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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1972
Page
3
A playful observance contrasts practical lessons with everyday annoyances. It notes high office workload versus quick machine errors, nostalgia tied to memory, rising postage, and the need for smaller stamps. It ends with an ad line for Vic's Appliance Center at 237 Main St in Saco.
Two drivers and a passenger were injured in a crash on Buxton Road in Saco. Robert A. Perrault, 18, of Gorham and William J. Thibodeau, Biddeford, were involved. Normand R. Perrault, Gorham, was a passenger in the Perrault car. All were treated and released at Webber Hospital. police estimate $400 damage to each vehicle.
The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport Arundel acquired two railed vehicles. An electric No 4137 arrived June 9 from Long Island New York and will be restored after a period near the highway. A 1920 Snow Sweeper from Ottawa Car Company was used by Cornwall Street Railway until 1959 and will be restored to display next year.
Degrees of the Order were exemplified for three candidates at a Priscilla Chapter Eastern Star meeting held in Highpine Masonic Hall Wells. Guests included Agnes H. Swett past grand matron and grand secretary and Lucille Jennison grand representative to Tennessee. Visitors came from Madonna Aurora Beacon Light Longfellow and other chapters. Meetings resume in the fall after summer recess.
A stereo tape and one speaker valued at 160 dollars were stolen from a car owned by Richard Sevigny at 260 Hill Street Biddeford last night. The theft is under investigation by Biddeford police.
Portland based Threshold to Maine Conservation and Development announces its two year work plan focusing on urban development assistance for pollution control. It lists town soil surveys in Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach, river and dump management studies for the Mousam River and Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach project, shore erosion protection, fish and game habitat, four season recreation, boat launch sites, and Saco River conservation. It will co sponsor environmental workshops and assist municipal officers and planning boards.
Police and lifeguards in Old Orchard Beach reunited 23 lost children with their parents over the weekend, according to the police department.
Northwest Airlines and its striking pilots will resume negotiations at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, said Federal Mediator Harry Bickford who has met separately with management and union leaders since the strike began. A union spokesman said discussions may move forward. Northwest has laid off a substantial number of nonstriking employees.
Reports state Education Commissioner Neil V. Sullivan may resign within a week or two to take a teaching post at California State College in Long Beach. Aide William Crowley denied plans, noting Sullivan remains active in his Massachusetts role amid ongoing school integration debates.
Washington AP Mitchell former attorney general John N Mitchell and his wife Martha are living apart amid marital strife culminating in his resignation as campaign director for Nixon's reelection. He cites family time and Mrs Mitchell's threats to leave amid politics as triggers for the move. President Nixon accepts the resignation and urges tolerance of public life’s strains on families.
The Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co plant at Wiscasset began testing its steam safety system. Tests run through Tuesday with high noise levels but will not affect startup timing. AEC licensing hearings start Wednesday.
Kent Marbury and his wife Patricia, both from Arlington Virginia, were electrocuted when the aluminum mast of their fiberglass sailboat struck a live wire on Mellon Pond near Hillsboro during the July Fourth weekend. Witnesses say Marbury was holding the mast when knocked into the water and his wife, reaching for him, grabbed the mast to steady herself. Sullivan County medical examiner Dr. James Skillen ruled death by electrocution.
The 65 foot trawler Topsy battered by tropical storms and a broken rudder after 40 days at sea from the Canary Islands to Belfast Maine, was towed toward Rockland by the Coast Guard cutter Gallatin and then Snowhomish. Six aboard include Calvert Sproul and his wife Charlene plus four crew from Orrington and Hampden.
President Nixon spent 121 days away from Washington in the first six months of 1972 as his time away from the White House rose. He favorably retreats at Aspen Lodge Md Camp David and Key Biscayne Fla with Grand Cay and Rebozo connections.
President Nixon leads in a Gallup poll against potential Democratic rivals. He would win 53 percent against George McGovern, who would get 37 percent with 10 percent undecided. Nixon also leads Hubert Humphrey with 55 percent to 33 percent and 12 percent undecided based on surveys conducted June 16 to 19 with 1,159 registered voters across 300 communities.
Former President Harry S Truman, 88, checked into Research Medical Center Kansas City for routine exams related to a lower gastrointestinal problem. His condition was described as satisfactory by Dr. Wallace H. Graham, with a prior intestinal ailment linked to a 1971 hospitalization.
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