Biddeford Rotary hears Drug Officer Richard Pate on youth drug problems
Biddeford Rotary Club welcomed Richard Pate Youth Liaison Officer for Biddeford to discuss youth drug problems. He outlined three phases of drug control including adult education, a $55000 IND grant and a drop in center. He cited leisure time, broken homes and experimentation as causes and noted alcohol remains the US’s largest problem.
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Biddeford-Saco
United States
Pate
Maine
Biddeford High School
Grenville S. Arsenault
Questions About Social Security Responses
The article answers common Social Security questions about benefits for a widow and child, disability eligibility, and spousal benefits after marriage. It explains stopping payments when a son enters the Army, disability criteria, and the typical one year wait for wife’s benefits after marriage.
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Leas
New Saco Couple Welcomes Son Thomas Gerald
At Webber Hospital a son was born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Charren of 72 Storer Street Saco. Thomas Gerald weighed two pounds and two ounces and was born in July.
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Webber Hospital
Thomas Charren
Storer St
Saco
Thomas Gerald
Saco Charter Revision Commission Plans Two More Meetings
The Saco Charter Revision Commission near an August 2 deadline held a study meeting at City Hall and scheduled two additional sessions for July 18 and July 25. A July 24 exchange with the Saco City Council is also set. Portland attorneys Shur and Frinsche assist in drafting. The panel, formed after a 1971 referendum, includes six elected and three appointed members and suggests appointing a city administrator. The final draft is due November 2 for council review, with a referendum and the 1973 municipal election as possible dates.
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Saco Charter Revision Commission
City Hall
Lloyd Anderson
Saco
Portland
Barnett I. Shur
F. Paul Frinsche
Commission
Anderson
Harold Applin
Ronald Tripp
Wilbrod Bedard
Bryce Milne
Saco Board Rejects Reactivation Appeal on Mobile Park
The Saco Zoning Appeals Board rejected Bernard Thompson’s appeal for a nonconforming use reactivation of a mobile home park. The board also approved several variances and one exception for properties on King Street Labonte Avenue Spring Street Main Street Elm Street Bradley Street and the corner of Morris and Seaside avenues with Roland Laverrier withdrawing his variance appeal.
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Saco Zoning Appeals Board
Bernard Thompson
Dudley Roever
Thompson
Gordon R. Pendleton
King Street
Paul Guillerault
Labonte Avenue
C. Roger Verrier
Spring St
George Butler
Atkinson Furniture Co
Main Street
Cynthia Higgins
Elm St
Urbain Roberge Jr
Bradley St
Maine Democrats Brace for Unity After Convention Divisions
At York County courthouse a hysterical mood rose as Democrats discussed George era and party strategy. Some fear the convention choice could set Maine back years, others contemplate opposing Nixon and rallying for a united front by September.
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York County
Maine
Nixon
White House
Canada Harvests About Two Million Acres of Forests Each Year
Reports indicate Canada annually harvests roughly two million acres of forests, reflecting large scale timber activity and impacts on land use, industry employment, and environmental stewardship across provinces.
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Canada
Student Receives LL B Degree in California
Anaheim Calif Mrs Marjorie Ellen Reed of Huntington Beach Calif daughter of Mr and Mrs Millard Patterson formerly of 17 Old Orchard Road Saco Maine received her Bachelor of Laws LL B degree from Western State University College of Law of Orange County Here She is fully qualified to take the California State Bar Examination after four years of law studies at WSC A 1952 Thornton Academy graduate from Saco Maine she attended Becker Junior College Worcester Mass and Orange Coast College Golden West College in California Mrs Reed and her husband Bruce and their two children at Huntington Beach
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Anaheim
Calif
Marjorie Ellen Reed
Huntington Beach
Millard Patterson
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Maine
Western State University College of Law
Orange County
WSC
Thornton Academy
Becker Junior College
Worcester
Mass
Orange Coast College
Golden West College
California
Reed
Bruce
The Baby Arrives: Family Breastfed Baby Meet
Kennebunk La Leche League sponsors a July 20 meeting at 8 p.m. hosted by Mrs Curtis Taylor on Route 111, Lyman. The event welcomes couples and nursing mothers, with Therese Lessard leading.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Group
La _ Leche
Lay - Chay) League
Curtis Taylor
Route 111
Lyman
Therese Lessard
League
Grou
Mary Lord
RF 1
Memorial Drive
Biddeford
Law Applies To Welfare Recipients In Maine
A new federal work registration law effective July 1 affects Maine welfare recipients living within a two hour round trip by public transit from WIN areas. Registration for work becomes part of applying for state assistance. Exceptions include children under 16 full time students 16 to 21 those 65 or older the medically unable and those needed at home to care for dependents or a male relative already in the program.
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Augusta
WIN
Robert O. Wyllie
Maine
Bureau of Social Welfare
State Department of Health and Welfare
Sanford
Portland
Lewiston
Rockland
Bangor
Seminary Student Guest Speaker at Local United Methodist Churches
Thomas Vining, a second year Bangor Theological Seminary student from Old Orchard Road Saco, will be guest speaker at Sunday worship. He will speak at 8 a.m. at Goodwins Mills Church and at 9 30 a.m. at the Saco Church per Rev. Frederick L. Bailey.
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Thomas Vining
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Bangor Theological Seminary
United Methodist Churches of
Saco and
Goodwins Mills
Vining
Frederick L. Bailey
Horseshoe crabs Defined as Marine Relatives of Spiders
The article explains that horseshoe crabs are not true crabs but marine relatives of spiders. It highlights their taxonomy and distinctive features separating them from true crabs and other crustaceans.
Maine ANG Colonel Pease Completes Staff Course
Air National Lt. Col. Burton W. Pease, son of Bar Mills residents, completed the United States Reserve Officers' Orientation Course at One Forces Staff College in Virginia. He is commander of the 101st Civil Engineering Flight at Bangor International Airport and base engineer for Maine ANG. His wife is Barbara Betts of Buxton.
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U.S. Reserve
One Forces Staff College
Air National (Ang
Burton W. Pease
James F. Pease
Bar Mills
Pease
Buxton High School
University of Maine
Bangor International Airport
Maine Ang
Barbara Betts
Lelroy Betts Sr
Buxton
Banker Named Director Of National Geodetic Survey
Captain Leonard S. Banker 49 appointed director of the National Geodetic Survey based in Rockville Maryland. He has served in the agency since 1947 aboard eight ships and was chief of the Geodesy Division and deputy director in the last five years.
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Washington
Leonard S. Banker
National Geodetic Survey
Rockville
Commerce Department
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Baker
Clarksdale
Miss
May 28 585 B C Eclipse Predicted by Thales
The earliest recorded eclipse occurred in Asia Minor on May 28 585 B C and is attributed to the Greek philosopher Thales who predicted the event.
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Asia Minor
Thales
First paper money in the United States issued as treasury notes
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes the first paper currency in America were interest bearing treasury notes authorized by Congress in 1861. The notes marked a key shift in U.S. finance as wartime funding evolved beyond coinage and specie.
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States
Treasury
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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