Teens weigh dating age gaps in mixed views
Nancy Gilbert reports on a Gilbert Youth Research survey of high school students. Boys favor dating peers or younger partners while girls prefer partners one to three years older, with many arguing maturity matters more than actual age.
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Nancy Gilbert
Gilbert Youth Research, Inc
Belton Duncan
Caruthersville
Jim Medina
Spokane Wash
Wayne McDonald
Jackson
Barbara Rommel
Portland
Ore
Ruth Malone
Marlene Ramirez
Irvington
N.J
Cindy Myers
Lewisburg
Rick Deranek
South Bend
Ind
Joe Zavaglia
John Cooper
Kalamazoo
Mich
Chet Moyers
Missouri
Stanley Alebrando
Hawaii
Young Moderns clash with weight through dramatic dress
Vivian Brown profiles a fashion approach for overweight girls urging bold outfits over dark concealment. The piece highlights dramatic color, sleeveless shifts, and accessorizing while warning against makeup overload, tight waists, and heavy fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
Paint Spatters Spark Doubts On a Used Rambler
A reader questions silver paint splatter on a Rambl er’s floor area after a dealer sold a 1964 Ramb ler with no accident claim. The columnist explains overspray from carpet paint can mimic body repaint and reassures the buyer. A second letter asks about swapping a 1957 engine into a 1957 car, which is deemed not feasible due to interchange limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lamm
Mike
Four Men One Girl Make Different Music
LOS ANGELES Young people nationwide pledge to The United States of America a four man and one woman group whose electronic sound draws attention. Leader Joseph Byrd writes most music and handles synthesis equipment. Dorothy Moskowitz is vocalist lyricist with classmates Seth Conner Harvey Newmark are trained musicians. The group creates songs as suites with varying melodies and textures using on stage electronic sounds. The United States Britain and Canada are noted for grain fed cattle practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States of America
Joseph Byrd
New York
Ner
Harvey Newmark
U.S.A
Pvt Michael A Cyr Completes Advanced Infantry Training
Pvt. Michael A. Cyr, 24, son of Mr and Mrs Henry E Cyr of Saco Maine, completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft Polk Louisiana. His final week covered guerrilla warfare drills including living under Viet Cong style conditions for five days and learning booby trap removal ambushes raids and night defense. He trained in small unit tactics map reading land mine warfare communications and the M14 rifle M60 machine gun and 3.5 inch rocket launcher. His wife Linda resides at 27 North Ave Sanford Maine.
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FT. Polk
Michael A. Cyr
Henry E. Cyr
Winter St
Saco
Maine
Linda
North Ave
Sanford
Department of Agriculture Begins Stamping and Grading Beef
The Department of Agriculture initiated a program to stamp and grade beef in the United States, setting new standards for meat quality and inspection. The move aims to assure consumers of product safety and uniformity across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
Saco Woman Makes Nasson Dean's List
Miss Leslie McDevitt of 30 Vernon St Saco named to Nasson College Dean's List as she prepares for her senior year next fall.
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Saco
Nasson
Springvale
Nasson College
Here
Leslie McDevitt
J. J. McDevitt
Vernon St
McDevitt
Gorham Seniors Assigned Schools for Fall Teaching
Gorham seniors are assigned to teaching placements in central and southern Maine. Dr. Carl Hempel announces assignments including William Lee at Augusta and Biddeford Junior High, Robert Towne at Kennebunk Park Street School, Patrick Evans at Randolph and Ma Paoletti East Millinocket Old Orchard Beach, Charlotte Anderson at Hollis Center Fairfield School in Saco, Robert Goss Mechanic Falls, Norton Tripp at West Poland Burns Junior High in Saco, Charles Oglesby of Wells and David Martin of Gorham at Wells High School.
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West Poland
Burns Junior High School
Saco
Charles Oglesby
Wells
David Martin
Gorham
Wells High School
Wife Charged With Murder In Roy L. Rogers Shooting
Roy L. Rogers 39 was shot dead in his second floor apartment Monday night. Police charged his wife Marjorie 30 with murder saying a .38 caliber bullet struck him in the throat at close range. Their three sons were at home during the incident.
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Cranston
R.J
Roy L. Rogers
Marjorie
Mur R
Rogers
Health Capsules on Picnic Potato Salad Safety
Health Capsules explains safe handling of potato salad for picnics. It warns against improper refrigeration and advises using chilled ingredients, clean utensils, and thorough cooling to prevent spoilage and foodborne illness.
Acushnet Coast Guard Cutter Leaves Maine for San Diego
The 213 foot Acushnet ships out of Portland after more than 20 years in New England service heading to Boston for refitting before joining an oceanographic research fleet in San Diego. The vessel built in 1943 saw 40 salvage missions in World War II and rescued Cuban refugees during its tenure. Crew of 68 and 8 officers will transfer with Capt Richard J Knapp.
