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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
3
Education columnist Professor Nason encourages adults returning to class, noting many fear they cannot catch up. He offers practical study tips, such as reading with purpose, reciting after sections, re-reading for detail, and focusing on understanding. The piece ends with a note to obtain his booklet by mailing $1.
A crowded docket in Saco Municipal Court featured weekend offenders. Roberta Binder paid 20 for speeding 80 in a 70 zone. Donald Kroah 10 for 75 in a 65 zone. Iy Hinks 20 for 85 in a 70 zone. Norman Sherman had his license lifted for 75 in a 65 zone. Larry Coultrap and James Swanson pleaded guilty to illegal possession of beer by a minor with fines of 20 and 10 respectively. Roger Ducharme paid 10 as a pedestrian on the turnpike. William Harriman paid 50 for leaving the scene of an accident.
Five soldiers died during Swift Strike III peacetime maneuvers in Spartanburg, with total wartime deaths reaching at least 11 in three weeks. Causes included two fatalities in a single-engine plane crash near Ninety-Six, two truck accidents, and a pair of drownings. Names withheld pending kin notification. fatalities include Pfc. R. C. Enlow of Swainsboro, Ga., and Pfc. Robert W. Hurley of Brighton, Mass. The drills neared their final week as blue forces controlled Newberry, the capital of the fictional Columbia area.
Beach area schools will begin on September 4 with a teachers meeting on September 3 announced by Mrs Dora Deans of the Saco School office. Charge of intoxication was filed without plea.
Vice President Johnson urges civil discourse as Southern Democrats clash with Kennedy over rights policy. Russell says he will not mobilize for Kennedy, while Rockefeller pressures Goldwater over civil rights and the nuclear test ban. Republicans weigh how to court Negro voters without alienating the South. The story foresees a growing, contentious divide shaping Kennedy’s re election bid.
In Washington AP William Filcheck sees his 1955 car returned by police after five youths were charged with unauthorized use of an auto. The vehicle had new tires a new radio aerial and hubcaps plus a washed and polished finish.
The bathy scaphe Trieste will set out Wednesday to rejoin the futile hunt for the Thresher wreck. After five dives to the ocean bottom last July, the sub failed to locate the hull. The Navy will not say how long Trieste will search. Thresher is believed sunk 8,400 feet deep about 220 miles east of Boston after a Portsmouth yard overhaul.
In the interior regions of Morocco, tribes continue to regard the camera as an instrument of the devil, believing it seizes and imprisons the souls of men.
East German author recalls 16 months behind the Berlin wall and a chosen escape with her husband after years of communism. She describes the risks others take to seek freedom, the loss of home and family, and the impact of Aug. 13 1961 on their decision to flee.
WEST HAVEN AP President Benjamin J. Dorsky of the Maine Federated Labor Council will assess the value of labor legislation passed by the 101st Legislature at the executive committee meeting August 28 to 30. The committee will also review many related acts and civil labor issues.
Dear Abby letters discuss family money for poison ivy shots and a father teaching frugality, a worried mother content with a single daughter, dating curfews for teens, a wife who lied about her age to wed and a personal note inviting readers to send troubles for Abby’s private reply.
President Kennedy and his two children John Jr and Caroline visited their mother Caroline at Otis Air Force Base hospital after the premature birth of their third child Patrick Bouvier Kennedy who died after 39 hours. The First Lady showed progress, walking and eating solid food as the family traveled from Hyannis Port for the hospital visit and a helicopter ride.
ORONO AP Evening courses for undergraduate credit or cultural advancement will be offered this fall at the University of Maine Orono campus. The program aims to widen access and provide flexible schedules for students and non students alike.
Inspector tip leads Scotland Yard to monitor five East End homes of men missing since the Glasgow London mail train robbery. No arrests. reward offers total 260 000 pounds. Bandits halted the 400 mile journey by misusing a false red signal and robbed the mail coaches of registered bags worth over seven million dollars, much of it old currency. Police believe most gang members remain in Britain. mastermind possibly a former military man. Hundreds call police stations with tips as inquiries continue.
Saco Mayor J Edward Whelan said the City Council will meet in chambers at 8 tonight in a special session to tackle the Saco sewer referendum. The meeting follows a Friday special where the question was tabled until this evening.
Michael Rampino a 28 year old New Yorker fished with his 4 year old son Frank and brother in law 12 year old Richard Malfitan off Brooklyn on a Saturday. Rampino hooked a wad of paper and pulled in 49 counterfeit one thousand dollar bills. He and his family returned home to confer with his wife then turned the bills to police. Detectives deemed the wad counterfeit money.
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