Courageous parenting in the teen years in miniskirts
IAL Boyle muses on raising a teenager today and the generation gap. He shares a personal scene with his 16 year old daughter Tracy Ann, who speaks in two vocabularies and dismisses breakfast and chores with “nope” and “yep.” He jokes about methods to grab attention, reflects on future plans, and ends with a wry note on a well planned life.
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Ial Boyle
New York
Pop
Tracy Ann
Tracy
Peace Corps
Yelper on Trial With Atlanta Police Force
The Atlanta Police Department tests an electronic yelper siren system in two senior officer cars and two patrol cars at a cost of 150 dollars per unit. If satisfactory, the device could replace standard sirens on all patrol cars, featuring manual siren, rising and falling electronic siren, and a loud yelp blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Herbert T. Jenkins
Salton Sea Faces Rapid Salinity Rise in California
Salton City California reports the Salton Sea already saltier than oceans and now rising salinity levels threaten water quality. Officials warn the lake could reach new unsafe salinity in a few years, affecting local communities and ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salton City
Calif
Salton Sea
Buchanan avoids court by mailing citation note
Chattanooga officials report David Buchanan faced a failing to register two dogs charge and answered by mailing the citation with the remark Gave the dogs away. Officers issued a warrant for his arrest and Judge W T Myers added a note citing failing to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Saco Woman Wins Prizes At Writers Conference
At last week's State of Maine Writers Conference in Ocean Park prizes were awarded across juvenile and adult fiction and non fiction categories. Sarah Bridge Graves of Saco won multiple prizes, with other top places going to Paula Ruprecht, Carol Norling, J H Lowell, Ethel M Johnson, Myrtle Doane and Marie Phelps. Poems by Ina Ladd Brown and Ramona Carle Woodbury also received honors, with additional awards to Pharo Osbirn and Flora Wardwell. About 100 registrants attended the four day event, and honor certificates were presented by Freedoms Foundation at the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Tate of Maine
Sarah Bridge Graves
Saco
Paula Ruprecht
West Bridgewater
Mass
Carol Norling
Brockton
J. H. Lowell
Havertown Pa
Ethel M. Johnson
Brownfield
Myrtle Doane
Marie Phelps
Lexington
Edith G. Mitchell
Braintree
T. Jewell Collins
Hamden
Conn
Kitty Parsins
Rockport
Pharo Osbirn
Columbus
Ohio
Flora H. Wardwell
North Waterford
Ina Ladd Brown
Bangor
Ramona Carle Woodbury
Cushing
J. H. Lowell Havertown
Florence M. Keeler
Iaa Ladd Brown
L. Lee
First federal suit targets Anderson County jail desegregation
The Associated Press reports that the first federal suit to desegregate a penal system accuses Anderson County South Carolina of operating a segregated jail and prison farm in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It alleges systematic discrimination in public facilities, road crew segregation, and hiring only white guards and supervisors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Anderson County
S.C
Justice Department
Impeachment threat over Finch desegregation rules
Washington AP reports Southern Republican Rep. Fletcher Thompson of Georgia threatens impeachment proceedings against Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch, claiming his department violated desegregation law and harassed local school officials. Thompson may proceed next month, despite expected failure.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Fletcher Thompson
Georgia
Thompson
Finch
Department
Helium Conservation Urged By The Helium Society
The Helium Society states the United States is not conserving helium. President Scott Carpenter warns U S consumption could reach five times current levels by 2000 and calls for intensified conservation to support the space program.
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Washington
Alex Comfort
University College
London
Comfort
United States
Helium Society
Scott Carpenter
Society
U.S
Unwanted Items May Be Wanted By Someone Else
Local thrift drive invites residents to donate surplus goods while promising affordable finds for neighbors. Community organizers emphasize reuse, inviting participation from families and volunteers to sort and display items for the weekly sale at the community center.
Open House Set At Nursery School In Saco
In observance of National Nursery School Week an open house will be held at Lollipop Lane Nursery School on Tasker Street Saco from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow. Director Mrs Jeannine Beau doin and assistant Mrs Rachel Roberts will greet pupils enrolled for the coming school year and their parents.
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Lollipop Lane
Tasker Street
Saco
Jeannine Beaudoin
Rachel Roberts
Kennebunk Woman Attends National History Convention
St Paul Minnesota August 2023 Mrs Donald D Kimball curator Brick Store Museum Kennebunk Maine attended the American Association for State and Local History annual convention joining more than 400 attendees.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Donald D. Kimball
Brick Store
Kennebunk
Maine
American Association For State and Local History
United States
Canada
Pay Now Get More Extensions for Telephone Service
The passage touts paying an installation charge for one unit and promises continual convenience for the caller and family. It argues you can add extensions at no extra cost since the telephone man is already coming, questioning the need to pay more for additional features.
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Boyle
Yelper
Atlanta Police Force
California
Kerry W. Mulligan
State Water Resources Control Board
Freedoms Foundation
Richard N. Coffin
Cape Elizabeth
University of Maine
Portland
Robert P. Tristam Coffin
Margery S. Shuster
Stewart Shuster
Ocean War Association Assembly
Sheldon Christian
Brunswick
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Orono
Alice Pennell
Robert P. T. Ciffin
Writers’ Conference
Morningstar Corporation
Morningstar
Music Indus
Sphere Pleasant
Biddeford & Saco
Morningstar Corp. OF
Alewive Road
Apollo Knitting Mills
Kennebunk Woman
Ocean National Bank of
Kennebunkport
Wells
F.d.1.c
New England Telephone
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