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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1967
Page
5
A collage of Dear Abby questions on trust with a teen seeking second chances and a wife prompting guidance about a husband who sleeps alone. Debates about marriage faults, pre marriage warning signs, and personal growth appear as brief reader exchanges.
Ruth Millett argues that lasting companionship, sociable friends, and respected family relations come from deliberate effort. The columnist notes that women who cultivate conversations beyond domestic life appear more engaged and well informed, influencing how others view them.
On this date in 1927, 600 U S Marines and several war vessels were sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests. Other notes include Joan of Arc born in 1412, Roosevelt died in 1919, and major policy events in 1936 1941 and beyond.
The Sloan Foundation awarded 7.5 million dollars in grants to twenty independent colleges to strengthen science teaching for liberal arts students. The Museum of Fine Arts seeks 13.4 million dollars in donations by 1970 for its 100th birthday celebration. The Virginia Board of Community Colleges proposes a two year college system across 22 regions by 1971. Megalopolitan pressures reach Vermont as the Vermont Central Planning Office hosts a conference on regional growth along the east coast and Vermont’s small population remains one of the lowest in the nation.
Daily offerings list meals for multiple schools including Owen Fried Lunch, St. Andre's, St. Louis High, Saco Public, Thornton Academy, Old Orchard Beach, and Cousens School. Items feature varied proteins such as hamburgers, beef stew, turkey, tuna, baked beans, fish sticks, and salads with sides like potatoes, vegetables, bread, fruit, pudding, Jello, and milk.
Stanley Zaleski, employed in Hartford, Conn., vacationing with his wife at their Lower Village home. Mrs Adelaide Leach of Kennebunkport is on a week’s vacation as house mother of Leech Nursing Home. Kennebunk-Side Department ambulance responded to take Mrs William Nedeau of Sea Road to Webber Hospital in Biddeford after 11 a.m. Thursday.
Augustine Rapisardi 43 was shot in the leg after he threw a chair at two masked youths during a holdup attempt at a Lawrence store. The intruders fled with an undetermined amount of money while a bystander, Sebastiano Catalano 71, was knocked down. Rapisardi was reported in good condition.
Marriage intentions filed with Biddeford and Saco city clerks list couples including Richard Boissoneault and Claire Fecteau at Biddeford and Saco addresses. Also noted are Roger Dubreuil with Marsha Givens, both in Biddeford, and Arthur Carter with Judith Cole from nearby towns.
In clear Q and A style, the piece explains how Social Security benefits are based on average earnings since 1951, not total or pre 1951 earnings. It covers how higher later earnings raise benefits, the $3,000 cap pre 1951, and checks to compare 1951 and 1937 calculations. It also discusses optimal timing, unemployment insurance considerations, and dependent eligibility rules.
In a Pacific State Hospital ward in Pomona two men Lennie 28 and Ricky 33 with IQs in the 30s form an unusual, close companionship. Ricky, blind, relies on Lennie who sees and leads. Lennie guards Ricky, shares meals and gifts, and both find comfort in daily chats and mutual affection.
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