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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1965
Page
3
Seaside Club held seven tables at the Briggs home in Old Orchard Beach. Winners in North South were Whelan and wife first, Paulhaus and Berry second, Indaig third. East West winners were Chapman Tooker first, Rosen Chadbourne second, Leonard Ambrolia third. Next session is Thursday at 7 30 p.m. open to the public.
The Viet Cong junk fleet division headquarters was overrun at 5 a.m. after a surprise attack on a government force near a coastal island less than a mile from a Marine beachhead. Casualty estimates favor the Communists, with Viet Cong dead exceeding government losses since the May monsoon offensive.
Morningstar Plastics awards Girard Construction Co of Lewiston a 275000 dollar contract to build a plant in Kennebunk. ARA plan local share drive aims to raise 60000 dollars by July 17 led by Harry A. Mapes. Chamber pledges will be replaced by notes bearing 542 percent interest. The site clears on 14.7 acres by Robiwat and Brown Co. Morningstar expects plant operation by November 1 with about 300 jobs and nearly half a million dollars in machinery.
A U.S. briefing shows 4,496 Viet Cong dead versus 1,911 government casualties. The report notes 1,957 government forces missing, possibly dead or captured, while 552 Communists were taken prisoner and 1,477 defected to the government.
York Pomona Grange hosted Step-Up Night at John F Hill Grange with a Swedish meatball supper for 56 attendees. Officers stepping up included Clif ford Berry Milton Randall James Hammond Samuel Crowell Dorothy Berry Geraldine Randall Ruth Hammond Lillian Crowell.
Korean police say an armed North Korean agent was captured and may be a crewman of a 15 foot midget submarine found in the Han River mud. Investigators say a second agent fled after an exchange of fire Monday near the DMZ. a third was killed.
Elwood T Baker of Brooklyn created the card game gin rummy in 1903 shaping a new popular pastime. His innovation introduced modern play patterns and set the stage for widespread adoption of the game.
Ralph Lovell, Maine’s first Bowl of Hygiea Award recipient for 25 years of civic and charity work, was honored at the 1959 Maine Pharmacy Convention. He continues service for Maine’s Senior Citizens and promotes a Medicare Prescription Program offering substantial savings for seniors 62 plus, with Rexall Pharmacy at 28 Winter St. processing about 1000 registrations.
The House completed its action on a bill to crack down on illegal use of goof balls and pep pills. President Johnson has it on his desk awaiting signature. The measure targets illicit drug use linked to rising lawlessness in the United States.
A four engine airliner carrying 52 people exploded and crashed near Vancouver about 170 miles northeast, with no survivors. Flight 21 operated by Canadian Pacific Air Lines vanished from radar at 5 10 p m after radioing May Day as it avoided bad weather. Among the dead were football players returning from an East West All Star game. passengers were largely Canadian with four foreign residents noted. The crash is the worst BC air disaster since December 9 1956.
The Crossroads Fair sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship of the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco is slated for Thursday July 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the church lawn with a lobster salad roll luncheon and a tuna roll plate for children serving 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reservations may be made through ticket chairman Mrs. Lloyd Anderson or any fellowship member. Co chairs include Mrs. Lester Black and Mrs. Alvin Tetley with numerous committee chairmen overseeing luncheon dining room treasurer hostesses thrift shop handbags jewelry needlework gifts aprons publicity and more are listed.
Massachusetts Governor John A Volpe served as an altar boy at a memorial Mass in Winchester Mass after no altar boy appeared. UN Secretary General U Thant offered precise ideas on Viet Nam concessions and called his Paris talks fruitful. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson worked at the LBJ Ranch and Johnson City during a July housekeeping planning. Douglas G Benedict married Sammy J Downing in Clinton New York. Benedict is Gamble Benedicts brother and Downing is a Fort Worth Texas native.
Lynda Bird Johnson led a seven hour raft trip on the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park Wyoming. Her party included about 15 people as they covered 20 miles along the scenic river route.
Town Manager Leon F. Jones leaves tomorrow for two weeks of annual field training with the Maine Air National Guard. He will report to Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth Massachusetts.
The snippet lists Mrs Bernard Melver and Mrs D J Davis with candy items and Miss Janet MacMillan alongside Mrs Geneve Lamontagne, post jers and Roy Tounge with tonic. The fragment hints at a social gathering or event with gifts and refreshments.
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