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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1969

Page

5

Teacher, Teacher drama on NBC inspires and unsettles

NBC Wednesday night presented a 90 minute original drama about Freddie Niles a 13 year old with serious mental retardation who learns to read and write with two teachers helping him. The performance highlighted Osie Davis and Hamilton Cade with Billy Schulman delivering a moving portrayal of Freddie.

New York NBC Freddie Niles David McCallum Achor Hamilton Cade Niles Charlies Carter Ossie Davis Air Force Freddie Carter Cade

ABC Sets Premiere of Satiric Variety Series With Dean Jones

The broadcast notes a light hour of TV with two stars joking about 11 years of marriage and a turn on humor, highlighting ABC 9 10 EST premiere of Whats it all about world hosted by Dean Jones.

ABC Dean Jones

Local births and historical U S territorial expansion note

The item lists newborns at Webber Hospital with parents and addresses across Saco Scarborough Biddeford and Kennebunkport, detailing names Kathleen Marie Darlene Marie Arden Nathaniel III Christal Ann and Renee with weights Feb dates. It closes with a historical note on the 1898 U S acquisition of Hawaii Puerto Rico the Philippines and Guam after the Spanish American War.

Webber Hospital John Braley I Braley King St Saco John Russell Ralph Curley King Street Scarborough Kathleen Marie Ernest Day Bacon St. Biddeford Darlene Marie United States Hawaii Puerto Rico Philippines Guam Spain

Ladies Aid Donates to Heart Fund at Biddeford Church

The Ladies Aid of South Biddeford United Methodist Church voted a donation to the Heart Fund during yesterday's meeting. Present were 20 members and two guests, with Mrs. Lena Peck presiding. Next gathering is February 19 at Mrs. Alice Nute's home on Guinea Road.

Heart Fund Ladies Aid of South Biddeford

Sub Debs Discuss Surf Film Rental Plans

Sorority group met at Rhonda Kozloff home in Saco to organize a February 13 candy sale and discussed a new business renting surfing films for public viewing. Members named include Linda Warner Bethany Hanson Caroline Tripp Deborah Johnson Christine Tsiokas Venetta Tsomides Jill Chadbourne Jane Kimball Peggy Vance and others.

Sub Debs Sorority Rhonda Kozloff Saco Linda Warner Bethany Hanson Carole Tripp Deborah Johnson Christine Tsiokas Venetta Tsomides Jill Chadbourne Jane Kimball Peggy Vance Mary-Alice Bellevue Deborah Harriman Dianne Pendleton Kristin Morang Elizabeth Hewes Anne Hadiaris Jane Grondin Judith Crosby Susan Frost

House Republicans push reorganization bill for efficient Congress

Twenty five House Republicans introduce a reorganization plan aimed at a more responsive Congress. The bill renews last year’s proposals banning proxy voting and requiring public votes in secret committees, plus allowing witnesses. Agnew says the White House is handling a playful mishearing from Miami Beach observers about his name.

Associated Press Washington House Congress Senate James C. Cleveland R-N.h Spiro T. Agnew Miami Beach Spiro Agnew Agnew White House Thompson

New England Briefs on Footnote by Associated Press

Secretary of Labor George P. Schultz refused a federal poll watcher request in the AFL CIO United Steelworkers presidential election. Postmaster General Blount announced removal of politicking postmasterschips. Brown University discusses coed housing with Pembroke. Amherst study urges Massachusetts to fund a state medical school in Worcester. Muskie cautions victories via violence must lead to policy changes.

George P Afl-Cio United Steelworkers Union Emil FE. Narick I. W. Abel Shultz Narich Associated Press Providence R.I Brown University Interfraternity Council Brown Lon Shinn Pembroke Alpha Pi Lambda Fraternity Pembroke College John Salinger Amherst Mass University of Massachusetts New England Worcester John W. Lederle Harvard Tuftston University Dartmouth University of Vermont Massachusetts Lederle

Democratic process talk by Speaker at Hearst Foundation dinner

The text notes a speaker from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Senate Youth program urging participation in democracy. It mentions a prior event where Meskie or Muskie encouraged accepting democratic decisions during a dinner in Augusta, Maine. The article then shifts to a Maine case: a Washington County grand jury to hear a 1967 brutality and illegal search allegation on Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation involving state troopers.

Billy Schulman Freddie Fielder Cook Ted Allan E. Sloane Elison Carrol Sloane William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Muskie Augusta Maine Washington County Grand Jury Machias Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Parker F. Hennessey

First Lady plans beauty parlor in White House prompt debate

The Needle notes chatter about a White House beauty parlor and a possible move of Dick's office from the Oval Room. The piece jokes about a 24 hour barbershop and jokes about the presidency's burdens, then shifts to Kurt Vonnegut arguing physicists should withhold weaponizable discoveries.

White House Dick A Oval Room Pat Hubert Humphrey

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