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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
3
In a Dear Abby column, readers seek guidance on a lonely elderly neighbor always present at family activities and on a marriage conflict over a homeward trip to see a mother facing surgery. Abby urges kindness to the lonely man and suggests decisive, supportive talk with an impartial adviser.
Dear Mrs. Lawrence answers a reader about three sisters known for blunt honesty and scorn, noting true motive is moral superiority. Withdrawal and setting boundaries are advised to curb gossip and hostility.
A surprise bridal shower honored Miss Lillian Bourgeault daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bourgeault of Biddeford at Assumption Hall Thorn ton Street Biddeford hosted by Mrs Blanche Bourgeault mother of the bride to be A purse and gifts were given and a buffet lunch served guests included Mrs Gabrielle Camire Mrs Ovide Petit and many Bourgeault and Camire relatives with Miss Dottie Simoneau and Miss Nancy Bourgeault among attendees. The couple will wed September 14.
June 29 marks the 181st day of 1968 with 185 days remaining. Notable items include the Dixie Clipper’s first US to Europe flight landing in Lisbon in 1939, Rubens’ birth in 1577, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre fire in 1613, Goethals born in 1858, Ta iti change in 1880, Paderewski death in 1941, Palestine arrests in 1946, Lebanon rebel actions a decade earlier, Soviet recall demand in 1955, Jayne Mansfield’s highway crash death a year earlier.
A Biddeford bridal shower honors Miss Nancy Dube daughter of Mr and Mrs Camille Dube at Le Foyer. She will wed Brian Lewis of Saco on Aug 3. Hostess was the bride's mother assisted by relatives and friends including Irene Cote Pauline Dube and Rosemary Paradis. Numerous attendees listed.
Columnists Drew Pearson and Robert Allen coined The Nine Old Men to describe the Court during FDR’s era. Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 saw about 19 ships sunk or damaged and around 3000 American deaths. Pulitzer Prizes are awarded by Columbia University trustees in New York City.
The Maine Milk Commission establishes minimum wholesale and retail prices in natural marketing areas including Berwick Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Kittery Portland and Sanford for producer to dealer sales.
In Worcester Massachusetts an Army ROTC brigade final review at Worcester Polytechnic Institute unexpectedly became an amphibious operation as sprinkler heads sprayed the football field. Cadet formations shifted to dry ground without any unit breaking ranks while officials blamed a prankster. In Venice Italy cracks appeared at the base of St Mark's Cathedral bell tower with no immediate fear of collapse recalling the 902 tower failure.
In Ibapah Utah two coin operated telephones were installed by Mountain States Telephone Co to connect residents locally for the first time since the Pony Express era. A grocery and a street booth host the lines enabling ranchers and Goshute Indians on a nearby reservation to avoid a 60 mile trip to Wendover for calls.
The USS Reuben James was the first warship sunk in World War II when a torpedo struck it in October 1941 off Iceland during convoy duty before the United States officially entered the war.
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