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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1967
Page
9
AP analysis notes President Johnson limits wartime rhetoric as critics clash at home. Westmoreland requests more troops, Johnson pledges action, while public sparring among Democrats and Republicans intensifies. The war remains distant and politically charged.
In brief items from AP reports: SMU student Steven Smith writes a bedsheet letter to Barbara Reece of Texas Tech. Reece replies on a department store mannequin leg. The West Virginia public service commission allows Frank C. Smeeks to discontinue Ravenswood ferry service due to health and lack of buyers. Maj. Gen. Henry G. Thorne Jr. is named vice commander of Continental Air Command at Robins AFB. A hunter reports a coyote killed a predator near his sheep in New Hampshire context.
Area schools list weekly lunch menus detailing servings and staples. St Louis High School and Cousens, Kennebunk present daily items such as hamburg patties, meat loaf, pizza, macaroni dishes, soups, and desserts with milk or juice.
A set of weekly lunch entries from St. Andre's and Biddeford Public Schools detailing meals for Monday through Friday. Items include peppersteaks, American Chop Suey, Italian Sandwiches, baked fish cakes, sloppy joes, and Spanish hot dogs with sides like vegetables, fruit, milk, bread, and desserts.
Monday offers chilled orange juice Italian sandwich buttered rice and raisin pudding. Tuesday serves grilled lunchmeat mashed potatoes buttered broccoli iced cake bread butter. Wednesday features cheese and vegetable rarebit toasted bread buttered corn sliced tomatoes Jello with topping and milk. Thursday includes Yankee Pot Roast with vegetables gravy boiled potatoes carrot raisin salad cookie bread butter and milk. Friday ends with chilled orange juice beef broth with rice egg salad sandwich celery sticks browstie.
The May 5 entry lists key events across centuries including 1778 Washington announcing France as ally, 1821 Napoleon dies, 1847 AMA founded, 1941 Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, 1945 Dönitz admitting defeat, 1955 West Germany sovereignty, and brief notes on postwar politics and market drops.
From a childhood of poverty and hard labor, Horace Mann (1796–1859) rose to prominence as a leading American educational reformer. He became the first secretary of Massachusetts state board of education in 1837, guiding reforms, better teaching, and the construction of over 50 high schools, with many measures later adopted by other states.
Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas then again vanished from public view. Fans remain loyal yet sympathetic to his secrecy as his records and films keep him in the spotlight. He continues to command high earnings for three yearly films.
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