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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1968

Page

7

Harsh Spotlight on Civil Rights Legislation Crises

The Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders warns that without immediate strong measures, riots worse than past events could erupt. The report criticizes enforcement gaps in national labor discrimination and highlights President Johnson’s 1965 executive order as underused to end job bias.

Washington Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders Senate Commission South William F. Ryan D-N.y Ryan Johnson

Monthly Events In Kennebunk Schedule Busy March

Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce list details for March events across local churches clubs and civic groups. Highlights include Harvey Bible Class meeting March 4 with pot luck at West Kennebunk Methodist Church and a Center program discussion at Kennebunk Unitarian Church, plus town meeting polls and various society gatherings through March 10 including Unitarian observance of the 400th anniversary of Unitarianism.

Kennebunk Olive Rebe‘kah Lodge C.F Kennebunkport Helen Turcotte Lena Mollen Webhannet Woman’s Club Fletcher Street Baptist Ladies Aid Kennebunk Baptist Church Women's Fellowship of Christ Church Earl Grames Mousam Road Mothers’ Club Old Fire House Kennebunk Lower Village Women's Fellowship of Christ ‘Church Harold Small Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Joseph Arentz Summer Street Baptist Missionary Society Madonna Chapter O.E.S West Kennebunk Masonic Temple Unitarian

Missionary Guest Speaker In Biddeford

Our Lady of Victory Circle held its monthly meeting at the Fremont Le Club on Alfred Street Biddeford with Rev. Roland Couture OFM of Peru as guest speaker. He shared slides of his Amazon River mission, native life, and mission work.

Our Lady of Victory Circle Fremontle Club Alfred Street Biddeford Roland Couture O.F.M Peru Amazon River Aurore Pinard Juliette Quinn Diana Moulin Alice Nolette Delia Saucier

Hub Project Coordinator To Speak At PTA Meeting

Roy Tibbetts, coordinator of the Learning Services Hub for the Biddeford Saco school districts, will speak at the Biddeford PTA meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m. at Kennedy School West Street Biddeford. He will discuss the hub’s work helping children with learning difficulties and its efforts to meet unmet needs across Biddeford Saco Arundel Dayton and Old Orchard Beach.

Roy Tibbetts Biddeford - Saco Biddeford Parent - Teacher Association Kennedy School West Street Tibbetts Saco Arundel Dayton Old Orchard Beach

Beach Residents Donate Blood to Webber Hospital Bank

Old Orchard Beach Public Health and Welfare Department led by Miss Helen Curry coordinated seven local residents to give blood to Webber Hospital Blood Bank in Biddeford. Donors named include Chester Briggs Frederick Ahearn Richard Briggs Raymond Doherty Ronald Corbeil Maurice Fournier and William Murphy. Organizers seek cross community participation to maintain blood reserves and invite interested people to contact Mrs. Clayton Cratmill at 264 Elm St Biddeford for appointments.

Old Orchard Beach Clayton Cratmill Elm St Biddeford

Local Quintet Loses Tilt To N. H. Squad

Manchester New Hampshire saw the Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Club fall 81 to 38 to Saint George's Greek Orthodox All-Stars. Manchester's Arvanites led scoring with 24, joined by Gatses and Baldoumas with 11 each. Biddeford-Saco’s Tsomides topped their side with 20, Caras 11. The junior high game followed, Biddeford-Saco dropping 57-48 as Vakas led with 24. Both games at St George's Recreation Building, Manchester.

Manchester N.H Saint Demetrios Saint George’s Nick Arvanites Ted Gatses Paul Baldoumas Oevevinw Biddeford-Saco Leon Tsomides Leon Caras Biddeford - Saco Peters Vailas Gatses Papajohn Baldoumas Arvanites Kalantzes Statires Phakos Liakos Giaotis Biddeford Steve Giotas Mark Theodsopoulos Dino Vakas Charles Antonakos Samara Giotas Covatis Kotekas Stateros Theodsopoulos Kalantzis St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church James Pouravelis

College Scores Roundup Across Conferences and Matches

East Princeton beat Columbia 68 to 57 and Cornell edged Penn 75 to 69. Harvard topped Yale 98 to 89, while Army defeated Rochester 75 to 55. Notre Dame beat Creighton 73 to 68, and UCLA ran up 115 against California 71. Multiple games feature overtime and close margins, with Rutgers, Boston College, Duke and many others posting decisive or tight wins.

East Princeton Columbia Cornell Penn Brown Dartmouth Harvard Yale S Island Duquesne Southwest Houston Virginia Tech Eastern New Mexico Albuquerque Rice Texas Tech Hardin-Simmons New Mexico State Texas-El Paso Colorado State Texas Christian Baylor Arkansas Texas Far West UCLA California Arizona Brigham Young Oregon Washington Seattle Utah State Wyoming Air Force Denver New Mexico Arizona State Utah Southern California Stanford

Saco Man Wins Men's Rolloff At Local Lanes

Al Martin of Saco defeated Craig Smith of Biddeford by one point to win the 105 and under class at Roll-A-Way Lanes with 1 110 to 1 109 in a 10-string sweep. Jim Gilman edged Bob Cote for third 1 096 to 1 095. Douglas Smith had the high 145. Eighteen bowlers competed, with another rolloff set for March 9 at 1 30 p.m. at Roll-A-Way.

al Martin Saco Craig Smith Biddeford Martin Smith Jim Gilman Kennebunk Bob Cote Douglas Smith N. Davis J. Perrin C. Dyer D. Smith S. Lewis J. Tibbetts P. Dorais Binette E. Binette P. Tousignant J. Fields R. Perrin M. Roberge N. Gagnon

Elwin Johnson Retains County Bowling Title

Elwin Johnson defeats Roger Clark at Roll-A-Way Lanes to capture York County title by 192 pins with a 2278 total to 2086. Johnson led by 25 pins at halftime, then rolled 115 over Clark 95 in the second half and closed with 155 on the seventh string. Desrosiers will challenge Johnson next.

Elwin Peanut Johnson York Roger Clark Waterboro Johnson Roger Ron Desrosiers E. Johnson R. Clark

Mile pace sheds light on a racing night

The article notes a mile in 2 09.4 and reports the twin double 8 2 6 2 returning $2 409 to eight ticket holders. Details describe payouts and a horse racing wager setup, highlighting the effective payoff for a small pool and the odds observed during the event.

Rog the first to use prayer beads in Buddhists tale

January 20 1954 at ers Pass Montana notes lowest continental U S temperature during Civil War era. Grover Cleveland enlisted miltary service and used the substitute hire right. Look in the want ads.

Rog Ers Pass Mont Grover Cleveland Continental United States Mili

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