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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
7
Editorial notes Lexington casualties in 1775 and the Revolutionary War toll, then expands to more than a million Americans who died for liberty. War is not glorious but necessary to honor the living. Encourages remembering fallen soldiers before and after Memorial Day and appreciating free elections and schooling.
In north Texas Waggoner ranch uses a Bell helicopter to herd 500000 acres and 2700 miles of fence. Pilot Sherman Kennedy guides the craft to spots broke fences and water tanks, cutting cowhand labor from days to hours. Cowboys praise the new method as cattle scatter in thickets retreating before the whirlybird.
A versatile party activity teaches a blindfold challenge in which players identify foods and weeds by smell and touch, with prizes of nuts or candy. It also describes a mirror drawing prank where a person tries two diagonal lines while viewing a reversed image, guaranteed to provoke laughs.
A feature explains how to age sardines by scale rings, study of microscopic prey, and light signals during feeding. It notes purse seiner boats can yield 200 tons in a morning, cannery work by women with strict sanitation, and by‑products like fish oil and fish meal used in linoleum, stock, and flour blends.
The paper lists young readers eager for pen pals and asks for names, ages, interests, and addresses. Submissions mention hobbies from jumping rope to photography, collecting dolls, baking, sewing, and fan interests like Elvis Presley records.
Billy and his father build a warm doghouse for Kiska’s newborn pups. The mother, a Siberian husky from Siberia, insists on keeping her family outdoors in snow and wind, proving Kiska knew best about her pups. The pups grow to six pounds and thrive outside.
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Puzzle Pete mixes three California towns in a rebus and word diamond puzzle centered on Mount Whitney. The clues list across entries and backward read hint at states, pronouns, steeples, sea eagles, and Scottish eye words while seeking four towns in California.
A brain teaser poem asks for answers to a treasure that is priceless and a term sailors use for support and safety. Each vignette hints at a word like net, name, mast, sail, or courage, forming a playful chain of clues without explicit answers.
A girl with limited bedroom space can create a vanity by using an apple box inside a closet door. Nail the box at table height with the open side facing the user and one side toward the floor, remove a panel for knee room, cover the bottom with vanity skirts, secure with tacks, hang a mirror, and attach a shoebag on both sides to hold toilet accessories.
Instructions guide children to draw a scene with a fish bowl and its fish as the focus. Use cellophane or crayons on drawing paper, then cut and paste cellophane to fit over the bowl, creating a layered effect.
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