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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
3
Mangled fragments mention Vei Special Forces camp mortared with no casualties. Khe Sanh airfield runway cratered by rockets yet C130s landed. Camp Carroll saw 140mm rockets with no casualties or damage reported.
About 60 people watched the semi public installation of York Chapter Royal Arch Masons officers for 1968 at Masonic Hall Saco. The installing suite included Charles H Hodgkins Willis G Carle and Frederick W Elwell. New officers were Clifford L Berry Howard G Merrill Gordon N Maddix Frederick W Elwell Myron E Savage Millard A Tripp Jr Ralph H Stickney James F Zafirson Ronald K Tripp Albert Curry Jr Arthur Prentill Jr Lucien G Matteau Richard Files. Berry announced an officers rehearsal for Feb 11 and the next chapter meeting on Feb 14.
Miss Smith and Menge Roix were named Maine representatives for a tour arranged by local groups. Smith, a Kennebunk High School leader, is active in Tri-Hi-Y and many clubs while Roix hails from Presque Isle. The trip includes learning Spanish by July 13 and travel to Miami for orientation. Celery seeds and dry mustard tip in an oil and vinegar fruit salad dressing as a kitchen note.
Saco police report three Saturday crashes. Robert E. Billings 27 of Old Orchard Beach drove into a utility pole on Main Street after swerving to avoid another car. Gerald A Powers 16 of Lincoln Road lost control on Jenkins Road hitting a snow bank and mailbox. Ruth L Lund 54 of Rocky Hill Road was rear ended on Scammon Street by Alfred J Lacerte 43 of Biddeford pulling into the left lane.
News At A Glance reports cease fire hopes in Vietnam fading amid U S bombing halt calls by Senator Robert F Kennedy and doubts from military officials. Khe Sanh Valley becomes quiet after two days of shelling while a lunar module countdown advances toward a potential moon mission next year. Mike Kasperak dies from transplant related complications as doctors note his case will aid future heart patients. An Israeli roll call for Arab POWs occurs in icy rain as demonstrations grow in sebo against the carrier Enterprise departure.
Japanese police used tear gas water jets and truncheons to quell a Sunday protest near a U S base in Yokohama. Among those injured were 106 police officers 36 students and 14 reporters or bystanders. About 10 000 Socialists and Communists gathered at the base entrance to protest the carrier visit.
Sir William Herschel is credited with discovering the planet Uranus on March 13, 1781, marking a milestone in astronomical history and expanding knowledge of the solar system.
New York special report says doctors observed hemorrhoids shrink and itching ease when using Preparation H in ointment or suppository forms. The formula reportedly relieves pain while soothing irritated tissue and helps prevent further infection across multiple cases.
Upcoming York Pomona events include two invitations for Pomona officers to assume stations at Subordinate Granges, Feb 10 at Mousam Lake Shapleigh and Feb 27 at Saco Grange. Past Masters Night on Feb 8 at Dayton School Goodwins Mills with supper at 6 30 p m. White elephant sale prior to February meeting to aid Maine room redecoration. Youth Conference Jan 27 in Augusta with noon dinner for those with reservations. Miss Ruth Hobbs resigns as secretary after 15 years. successor elected Feb 8. Proposes opposition to Sunday liquor sales. fifth degree conferred on Herman Downs Louis Flagg Joseph Hodgkins. Truman Bennett added as Pomona member. About 70 attend. supper served. welcome address by Mrs Nellie McIntire. mystery packages awarded.
US and South Vietnamese forces reported heavy fighting near Khe Sanh and Huong Hoa. Marines said 15 killed and 65 wounded over the weekend with 103 North Vietnamese killed per US accounts. A Skyhawk was shot down. pilot rescued.
The Women's Fellowship of the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the parish house on Beach Street. President Mrs Ralph Meserve will conduct the business session followed by a reading Family Portrait by Mrs Clement Taylor. Refreshments will be served.
The hearing on a malt liquor license for Stan's Restaurant on Washington Avenue was postponed and a new date will be announced later by Town Manager Leon F. Jones. Also notes that setting up electric trains under or near a Christmas tree poses a fire hazard.
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