French Siblings Learn English Fast At Young School
In a Saco second grade class two new students Sylvie and Guy Boisvert from Grand Mere Quebec arrived December 11 unable to speak English. Principal progress as Guy moves between grades and both learn quickly with teacher Mrs. Paulette Ingalls guiding bilingual play and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young School
Saco
Sylvie
Guy Boisvert
Grand Mere
Que
Paulette Ingalls
Guy
Canada
Third Rade
Pauline Peacock
Quebec
French boy and relentless admonishment lead to a blunt outcome
The scene shows a man striking a boy after repeated admonitions to no avail. The boy releases his arm in dismay, signaling there are other ways to communicate beyond speech. Guy asserts he can count to 900 in English and describes Grand Mere as a large place like Saco with many stone houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Grand Mere
Saco
Arundel Building Destroyed in Early Morning Blaze
A 24 story unoccupied farm house on Route 1A owned by George Bishop was leveled by a morning fire. Biddeford police spotted the blaze at 4 p.m and alerted Biddeford fire, with Arundel Kennebunkport Goose Rocks Wildes District Cape Porpoise and Saco departments responding. Cause and loss estimate pending. The all out was sounded at 9 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
George Bishop
Carle Danis
Biddeford
de. Ee
Kennebunkport
Goose Rocks
Wildes District
Cape Porpoise
Saco
Danis
Bishop
Otepka Security Case Sparks Senate Clash
Washington AP report on Otto F. Otepka whose 1960s clash with the State Department over loyalty files triggered two years of Senate hearings, 20 volumes of testimony, and a department decision to demote and reassign rather than fire him, with ongoing appeals to civil service and potential court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otto F. Otepka
Senate
Harry S. Truman
State Department
Otepka
Julien G. Sourwine
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Department
Civil Service
Office of Unity
Antiwar Biddeford teacher backs McCarthy in Vietnam protest
Joseph B Wagner Jr a St Francis College English instructor leads Biddeford Citizens for Political Alternatives a local group seeking a just peace in Vietnam They advocate stopping bombing following UN and U S recommendations and supporting Senator Eugene McCarthy The piece also reports heavy combat along the Da Nang Tam Ky line with U S Marine and Americal Division action causing enemy casualties and ongoing shelling in Saigon Hue and Khe Sanh areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B .Wagner Jr
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Citizens For
Wagner
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
York County
Vietnam
Biddeford-Saco Journal
United States
United Nations
Kennedy
Mansfield
Fulbright
Morse
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Tam Ky
U.S. Americal
Americal Division
Hous
Joseph B. Wagner Jr
British Ambassador to U S Named Freeman to Take Post
John Freeman, former journalist and high commissioner to India, will become Britain's ambassador to the United States early next year, replacing Sir Patrick Dean who retires after three years in Washington. Freeman is known for televised interviews and helped manage India Pakistan tensions during his New Delhi tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Britain
United States
John Freeman
Patrick Dean
Washington
Foreign Office
Christopher Soames
Winston Churchill
Paris
Patrick Reilly
Roger Jackling
Frank Roberts
West Germany
Freeman
America
New Delhi
Kreeman
Westminster School
Oxford
Mainstream program aids York County men in Biddeford
Biddeford Mainstream program directed by Lionel E Mayrand Jr helps 56 men in seven months gain work experience. Projects include cleaning burned debris and carpentry at Biddeford boat yard Acton site building a 17 acre state park and cemetery restorations. Trainees receive training counseling and ongoing supervision with federal and state support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Smith
Biddeford
Lionel E Mayrand Jr
Dover
N. H
Mayrand
York County
Marblehead Boat Yard
Acton
Ous
Mayland
Corruption Rampant In Vietnam Faces Reform Push
WILLIAMS RYAN AP Special Correspondent SAIGON A group of prominent politicians plans to propose a national program next week to combat graft impeding the American Vietnamese effort. The National Salvation Committee argues sincerity, amid a crisis of confidence, as leaders acknowledge pervasive corruption across government and opposition. The plan, to be unveiled at a 1,000-strong congress, faces a wartime climate where the Communist offensive complicates policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Saigon
Williams
Ryan
Walallane
National Salvation Committee
Ollicimi
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Nledge
Silent Ministry At Deaf Zion In Opa Locka
In Miami area a church abandoned due to noisy airliners above Northwest 7th Avenue now houses Trinity Deaf Zion where Pastor Walter Busby conducts evening services using hand language. Busby ministers to deaf congregations in Tampa Pensacola and north Florida while serving at Sunland Training Center Marianna and Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Walter Busby
Floria
Opa- Locka
Trinity Deaf Zion
Harry F. Laduke
7Th Avenue
Laduke
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
National
Deci Zion
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Pastor Busby
Tampa
Pensacola
Florida
North Florida
Sunland
Marianna
Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital
Florida School For the Deaf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otepka Security
Family Hobby Center
Main St
Girl Scout
Street Methodist Church
Rachel
Rene
S ‘Sxcow
Washington Street
By ED Smith
Khe Sanh
Hue
U.S Marine
Elm St
Yesterday's Journal
A&p Supermarket
Mainstream
Burdette College
Boston
Office of Economic Opportunity
Strafford County
N.H
York County Community Action Corporation
Treasuries
Rviewuvie
Busby
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!