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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1969
Page
3
United Methodist Church trustees meet at Washington Avenue Old Orchard Beach and vote to move Sunday morning services to 10 o clock for the summer season. The change follows multiple prior adjustments this summer and takes effect this Sunday.
A car wash at Shaw's parking lot in Saco Valley Shopping Center on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Organizer Coleen Berry of 31 Scammon Street Saco leads with helpers Joey Stevens David Poitras Steve Perreault and Randy Forrester.
The article notes rising tensions between El Salvador and Honduras along their crowded border after an undeclared war. About 300,000 Salvadorans have moved across the border recently with reports of atrocities by Honduran authorities denied by Honduras. Clashes at late June soccer matches intensified the crisis and led to a break in diplomatic relations.
Bergh of Tampa speaking for family notes 1,100 to 2,000 people in the Cape campground with extra area added for late arrivals. The bars saw strong business while the Moon Lander cocktail, a mix of creme de menthe, creme de cacao, vodka, soda, and lime, drew attention though few drank it. A bartender joked about saluting the flag atop the drink.
El Salvador prepares to mobilize hospitals for wounded from the fighting in the border region as Honduran planes raid the international airport near San Salvador and a nearby Standard Oil refinery. El Salvador claims its invasion aims to stop an imminent Honduran attack, amid OAS diplomacy.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH town council voted that the town and Salvation Army share salaries for an assistant director of the Youth Center. Capt. Donald Klemanski announced director and assistant director posts remain open with applications due by July 30.
America’s national bird the bald eagle is nearing extinction with about 4,000 remaining in the lower 48 states and Alaska excluded. The decline includes a sharp drop in the number of young eagles hatched.
Norman Means Sr. of Saco a summer resident of Ocean Park showed slides of a trip to Dallas at the Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club meeting at Wonder Bar Steak House Biddeford. Four guests attended from Kiwanis clubs including Joseph Cioni Winchester MA Paul McMulkin Sussex NB Stan Conover Manchester NH and Robert Frazier Winchester NH.
Curtis said after spending thousands on roads and water, a building permit was revoked because the land fell in a farm and forest district. He estimated a $30,000 loss in expected house lot revenue, leaving him unable to fund the apartment project and turning to a mobile trailer park as a solution. No court hearing date is set in Superior Court.
The Washington Monument took 14 to 16 years to construct but 36 years passed from cornerstone laying to dedication due to funding shortages.
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