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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1974

Page

9

Nader Group Blasts Highway Hazards Across U.S.

The Center for Auto Safety accuses the Federal Highway Administration of failing to convert safety recommendations into enforceable design standards. It cites outdated development systems, warns state departments avoid safety research for liability fear, and links unsafe roadside boobytraps to thousands of deaths and injuries yearly.

Washington Ralph Nader Federal Highway Administration Center For Auto Safety The Highway Administration Safety Center Natorious Way Administration State Farm Highway Departments Companies Foundation Center of Control Iti

Chimpanzee Artists Draw Interest at Portland Zoo

Four chimpanzees Charlie Jezebel Bathsheba and Delilah at a Portland Oregon zoo have attracted buyers with paintings after a year of recreation use. The zoo plans clay models while paintings on butcher paper fetch 6.50 to 12.50 each raising over 1500 dollars to fund sign language classes for volunteers and supplies for the chimp program.

New York Times Portland Lucie Wisdom Charlie Jezebel Bathsheba Delilah

TV Schedule Fragment Highlights Evening Lineup

The listing shows a Wednesday night lineup with programs from 8:00 to 11:30 including Little House on the Prairie Cuban Missiles Feeling Good Oral Roberts and Movie 7:30 6 Lets Make Deal and Bible Speaks 16 Martin Agronsky 9:00 10 Leonard da Vinci 13 Cannon 10:00 Petrocelli 8 Get Christie Love 10 In Recital 13 Manhunter 10:30 10 Bishops Installation 11:00 News Phantom Empire 11:30 Tonight Show Wide World Entertainment 13 Movie.

Oral Roberts Petrocelli Christie Love Manhunter Tonight Show Wide World Entertainment

Plain Water Best For Holiday Trees In Tests

Windsor Connecticut AP reports Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station researchers find plain water outperforms commercial additives in keeping Christmas trees moist and fire resistant. Tests on white spruce show no significant benefit from additives. water alone keeps trees moist for weeks and reduces burn rate compared to treated needles.

Windsor, Conn Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station John Ahrens Dr. Ahrens

Winners at Saturday duplicate bridge at Lawn Avenue Playhouse

Old Orchard Beach News notes 24 tables and results from the weekend bridge event at Lawn Avenue Playhouse. Top teams included Ada Sleeper with Pat Peterson and James Mullen pairings, with Linwood Jones and Robert Toulouse tying for first alongside Ruth Anderson and Alice Fecteau among others.

Lawn Avenue Playhouse Ada Sleeper Pat Peterson James Mullen Robert Whelan Arthur Cushman Sumner Weinstein Linwood Jones Mike Salvetti Alice Fecteau Flintstones Robert Toulouse Ida Rosen Esther Green al Reed Sue Young Frances Putnam Estelle Aranovitch Leata Kelly

Television listings from morning to evening

A dense schedule lists shows and times across multiple programs including Ozzie and Harrie Zoo Revue Captain Kangaroo Romper Room Concentration Phil Donahue Name That Tune Winning Streak Barbara Walters Gambit High Rollers Beverly Hillbillies Now You See It Hollywood Squares Brady Bunch Love Of Life and News, with time blocks and channel notes unclear.

High Rollers Beverly Hillbillies

Christmas Specials Offer for Shoppers

Local listing advertises holiday shopping hours from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM with hot menu items including Hamburg, Turkey, Roast Beef, and King Crabmeat priced at 1.95, 2.35, 1.10 respectively.

Biddeford Pool Auxiliary Plans New Year Dance

Members of the Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary met at the fire station hall to finalize plans for a New Year dance. The event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with music by the Plainsmen and a buffet. President Suzanne Roux led the meeting. next gathering is Jan 7 at the station.

Biddeford Pool Plainsmen Suzanne Roux Roux Shirley Gross

Girl From Saco Crowned Maine Broiler Queen

Miss Janice DeRoche of Saco has been named Maine Broiler Queen by festival chairman Robert Hall after placing first runner-up to Miss Cindy Ferguson at the Belfast Broiler Festival last July. Ferguson has relinquished the title as she moved to another state.

