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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1964
Page
5
Education expert Leslie J. Nason argues that slow learners often reflect habits or faulty approaches, not inability. Through early classroom checks and targeted practice, slow speed can be reduced, as shown by Bert who doubled his problem count and raised accuracy after altering his methods. Faster readers grasp meaning by phrases, not word by word, improving both speed and comprehension.
The text urges teaching methods to reduce reading times by setting tight time limits for five pages and testing repeatedly to shrink the interval. It criticizes teachers who excuse slow readers as inherently different and argues students must attempt faster reading before giving up.
The Olympic festival started in 776 B C as a single stadium race. It expanded through centuries to include discus, javelin, broad jump, boxing, wrestling, pentathlon and chariot racing, with seven days total including religious rites. Profiteroles are French bite-size cream puffs in chocolate sauce.
A Kennebunkport Historical Society display features about 250 antique handmade tools owned by local builder Arthur J. Hendrick. Items include race knives, a 4 foot copper jointer plane, a circa 1850 slush plane, lignum vitae handles, an 18th century carpenter’s square, a large frame saw, molding planes, bit braces with brasswork, a caulking hammer, and a wooden slicer. The collection illustrates durable 18th and early 19th century craftsmanship and the shift to modern methods.
Foam laminates promise drapability wrinkle resistance and skin friendly wear across fashion, sportswear, and knitwear. Major foam producers note two fabrics joined by a thin foam layer yield warmer, lighter garments. The article also advises cautious shoe color choice and retaining garment care labels for water repellency.
A series of property transactions are listed in Kennebunk and nearby areas. Buyers include Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roebuck, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Goulden, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Colomb, Mr. and Mrs. K Elwood Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. David Flannery, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Farwell, and others. Properties range from homes on High Street and Park Street to Cat Mousam Road and Wells entries, with moves planned for Sept 1 and imminent occupancy. The sales were brokered by The John D. Downing Agency Inc.
Eighteen Maine men wrap up a week long Water Treatment Plant Operators School at the University of Maine. Attendees include Floyd Adams and Edward Burgess Jr from Limestone and Skowhegan respectively, with others from Boothbay Harbor Augusta Portland and Lewiston. Faculty from the Division of Sanitary Engineering and UM civil engineering staff led sessions on water chemistry disinfection filtration corrosion and softening to improve Maine plant operations. The program was co sponsored by the State University and the State Department of Health and Welfare.
Today marks events from 1944 when American troops reached Chateau Thierry ending a Nazi fortress claim and from 1913 the Carnegie Palace of Peace dedication at the Hague. Other notes include 1922 Walker Cup first held, 1926 Marines in Nicaragua, 1940 air attacks on Port Said, and 1946 Russian rationing extension.
An overnight visit occurred with Queen Elizabeth and her family at Balmoral Castle. A year earlier about 200,000 Black and white participants gathered in Washington for a civil rights rally.
The engagement of Miss Claire Baron to Robert Lalanne is announced by her parents of Biddeford. Miss Baron attended Biddeford Public Schools while Lalanne, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Lalanne of Sanford, attended Sanford High School and serves in the U S Navy stationed in Virginia. The wedding date is set for October 10.
The Rosetta Stone earned its name after being found in 1799 by a Napoleon officer during an excavation at Fort St. Julien, four miles from the town of Rosetta at the Nile’s western mouth.
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