Cuben Inc
3Rd Ave
New York
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Army
Air Force
Phillip Sanchez
Ogden Reid
Democrats
Justice Department
Rickie Harris
New England Patriots
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xAeeys
Mac's
Don Maclean
Capriana
Ime
Hanoi
Sens. Fulbright and McGovern
Biddeford Charter
Redmond
Ida S. Mallory Lyman
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Register
National Health Federation
Consumer Heath Freedom Organization
U.S
FDA
Central Street
Hudson
N.H
John A. Williams Hudson
Russia
Biddeford 3
David Kerry
David Redmond
Dave Redmond
John Simpson
Rachel Croteau Biddeford
Rochambeau Club
Rochambeau Pee-Wee Hockey Club
Roger Norman
Gerry Nadeau
South Street
Rochambeau
Rusty Gagne
Mike Nolette
Dan Roy
Doris Smith
Robert Liddy
McKenzie
South Portland
Steve Randall
B.H.S
Connecticut
Richard Armstrong
Harold Coffin
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