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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1973

Page

9

Kennebunk Sets Public Tree Planting With Nine Species

Tree Warden Herman Cohen announced a state funded program may provide nine tree species for planting along public ways in Kennebunk. Species include Marshall Seedless Ash Little Leaf Linden Native Red Maple Sugar Maple Norway Maple Schwedlers Maple Crimson King Maple Pin Oak and Shademaster Locust. Planting requires an easement and permit and trees must be planted on the highway side within 12 feet of the boundary.

Kennebunk Herman Cohen Cohen

Picasso Donates Contemporary Paintings to France

Picasso's family announces a gift to the French nation of a Mougins villa collection featuring works by Matisse Modigliani Dufy Braque Rousseau and others. The paintings will hang together at the Louvre.

Paris Pablo Picasso Roland Dumas Picasso Mougins French Riviera Matisse Modigliani Dufy Braque Rousseau Dumas Louvre Paulo Jacqueline

Delta Alpha Club Meeting for Charity Auction

Members of the Delta Alpha Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs ayne B Hutchins Maplewood Ave Biddeford A silent auction will be conducted to benefit the charity fund. The Journal Want Ads Are Workers.

Delta Alpha Club ayne B. _ Hutchins Maplewood Ave Biddeford

Coast Guard to survey Fore River oil spill near Portland

Coast Guard planned shoreline surveys around Portland Harbor to measure damage from a Gulf Oil kerosene spill in Fore River after a suspected line cut. An estimated 5 000 to 10 000 gallons leaked as Gulf crews and Seacoast Ocean Services cleaned oil along Turner's Island South Portland.

Coast Guard Fore River South Portland The Portland Harbor Gulf Oil Co Michael Raschio Turner's Island Gulf Seacoast Ocean Raschio Portland

Easter cantata to be performed at Wells Congregational Church

The Wells Congregational Church adult sanctuary choir will present The Triumph of the Cross Easter cantata Sunday at 7 p.m. Soloists include Isabel L Perkins Lois A Stein Michele N Boston Sally Iverson Gerald Dow Lester Clough Jacob M Kelley. Organist and pianist are Sybil Thompson and Beulah Hanscom. Director is Jacob Kelley.

Wells Congregational Church Isabel L. Perkins Lois A Stein Michele N. Boston Sally Iverson Gerald Dow Lester Clough Jacob M. Kelley Sybil Thompson Beulah Hanscom Jacob Kelley

Navy salvage ship seeks patrol plane parts

The USS Edenton will begin grappling operations to recover pieces of a Navy P3 Orion that crashed 40 miles from Brunswick Naval Air Station. Coast Guard sonar located a confirmed part at about 650 feet, with five crewmen presumed dead from the March 15 training flight.

Brunswick Edenton Navy Atlantic Brunswick Naval Air Station Peter D Blades Coast Guard Orion Blades

PAP Test Clinic Slated In Kennebunk Saturday

Kennebunk residents are invited to a PAP screening clinic Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joseph W. Bergen Memorial Clinic. Call before 3 p.m. Friday at 985-3551 to schedule. a small fee applies. Medicare cards accepted. The test lasts about five minutes. Sponsored by the Kennebunk Public Health Association and the American Cancer Society.

Kennebunk Joseph W. Bergen Memorial Kennebunk Health Association Kennebunk Public Health Association American Cancer Society

Portland Stolen Car Find Is Just Start

Cumberland County Atty. Henry N. Berry III says a dozen stolen cars recovered by area police are only the beginning of what they expect to find. Perry said his office is probing a stolen car operation in the Portland area with six arrests and more imminent. He noted cars are brought from other states and urged Maine to adopt an automobile title certificate statute. The recent conviction of a Souport garage owner on two counts of receiving stolen cars is described as the tip of the iceberg.

Portland Cumberland County Henry N. Berry III Perry Maine Berry

Cement weight standard in United States

The article notes a standard bag of cement in the United States weighs four pounds. It also mentions Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, as the oldest college fraternity in America.

United States America Phi Beta Kappa

IRS Reminder for Businessmen About Tax Deposits

The IRS issues a reminder to businessmen about depositing and paying income and Social Security taxes withheld from employees. District Director Whitney L. Wheeler warns that failure to comply is a criminal offense with possible imprisonment fines or both upon conviction.

Internal Revenue Service IRS Whitney L. Wheeler

Watergate grand jury probes spying links beyond break in

Washington AP reports the grand jury may be expanding its focus to alleged Republican spying and undercover dissension tied to the Democratic National Committee. Dwight Chapin Gordon Strachan and Donald Segretti were questioned. Segretti allegedly tried to recruit lawyers for political espionage. Beirut AP notes the Palestinian guerrilla command hunts an American linked to the Israeli raid, with a Frenchman reportedly captured and European passport holders tied to raid vehicles.

Washington Watergate Grand Jury White House Dwight Chapin Gordon Strachan California Donald Segretti Chapin Strachan Segretti Beirut Lebanon

Baseball Origins and Horse Teeth Facts

The note states baseball derives from rounders, an old English game. It adds a mare has 36 teeth while a stallion has 40.

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