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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1973

Page

5

Denton Describes Surviving North Vietnamese Torture

In late 1966 the author recounts torture by guards as he and other POWs resist with faith and endurance. He details methods, shifts to The Gate and Vegas camps, escapes plans with George Coker, and leadership by Jim Stockdale, noting improved conditions in 1967 and ongoing brutal interrogation.

Jim Mulligan Irons Lehooen George J Coker George Happy Solo Briar Pateh Zoo Jim Mulligan Tittle Vegas Las Vega Jim Stockdale The Mint Vegas Stardust

Dear Abby Turn Off the Baby Machine

A reader asks how to handle a difficult husband who dismisses labor pains and misbehaves around the family. Abby cautions that turning off the “baby machine” is unfair to children and urges reflection. The column also answers a cooking dispute and a no fault divorce case with therapy as a suggested path.

Abby Disneyland

Biddeford March Building Permits Show Growth in Homes and Additions

March permits list 10 new homes and multiple additions and demolitions in Biddeford. Names and addresses span Roger Bertrand to Bartholomew Murphy with projects including new homes, garages, siding, signs, and conversions.

Roger Bertrand Newtown Roger Lessard Clarendon St Armand Henaire Elm St George Day Fourth Street Gerard Vigneault Forest St Gerard Chantigny Cleaves St George Benoit Main St Fernanée Descoteaux Lavoie Ave Laurence Larivierre Middle St Yvonne, Martin Harold K. Vantine Desert Road Freeport Raymond Crepeau Sullivan St Victoria Lavigne Guinea Rd Raymond Collard Free St Paul Marcoux Lindale Ave Real Credit Taylor Richard Belisle Green St Alphonse L. Lenel Beaudoin Ave Joseph Ouellette Joseph Belanger Hill St Richard Bolduc Graham St Toussaint Couture Paul Emile Beaupre Pool St Roger Peloquin Bradbury St Paul Millette Lafayette St John Donnelly Portland George Sansoucy Rathier Drive Mary Throumoulos Birch St Francis P. Murphy George Poirier Booth St Samuel Karlin Dartmouth St Bartholomew Murphy

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Mixed With Miscellany

Puzzle clues cover ships officers stamps stein a port address and various word fits. Includes references to history geography and common terms across many themes with abbreviated forms and multilingual hints.

Stein Apolu Port

Rustlers Strike Vermont Farms During Meat Boycott

Vermont State Police report eight purebred cows stolen from the Morgan Horse Farm at the University of Vermont. The week also saw a shot and butchered Black Angus bull in Richmond Champlain Valley and a Charolais-Holstein Angus bull slaughtered in North Haverhill New Hampshire. Police estimate about 300 pounds of meat taken.

Weybridge New North Haverhill N.H UVM

New Books Listed At Dyer Library

Dyer Library adds March titles to its Juvenile Department across non fiction and fiction. Non fiction items include Mother Goose rhymes in French by Ormonde de Kay Jr and ABCs Of Ecology by Isaac Asimov. Fiction selections feature My Aunt Rosie by Syd Hoff and Lancelot The Ocelot by Beverly Bechtel.

Dyer Library Ormonde de Kay, Jr ABC Joan Hanson Jan Wahl Kilkenny Nathan

Duplicate Bridge Winners at Beach in Old Orchard Beach

Winners at Lawn Avenue Playhouse on Wednesday included Mrs. Jane Mullen and Oscar Paradis first place, Gwenn Flannery and Mrs. William Claus second, with several other pairs also competing. Novice and later events list top scorers and additional participants, with upcoming Unit and Swiss Team games scheduled in Cascades and Portland.

Old Orchard Beach Lawn Avenue Playhouse Jane Mullen Oscar Paradis Gwenn Flannery William Claus Harry Sawyer Robert Whelan Avis Briggs Marilyn Copeland Ellie Wiggin Leotta Kelly Novella Briggs Jane Burns Alice Fecteau Lester Austin Pauline Larochelle Leo Ross James Warren Pat Peterson A. Mougalian James Moutsatsos Ralph Dumaine A.mougalian Abe Elowitch Jeanne Shaw Gil Seaver The Cascades Portland

Seacoasters Meet. Porter Hall Work, May Meeting Planned

Seacoasters, 31 members, gathered in Porter Hall for social time and planning a May annual meeting and luncheon. Members painted Porter Hall and a float for the July 4 parade is planned. United Methodist Women traveled to Portland for a Chestnut Church luncheon and meeting with nine attendees and a Salvation Army speaker. Nee Nah Council Pocahontas canceled last Monday due to storm. next session set for April 16.

Ocean Park Porter Hall Marion Nelson Ethel Rowlands Marie McKenney United Methodist Women of the United Methodist Church Washington Avenue Portland The Chestnut Methodist Church Louis King Lillian Cleaves Ethel Presley Hazel Davis Ethel Ritchie Florence Benson Georgie Tibbetts Helen Cummings Effie Ross Joyce Plaisted Salvation Army Ppm Nee Nah Council Degree of Pocahontas

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