Janice DeRoche Paula DeRoche Lincoln St Saco Maine

Biddeford Fire Drive Honors Top Helpers

The Biddeford Fire Department announces the top supporters of its recent fundraising drive. Honorees include Rachel Reay of 16 Lamother Ave Biddeford Roland Ready of 18 Maple St Biddeford Mrs Rita Cote Summer Street Biddeford and Mrs Claudette Cote of 2 Harvard St Biddeford.

Biddeford

Yanomamo Battle Wounds Believed Beyond Aid

The Yanomamo people of Venezuela hold that battle wounds are beyond help. This belief reflects a traditional view of healing and courage within their communities.

Venezuela

French Station Listings End After This Week on Cable

The Journal notes that the French television listings received via local cable will not be carried after this week as winter schedule changes remain unchanged. Programs include Dessins Animés Les Bouts dChou Filmatin La Famille Stone Informa 7 Cine Jeudi Patofville Loto Perfecta Nouvelles TVA Sans Pantoufles and more across Thursday and Friday slots.

the Journal Jeudi Loto Perfecta Nouvelles Tva Informa Filmatin Patofville Jase Jose

TV Guide Style Daytime Schedule Mix

A jumble of daytime and late afternoon TV listings shows soap operas game shows and news blocks. Entries include Search For Tomorrow Guiding Light The Guiding Light Truth Or Consequences Playhouse sections and multiple game show slots with titles like Jeopardy The Price Is Right and Match Game alongside children's programs Sesame Street Mister Rogers Neighborhood and The Electric Company.

TV Highlights Choose From Two Hour Specials And Dramas

A packed schedule features The Lord is My Shepherd with Ernest Borgnine on Channel 6 at 8 PM. The Missiles of October dramatizes 1962 Cuban crisis on Channel 8 at 8 PM with a star-studded Kennedy Khrushchev cast. Channel 10 offers Feeling Good at 8 PM and Life of Leonardo Da Vinci at 9 PM. Petrocelli at 10 PM on Channel 6, Recital by Ralph and Albertine Votapek at 10 PM on Channel 10, and Monty Hall special on Wide World at 11 30 PM Channel 8.

Little House ON 7 Prairie Lord Ernest Borgnine Laura Melissa Gilbert United States Russia Soviet Union Cuba William Devane President Kennedy Martin Sheen Robert Kennedy Howard Dan Silva Nikita Korushchev Ralph Bellamy U.S U.N Adlair Stevenson Nehemiah Persotf Andrei Gromyko Albert Ralph Votapek Albertine Votapek Sergei Rachmaninoff Channel 10 Wide World Monty Hall Gamblers Anonymous Jack Klugman Channel 8

Seven Golden Men at Bank Heist Plot Targets Gold

Film listing notes a 11:30 p.m. screening of Seven Golden Men featuring a bank robbery plot to steal tons of gold. Cast includes Rossana Podesty. Movie from 1955.

Rossana ‘Podesta

Daughter Nancy born to Bertrand family in Portland Maine

Mr and Mrs Gerard Bertrand of 13 Summit Street Biddeford welcomed a daughter named Nancy on December 3 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland Maine.

Gerard Bertrand Summit St. Biddeford Nancy Maine Medical Center Portland

Lodge Panel Holds Christmas Party in Saco

Members of the Past Noble Grands Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge gathered at Mrs. Thomas Vining’s home in Saco for a Christmas party and buffet. President Adelpha McKeen led a brief meeting and reports. a Salvation Army donation was voted. A nominating committee was chosen to present officers at the Jan 20 meeting at Mrs. Norman McAuley's home.

Noble Grands Association Saco Rebekah Lodge Thomas Vining Old Orchard Road Saco Adelpha McKeen Salvation Army Vining Carleton Sanborn Norman McAuley Lewis Avenue Lacey Durgin Georgianna Harriman Ohn Hill Aldie Palmer Ethel Day Madeline Brackett Erwin Kennedy Helen Jamison

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