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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
5
Betty Canary reflects on fashion cycles and closet decluttering advising alternatives to costly ensembles. She critiques duchess gowns and warns against rigid fashion trends while praising Classic and Ensemble Looks, the little Black Dress, and brighter lipstick hints for modern wearers.
A New York AP column examines the Nixon anti inflation program amid rising mortgage rates and loan denials. It notes housing starts falling, meat prices up, and consumer prosperity fueling demand, while foreign car sales rise and inflation policy risks a sharper slowdown.
The Maryland Movie Censor Board seeks twelve qualified professionals to testify in court cases involving explicit sexual content in motion pictures. Chairwoman Mrs. Louis E. Shecter says modest compensation will be offered and goals include eliminating hardcore pornography from public screens. She seeks psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, and college professors capable of evaluating a film's social redeeming features.
Washington AP reports lawmakers defeated three votes on the safeguard issue and cheer the passage of an amendment demanding a close audit of major defense contracts.
Jerrod A. Moon, 22, of Woonsocket, a truck driver for Blackstone Valley Electric, was killed when a boom hit a high voltage line while he stood near his truck. A company spokesman said the insulated boom segment appeared to contact the line, sending a lethal charge through the vehicle. Moon previously served in Rhode Island state government roles. A separate note from Andover reports Dasa Corp. earning over $1 million in the first nine months of its current fiscal year, reversing prior losses.
Washington AP reports 22 New England congressmen backed a general tax reform when the House passed it 394 to 36. The bill moves to the Senate with Daddario of Connecticut and McCormack of Massachusetts absent or not voting. One Massachusetts seat is vacant. August P. LaFrance of Rhode Island becomes president of the National Association of Secretaries of State at its 52nd annual conference.
Convoys depart from armories across Massachusetts and Connecticut for the National Guard 26th Yankee Infantry Division two week encampment at Camp Drum. About 7,000 Massachusetts guardsmen join 3,500 from Connecticut with another 3,500 already finishing an earlier camp.
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