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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
9
Advice for teens on choosing effort over ease, cultivating solitude, avoiding envy, and counting blessings. Encourages personal growth, mature behavior, and ambition while recognizing differences among people and the value of looking ahead to future goals.
The Washington Post editor James Russell Wiggins told 1,013 UM graduates that they inherit a troubled world but can fix it with intellect. He warned of a leaky, damaged world while urging optimism about solving thermonuclear, population, and pollution challenges. Honorary degrees were issued to several figures, including Walter Piston and Theodore Hatch.
Franklin D. Horne, 36, of Limerick Maine, charged with armed robbery, faced arraignment in Floyd Circuit Court. An escapee from a Massachusetts prison colony, he was captured near Williamson West Virginia after abducting a young Tennessee couple. He waived extradition to Kentucky and is linked to multiple gunpoint car seizures in Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia with no injuries reported.
Bill Monbouquette, released by Detroit, signed by the New York Yankees, with Syracuse option for 24 hour recall. The 30 year old right hander seeks to revive his major league career after his Boston peak in 1963 and a 1962 no hitter. In other moves Ty Cline bought by San Francisco from Atlanta, Char lie Lau sold to Atlanta, and John Boozer acquired by Philadelphia from San Diego.
The final spelling bee contest at Old Orchard Beach Elementary School drew pupils from Grade One to Grade Three. Winners earned spelling award ribbons for their achievements. The piece also recalls a 1922 incident and notes the Casals Festival opening in San Juan with Casals and Piatigorsky.
Richmond Va AP James Smith, 65, ends a half century of service after 50 years on the job and only one sick day, taken due to an injury from a company baseball game. He retired Wednesday.
AP reports Prince Philip said horses are stupid while visiting Scunthorpe for an award ceremony for youth enterprise. He patted a horse named Ranger, declined a ride, and cited polo mishaps as possible cause of his view.
The grayling, a prized game fish of far northern waters, was called the flower of fishes by St. Ambrose.
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