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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
10
HAL Boyle notes an ordinary desire to seem normal and offers a self quiz to gauge conformity. He asks whether one consistently accepts fault, yields to family desires, quits bad habits, tells the truth, resists filth, and avoids tax fudging. A string of yes answers signals deviation from normality.
Hollywood action drama Marooned envisions Apollo 8 like disaster with astronauts Anders Borman Lovell marooned after a failed ignition. Director John Sturges peels back 72 hours of dwindling oxygen while a rescue mission unfolds amid production on MGM stages with James Franciscus Gene Hackman and others.
An article argues supersonic transports could harm hummingbirds by destroying eggs and affect human life with sonic booms. It notes Boeing plans for an 1800 mph 250 passenger SST and FAA rules restricting sonic speed over populated areas, while warning of structural damage and wildlife impact. A brief AP item about Lyndon Johnson’s dog Yuki returns to the Texas ranch after the transition.
Fiction titles include The Salzburg Connection A Small Town in Germany Airport and Le Carre Hailey Preserve and Protect Testimony of Two Men and Caldwell. Nonfiction lists The Money Game Instant Replay On Reflection Memoirs and The Arms of Krupp.
The year opens with U S stamp plans including a six center American Legion 50th anniversary issue set for March 15 in Washington D C during the Legion conference with a first day cover program. A Grandma Moses stamp from the American folklore series is announced with design and issuance date TBA, honoring her farm life paintings created after she began at 76 and died at 101 in 1961.
Television critics note that comedies and dramas embed moral lessons in plots. NBCs Julia is praised for wit and handling of race relations, while The Doris Day Show draws scolding for preachy tones. Nielsen top ten ratings show Laugh-In leading weekly audience share. June wedding planned for Linda J Fielding and Donald J Dutremble with Fielding employed as medical secretary and Dutremble a Sanford Junior High teacher.
Stamps issued January in Washington celebrate natural beauty and ongoing conservation efforts backed by Lady Bird Johnson. Six cent stamps depict city greenery parks highways streets and include scenes of azaleas daffodils poppies lupine and crabapples. A London auction of Winston Churchill wartime envelope fetched 720 dollars. Maine Audubon Society links landscape preservation to humanity's protection.
The Mongol Empire was the greatest land empire, stretching from the Pacific to the Danube at its peak. Slits in coats allowed horsemen to spread tails while riding. About 120 million workdays are lost each winter in the United States due to the common cold.
In brief from Rome the mayor of Rome Rinaldo Santini received a private audience with Pope Paul VI who urged preservation of the city’s character amid modernization. The Pontiff stressed a balance of old and new, spiritual and temporal, in Rome’s future.
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