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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
3
Trellis Mae Peeble and Wilbur debate disorganization among housewives and a big union of subway workers. Trellis argues wives deserve similar fringe benefits while Wilbur laments the idea, planning a mock retirement of his wife after 19 years of marriage.
New York report from the Medical Society of New York County notes 80 to 85 percent of LSD users studied show chromosomal breaks and rearrangements. Similar abnormalities appeared in some offspring of women who used the drug during pregnancy.
World Almanac notes Vincent van Gogh (1853 1890) produced about 700 drawings and 800 oils from 1884 to 1890, with only one sale in his lifetime. It highlights his simplified or exaggerated reality, tense color, and spontaneous style aimed at capturing changing moods.
Ski condition reports cover Maine to Connecticut with new snow amounts, surface types, base depths, and condition ratings. Notable data include Sugarloaf five inches powder up to 30 inches base and Killington three inches powder up to 32 inches, with wind and cold outlooks for Friday through Saturday.
Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary held a covered dish supper and officer installation at Mrs. Lillian Morris's Saco home. New president Jeannine Pendleton and officers were installed by Mrs. Elsie Buzzell. Members discussed dues, committees and future events with one guest, Mrs. Carol Stackpole.
Storm cancels Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge and Abbott-Verville AMVETS Auxiliary gatherings. Next Rebekah meeting on Jan 17 features York County Past Noble Grands Association with supper at 6:30. AMVETS plans a weather dependent 8 p.m. gathering at Walnut Street Post Home and resumption of Sunday card parties. public welcome. In Woonsocket Rhode Island, Burrows T. Younkin, 62, died after a cake delivery to the hospital nurses, following a heart attack on the third floor.
A speaker catalogs bold prophecies from meat safety promises to a Queen Mary College robot that will perform household tasks within a decade. He muses on whether such machines will want humans to lie in beds they make, while imagining a stage finale with “Oh You Beautiful Thing” as a robot devours a political symbol of Middle East conflict.
In Brisbane, doctors report the post mortem on the Braham quintuples shows no obvious cause of Geoffrey Roger Braham’s death at four days. Surviving siblings are described in entirely satisfactory condition as tests continue for weeks. A Lloyds insur ance payer commits 446 dollars despite a six week early birth clause.
One game in the Biddeford-Saco area tonight promises a top battle as Thornton Academy meets St Louis High, a hot 6 of 7 winner. Thornton may drop two platoons for a six or seven man lineup to upset the Eagles who sit eighth in Western II. Other games include Biddeford at Sanford and Old Orchard at York as the season tightens.
Old Orchard Beach Woman’s Civic Group held a regular meeting at Mrs. Romeo Binette’s home on Murphy Avenue. President Mrs. Ernest Gallant led the session. Mrs. Binette showed slides of the art show and flowers. Refreshments followed by a social hour. The February meeting is omitted. officers will be installed at the March meeting at the White Lamb on Odessa Avenue.
New York The Transit Authority will study using heat generated by subways brakes to cool riders A 170000 dollar HUD demonstration grant announced Thursday supports a project to test a thermal electric air conditioning system powered by brake heat and used for passenger comfort
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