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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
8
AP reports rising demand for safer reliable products heightens quality control burdens in business. As population grows affluence expands so do expectations and lawsuits. Companies warn that soaring perfection costs may price products beyond reach and curb innovation.
Realty news notes a four family house and vacant store at Mt Vernon and Foss Streets in Biddeford. The property owned by Mrs. Rose Russo of 14 Wakefield Ave Biddeford was sold through Edgar R Morin Real Estate Agency Adams Street Biddeford.
The Pentagon reports Soviet naval activity at a peacetime high with about 125 ships abroad, surpassing the prior 120-ship peak from October 1968. Daniel Z. Henkin notes a trend toward a deep water global navy as senators review Navy spending proposals.
Washington reports laser based moon distance at 232271406 miles with a margin of 25 miles. measurements by UT McDonald Base and University of Maryland rest on jet propulsion lab predictions. Submarine crew led by Jacques Piccard notes Gulf Stream flow faster than prior estimates and absence of the deep scattering layer affecting sonar. FWPCA launches intensified fish kill investigation and technical aid program to determine causes and assist response.
News briefs from Maine report Governor Nelson Rockefeller laboring about 14 hours daily on a Nixon report from Mount Desert Island. A million dollar Penobscot River bridge project advances linking Lincoln to Route 95, with a new road spine to Mattamiscontis. Maine programs note a Lane Bryant prize run by University of Maine students for service, and a plan to repurpose Acadia Job Corps Center in Bar Harbor as a rehab center for young offenders. Also, Republican selections name Horace Drummond as sheriff candidate, and actress Miss Young’s divorce finalized amid alimony and settlements. Astronauts describe a stark lunar view without billboards. Stop And Shop Journal. Want Ads.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers says the United States will proceed with troop withdrawals from Vietnam based on a principle of taking sensible risks for peace. The plan emphasizes reducing forces while maintaining stability and diplomatic progress.
Jamaica becomes 24th member of the OAS after Vivian C. Smith deposit of ratification with the organization. The formal entry occurred Wednesday as Jamaica acceded to the OAS charter, strengthening regional cooperation.
Actress Loretta Young says she held off divorce plans for years hoping for reconciliation, and has ended her 29 year marriage to Thomas H. A. Lewis, 85, an advertising executive and television producer, in Los Angeles.
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