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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1967
Page
8
HAL Boyle suggests a government weight loss incentive where an IRS agent pays a dieter to shed pounds while staying healthy. The plan imagines upfront cash and monthly rewards, motivating Sam Slugg to lose 40 pounds, boosting productivity and tax revenue.
Pan American World Airways offers 7 day round trips for 11,000 troops monthly from Vietnam to Tokyo Hong Kong or Singapore at $1 a month. A spokes man says it is a contribution to the war effort while local ads promote a hobby center and household tips.
Two thirds of the King brothers discuss NBCs Maya shot completely in India. The series follows teenage boys and an elephant on a trek across the subcontinent. Real palaces, markets, and the Bombay harbor stand in for fictional locales.
Chaplain Lt. Col. Wilson L. Lyon recently returned from Huey Vietnam will give a first hand report on aspects of the Vietnam situation at Christ Church Dane Street on Sunday July 30 and at Church-on-the-Cape Cape Porpoise.
Across multiple AP datelines Sudisman the top surviving PKI figure is condemned by a military tribunal for involvement in the October attempted Communist coup. The headline notes his frail appearance and rise after other leaders were captured or killed.
Miss Patricia Tousignant of 32 Milliken Street was guest of honor at a bridal shower at the American Legion Hall in OLD ORCHARD BEACH. The party, hosted by the bridal party, included numerous relatives and friends who will attend her August wedding. Also noted is a separate item listing Bobby Etter of Georgia as the nation's second leading point scorer via kicks in 1966 with 57 points on 21 extra points and 12 field goals.
AP analysis recalls President Johnson's gradual shift from peaceful progress to firm action after Watts and other riots. It notes his June 1965 Howard University speech, responses to Cambridge and Detroit violence, and his later call for strong police action and new anti poverty measures.
Richard F Carroll son of Mr and Mrs Jeremiah Carroll of 11 Grant Street Biddeford has joined the Friendly Ice Cream Manager Training Program. He will work at the Worcester Massachusetts shop 1420 Main Street. Carroll an Air Force veteran and Biddeford High School graduate lives in Worcester with his wife Dorothy Bell and their two children.
Maureen Mooney, 18, a lifeguard at Pon Toosuc Lake, fell from a pier and was rescued by two beach workers. They revived her with mouth to mouth breathing and she was taken to Pittsfield General Hospital.
Baden Austria AP report notes Dr Kurt Piscaty, a Catholic missions specialist, urging adaptation at a Lutheran meeting. He says Roman Catholic missions still look westernized and it will take considerable time before the church is present as a native church in various cultures.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie says a substitute for DDT must be found, but spraying DDT remains necessary against the spruce budworm in northern Maine this summer. He notes a joint state federal project has treated 100000 acres of timber worth six million dollars in the Oxford region.
Mrs Moise Tshombe said she believes she will be very successful in her effort to stop extradition from Algeria to the Congo where her husband faces a death sentence. She petitioned the UN for action and spoke at a news conference. Tshombe has been sentenced to death in absentia for actions against the government.
Fragmentary line notes a concept about danger increasing through the life chain from insects to wildlife to humans, implying escalating risk as life forms build upon each other.
notices list newborns to families in Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Scarborough and Scarborough with parents names addresses and birth weights dated July 24 to July 27. Lisa Ann Thomas Justin Patrick James and two daughters are among the newborns.
LA AP report says actress Arlene Dahl, 38, obtained an annulment from wine importer Alexis Lichine. Dahl claimed fraud in marriage since Lichine allegedly said he wanted children. They wed December 23, 1965 and separated in March. The piece mentions prior divorce case: Mrs Sills, 26, sued for divorce from David with cruelty and mental sufficing. she was granted use of her maiden name.
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