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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1967

Page

7

Warriors Aim To Even Series In San Francisco Showdown

The San Francisco Warriors, after a 130 124 win at the Cow Palace, seek to even their NBA playoff series with the Philadelphia 76ers. Nate Thurmond led a balanced attack as Golden State shot 45.3 percent while Philadelphia hit 43.1 percent.

Nate Thurmond Boston 76Ers Celtics Thurmond Warriors Cow Palace Philadelphia Warrior Bill Sharman Alex Hannum Rick Barry Jim King Sharman

Major League Leaders Show Varied Paces Across Positions

Comprehensive leaders list shows Mincher of California pacing batting with 12 hits and 3 home runs, Kaline of Detroit tied for 3 homers, while Stottlemeyer of New York leads pitching with 2 0 in 1 decision. Other top marks include Brock of St Louis with 14 hits and 12 RBIs, and Williams Chicago tying for 2 triples.

Freehan Detroit McMullen Washington Fregosi California Mincher Berry Chicago Hershberger Kansas City Yastrzemski Boston Kaline Agee McCraw Brock St. Louis Javier Jackson Houston Cepeda D. Johnson Cincinnati Maris Helms Gibson Marichal San Francisco

Stanley Cup Finals NHL Schedule Update

The Associated Press reports no games on Wednesday with the Stanley Cup Finals upcoming. Today's card lists Toronto at Montreal in the first game of the best of seven series.

National Hockey League Associated Press Toronto Montreal

Kansas City Friday’s Games Highlight Regional Moves

Kansas City Missouri sits at the confluence of three counties as Friday’s games unfold across area gyms. Local teams from Jackson Clay and Wyandotte counties clash in district showdowns with playoff implications.

Kansas City

Charter For Babe Ruth oop Presented

The 1967 charter for the Northern York County Babe Ruth League was presented to league president Lou Caron and publicity director Jerry Soulard at a state meeting in Sanford. Plans for district and state playoffs were discussed for July in Sanford with Bob Blouin as host. Maine regional playoffs follow in Pawtucket and Alaska Nationals thereafter. Districts, teams from York and Cumberland Counties, and local league coaching updates were noted as upcoming. Fishermen go down to the sea nowadays in aluminum ships with echo sounders and electronic lures.

York County Lou Caron Jerry Soulard Sanford Harold Smith Bob Blouin Maine Pawtucket R. J Alaska Cumberland County Upper Maine Kittery Memorial Caron Kennebunk NYCL Richard Murray Murray Saco Little League

Arbor Day Emphasizes Tree Planting For Community Pride

York County Extension Service urges Arbor Day observances on the last Friday in April celebrating tree planting as a civic and educational act. The message traces Arbor Day origins in Nebraska in 1872 and urges homeowners schools and clubs in York County to plant trees or shrubs and involve children.

Maine Nebraska S. Sterling Morton State Board of Agriculture U.S. Secretary of Agriculture York County York County Extension Service Court House Alfred

Philadelphia Leads 2-1 In NBA Finals At San Francisco

The playoff finals show Philadelphia ahead 2 games to 1 in a best-of-seven series with game three set in San Francisco. A stray line about unrelated topics appears in the text.

Microcircuit antenna system eyed by Air Force contract

The Air Force reports progress on the SIA Subminiature Integrated Antenna concept seen as a potential military and civilian breakthrough. Munich scientist Hans H Meinke under Wright Patterson Air Force Base Avionics Lab contract proves feasibility despite early skepticism. Edwin M Turner notes potential for clutterless rooftops. In other news Senator Clark faces costs for free mailing over 4 876 60 for 97 000 newsletters seeking views on 1968 run. Roger Tenney and 81 students visit the White House after National Teacher of the Year award. New Jersey Governor Hughes, D Democrat, chairs ERA committee and predicts no repeat fight at 1968 convention.

Associated Press Washington Air Force SIA Munich Germany Hans H. Meinke Meinke Air Force Systems Command Wright- Patterson Air Force Base Edwin M. Turner Washington Joseph S. Clark D-Pa Clark Senate Philadelphia Inquirer Post Office Department Justice Department Roger Tenney Owatonna Minn White House Tenney Richard J. Hughes New Jersey Equal Rights Committee Democratic National Committee

West German student sentenced in Soviet labor camp

Volker Schaffhauser, 25, of Heidelberg, was jailed four years for spreading anti Soviet propaganda. He admitted smuggling subversive microfilms into the USSR for NTS, an organization of anti Soviet émigrés, and plans to appeal.

Associated Press Leningrad U.s.s.r.re Volker Schaffhauser Heidleberg N.T.S N.T.S. Schaffhauser N.T S Soviet Union

Divorce and marriage ratios peak in 1946 per Britannica

The United States including armed forces overseas shows a divorce to marriage ratio of 4.3 per 1000 in 1946, as per Encyclopaedia Britannica. Also noted is an estimate that the Moon weighs 81 billion billion tons.

United States Encyclopaedia Britannica

Restaurant group leader opposes antibillboard act plan

Peter J. Pestillo of the National Restaurant Association testifies that the country cannot afford extensive beautification measures and that the price is too high for antibillboard provisions within the Federal Highway Beautification Act.

Peter J. Pestillo National Restaurant Association

Pentagon cancels Navy directive on counsel for employees

Defense Department says it has canceled under Navy security program a directive urging civilian employees to seek wise counsel before joining or supporting political or civic groups. A Senate Rights subcommittee had questioned the guidance before cancellation effective immediately.

Washington Defense Department Senate Navy Pentagon Department of Defense

Dismissal Of Priest Sparks Student Protest

A priest professor at a Catholic university, Charles E. Curran, faces dismissal prompting faculty boycotts and student protests. Curran cites academic freedom while authorities cite concerns over his liberal moral theology and views on birth control.

Sparks Washington Charles E. Curran America Father Curran Board of Trustees School of Sacred Theology Curran Walter Schmitz

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San Francisco Warriors Philadelphia Gers THE Versalles Minnesota Davalillo Cleveland Brown and Kaline Babe Ruth Oop Maytag Irs Pete Rees Vic Main Street Appliance Center, Inc Saco Conrad W Griffin Extension Agent National Basketball Association Elephant Boys Cape Town South Africa Hilgard Muller South-West Africa U.N Muller Desert League of Nations Fukuoka Japan U.S Vietnam A. Alexis Johnson Johnson Rome Mississippi Michael A. Petit St. Bernard's Seminary Rochester N.Y School of Theology Belvedere Valiant Plymouth L.C L. D. Malinging Chrysler Motors Corporation Alfred Road Biddeford
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