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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1968
Page
5
Keith S. McHugh, chairman of the New York State planning committee, predicts about 70,000 of New Yorks 280,000 defense plant workers may be displaced within 18 months after the Vietnam War ends. The forecast reflects postwar labor shifts and regional impacts on employment.
Mrs Clement Wight and Miss Ethel Wight along with C Paul Wight attended the University of Maine in Portland ceremony at Payson Smith Hall. Karlene Rice of Saco, secretary of the Two Year program, received the associate in business administration. Susan Iva Finley of Ocean Park and Susan Sheehan of Saco were graduates. The Ocean Park Extension season finale meeting is set for 10 30 a m tomorrow at Porter Hall Temple Avenue. Mrs Leonard Gray hosts J Foote of Boston visiting a few days.
President Harry S. Truman became the first U.S. president to veto a tax reduction measure when he vetoed a bill aimed at reducing individual income taxes in June 1947. The veto marked a landmark clash over postwar tax policy.
Graduation exercises at Marie Joseph Academy Biddeford honored a class of 12 seniors including five from Maine Rev Kevin Kidd of St Francis College presided as chaplain and Rev Lucian Campbell gave the commencement speech Miss Annette Rioux delivered the salutatory on Happiness in Loving and Miss Susan Lemieux the valedictory on Happiness in Giving Numerous awards recognized Lemieux Rioux Levesque and Fournier for leadership merit and Latin study among others with multiple diplomas and honors listed for each student.
Scranton Pa Mrs J Straniere Jr writes of her son and husband buying Preparation H for hemorrhoids. She notes immediate relief after one use and doctors’ tests supporting its effectiveness. The ad claims1 ointment and suppository forms relieve pain burning itching reduce swelling and lubricate for comfortable bowel movements.
Beach police recovered a car reportedly stolen from Arundel resident Joseph Perry about ten days earlier. An Old Orchard Avenue resident reported a car parked nearby, leading officers to the vehicle, which Biddeford police said was stolen on Water Street.
About 37 members of Our Lady of Victory Circle attended a pilgrimage yesterday morning at Our Lady of Victory Chapel Camp Ellis under honorary director Mrs Juliette Quinn and president Mrs Aurore Pinard Bouquets of flowers decorated the chapel and Rev Paul Bedard presided at Mass A moment of silence honored the late Senator Robert F Kennedy A choir directed by Mrs Alice Nolette performed Following Mass members dined at Glen Mor Restaurant in Kennebunk
Portland AP reports the funeral for 62 year old State Rep Wilbur W Philbrook will be Tuesday in South Portland. Philbrook, a member of the 103rd Legislature and former South Portland city councilor, died Saturday in a Portland hospital after a brief illness. He retired as general manager of Cushman Baking Co in 1963.
Los Angeles AP reports saxophonist Boots Randolph calls for an American music hall of fame. He proposes initial nominees including Stephen Foster Louis Armstrong Rodgers and Hammerstein Bix Beiderbecke Woody Guthrie Dinah Shore Jerome Kern George Gershwin Mahalia Jackson and Irving Berlin.
A solar fact notes the sun completes one rotation relative to distant stars roughly every 26 days. This period, cited by astronomy references, highlights solar dynamics and differential rotation across latitudes. The rotation underpins solar activity cycles and helps explain sunspot patterns observed over time.
Two groups join the Truman campaign parade in Biddeford with the theme Think Young. The Saco Jets and Biddeford Fire Department Drum and Bugle Corps will march at 7 p.m. from Elm and Main, proceeding down Main to Alfred Street and to the campaign headquarters where refreshments follow. The lineup already includes St. Louis High School band, about 75 students, the Saco Minstrels, and candidate Plato Truman.
Voters in wards one and five in Saco will cast their ballots in the June 17 primary at AMVETS Hall at the corner of Spring Street and Green Street.
Stanley F. Keehlwetter an 18 year old of Gorham escaped injury when his car left Buxton Road in Saco early this morning and struck a utility pole after he said he rounded a tree lined curve and saw a school bus stopped with children aboard to avoid hitting the bus. In a separate accident yesterday Lawrence Malatesta 49 of Maiden Mass backed out of a driveway on Storer Street Saco and struck a parked vehicle operated by Irene A. Macos 34 of Old Orchard Beach.
The statement notes that in absence of pigmentation, white would be the dominant leaf color, implying pigments determine color expression. It suggests pigmentless leaves would lack the usual green and other hues seen in plants.
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