Camera from 1840 Found in Saco Museum Basement
A rare camera dating to the start of American photography was found in the York Institute Museum in Saco. Inventor Alexander S eet patented the device in May 1840, developed with Wolcott and Johnson, who opened the first New York photography studio that year. The instrument used a concave mirror and daguerreotype film, lacked a negative, and became obsolete as glass lenses emerged.
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America
Alexander S.eet
Saco Museum
John Johnson
Saco
Wolcott
New York
Louis Daguerre
Paris
Johnson
Daguerre
Wolcott and Johnson
United States
England
Richard Beard
Biddeford youths arrested after Pool confrontation
Five youths and two juveniles were taken into custody after a crowd at Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks clashed with police. The incident involved multiple departments with about 15 officers and an estimated 35 in the crowd. Arrests included Robert A. Bouthot and David R. Rousselle for dispersal and public drinking, with others cited for hindering an apprehension and disorderly conduct. All posted bail and were released.
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Larry Stains
Biddeford Pool
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Armand Ouellette
Kennebunk
Iddeford
Adelbert Morin
Morin
Saco
Carline L. Laverriere
Vicky Circle
Daniel Nadeau
Green St
Norman E. Perrault
Marcel
David R. Rousselle
Myrtle St
Rousselle
Sgt
Ouellette
Council seeks say in police and fire operations
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH five council members unite to place oversight of police and fire departments under the town council rather than the Public Safety Commission. The two bodies met to improve cooperation as citizens struggle to lodge complaints, with officials noting confusion over who handles issues from odors to fires and urging clearer paths for public concerns.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Richard Marshall
Public Safety Commission
PSC
Marshall
Christopher Kent
Department of Public Works
Public Safety
OOB Police
Hays Withdraws From Re election Over Health Harassment
East Liverpool Ohio Rep Wayne L Hays drops bid for a 15th term citing health worries and harassment from The Washington Post coverage. He says he might quit at term end and cites no desire to give Elizabeth Ray more publicity amid payroll sex scandal fallout.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Ray
Columbiana County Board of Elections
Washington
Hays
Washington Post
Post
Miss Ray
House Committee
House Administration Committee
Iss Ray
Nick Kannick
Joe
House Democrats
Kansas City
Genesis Gene
House Ethics Committee
Beauty queen follows in big sister's footsteps
Gail Berube 17 and Ellen 11 live on Grant Street in Saco as two pageant sisters. Gail, Miss Maine Teen-Ager, just returned from Atlanta with a second prize in the essay portion after not placing in the top 15. Ellen aims for the National Miss Pre-Teen Hemisphere pageant in Orlando on August 23, hoping to add to the trophy display with gowns and a pine tree state costume. Both compete on personality, scholastic achievement, and beauty, with no bathing suit round.
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Grant Street
Saco
Gail Berube
Maine
Ellen
Gail
Atlanta
Orlando
Fla
Boston Senate leaders indicted for extortion in UMass plot
Massachusetts Senate Democratic Majority Leader Joseph DiCarlo and GOP assistant Ronald MacKenzie were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy and extortion related to a $40,000 payment connected to a 1971 state UMass project. Each faces up to 80 years in prison and $80,000 in fines if convicted. both deny the charges. Page 3 has more.
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Boston
Massachusetts Senate
New York
University of Massachusetts
Joseph J. C. DiCarlo
GOP
Ronald C. MacKenzie
Umass
U.S. Attorney’s Office
ERAs Battle Shapes GOP Platform Debate
In Kansas City Millicent Fenwick says the Equal Rights Amendment belongs in the party platform and warns she will push a floor fight if the convention backs down. Maine delegates weigh withholding support for Ford unless Connally is ruled out as running mate, boosting Reagan on a potential second ballot.
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Kansas City
New Jersey
Millicent Fenwick
Fenwick
Maine
GOP
Ford
John Connally
Ronald Reagan
Today’s chuckle from an IRS office joke
A Bridg eport joke reads Shall we take some time and go over it item by item or would you rather chicken out right now The quip imagines an IRS agent speaking to a client and offers a light jab at tax discussions in a newspaper humor page from Bridg e ports Saco journal.
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IRS
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Audrey Milne
Wolcott-Johnson
John Ewing
Lee
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Ool
Old Orchard
Beach
Robert A. Bouthot
Mason St
Council
Ellen Berube
Big Sister
The
Associated Press
East Germany
East
West Berlin
North Yarmouth
Los Angeles
U.S
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China
Mao Tee Tung
East Rone
Orlin Wall
George Washington
Philadelphia
Era
Briddeford
Saco Journal
New England
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