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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1967
Page
8
A collection of light notes covering ancient Rome beauty myths, memory capacity estimates, fears about shampooing causing baldness, rising U S vehicle fuel use, early Chinese inventions, water fog facts, retirement patterns, Puritan color costs, and animal group names. Concludes with a Plutarch quote on gratitude.
Twenty years after the Grandcamp explosion and High Flyer blast in Texas City, 561 people died and 3,000 were injured. The blast devastated the Monsanto plant, destroyed two thirds of the city, and spurred a large port and industry reconstruction. The anniversary observance will include wreaths at the cemetery and fire station.
President Johnson extended his stay at the LBJ Ranch near San Antonio as the st-summit weekend continued. He relaxed with family and inspected lands and livestock with no word of a Washington return.
The seventh East German Communist party congress begins in East Berlin with delegations from China Albania and Cuba notably absent. Hermann Axen lists 63 delegations while East Germans back Soviet ties amid Sino Soviet tensions.
The note lists events on April 17 across the years including the 1754 capture of a fort that became Pittsburgh, Franklin's 1790 death, Virginia's 1861 secession, and wartime actions in 1941 1943 1945. It adds Gulf of Mexico rig disaster ten years ago, a Wiesbaden court case five years ago, protests in Poland one year ago, and Canada’s border population context.
The President and Mrs Johnson traveled to St. Francis Xavier Church in Stonewall for Sunday services with their younger daughter Luci and her husband Patrick J. Nugent. Earlier they enjoyed speedboating on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson north of the ranch after meeting Latin American presidents at Punta del Este.
Wells High School announces the third marking period honor rolls. Seniors on High Honors include Edmund Chase and Kathleen Hutchins. First Honors list names Susanne Brewster Susan Hayes John Hladik Joan Hopkins Pat sy Howell Paulette Levesque Mary Lewis Dian Piirainen Christine Lord Constance Litchfield. Second Honors list includes Edward Barrows Richard Clark Suzanne Racine Kathy Martin Steve Orlyk. Juniors First Honors feature Wayne Barrows Linda Baston Martha Bragdon Juliet Fournier Bruce Galencia Rose Galligan Charles Hamlyn Thomas Keyes Nancy Lewingdon. Second Honors include Janeern Susan Buckley Barbara Hanson Albert Johnson Michael Perry Diane Sevigny. Sophomores First Honors Lynn Hamlyn Sandra Jones Catherine Kenison. Second Honors Gordon Galencia James Kimball Stephen Perkins David Stevens. Freshmen High Honors Barbara Morse. First Honors Carl Gibbons Barbara Harriman Andrea Hopkins Beverly Reeves. Second Honors Linda Bragdon Ellen Emmons Moes Locke Diane Metcalf.
The popular Ballad of Tom Dooley is rooted in fact. Tom Dula, a Civil War soldier from North Carolina, was convicted of Laura Foster’s murder and executed in 1868 in Wilkes County's Happy Valley.
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