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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1969
Page
9
Betty Canary scolds articles promising perfect home makeovers for $1.87 and mocks DIY chic. She jokes about attic chaos and failed redecorating schemes while praising sensible, safe choices over flashy, mismatched crafts.
Mrs Richard M Nixon reports about 60 bids for the Fifth Avenue 12 room New York cooperative apartment once occupied by the Nixon family. Valued at about 166 860 by Nixon real estate men expect bids around 200 000 or more. In Rome Marcello Mastroianni and Faye Dunaway named to lead Puccini biopic after Amanti pairing.
Duplicate bridge players convened at the Speak Easy Lawn Avenue with names listed for both North South and East West pairs. Winners included Paradis and Shorey and Bernstein with a full column of results. another game is planned for tomorrow.
In Louisville the American Society of Civil Engineers named the 77 foot Oroville Dam and Edward Hyatt power plant in California the year’s outstanding civil engineering achievement. Separate note from Fort Collins says cardio training for over 40 improves fitness to lifelong athlete levels. In Winston-Salem a Reynolds boiler room banquet tested cleanliness with a shrimp chow mein meal for forty Coal Institute members and Reynolds executives.
The author argues suburbs must share housing burdens and avoid zoning that mirrors racism or social fear. A total environmental approach using nature as a guide, per Ian McHarg, blends open space, farming land, and higher density areas to foster genuine neighborhoods and curb city suburban sprawl.
Old Orchard Beach groups announce events with Town meeting preparations. The Order of the Rainbow for Girls will host a rummage sale tomorrow at D A R Hall Cutts Avenue Saco from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Scholarship Fund. Nee Nah Council will meet at Odd Fellows Hall 7:30 p.m. Monday to prep for Saturday District meeting. Old Orchard Beach Art Association meets April 22 at Jamerson School 7 p.m. to plan Smorgasbord on April 26 with a painting auction.
An all day Mothers' Club meeting convened at the New Civic Center Kennebunk Lower Village on Wednesday with President Mrs Natalie Zaleski presiding and 16 members present. The Scholarship Committee was named: Mrs Zaleski Mrs Grace Gunn Mrs Elise Cooper Mrs Eleanor Clapp and Mrs Marion Going.
Hollywood critics praised the 41st Academy Awards for a streamlined, jet age presentation led by Jower Champion. Gregory Peck backed plans to reexamine membership to reflect real film achievement amid debate over Oliver top prize and a notable Hepburn Streisand tie. The Price Waterhouse tallyman William Miller kept the exact tie score confidential.
Town Manager Donald V. Dulac and Fire Chief Lewis H. Burr attended a dinner where Burr presented a club check voted by the town at March’s annual meeting. Members plan an April 30 dining outing at Flagstones in Portsmouth and meet at the civic center at 5 30 p.m. for transport.
The World Almanac notes Carcassonne in southern France as a prime surviving medieval walled city. It traces the 6th century start of its double walls and 52 towers where about 40,000 people currently reside.
In observance of Patriots Day tomorrow the town offices will be closed. Residents with preschool children in this town and Kennebunkport are urged to contact Mrs. Sarah Nichols, Kennebunkport, about Head Start enrollment for fall.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau is appointed chief designer planner for the Museum of the Sea on the Queen Mary in Long Beach California. The liner belongs to the city and the museum is financed by the California Museum Corp. Cousteau says the project will be the largest oceanographic museum in the world.
Variable stars are stars whose brightness fluctuates rather than staying constant. Their light output varies due to intrinsic pulsations or external obscuration by dust and orbiting companions.
CBS showcased the pilot for the new medical drama Medical Center featuring Dr. Joseph Gannon played by Richard Bradford as an older terse surgeon. The two hour episode mixes heart surgery with a malpractice courtroom fight and a university setting for the hospital. Other networks plan similar doctors while Bob Hope closed his season and Harold Macmillan underwent gallstone surgery in London.
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