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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1969

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Deering Gift Prompts Ferry Beach Park Plan in Maine

Park officials plan a day use coastal park at Ferry Beach Saco funded by a $1.27 million Maine bond issue. The 270000 will develop 5% acres donated by Joseph G Deering in 1967 with picnic sites baths toilets and a cedar fence. An adjacent 91 acres forested area may be added plus river camping and rest areas along the Saco River.

Long Pond Stuart Maine Deering Park Commission Saco River New Hampshire

Doyle Takes Oath As Saco Assessor Over Mercier Veto

Former Saco mayor Donald C. Doyle was sworn in as assessor after a council appointment, despite Mayor Armand J. Mercier vetoing the selection. Doyle claims the veto is invalid for appointments, noting the charter allows veto over money matters but not appointments. Mercier said no immediate action will follow while consulting the city solicitor.

Doyle Saco Mercier Donald C. Doyle Armand J. Mercier Andrew J. Fournier

United Auto Parts to Build New Route One Store

Kennebunk United Auto Parts plans a spring extension on Route One in Kennebunk. Harold Clough said a 5,000 square foot brick faced concrete building with 27 car parking will be built on a 60,000 square foot lot between York Street and Day Street.

Kennebunk United Auto Parts Co Harold Clough South Portland Philip Snow Portland York Street Day Street Jances Chabot Clough Wesley Bridges R. E. Marier Inc. Real Estate Sanford United Auto Parts Curtis Court

Oil Spill Darkens California Beaches

Heavy seas hindered efforts to seal an undersea oil leak off Santa Barbara as crude oil spread across about 800 square miles toward Los Angeles. Crews pumped mud into the fissure and worked with booms while government officials weighed federal and state actions to curb drilling and assist affected wildlife and tourism.

Santa Barbara Calif California Los Angeles William Kerrigan Ventura Marina Union Oil Co Union Oil Nixon Washington Charles M. Teague R-Calif Teaghe Los Angeles Times Walter J. Hicke Sacramento Ronald Reagan U.S

Shaw Linked With Oswald in Kennedy Conspiracy Case

Corrie C. Collins testified that he saw Clay Shaw with Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie in Clinton, Louisiana in late August or early September 1963. The defense argued Shaw did not know Oswald or Ferrie while the prosecution sought evidence of a multi shooter theory in the Kennedy assassination case.

Clay L. Shaw Shaw Lee Arvey Oswald David W. Ferrie Corrie C. Collins Baton Rouge Oswald Ferrie John F Kennedy James L. Alcock Clay Shaw

Pueblo Oceanography Officer Says Cover Work Aimed at Surveillance

Donnie R. K. Tuck testified at a Navy court of inquiry that hydrographic water testing was a major but non interfering part of the Pueblo's mission to monitor Soviet vessels and North Korean radar. He said orders framed the tests as cover to show the ship was oceanographic.

Coronado Calif Uss Pueblo Donnie RK. Tuck Cmdr Lloyd Bucher Friar Tuck Richmond Navy Bucher North Koreen Harry Iredale II Oth Civil Service Defense Department Pueblo Pentagon Uck North Korea Banner Cogx Law Jr Termaster Wendell Leach Law Chehalis Wash New York Arthur J. Goldberg U.S. Supreme Court United Nations

Lawyers Rise to Sirhan Sirhan Defense Free

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and his mother testified on family finances as three prominent trial lawyers agree to defend him without fees. Grant Cooper Rusell Parsons and Emile Zola Berman say costs will be covered by book deals and other funds, with potential half million dollars needed for experts and defense expenses.

Shan Bishara Sirhan Grant Cooper Russell E. Parsons Emile Zola Berman Cooper Sirhan Robert F. Kennedy R. Bernard Finch Finch Carole Tregoff Parsons Los Angeles Berman Bar Association Philadelphia Cor Robert Kaiser Sirhan Kaiser Life Magazine

Today's Chuckle

A light quip suggests that a man who concedes when correct is weak and likely married, playing on the stereotype of domestic compromise in humor.

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