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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1969
Page
5
Readable menu listings show weekly meals for Biddeford St Louis Tessier and Saco districts. Items include ravioli and biscuits, meat loaf with mashed potatoes, roast beef sandwiches, pasta dishes, baked beans, hamburgers, Chinese chow mein, pizza, and desserts with milk.
Tuesday to Friday lunch items listed with meats, sides, desserts and milk. Menus include juice, meatloaf, fish puffs, codfish cake, clam chowder and Italian sandwiches with various toppings. Entries cover Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunk schools across multiple weekdays with beverages and butter.
The Maine Audubon Society notes caribou roam the far north of Lapland and northern Russia. Of 100 deer species only caribou have been domesticated. Both male and female caribou carry antlers.
HAL BOYLE argues men secretly admire women while rarely voicing it. He notes women’ s steadfast loyalty, resilience, ability to find joy in small things, and constant challenge to prove themselves. The piece ends suggesting simple male psychology explains why men don’t express admiration more openly.
On this date 1848 a gold nugget was found near Coloma California triggering the California Gold Rush. Other items note U S battleship Maine to Havana in 1898 and World War I era events.
Miss Paula Dalapas of Berkeley California will marry Anthony Andrews son of Mrs Theodore Andrews of Long Beach California. Miss Dalapas a Thornton Academy Saco and Pierce Secretarial School graduate works as secretary to Professor C H Townes at UC Berkeley. Andrews is UC Los Angeles graduate and former U S Army member. April wedding planned.
Steven G. Johnson of Kennebunk son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Johnson of 31 Penwood Drive Kennebunk class of 1971 at Bowdoin College has been elected secretary of Alpha Phi Phi Fraternity.
AP reports a $9 million musical remake Goodbye Mr Chips to debut Thanksgiving week. Arthur P. Jacobs, five years in the making, details script shifts by Terence Rattigan and the 1970 conclusion replacing World War I with World War II. Casting shifts include Rex Harrison out, Richard Burton considered, OToole and Petula Clark in as Mrs Chips after screen tests.
In Philadelphia 1120 traffic lights and nearly 600 street lights were damaged last year, a rise of about 10 percent from 1967 according to City Streets Commissioner David O Smallwood. The damage mostly happened on weekends during dark hours as people party. In Chattanooga Hamilton County officers report an escape attempt from the workhouse after a prisoner assaulted a guard and seized a truck. In Miami schools cafeterias now offer a jumbo lunch for 55 cents, 19 cents more than standard meals, reflecting teenage eating habits.
Seashore Trolley Museum reports 4000 riders during 1968 season as gate receipts slip slightly from 1967. Gift receipts hit a record high to fund a car barn repair shop and other car work. Two cars recently acquired include Narcissus from Land to Lewiston and another from Dayton Ohio.
TV critic argues NBC documentary The Lions Are Free misleads by suggesting Travers traveled alone to Kenya to see lions. Scenes imply a crew and hired footage, diminishing the genuine bond shown in Born Free and padding with unrelated Africa shots.
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