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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1967

Page

5

Guest Preacher Announced At Ocean Park Assembly

Rev. Paul L. Sturges of the Massachusetts Baptist Convention will preach at The Temple Sunday at 10 30 a.m. for Ocean Park 87th annual assembly opening. Sermon titled Living in a World of Compromise. Program includes Rev. Dorothy M. Johnston scripture reading and Rev. Homer C. Bryant pastoral prayer.

Ocean Park Paul L. Sturges D.D Massachusetts Baptist Convention Temple Ocean Park Association Sturges Dorothy M. Johnston Ocean Park Religious Society Homer C. Bryant Vermont Baptist State Convention Temple Choir Stewart Shuster Assembly Mueller Bar Mills Harry O. Furber Adelbert M. Jakeman Robert B. Harvey Melrose Mass B.C. Jordan Memorial Hall Karl D. Walbridge Waynflete School Portland Rufus H. Bond Stoneham

Torchings for cash: a rising national arson problem

New York AP reports Manny the Torch as a symbol of a growing insurance fraud fire problem. Brendan Battle of the Fraud and Arson Bureau notes 3,705 suspicious fires last year, 702 for insurance, with $33.5 million at risk and nearly $4 million in coverages paid after arrests. Since 1959 stats rise yearly, with 1965 seeing 836 cases.

New York Manny Brendan P. Battle American Insurance Association Battle Battles

Dissenting Democrats Placards Stir Hollywood Johnson Welcome

A Los Angeles ad hoc group led by Robert Vaughn, Dissenting Democrats, asks 1964 Democrats to disassociate from Johnson over Vietnam. They published a two page LA Times ad seeking 5000 signers, claiming 6500 reached, urging an end to the war and funds and votes for antiwar figures.

Los Angeles Robert Vaughn Johnson Vaughn Thrush Napoleon Solo Democrats Vietnam Los Angeles Times Red China Soviet Union Hollywood Congressional Wayne Morse Robert F. Kennedy

Radar proves unreliable on hot days in Tennessee

In Chattanooga Harry Gilley contested a radar reading claiming 53 mph in a 45 mph zone after police clocked 63. He cited seven years as an Army radar technician. the judge fined him the minimum $2. In Davisville the WWII carrier Antietam moved from mothball to storage due to Philadelphia base crowding. Meanwhile Massachusetts troops adopt a lightweight summer uniform with shortsleeved shirts and tropical weight slacks, replacing 46-year-old breeches and boots. Newport City Council unanimously approves Newport Jazz Festival license for the first time this year.

Associated Press Chattanooga Tenn Harry Gilley Gilley Boston Massachusetts

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