Jungle wealth hides starving soils in Amazon and Congo
A Smithsonian press study by 28 scholars argues tropical forests mislead about agriculture. It finds Amazon soil nutrient loss after clearance, rapid erosion, and limited long term fertility outside flood plains, with Indians more vulnerable to change than Congo’s Bantu. Modern population control is urged to guard ecosystems.
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New York
Amazon
Congo Rain Forests
Smithsonian Institution Press
Africa
South America
Betty J. Meggers
Meggers
Brazil
J.P.M. Brenan
Row
Botanic Gardens In
Englar
Amazon Basin
Harold Siol
Max Planck Institute For Limnology
New York Times
West Germany
F.R. Fosberg
Smithsonian Institution
Megger
Fall Into Well Kills Dixmont Toddler
A 2-year-old Dixmont boy, Ernest D. Knowlton Jr., died after falling into an uncovered spring well near his home. His mother found him and, with bystanders and responders, attempted resuscitation for over an hour before a physician declared him dead.
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Dixmont
Penobscot County
Ernest D. Knowlton Jr
Bertha Knowlton
Susie the Maine Moose Goes Home to Farm
Susie a 12 year old moose raised by the University of Maine has been turned over to the owners of Aqualand Farm on Mount Desert Island. The tame animal stood seven feet tall and browsed up to eleven feet while in university care. The Senno family now owns the farm.
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Bar Harbor
Susie
University of Maine
Aqualand Farm
Mount Desert Island
University
Lincoln Senno
Stephen Senno
District Court Hears Dozens Of Speeding And License Violations
Saco District Court, Judge Nicholas W. Danton, heard numerous cases including speeding fines from $20 to $30, operating without license, drunken driving, and vehicle violations. Notable entries include individuals from Biddeford, Wells, Kennebunkport, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, and surrounding towns, with penalties ranging from fines to suspended licenses and dismissals.
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Saco District Court
Nicholas W. Danton
Old Orchard Beach
Garrett M. Liddell
Marchfield
Mass
Wells
Michael J. Couture
Graham St
Biddeford
Saco
David J. Dulac
Plainville
Conn
Kennebunkport
Rickey F. Erskine
Naples
Kennebunk
James S. Kendrick
Brockton
James L. Mason Jr
West Paris
Albert Brown Jr
Bacon St
Gretchen Peculionis
Ronald A. LeBlanc
St. Mary’s St
Gerard Laverriere
Vickey Circle
Josephine Mills
Portland
Lyman
Shirley A. Batal
North Berwick
Alan M. Spencer
Westbrook
Timothy E. Sanders
Yarmouth
Glen Austin
King St
Michael R. Roussin
Thomas J. Murphy
Donald G. Babb
Lorraine A. Tardiff
Liberty Ave
Richard Frost
Beach St
Corey S. Zahares
John Koza
Lynn
Nicholas C. Truman
Goodale Ave
Marilyn S. Godbold
Bedford
Paul R. Brown
Medford
Homer Buchanan
Matamoras
Hollis
David Scotta
North Providence
R.I
Deborah Boutin
James Campell, Jr
Birch
Michael S. Gallo
Owen L. Sanford
Buxton
Clarence R. Theriaque
Danielson
Anthony L. DePaulo
Melrose
Joseph F. Crocker
Joel H. Cook
Kennebunk Port
Sherry L. Fowles
Gardiner
Things We Don’t Need From Boyle’s Notebook
New York AP notes a humorous list of daily irritants and social quirks worth skipping. The piece mocks modern excess from bulky packaging to overlong books and trivial annoyances in daily life.
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New York
Old Orchard Beach considers parking limits around square
Old Orchard Beach town council schedules a June 28 meeting at Loranger School to vote on a new parking ordinance. The plan bans parking in the square and on Old Orchard Street from the railroad tracks to Labor Day, with noon to midnight restricted traffic and loading only overnight. The measure replaces a lengthy existing schedule with over 40 no parking zones and bans vehicular traffic on the beach. Additional no parking zones target West Grand Avenue, East Grand Avenue, First Street, Heath Street, and Milliken Street.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Street
Loranger School
Laboray
West Grand Avenue
Camp Comfort Avenue
East Grand Avenue
Scarborough
First Street
Heath Street
Atlantic Avenue
Milliken Street
Walnut Street
Wheeler Files Wage Earner Plan in Portland Court
Herbert N. Wheeler a Buxton truck driver filed a wage earner plan petition in U S District Court listing liabilities 13640 dollars assets 7157 dollars and 1 dollar exempt. A note adds a raincoat is called macintosh in Great Britain.
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Portland
U.S. District Court
Here
Herbert N. Wheeler
Great Britain
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Saco Parks and Recreation Department
Portland Parks Department
Eastman Park
Beach
Main Streets
John Switzer
Leland Carter
Michael Spath
Goodwins Mills
Ed Pierce
Armand Belair
Edgar Sevigny
Belair
Department
Army Air Corps
Police Training Academy
Civil Defense Department
FBI
Maine Law Enforcement Association
Tobes
Boyle
OOB
Bankruptcy Court
Crescent Beach Inn
Rtc
Black Point Rd
Ocean
Cape Elizabeth
Larochelle
Atkinson
Biddeford Savings
Main ST
Gini
Piddeford
Siikct
Mrs. Chretien
NEW England Modular Homes
Notice
Ralph Madore Clark
Maine
Main Street
Appliance Center, Inc
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