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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1961
Page
7
A Boston AP column surveys quirky New England items. Pittsfield’s circular world map by GE engineer Bell Cogbill marks a 20 year effort, later eclipsed by a computer. Rhode Island bookie terminology and Nashua paper routes contrast with Burlington VT’s 1888 schoolroom need.
Francis Allen, 56, of Woodbury Connecticut, missing since noon Wednesday, was found by Cumberland County sheriff’s bloodhounds in woods near Freeport. He was admitted to Maine Medical Center in Portland for observation. cold and shivering but otherwise well. Deputies started search at midnight. he was found at daybreak, wearing only underwear and a shirt.
A reflective column argues that diet rest and exercise long been known to aid health, citing the box turtle as a model of longevity and restraint. It contrasts rapid life spans of mice and flies with the turtle’s 150 plus years, noting fossils show little change over time and urging a slower life.
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