Biddeford Council Votes for Washington Street School Parking Lot
The Biddeford City Council approves demolishing the Washington Street School to create a municipal parking lot in the downtown area. The Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce backs the plan and pledges financial cooperation, with future details to be worked out jointly. The editorial urges support, noting parking is vital to tax revenue and downtown vitality.
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Biddeford
Washington Street
Chamber
Atty
Simon Spill
Lemire
Impressions of Inez Spring in Mrs Smythe's Market Bag
Mrs. Smythe recalls spring while unpacking groceries for dinner with George Smythe. Strawberries and green asparagus symbolize renewal as she muses on perfume, cuisine, and the season's hopeful mood. Courtesy and domestic ritual frame the moment amid marital insights.
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Inez Rob
Mrs. Smythe
Omar Khayyam
Omar
Billboard lobby ties to Lady Bird act fuel political ties
Washington writes that the Outdoor Advertising Association launches a major lobbying push to weaken the highway beautification law. Democrats John Kluczynski and James Wright resist calls, while Foster and Kleiser and Metromedia affiliates press industry interests. Local zoning would replace federal standards. Clippings show billboard advocates expanding into several states with art billboard tactics.
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Drew Pearson Washington
Outdoor Advertising Association
Lady Bird
Beauty
John Kluczynski
Chicago
Kluczynski
House
James C. Wright, Jr
Fort Worth
Senate
Texas
LBJ
Wright
Channel 5
Washington
Metromedia
Phil Tucker
Bill McGowan
Foster and Kleiser
Larry Bulling
Illinois
Foster and Kleister
Capitol Hill
Arizona
California
Idaho
Vermont
North
South Dakota
Ohio Valley Advertising Corporation
Scavengers and Critics of the Warren Report Debunk JFK Deniers
In New York the piece promotes The Scavengers and Critics of the Warren Report by Richard Warren Lewis and Lawrence Schiller. It cites interviews with Mark Lane Edward Jay Epstein Harold Weisberg Penn Jones Jr. and others who challenge JFK assassination skeptics. It mentions George C Thomson claiming 22 bullets and Kennedy being replaced, plus unrelated anecdotes about Dick Merrill and a Bulgarian soccer referee.
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New York
Kennedy
Richard Warren Lewis
Lawrence Schiller
Dell
JFK
Mark Lane
Edward Jay Epstein
Harold Weisberg
Penn Jones, Jr
Sylvia Meager
Mort Sahl
Shirley Martin
Maggie Field
Vincent Salandria
Harold Feldman
Leo Sauvage
Warren
George C. Thomson
Glendale
Cal
Lyndon B. Johnson
J. D. Tippit
Thomson
Lewis and Schiller
Truman Capote
Biddeford Tax Debate Seeks Higher Property Valuation
Readers discuss real local tax issues. claims of rising property values. Letter writer cites Colonial Park example with lots advertised at From 2500. contrasts with prior assessed values around 50 per lot. Mentions utilities funding and Biddeford's tax assessor under Mayor Lemire aiming to boost revenue and ease taxpayer burden.
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Biddeford
Colonial Park
May Street
Journal
Leo Lemire
When Divorce Alimony Changes Are Possible
An alimony review requires a substantial new change in circumstances. Courts will not reopen disputes merely for dissatisfaction or minor financial shifts. Significant events such as a disabling heart attack, large inheritance, or fraud affecting asset disclosure can justify modification, while remarriage or new children may influence but not erase duties to the first wife. This ABA feature by Will Bernard explains the risk and limits of revising alimony awards.
End of Trinity College as Dublin’s old university looms
In Ireland the government moves to merge Trinity College with University College into the University of Dublin. The piece questions the fate of Trinity’s historic identity and the hopes for a revived Irish intellectual culture amid architectural losses and limited national culture renewal.
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Lofty Trinity College
Dublin
Russell Kirk
Ireland
Trinity College
University of Dublin
University College
National University
Queen Elizabeth
Island
Heart of Dublin
Edmund Burke
Oliver Goldsmith
T.C. D
Johnathan Swift
Trinity
Dublin University
Oxford
Cambridge
Catholic Church
John Henry Newman
Newman
New United University
Dublin Castle
Trinity College Library
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff notice
Biddeford Maine daily newspaper details publisher editor and contact numbers. Subscription rates in advance are one month two dollars sixty, six months fifteen fifty, one year thirty one. Includes AP membership note and postage information.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Post Office
Nixon presses front in race for 1968 nomination
Washington observers report Nixon gains among Republicans amid Johnson’s waning strength. Backers push a soft to hard sell strategy to broaden appeal, while Romney climbs with Vietnam and civil rights moves. Rockefeller and Percy support Romney, but moderates fear split efforts help Nixon.
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Robert Ellsworth
Kansas
Nixon
Florida
Claude Kirk
Kirk
New York
Virginia
Three Minutes a Day Hunting Snakes in Alberta Hobbies
A Canadian housewife in Alberta pursues rattlesnakes as an unusual hobby armed with a sack forked stick and string. She captures the reptiles and hands them to a zoo while describing her and her sisters enthusiasm and faith guiding a cheerful giving mindset.
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Alberta
Stamp Prices Rise Prompting Postal Worries
The note warns that Lyndon plans to raise postage, six cents for a nickel stamp compared with two pennies before. If rates climb further, many people fear they cannot afford to write home for money.
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Lyndon
Postal Rate Hike Spurs Public Frustration and Wishes for Better Mail
The piece argues Congress should raise postal rates so citizens cannot mail complaints to their representatives. It laments higher costs dampening dissent and reflects on the expectation of improved mail content. The closing plea asks for remittance.
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Congress
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