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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1962
Page
5
Holiday Magazine offers a coastal Maine feature from Perkins Cove to Cadillac Mountain with artists colonies lighthouses and lobster pots scenery. It previews towns from Ogunquit to Portland and Penobscot Bay plus a capsule history of superstitions and other travel notes.
A brief classified style note lists Navy White Twill Trousers offered at 4.95. The ad emphasizes authentic U S Keds branding and value for shoppers seeking durable, plain navy white khaki style pants.
Expressmen upset Roy and Perrault 9 6 after a wild Memorial Field game with a late homer by Maddox and a protest ongoing. Doyon tripled and Dion hit his third homer, while Hayes protested the sixth inning. York Heel 11 8 over Saco Tanning on strong pitching by Lariviere.
The Saco Recreation Commission forms a baseball league patterned after the Babe Ruth setup, with four teams Oak Ledge Biddeford Saco Coal Seal Rock Bottling and Callahan's Gulf station. Games begin next Wednesday at Saco Memorial Field at 6 pm with Mark Finch as league director.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH AP University of Maine freshman Doug Hall upset defending champion Jim Veno to reach the Maine junior golf championship semi finals at Old Orchard Beach Country Club. Hall will meet Ernie Tate of Saco, while Todd Read of Auburn faces Dennis Ross. Read and Kostis advanced to the semis, Hall birdied the 14th and finished 2 up after a late rally.
At Gorham raceway the Waldoboro trot showcases a nine race card with 12 starters on a half mile track. Notable rivals include Martha Rosecroft driven by George Fitch and a two-horse Ralph entry featuring Isaac Hanover and Loretta Lynn. Other contenders are Nira's Wanetka Ariel and Con with recent win speeds cited, while Tethys ships in from Hinsdale for the early closing event. Post time is 8. Also referenced are Carry Back related Derby notes from 1961.
Marion G Banks denounces city debt and mismanagement in Saco Maine urging residents to attend ward caucuses and push charter changes. He warns of tax liens, property losses, hollow growth, empty Main Street storefronts, tar barrels at a local school site, and groundwater leaks, calling for immediate citizen action.
In a baseball summary, Sylvestre contributes two base hits and a three-base hit while Bou dreau adds two hits. Chretien, Cartier, and Gre goire also figure, with Lariverre earning the win 3-0 and Pinette the loss 0-2. Umpires were Martel and Ray Tardif. time 1:30.
Several hundred Cubans clashed outside Palm Gardens on West 52nd Street during a protest over Castro. Two Molotov cocktails were thrown with no damage. Six men were arrested for unlawful assembly and mischief. one man stabbed and escaped in a taxi. Hospitalized protesters had head, leg and arm bruises.
BELFAST AP An illegal hunting trip led to a wounding and fines for George L. Nutt 27 Unity. He pleaded guilty to negligently wounding Chester E. Basford 51 Benton and hunting deer out of season, with Basford struck by buckshot while Beaver flowage cleanup.
A bowdoin College summer program will host a survey of historic buildings along mid coastal Maine. Prof Blair Reeves of the University of Florida College of Architecture will supervise the project.
A compact note lists a day and evening time with blank spaces for a home study address and city, suggesting a brief, undecorated announcement or advertisement in a clipped column. The fragment preserves names and street cues without full details.
A vintage auto offer lists a 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon and a 1957 Dodge Royal four door, both with automatic transmissions and described as extra clean. Also available is a 1955 Mercury Monterey hardtop coupe in red and white. Pricing notes mention $5 down and $5 weekly payments for any one car.
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