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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1967
Page
5
A Conora fried clam supper hosted by the Parishmen of the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco Maine will run Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Take-out orders are available 4 to 4 45 p.m. Funds from this and two prior suppers aid college scholarships and a Pilgrim Lodge week stay. Africa is the second largest continent in the world.
A dealer list highlights various 1960s models including a 1965 Oldsmobile 98 four door hardtop priced at 2495 with optional features, a 1965 Mercury Monterey at 1895, a 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix hardtop coupe at 1895, and a 1963 Chevrolet SS Club Convertible at 1395. Cars emphasize R H auto P S P B P W and spotless condition with multiple models described as like brand new or spotless.
A reflective Boyle piece recalls childhood in a bygone era. It revels in memories as acorns that grow into oaks, notes small town quirks from Saturday nights to penny pops, and paints a portrait of midcentury American life and attitudes.
A new oil slick spotted off Morlaix Brittany shores prompts swift government action against the Torrey Canyon spill. Sawdust dispersals and plastic dams deployed to protect beaches and oyster beds as authorities race to contain the 60 mile slick.
Dr. Clark Kerr, fired as UC president last winter, will rejoin the Berkeley faculty as professor of industrial relations this fall. He will teach one third time for four years while chairing the Carnegie Study for Higher Education. Reed by university officials in Berkeley.
AP reports Philip K. Scheuer, longtime Los Angeles Times motion picture columnist, retires after 40 years on Hollywood's beat. He recalls Academy Awards coverage, a powder room banquet, and influence on the awards process. Scheuer plans travel with his daughter and to keep writing about films, decrying porn and sensational projects.
Hollywood celebrates six wins for A Man for All Seasons including Best Picture and acting honors. Virginia Woolf claims several awards. Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis win, while Bob Hope hosts as a late-night strike settlement allows telecast from Santa Monica.
The Soviet Union offers to reopen a 48 hour visa free tourist area at Boris Gleb in Arctic Russia starting May 1. Norway defers a border station at Skafferhulet, citing limited appeal while allowing travel via Storskog. The site includes a bar a church a restaurant and a filling station near a small border zone.
Police said Mark Skakel 13 and a friend made a homemade bomb in the woods on Saturday causing an explosion. He suffered burns and cuts and was hospitalized at Greenwich Hospital. He is the nephew of the wife of a New York Democrat. In other news George S. Moore president of First National City Bank was elected Metropolitan Opera Association president on Monday succeeding Anthony A. Bliss after 11 years.
In Boston a French flag was set ablaze during a demonstration at the French Consulate protesting the reception of Vice President Humphrey in France. A participant from Medford, John Collins, 24, said he touched off the fire and that others joined in burning a French flag.
In brief dispatches from five states, Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn predicts 15 000 volunteers will be serving by April 1968. He zufolge that more friends abroad see progress and more work is getting done. Other items note Archbishop Lakovos criticizing adults for moral examples, Don Knotts chairing WVU fundraising, a family egg coloring mishap, and Vermont maple sugar season opening with legislators tasting syrup.
Residents of the Saco and Old Orchard Beach area may attend a 7 p.m. meeting at Fairfield School Saco to hear Raymond F. Savage discuss Office of Economic Opportunity programs. Parents may register eligible children for the upcoming Head Start program and employment applications for a brush-clearing project are being accepted at 189 Main St. Sanford.
The toothache tree or prickly ash earned its name from bark that cools and numbs the mouth when chewed. The text notes this traditional use as an dental analgesic.
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