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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1968
Page
5
AP analysis warns inflation may rise as defense costs and farm prices push up consumer prices. It notes Congress and the administration disagree on relief methods, with higher taxes or reduced spending proposed. The piece ends with trivia about sapodilla chicle and Cheops pyramid as unrelated facts.
NBC carried Dean Rusk's Senate Foreign Relations Committee appearance for over six hours in a bid to inform the public on war in Vietnam. CBS aired highlights, pre-empting a comedy show, while an educational roundtable featured journalists professors and a Marine general.
The quiz asks when Chinese New Year is celebrated, noting the first moon and firecrackers to scare demons. It also recalls the War of 1812 with York taken by U S troops, and identifies Cholula Pyramid near Puebla as the largest in the world with a 45 acre base.
A short note urges readers not to discard old children’s articles but to sell them instead. The message promotes recycling and marketplace turnover for used kids’ items, suggesting practical reuse rather than waste. It emphasizes practical value and community sharing.
A Cherokee police officer clears a traffic ticket against his wife Cleo Hill issued Feb 26 after she backed her car into another vehicle. The judge notes shared blame from the other driver and the officer says the decision restores harmony at home with two children no longer glaring. In Albany New York the Legislature may vote on a noncontributory plan to allow teachers to retire after 25 years at half pay proposed by Harold Langlitz. In Atlanta a nonexisting stainless steel company helped Ole Miss win Emory’s intercollegiate business games with forty colleges participating in the contest.
A group of Atlanta businessmen selected Ole Miss as the top team with Delaware as runner up and defending Florida finishing third. Spec Butland serves as a radio teletyped operator in Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 54th Infantry near Bamberg Germany.
Army Spec. 4 Carlton L. Butland of Saco Maine will finish seven weeks of extensive field training March 29 with the 4th Armored Division near Grafenwohr. The exercises test combat effectiveness under winter conditions, stressing armor infantry and artillery teamwork in attack perimeter defense and live firing.
Nashua New Hampshire 65 girls named to Rivier College first semester Dean's List. A 2.5 GPA qualifies, about a B plus. Pauline A Fortier daughter of Mr and Mrs Andre Fortier of 200 Granite St Biddeford Maine is a freshman biology major at Rivier.
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