The Hen and the Drunk Man of Waterboro
In July 1898 Biddeford court room, Henry Smith of Waterboro denied intoxication after a drunken spree seeking a hen worth 50 cents. He paid a dollar to retrieve the bird and faced a $1 fine plus $6.25 costs, totaling $9.25, amid egg evidence and a cell stay.
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Dick Charles
Judge Cleaves
Biddeford
Henry Smith
Waterboro
Smith
Ae Cleaves
Marshal Mogan
Hanson
Fenion
Megan
Mogan
Ben Hamilton
Marshal Harmon Smith
Stuart
Alfred Street
Blind Ken Doane Builds Full Life at Small Engine Shop
Ken Doane, 37, of Kennebunk, runs Doane's Small Engine Service with 12 years in business along the Kennebunk River. Though blind from diabetic retinitus, he repairs lawn mowers and tools, works long Spring hours, loves cribbage, canoeing, and coffee shop chats with friend Roland Bonney, and stayed active after losing sight 19 years ago while remaining connected with friends and community activities.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Ken Doane
Doane
Kennebunk River
Bowman
Roland Bonney
Kennebunk Hig School
Stars traced in sky by three hour Colorado exposure
Denver Post photographer Bill Johnson captured a three hour time exposure of the Colorado night sky. Star trails form a circular pattern caused by Earth's rotation with Polaris near the center above the North Pole.
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Colorado
Denver Post
Bill Johnson
Earth
North Pole
On This Date in History for August 14, 1976
Highlights include Truman announcing Japan's surrender in 1945, the Kodiak Alaska colony founded in 1784, Oregon Territory organized in 1848, the Boxer Rebellion ending in 1900, the Social Security Act in 1935, Atlantic Charter signed in 1941, debt relief for Italy in 1947, Irish border tensions five years earlier, and a Bangladeshi coup a year ago.
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Harry Truman
Japan
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Oregon Territory
China
U.S
Peking
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Italy
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Bangadesh
Federal halts on new nuclear plant construction imposed
Public concern over nuclear plant safety and waste disposal drives the government to suspend construction of new plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission curtails operations at new sites and bans further construction while it reevaluates fuel reprocessing and waste handling. The study should finish by September 30, with rules possibly updated for the 59 licensed plants. Seabrook New Hampshire construction unaffected.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal
Seabrook
N.H
Legionnaires' disease cases tied to Philadelphia congress visit
Two attendees of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia were hospitalized with possible Legionnaires disease or pneumonia. Health officials cited a 54-year-old Spokane priest and a 32-year-old Danbury musician as patients, hospitalized in Washington DC and Danbury respectively, while stressing they are not critically ill and deaths are not confirmed.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Spokane
Wash
Danbury
David Soricelli
Lewis Polk
Wells Beach rocked by mini twister during storm scare
Wells Beach faced a localized mini tornado that swept through the coastal town causing evacuations for Belle and lifting moorings in Wells Harbor. The storm ripped roofs from a harborfront home, ignited two houses after lightning struck, and injured two women as debris fell on them. Winds near hurricane force toppled trees and damaged property along Bragdon Road and Route 1 as boats were scrambled and a row of homes damaged.
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Robert Saunders
WELLS
Bea
Belle
Peter Moody
Wells Harbor
Bragdon Road
Falconer
Memorial service honors 27 Legionnaires in Philadelphia outbreak
An American Legion member led a memorial for 27 Legionnaires who died since a mysterious disease emerged at a Philadelphia convention in July. Legionnaires from across Pennsylvania gathered Friday in Grantville to mourn the victims of the still unidentified illness.
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American Legion
Legion
Philadelphia
Keystone State
Grantville
UPI
Riots in Cape Town Drive Nationwide Police Crackdown
Civil unrest erupts across South Africa as 29 killed and 100 injured in third day of rioting. Police arrest at least 50 black leaders amid a crackdown on black nationalist groups. most deaths occurred after police opened fire, with officials noting 25 percent killed by fellow blacks. Authorities say blacks push to gain government control as whites rush to buy arms. See page 8 for full report.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Classifieds and Puzzles Highlight Biddeford Saco Page
A summary of the Biddeford Saco Journal issue covers pages 7 through 13 with cartoons classifieds Dear Abby editorials horoscope and TV weather sections plus sports and crossword puzzle highlights. The note mentions the life lesson theme about children learning to walk and talk then told to sit down and shut up.
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Abby
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Marshal
Fred Miller
Washington Street
Saco
John Ewing
The
Associated Press
Wells Beach
Mini-twister
Legionnaires
Journal
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