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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1961

Page

6

Clement P Wight Agency Realtors Listing

The Clement P Wight Agency at 126 West Grand Ave Old Orchard Beach offers Ferry Beach and Kinney Shores properties. A furnished oceanfront cottage near water features three to five bedrooms, fireplaces, electric kitchens, full baths, screened porches, and garages.

Old Orchard Beach Prospect Biddeford Pool Street Conrad Fecteau Union Ave Smithwheel Road J. T. Bonneau Realtors West Grand Ave Old Orchard Sunset Drive Max Ruben West Grand Avenue Clement P. Wight Agency Ferry Beach Kinney Shores Clement P. Wight

Saco Officials Set Meeting on Liquor License Request

The Municipal Officers of Saco will meet in the Council Room on Monday August 7 1961 at 8 PM to consider Gerard Vermette of 532 Main St Saco Maine applying for a Hotel Spirituous Vinous Liquor and Hotel Malt Liquor license at the Oak Terrace Lounge 532 Main St Saco Maine City Clerk Clifford A Purvis notes the session aims to act on the license application.

Fof Saco Gerard Vermette Main St Maine Oak Terrace City OF Clifford A. Purvis

Freeze Your Social Security Account At Age 60 Myth

Readers question about freezing Social Security at 60. Expert explains only statutory blindness allows a freeze today. prior disability freeze ended by 1960 amendments. Early retirement drops five years from benefit computation, reducing impact for blind individuals, and local offices or the Social Security Administration can answer questions.

Social Security Social Security Administration Congress Square Portland Maine

Conscience Wins Out In Des Moines Tax Protest

A tax protester in Des Moines sent 2000 in hundred dollar bills to the Iowa IRS office with a letter apologizing for past anger at government spending. He warned another copy would follow if any joker misplaces the money and the government is not informed.

Des Moines Iowa Federal Internal Revenue Service

Saco Citizens Debate School Site and Memorial Park

The piece voices anger over proposed school land in Saco and critiques park and cemetery neglect. It recalls historic land grants for church and school use, urges surveying before building, and condemns damage to headstones while urging respect for veterans and sacred grounds. The speaker cites Pepperell grants and compares to Boston Cemeteries and Ogunquit Art Center.

Sanford Saco Buxton Biddeford Boston Church Commonwealth of Massachusetts Beach Street William Pepperell Alfred Pepperell Park Park Street Laurel Hill Park Laurel Ogunquit Congress Street Portland Peppereld Park Old Burying Ground

Saco Park Beautification Costs and Legacy Praised

An 1883 to 1886 park planting effort in Saco listed diverse trees and shrubs from elm to magnolia, funded by citizens and benefactors like Cornelius Sweetsir and Dyer Library donors. The piece lauds Pepperell Park as a sacred trust, urges restoration to its original glory, and argues for civic funding over private corporate grants to raise local property values.

Saco The Park Commission Japan Holland Syringaven Sir Illiam Pepperell Cornelius Sweetsh George Owen Cornelius Sweetsir Lucia Kimball Deering Lidia Clapp Caroline Buckminister Alton M. Seavey

Warriors crushing Knicks fuels parade of matchups

In National Basketball Association chatter Philadephia with a nod to the New York Knicks fans anticipate fewer games against the Philadelphia Warriors next season. The Warriors shut out the Knicks eleven times in thirteen meetings while earlier the Hawks beat the Knicks nine times in ten clashes.

Philadelphia New York Knickerbockers

Payne vows to quit television after NY accident

Hollywood actor John Payne, recovering from injuries after a New York street crash, says he will likely never do TV again unless for rare appearances. He cites fatigue, network pressure for violence, and the unsustainable business model as key reasons, noting Restless Gun earned 1.7 million and he owns half the profits.

Bob Thomas Hollywood John Payne New York Payne Network NBC

East Germany and its many names in postwar view

John Bausman surveys how East Germany is named and perceived abroad and at home. He traces the 1945 Potsdam setup, Soviet occupation, 1949 GDR proclamation, Berlin blockades, uprisings in June 1953, and the steady exodus of refugees totaling over 2.5 million since 1949, underscoring regime unpopularity and Western uncertainty about defections in a potential showdown.

Berlin East Germany German Democratic Republic Gdr Democratic Germany Soviet Union Middle Germany Germany Poland West Germany Baltic Sea Czechoslovakia Oder-Neisse Potsdam Soviet Zone Socialist Unity Party Federal Republic of France United States Great Britain Stern East Berlin

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