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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
8
Betty Canary reflects on destructive art as a playful critique of taste at a school fair and in museums. She jokes about vandalized props, inflated notions of originality, and a comic sketch about a burglar drawn by an artist leading to arrests based on a faulty drawing.
Private funeral services are set for Mari lyn Goodwin 25 of Dover after she was shot to death following an incident in Lancesaine. Husband Ralph Goodwin 29 of Dover faces murder charges and is recovering from police gunfire wounds.
In a broad US debate mirrored by an Italian study, religious groups face renewed scrutiny over tax exemptions. The piece outlines arguments that tax relief for churches reduces government burden while noting potential higher taxes on nonbelievers if exemptions end. It cites church assets, hospitals, schools, and charities as factors in this fiscal debate.
Barbara Rush says Peyton Place offers an actor friendly dream job with strong scenes and collaborative writing. She notes limited travel, long hours but time for family, and the show’s help in developing young talent like Mia Farrow and Leigh Taylor-Young.
In Kennebunkport on Saturday July 20 from 6 am to noon, 26 lobster boats will offer free trips to summer visitors to show how lobsters are pulled from traps. Ray Nunan organized the Cape Porpoise setup with many fishermen volunteering their boats. Ernest Nunan leads as starter on the Cape Pier, with Sonny Hutchins organizing at Kennebunkport.
A fragment notes lettuce celery cantaloupes cotton and alfalfa as the chief crops of California's Imperial Valley while mentioning daytime television and actors gaining exposure in living rooms watched by Hollywood figures.
The 85th birthday of Mrs. Linnette Martin was celebrated at her North Street home in Saco. A decorated cake by her granddaughter Miss Herberta Harriman topped the refreshments. Attending were Mrs. Leona McLellan of San Jose Calif Mr and Mrs Albert Parker of Antrim NH and Mrs Georgianna Harriman Saco. Callers included Mr and Mrs Louis Murray Hartford Conn Ernest Lane and Mrs Cylence Lane Gorham and from Saco Mrs Mary Rollins Clifford Sawyer Mr and Mrs Thomas Vining and Rev Joh Jordan minister of the Schoe Street United Methodist Church.
Dental check ups underway for Head Start children at Fairfield School Saco J F Kennedy School Biddeford under York County Community Action Corp supervision The program records needed work and provides free care after approval Volunteers are needed to transport children to dentist offices call Community Action Office Alfred
The Star Club of Priscilla Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will sponsor a food sale on Saturday July 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wells 1G.A. Food Store Route 1. Mrs Roland H Joy heads the event and donors unable to bake may send cash to Mrs Carl Kimball.
John Higley of colonial Connecticut coined several three penny tokens in 1737 from copper mined locally. Though unofficially struck, these tokens are regarded as the first copper coins minted in colonial British America.
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