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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1964
Page
2
Rose Marie Scott of Hills Beach is recorded as a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital.
Program chairman Miss Marion Banks will discuss the Highway Safety Program at 9 30 a m Tuesday meeting in G A R Hall Saco Visitors welcome Dinner served at noon Announcement notes Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop in Biddeford Elm Street next week Group B captain Mrs August Albert to lead sales
Washington AP The Defense Department's top medical officers may set a unified line of action on cigarette smoking for 2.7 million military personnel. Dr Shirley C Fisk will meet with Army Navy and Air Force surgeons general to review the Public Health Service report linking smoking to cancer and disease. The group will discuss recommendations and potential common policy while noting no current nationwide directive exists.
The expulsion of a key diplomat leaves only one American in Zanzibar with most evacuated. Don ald Petterson, embassy third secretary, released from house arrest and Picard moved to Dar es Salaam under instructions. Four newsmen faced episodes of wrath and later government restrictions eased for some reporters while censorship remains. Field Marshal Okello bans British publications reporting the revolution, states he leads the revolutionary forces and denies Karume’s removal.
The text lists possible sauces for cream puffs including frozen raspberries strawberries chocolate and butterscotch. It contrasts older folk preferring fruit toppings with youngsters preferring sweeter toppings.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude L Stebbins of 491 Main Street Saco were conducted yesterday at Shumway Funeral Home with Dr Hammond I Peterson of Ocean Park officiating. Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco. Bearers named Walter Stebbins Charles Foran Adelard Gouin and Hartley Bridges.
Chicago based Eleanor A. Ferguson, executive secretary of the American Library Association's public libraries division, urges states to build vast library resources. She notes 62 minimum standards for state libraries, including 50 000 to 75 000 volumes of legal material, to aid legislators and researchers.
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions in Portland with scattered snow flurries in the north and partly cloudy skies in the south. Lows range from the single digits in the north to the low 20s in the south. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies, scattered brief snow flurries in higher elevations, and cooler temperatures.
A series of birth announcements lists couples from Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Norwalk Conn and Old Town along with hospitals in Bangor and the dates January 8 to 15. Included are Michael Robert Debra Jane Ann Marie Michael Patrick Tricia Ann Steven Larrabee Susan Priscille and twin daughters weighing various birth weights with parental names and addresses.
Sunday services and youth meetings fill Biddeford and area churches from Advent Christian to United Baptist. Activities include Junior and Senior Youth at Biddeford United Church of Christ, Christ Ambassadors at First Assembly, and various unions at Kennebunk, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, and Wells churches. A 25th anniversary observance of the W S C S open worship at Saco Methodist precedes meetings.
Anthony DeAngelis and Joseph Lomascio are jailed after being charged with defrauding Harbor Tank Storage Co. of about 46.5 million dollars. Bail was initially set near 46.5 million, then reduced to 150 thousand for DeAngelis and 100 thousand for Lomascio. The case involves false warehouse receipts used to secure loans, with tanks found to contain non listed oils and fats.
Mrs. Claire Fecteau, 53, of 58 Beach St Saco, was leaving a gas station on Elm Street when her car collided with Rene G. Lemelin, 25, of 21 St Marys St Biddeford. No damage to Fecteau vehicle. Lemelin left front fender damage estimated at 35 dollars.
In Biddeford two matters will be voted on during an upcoming service at City Square. The Fireside Club of the Saco School Street Methodist Church meets Monday at 7 30 p m. The Bible Class of the United Church of Christ Congregational meets Sunday at 8 p m at Mrs Harold J Staples home. The Board of Deacons of the Biddeford United Church of Christ Congregational will meet at Mrs Staples home.
The United States pulls most embassy personnel from Panama to the Canal Zone as Panam seeks safety measures. RFK notes a possible Asian summit on Malaysia and a planned meeting with Sukarno in Jakarta. Senator Goldwater claims solid South support. John Glenn vows silence pending Marine Corps orders. military leaders to decide a smoking policy. Johnson urges cabinet on using American women's brainpower.
Bishop Clarence E. Elwell says Vatican II continues shaping the laity role in the Catholic Church and urges educated lay Catholics to engage in social action. He notes laypeople are well positioned to dialogue in economics education social justice and related areas affecting individuals.
Adah Chapter hosts reception for Eve S. Rooman grand Esther of Maine. Officers from the Grand Chapter and district deputies introduced. Visitors from many chapters and states attend, with 200 plus present. A program of music and remarks follows, with future guest and degree work plans announced.
Astronomers find no lunar magnetic field so compasses would fail. The Moon's small horizon limits surface navigation and landmark recognition. Dr Melvin L Stersel of Aerojet General Corp ARD argues stellar navigation remains the only reliable method for locating position on the Moon.
A Michigan research team led by Dr. Jack Kevorkian at Pontiac General Hospital announced the first known direct transfusions of blood from deceased donors to living patients. The team stored blood 12 to 15 days and performed two to three injections, using heart blood from later autopsies to avoid neck drainage.
President Johnson told his all male Cabinet that government is not using women's brainpower. He urged speedier advancement of women into high level posts, citing merit over sex and a push to improve policy making with diverse ideas and experience.
In Cherry Hill New Jersey the Rev. Howard F. Reisz a Pittsburgh Lutheran minister told local ministers that in the affluent 1970s families will spend much of their leisure time at a second home. He argued a four day work week and two homes per family make the home the primary place for religious education rather than the church.
University of Mississippi football under Coach Johnny Vaught posts a 7-4 bowl record as of this season.
The Rev. William Power, though retired as a Methodist minister, continues to assist by coordinating unpaid citizens band radio calls for the Frazeysburg Fire Department during emergencies.
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