This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
8
HAL BOYLE collects lighthearted blasts from the past and social quirks. He recalls memory milestones from 1922 1924 and earlier and satirizes fashions transportation and daily life with wry humor. The piece feints at cultural absurdities and nostalgic slices of American life.
Betty Canary discusses the Hunger in America CBS program and four million Americans suffering severe malnutrition at the same moment. She recalls NFO protests, burning grain and dairy waste, and asks how to explain subsidy and fair profit to undernourished children.
Democratic governors concede they cannot bind factions to a single candidate while Republican governors face the same lack of consensus. Both parties show individual commitments to top contenders but no bloc backing any one nominee. Governors warn against rushing to any name as Kennedy, Humphrey, and McCarthy vie for support in a divided field.
The column answers reader queries on widow benefits after remarriage, Medicare Part B coverage for injections, and Medicare qualification rules for those without long Social Security credits. It notes age 60 widow eligibility, the impact of remarriage, and paths to Medicare via Social Security or Railroad Retirement credits. It also mentions Gregory Peck's public service work and his stance on political involvement.
Gregory Peck rejects the do gooder label while accepting the Jean Hersholt Award for humanitarian service. He notes that he is honored yet aims to avoid a humanitarian image and discusses his new Western The Stalking Moon during an AP interview on set.
Puya raimondii, the world’s tallest herb, grows in the Bolivian Andes. It reaches about 40 feet at full height, blooms once every 150 years, and dies after sending a 30-foot flower stalk into the sky.
A man can gain a masculine sheen on his nails by briskly drying them with a terry cloth towel. Use borax soap powder and a toilet pumice stone to remove nicotine stains from fingers. For stubborn hand stains, boil and rub with potato and soap to soften skin.
Cape Kennedy researchers spent two weeks and then located Scott Street in Clermont Florida meeting a 20 degree slope for a truck test to stage Pershing missile mobility. The find prompted a quip that in Florida it is a mountain.
A San Francisco AP dispatch notes a doorbell sign in Haight Ashbury reading an Italian phrase translating to If you don t swing don t ring. The quirky plaque adds local color to the famed hippie district.
Judy Hudson, 25, of Kansas City and her fiancé John Keene plan a June 22 wedding at First Methodist Church. On their Europe trip starting July 9 from Kansas City they will be chaperoned by Hudson’s eight Washburn High drama students enrolled in four weeks of study at Exeter, England through the American Institute for Foreign Study.
A popular British term for a police officer is Bobby, derived from Sir Robert Peel who established the modern police force. The nickname reflects historical origins of policing in the United Kingdom.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.