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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1972
Page
5
Boyle reports 150000 to 200000 attendees in Dallas for the Explo 72 Jesus Music Festival closing day. thousands traveled from around the world and joined in a relaxed, nonaggressive Christian outreach with literature and questions about Christ, amid hot sun and heat.
Cub Scout Pack 309 with 309 members and families will hold a picnic at Denis Hall grounds Alfred on Sunday July 23. Cub master Emile Leblond said den mothers will provide further details later.
The article notes President Andrew Jackson was fined 1000 dollars for contempt in declaring martial law during the 1815 defense of New Orleans. Congress voted in 1844 to return the fine.
Laurence F. Stuntz explains how crises create shorthand terms like the snake in the tunnel describing currency bands that let European currencies float in a narrow range around the dollar. He notes hot money moves, the Smithsonian Agreements, and Britain's pound difficulty in maintaining a higher value.
The greatest northern Atlantic seal kill occurred in 1831 with about 687,000 seals taken by roughly 300 ships and 10,000 men, as noted in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
George Gobel headlines the Ogunquit Playhouse in The Last of the Red Hot Lovers opening July 10 for a one week run. The comedy by Neil Simon features Gobel as Barney Cashman a 47 year old seeking one last adventure.
Arthur L. LaChance head of the Old Orchard Beach High School business department attends a three week Sears-Roebuck Foundation Economic Education workshop at the University of Maine Portland-Gorham campus. He holds a Junior Accounting Degree from Bryant and Stratton and a B S from Husson College. He coaches the freshman basketball team and the varsity baseball team and belongs to the Maine Teachers Association and the National Education Association.
The Seacoasters Fair will be held Saturday on the grounds of Porter Hall Temple Avenue. Tables will feature candy home cooked food woodwork white elephant jewelry stuffed animals and Needle crafts. A luncheon snack bar will be available. Members have spent the year preparing items.
Floor furnace caused a blaze in the apartment of Mrs. Alva Cabana at 55 Pool Street Biddeford. Firefighters allowed the fire to burn out and reported details today.
The Rev. Fred A. Russell Jr will leave the Unitarian Universalist church in Saco Biddeford setting Oct 3 1972 as he accepts a post at Westborough Massachusetts First Congregational Society. The merged Biddeford Saco church plans renovations and a new bank facility on City Square land.
The Saco City Council will convene at 7 30 p m in the council chambers tonight with a 23 item agenda. Topics include an ordinance on gas tank regulations, appointments to the Police and Fire Commission, ratification of the police union contract and discussion of surfing near the Old Orchard Beach pier.
Old Orchard Beach police reported weekend crashes with one serious incident at Atlantic and Washington avenues. Clayton E. Sargent 35 and Michael D. Lauzon 17 drove collide. passenger Phyllis Sargent 32 also involved. All treated and released at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Lauzon cited for passing a flashing red light.
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