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Associated Press
Portland, Maine
Coast Guard
Maine
California
Boston
San Diego
Richard J. Knapp
Shackle
Napa
Calif
Portland
Wallace campaigns in Massachusetts for 61 230 ballot signatures
Former Gov George C Wallace camps in Massachusetts as a third party presidential candidate seeking 61 230 registered voter signatures by July 29 to appear on the fall ballot. He visits five Boston suburbs with Secret Service, police and aides, drawing mostly friendly crowds though Lynnfield turnout includes hecklers.
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Boston
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Massachusetts
Wallace
Bay State
Secret Service
Lynnfield
George
Governor Cargo Offers New Souvenir Button
The New Mexico governor's office displays a large bowl of souvenir buttons in the reception area. Each button reads The Governor for Governor as visitors tour maps and tourism brochures.
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Santa FE
N.M
Office of
New Mexico
David F. Cargo
Largest Baptist Communities Worldwide Highlighted
A report notes the biggest Baptist populations outside the United States reside in the U S S R India the British Isles Burma Canada Congo and Brazil reflecting global spread of the denomination.
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The
United States
U.S.S.R
India
British Isles
Burma
Canada
Congo
Brazil
Swedish engineers unveil smallest one man submarine
Two 21 year old Swedish engineers Gunnar Klevefors and Haakon Lans build a one man submarine called the Doppingen weighing 1320 pounds and 10 feet long. It features a steel plated tube and transparent dome and the occupant lies horizontally to save space. It can stay submerged eight hours and reach four to five knots. They plan tests in the Stockholm archipelago and expect interest from the Royal Swedish Navy marine contractors and salvage firms. It has been tested to 200 feet and they say it can reach 235 feet.
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Stockholm
Gunnar Klevefors
Haakon ‘Lans
Aepingen
Klevefors and
Lans
Royal Swedish Navy
Doppingen
Performances Win Brothers ROTC Awards
Tom and Steve Tritz of Tolleson Union High School earned ROTC honors from the Tolleson VFW. Tom, a junior, won the first annual O'Brien award for overall military subject performance. Steve, a sophomore, received the Messer award for physical stamina, named after a Tolleson alumnus who died in Vietnam.
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Tom
Steve Tritz
Tolleson, Ariz
VFW c
Tolleson Union High School
O’brien
Arthur A. O’brien
Vietnam
Steve
Messer
James D. Messer
Tolleson
Community Leaders of America lists Saco man
A Raymond Gannon Jr. of 267 Ferry Road Saco is selected for the 1968 edition of Community Leaders of America. The volume honors governors United States senators congressmen educators leading businessmen state legislative members civic religious leaders and other prominent figures nationwide.
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A. Raymond Gannon Jr
Ferry Road
Saco
United States
America
Six room Saco property sold to Thornton Ave resident
The property at 2 Wharf St in Saco with six rooms and a bath, owned by Mr and Mrs Adrien Boissonneault, sold to Mrs Germaine ee of 17 Thornton Ave. The Edgar R Morin Real Estate Agency of Biddeford handled the sale. A separate note states bees swarm when overcrowded.
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Wharf St
Saco
Bath
Adrien Boissonneault
Germaine Ee
Thornton Ave
Edgar R. Morin
Adams St
Biddeford
Lt Col Wallace H Nutting graduate of National War College
Lt Col Wallace H Nutting, son of Mr and Mrs Gerry B Nutting of Saco Maine, recently completed studies at the National War College in Washington DC He earned a 1950 BS from the US Military Academy at West Point and a 1963 master's from George Washington University The college prepares graduates for high level roles in national security strategy and policy.
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National War College
Washington
D. C
Wallace Hi. Nutting
Gerry B. Nutting
Weymouth St
Saco
Jane
Ferry Road
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
George Washington University
Young mayor leads New York Republic for underprivileged youths
Mark Palma aged 17 heads a self-governing Boys Brotherhood Republic of New York with a 700-member citizenry aged seven to nineteen. The mini city organizes council meetings and court sessions, funds taxes as dues, and moves to a new City Hall funded by the Vincent Astor Foundation.
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Boys Brotherhood Republic of New York
Mark Palma
Palma
United States
The
Republic
America
City Hall
City Housing Authority
Vincent Astor Foundation
Ralph Hittman
Aso
Today in History July 9 highlights from 1776 to 1968
Highlights note July 9 events including the signing of the Declaration of Independence reaching New York in 1776, Washington reading the document to troops, 1816 Argentina’s independence, 1943 Sicily invasion, and other milestones across decades.
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Associated Press
Argentina
Spain
New York
George Washington
Elias H
Spencer
Mass
Zachary Taylor
White House
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Sicily
Britain
Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Soviet Union
Geneva
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Congo
Argentina Residents Consume Over 200 Pounds Beef Annually
The article notes Argentinians eat more than 200 pounds of beef per person each year, making their consumption the highest in the world. It highlights cultural preference for beef and possible impacts on health and economy.
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Argentina
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