Brousseau Crafts Historic Wall Piece Of Presidents
Ernest Brousseau of Old Orchard Beach carves a 4 by 8 foot bas relief of every U S President at inauguration for potential White House loan. He dyes wood with berry juices, plans state borders and signatures, and ages the piece with a secret process. The project spans years and hundreds of hours, with family helping and a deep historical research effort backing the work.
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Ernest Brousseau
White House
Peg Hendrick
Old Orchard Beach
Brousseau
U.S
Beere
Phillips Co
Maine
George Washington
Monroe
Cleveland
Harrison
Nixon
Coun
Innee Fillmore
Brousseaulieves
Brittany
France
Sallieres
Canada
Atory
Bruce
Scotland
Glover
Marblehead Regiment
Morgan
Aic Riflemen
Saco awards Coastal Cable contract for service in city
City council selects Coastal Cable and Antenna Inc. of Biddeford over Casco Cable Co. for cable TV. Biddeford firm to start within 10 15 months with local ads 15 percent revenue share. Brunswick firm delayed by Boston station approvals. Also votes to study fire hazard at a vacant Sun Set Avenue house and to seek funds for removing dangerous dead elm trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Houston
Saco
Coastal Cable and Antenna Inc
Biddeford
Casco Cable Co
Brunswick
Armand J. Mercier
Mercier
Portland
Boston
Federal Communion Commission
Sunset Avenue
Ethel L. Bedard
Ferry Beach
Alfred Million Dollar Construction Planned For York County
York County weighs a $700000 courthouse addition and a $400000 new jail based on plans from a Portland firm. An eight member planning committee, with $5000 approved by the 104th legislature for architect fees, hosts its third meeting to assess space needs while mixed reactions from officials and staff arise about the necessity of new wings and enlarged facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York
Court‘house
Portland
Lucien A. Dutremble
Frenchmen Still adoring Napoleon on 200th birth anniversary
Paris reports a government plan to honor Napoleon on Aug 15 as the 200th birth anniversary nears. A public opinion poll shows 35 of every 100 Frenchmen name Napoleon as the greatest, praising the civil code while disliking his wars. Gaulle excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Napoleon
Bonaparte
French
Louis Xivi
Joan of Arc
Charlemagne
Charles de Gaulle
Biddeford Saco Chamber Names Committees for 1969 70
Chamber of Commerce announces committee appointments after a directors meeting led by President John V Mahaney. 1969 70 budget approved and officials report receipts accepted. Attendees included Hutchins Cartmill Mahaney Casavant Small Moore Noiseux and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford- Saco Chamber of Commerce
John V. Mahaney
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Biddefordco Credit Bureau
Joseph S. Audie
Wendell B. Lund
Mariner Photos Promise Beautiful Views Of Mars Poles
Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory hailed Mariner 7 and 6 images as potentially beautiful new views of Mars southern polar cap and cratered features. Early signals showed craters dark regions and the polar cap, with temperatures ranging from 75 F above to 140 F below zero and an atmosphere lacking nitrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Polar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert B. Leighton
California Institute of Tecogy
Mars
Mariner 7
Mariner 6
Earth
Norman Horowitz
California Institute of Technology
U S Negotiating On Return Of North Vietnamese Fishermen
Report says the U S government is conducting secret talks with Hanoi to arrange the return of 10 North Vietnamese fishermen rescued by the U S Navy off North Vietnam last week, according to informed sources. Bonn reports Chancellor Kiesinger flies to the United States for talks with President Nixon on European unity East West relations and Berlin. Mariner 7 sending polar cap images as it streaks across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Roger Stephane
Associated Press Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Bonn
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
Nixon
Berlin
Moon Explorer Armstrong Birthday Amid Isolation News
Moon explorer Neil A. Armstrong celebrates his 39th birthday in quarantine with Apollo 11 colleagues Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. The trio, along with 18 others, remain healthy as rocks and lunar dust are analyzed for clues about Moon origin and volcanic or impact processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Stewart
Stewart
Armstrong
Aldrin
Jeff Warner
Warner
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Ina
McKinv
Coolidge
John F. Kennedy
Youland
Youland’s
Dept
Main ST
York County
St. Mary’s Church
Friends
Cornelius J. Enright
Jasper Cochrane
Peter L. Gerety
Harold Carroll
Lawrence DeBlois
St. Mary’s Parish
James A. Daly
Most Holy Church
Roger Ouellette
St. Andre’s Church
Women's Club
Paul E. Beaupre
Richard E. Moore
W. Paul Casavant
E. Raymond Noiseux
Kenneth
St. Francis College
Mike Corcoan
Paul Betty
John Vadney
Richard Spath
Mariner
Bradford Smith
New Mexico State University
Pasadena
Calif
Moon Explorer
Buildng
Warner 4
Herriet Hoover
Saco Armory
Pine Tree Humane Society, Inc
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