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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
6
New York AP humor essay asks readers to answer simple yes or no questions to gauge sanity amid modern life. It satirizes paranoia, politics, consumerism, and Vietnam era distractions with a light self tests.
Betty Canary humorously laments tomato overabundance as a garden grows heavy with fruit. A frustrated narrator recalls a son’s gardening, neighbor generosity, and mounting green bounty that now floods her home and doorstep, leaving her desperate for a solution and a basket.
Boston reports show seven year old R Bayer of Taunton wins two firsts in the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association contest but aims to be a comedian like Jackie Gleason. Laconia NH adopts an ordinance banning jumping from ridges and prohibits standing on bridge abutments though fishing from bridges remains allowed. The Southern New England Conference in South Lancaster honors a hymn as the best loved in a national poll. The New England Indian Powwow in Epsom NH features a teepee judging contest. Killingsworth Productions budgets 15 for a student film project at Killingsworth Elementary School in Connecticut, including a heart transplant sequence. The piece references Africa and Alexander the Great.
A replica barge of the vessel used by William Penn for his upriver journeys has been completed in Southwest Harbor. Built for Pennsylvania, the 2742 foot craft features a lateen sail, 17 1/2 foot oars, and seating for six rowers. It will be hauled to Philadelphia to dock at Pennsbury Manor, with ceremonies planned after arrival in August.
Augusta reports a commemorative Disney stamp due next fall honors Walt Disney a major Maine promoter. The piece notes Bambi originated in Maine with a local Fenton Day aiding the film and two white tail fawns sent to Disney for animation reference.
Fragmented text mentions the Galileo name in George Washington's will and references to Psalm Book copies, six impervi d, and notes Venus as Earth's twin. The passage mixes historical figures with astronomical facts and seems garbled with missing punctuation.
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