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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1973
Page
3
Congress questions football fans about TV blackouts and ticket costs in a nationwide survey. About 8 200 copies of 15 questions were sent to season ticket holders coast to coast to gauge views on televising home games and potential related laws.
Saco Parks and Recreation offers a full week of activities at multiple venues. Programs include baton lessons, various basketball and hockey sessions, teen drop-ins, rounds of dance, weightlifting, and sport clinics across the Community Center, Fairfield, Camp Ellis, Young School, Thornton Academy, and more with evening and afternoon times.
Five candidates filed for the Kennebunk School Administrative District 71 two year directorship to fill the seat left by Dr. David Upton. Nominees include Donald Littlefield married to a Navy Cmdr., Chester Dunham, Joyce Durrell, and others listed by Town Clerk Edna Wentworth. Papers must include at least 75 signatures and be filed by Friday at 5 p.m.
Walpole state prison faced a second straight night of violence as about 300 inmates refused lockup in the maximum security blocks and set fires. Corrections officials described mostly smoke damage with ongoing shakedown findings of weapons drugs and inmate-run rackets including prostitution and gambling.
Former New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell's condition improved rapidly at Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors planned to move him out of intensive care after tests ruled out cerebral hemorrhage and organ damage, with metabolic abnormalities corrected. Powell, once governor in the 1960s, was hospitalized after a Friday illness at his Hampton Falls home. Family asks visitors be limited and flowers not sent.
Harvard University announced increases in tuition and room and board for the Medical School and School of Dental Medicine. Tuition will rise from 2750 to 3000 on July 1 and to 3250 on July 1, 1974, with room and board up by 65 to 80 dollars annually, per a university spokesman.
The Minnesota Senate adopted an immediate smoking ban in its chamber by a 33 to 28 vote. The rule lasted only 19 minutes as Sen. Jerome Blatz lit a cigarette at his front-row desk, creating a visible smoke cloud.
Viewers flooded KNTV in San Jose with about 75 calls after a Virginian rerun was cut five minutes early to show prisoners of war returning. A spokesman said irate male callers dominated the complaints.
David W. Newcomb 22 of Lewiston drove into a fire hydrant near Lincoln and Hill streets Monday afternoon. Hydrant damage listed at 400 dollars and vehicle damage at 20 dollars, per Saco police.
Biddeford High School drama and music departments hold tryouts for the musical Little Mary Sunshine. The first annual production will run in the fourth week of April with 20 to 25 roles open. Tryouts are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the library and open to any student. Rick Besoyan wrote libretto music and lyrics. the show premiered in 1959 off Broadway.
The Saco Pathfinders snowmobile club sponsored by Saco Parks and Recreation will hold a meeting at Young School Wednesday evening starting at 7 30 p m.
Biddeford police reported minor damage to a small grocery store at the Summer and Fall streets intersection after Patricia R. Mild of Hills Beach lost control following a collision with Paul A. Jean of 360 Alfred Street.
At St Margarets Parish Hall OLD ORCHARD BEACH the February meeting of St Margarets Ladies Sodality featured Anthony Souchak of the University of Maine and nurse Ellen Manduson discussing abortion and the Right to Life movement. A district meeting at St Marys Biddeford was announced and funds for relief were approved.
A 25 year old Flint woman, Berrestine Connie, saw a TV set offered for 75 dollars then 50 dollars by a man outside a furniture store. She followed him inside to pay and was told to wait in the back while he retrieved the set. He left with her money and did not return.
Mrs Bonnye Vohden revived divorce plans after Navy Cmdr Raymond Vohden, one of the first POWs freed, called from Clark Air Base. The family hopes to reunite at the Memphis Naval Air Station as they plan to rebuild their marriage after eight years apart.
Beach fire officials report two alarms Sunday with incidents at 1:54 p.m. at the Lafayette take out stand on Cleaves Street and at 6:15 p.m. a rubbish fire at 38 Staples Street, home of Frank Manduca, prompting responses from the fire department.
A cottage on Lower Beach Street in Camp Ellis belonging to Roland Rondeau of Westbrook was broken into Saturday night. Police found an electric can opener and a knife missing and will conduct a thorough follow up as investigators pursue several leads.
The Moline Fire Department coats metal fire alarm box handles with a luminous dye to reveal anyone who pulls false alarms. Fire Chief Albert Claerhout says the dye stays on skin or clothing for several days, helping identify offenders.
James H. Charest of Kinney Shores Saco has enlisted as an Officer Candidate in the United States Marine Corps on December 13 1972 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He is a Thornton Academy graduate class of 1969 and attended the University of New Hampshire before transferring to the University of Maine at Portland Gorham CED program. Charest awaits assignment at Quantico on February 20 and anticipates the experience.
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