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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1967
Page
9
In Gardner Massachusetts a second grade class asks about policemen with Mrs Bujnicki the optimistic teacher guiding the discussion. She recalls Thomas B Reed of Maine as one of New England’s great figures and wits.
The article recalls, with crisp anecdotes, former Speaker Joseph G. Reed noted for towering presence and sharp wit, and includes a Vermont incident where Brattleboro Police Chief Reginald Belville borrowed 45 cents from Christian Hanson Jr. to pay a Rotary fine, ending with a court order and a seized car.
Clyneth Shusky of Stafford found his combine overheating during wheat harvest. He dismantled the radiator and discovered a bird's nest filled with hard boiled eggs that stopped water circulation, causing the delay.
The familiar biblical line There is nothing new under the sun comes from Ecclesiastes in the Bible, a work attributed to Solomon. This phrase has entered common usage to express timeless cycles of human experience.
Betty Canary recalls domestic frictions as a family scene unfolds. The columnist recalls husbandly attempts to impose order and discipline, the pull between teamwork and midlife rebellion, and small, humorous domestic crises across a chaotic household.
AP reports a thief stole 60 to 90 copper pans from a public health lab used for inoculating mice with polio typhoid and lockjaw and not disinfected. New York requires 1968 and later cars to have exhaust systems reducing air pollution. Newport jazz and folk festivals may be moved if a new state road is built through the site. Dr L O Andrews of Ohio State warns teacher dropout rates threaten the profession.
Mr and Mrs John F Larratt of Saco announce the engagement of their daughter Ann Elizabeth Larratt to Richard Leonard Shea son of the late Mr and Mrs John L Shea of Newton Massachusetts Miss Larratt is a graduate of Pembroke College Brown University Shea attended St Sebastian's Country Day School Newton and graduated from Harvard College
In Springfield Kentucky a Boy Scout patrol spotted a blaze in a dairy barn. Christopher Mudd was alerted as scouts directed more than 20 cows to safety and one Scout phoned the Fire Department.
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