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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1967
Page
7
Summary of lanes results shows team totals for The Haggers and NFLs, and individual lines for high scores by P Tarbox and others. Hot Shots lead 8th week with 1,036 team total and 64 wins. Hi-Flyers 64, Go-Go Girls 47.
Summary of weekly standings led by Eagers Beaver with 1192 team total and top marks such as J Forcier High Three and P Ta box 362. Also lists American League batting leaders F Robinson Kaline Tovar with runs and hits, plus pitchers Horlen Marichal and Veale Bunning in brief stat lines.
Baton Rouge AP reports fullback Jimmy Taylor, a 31-year-old Green Bay veteran, will play for the New Orleans Saints after a high finance deal that included surrendering Green Bay's future first-round pick and a roster player. Taylor seeks a multi-year contract. details undisclosed. He will train in San Diego with Saints.
In Alameda a Navy homecoming joke ends with a giant weather balloon 342 feet wide adrift above the crowd after deployment. Mrs Swinehart recalls the mishap and a window left unfixed while neighbors smile at the spectacle.
Members of the Northern York County Babe Ruth League all-stars were named to represent the loop in a July 22 tournament in York against Southern York County. Players include John Sherman Dick Spaulding Dick Martin Greg Searle Stan Wocik Brian Gerry Dave Chamberlin Leon Lindquist Allan Haines Mike Bouthot Don Boucher Marc Lavigne Mike Perreault Jerry Goulet Guy Laliberte. Lou Caron will coach with Phil Curtis and Ray Berthiaume assisting. First practice is tonight at St Francis field at 6. A transportation contact is listed for players. Vikings and Rangers play a makeup doubleheader at Saco Memorial Field Saturday at 1 p.m. Rangers versus Braves follow Sunday at 6 p.m. at the same site.
AP reports a bus brake failure near Korat station in Thailand killed many Britons while a separate Athens bombing at Constitution Square caused shattered windows but no injuries. A Soviet case follows about a library worker proving Feb 29 does not exist.
Oakland defeats Atlanta 3 to 0 on Thursday in the Pro Soccer National League results. Friday schedule lists no games.
In Portland Maine Holly Mims aged 162 from Washington defeated George Johnson of Renton New Jersey by outpoint. In Los Angeles Kang Suh from Seoul Korea beat Mando Ramos of Long Beach California by outpoint. The aurora borealis is seldom seen in the temperate United States.
A writer notes planned obsolescence in dolls and toys, arguing parents are not obliged to buy them. She recalls childhood dolls, contrasts Barbie with motherhood, and jokes about a $19.95 reversible scoop shovel while consulting an attorney on consumer rights and budget impact.
In Langweddingen near Magdeburg, a train crashed into a tanker truck causing a fiery blaze that killed seventy nine people, many children. Dozens were injured and feared dead as a 4,000 gallon aviation fuel cargo exploded, destroying the station and several train cars.
A Pretoria resident woke to a dragging noise and found a black dachshund with a large wooden water jug stuck over its head. The jug required a saw to be removed. The dog appeared dazed then wagged its tail and disappeared into the dark.
National Civil Defense adopts new warning signals including attack warning a three to five minute wavering siren tone to indicate actual attack and an attentive signal a three to five minute steady tone for peacetime emergencies. Alerts issued by state or local authorities with radio or TV explanations.
Superior Court Judge James L Vallely ruled the Worcester Telegram & Gazette Inc and reporter E Thomas McCabe Jr guilty of contempt for a May contempt citation linked to a mistrial report. Sentencing was scheduled but McCabe may still accept sentencing to appeal.
Washington AP The half dollar, scarce in recent years, shows signs of returning to circulation though officials stop short of declaring an end to the shortage. Robert A. Wallace, assistant secretary of the Treasury, notes banks are replenished and export bans may help, but demand still outstrips supply. Since 1964 about 850 million Kennedy halves have been minted at a rate of 24 million per month.
State run liquor stores encounter competition from Ammex Warehouse Co. private outlets in Calais Madawaska and planned Van Buren shop. The tax and duty free stores sell liquor cigarettes and fumes at longer hours and Sunday openings with liquor delivered at the border only to travelers going to Canada. Portland customs officials say the operation is legal and not for U.S. consumers.
Mrs. Stanley Thompson of Arlington Virginia scored a hole in one with a 5 iron on the 118 yard 11th hole at the Greenbrier course in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Her playing partners were Mrs. Clayton Keel Mrs. D. Andrew and Mrs. N. W. Perry, all from Virginia.
The opossum is the sole marsupial native to the United States and shares kinship with kangaroos. Researchers note its evolutionary link to Australian marsupials and its distinct North American lineage.
New York AP Allen Ludden says Password will disappear from CBS daytime in September replaced by a soap. The host who led Password for six years recalls the show’s instant popularity and his plan for a future daytime program with audience participation. He believes daytime games educate viewers and raise programming standards.
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