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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1968
Page
5
Public school cafeterias outline weekly menus for Biddeford Saco Thornton Academy St and St Andre schools with daily offerings including beef chow mein meat loaf fried luncheon meat roast beef fish cake turkey chicken rice soup frankforts pasta dishes baked beans and various sides with milk and desserts across Monday to Friday.
Readers are guided to place an X or V in the YES or NO squares for the referendum question. The card outlines the two choices with corresponding marked squares for voter confirmation.
A fragmented menu lists weekly meals with bread and butter, milk, and various dishes. Items include American chop suey, codfish cakes, baked beans, tuna salad, and vegetable sides, with fruit, desserts, and fruit juice noted.
Anthony L Gordon, newly appointed representative of Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co at 117 Main St Biddeford, lives at 40 Pleasant St Saco with wife Pauline Goupil and three children. Born in Saco, he attended Thornton Academy and served four years in the U S Air Force. He is a member of Biddeford Saco Lodge of Ss and the GOP Ripon Society. Nixon allegedly blew the campaign by ignoring a golden opportunity to lose.
Associated Press report details the Producers Guild of America gaining bargaining power with a 10 year contract offering pension and health plans, no minimum wage, and a labor management committee. It notes member gains, the guild’s reach, and contrasts management roles with new economic benefits sought by younger producers. It also mentions NBC news format changes and weekend viewing recommendations.
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reviews ABCs hour long black and white closeup of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco. The program, filmed from scaffolding, traces Creation, Temptation, Repentance and Redemption with slow camera moves and dramatic lighting. Christopher Plummer narrates, Zoe Caldwell reads Bible passages, and ABC labels it one man’s dream and The Secret of Michelangelo.
On this date 1917 a Halifax harbor explosion killed about 1,600 and wounded 4,000 as two ammunition ships collided. Other entries note Finland’s 1917 independence declaration, Jefferson Davis death in 1889, a 1938 nonaggression pact, Roosevelt’s 1941 appeal to Hirohito, and 1944 Saar River crossings.
Voters in Ward 1 and Ward 3 see Theresa Hamner of Park Road and Claire Scamman of Smutty Lane vie for a three year term on the local school board. They present bids for commitment to district oversight and student outcomes. Their candidacies appear in the civic ballot prompts for the upcoming election.
Announcement from Miss E Paula Benoit and Sec ond St Dennis P McNabb US Army of Saco and Biddeford. Benoit earned BA in psychology and will finish a Smith College MSW in August 1969. McNabb a Thornton Academy graduate and Bowdoin College alum serving with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. No wedding date set.
Paris AP reports the French codfish fleet, nicknamed Newfoundlanders, faces financial strain with 56,000 tons produced annually and 150 million francs in sales. Only nine of 31 trawlers are modern, prompting plans to seek government or GEOGA funding to acquire nine new ships by 1970 74 while preserving market share.
City of Saco Maine certifies the Official Referendum Ballot to be voted on December 9 1968 at the Municipal Election. Signed by City Clerk Joan M Lamontagne. The description notes a square marked YES and that those opposed will place a ballot.
The City Council seeks voter ratification of a bond issue not exceeding 1,000,000 for paving, construction, and improvement of streets and sidewalks in Saco. The bonds would be issued to fund permanent public improvements, payable over 25 years with semiannual interest, secured by the city seal and mayoral countersignature, with proceeds used for the described public works and annual tax levies to cover installments.
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