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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1964
Page
7
A civic club in Fulton Kentucky and South Fulton Tennessee nominate a teen for a safe driving award. The police chief declines to reveal the name, saying he hasn’t decided yet. The event highlights ongoing safety efforts in the two communities.
The article touts Donmoor fabric qualities highlighting three core strengths: shape retention, size stability, and color longevity. It announces new classic stripe patterns in red, navy, and green on white grounds to attract shoppers.
Great Western will produce sugar for home and industry in 21 container sizes from 1/4 ounce packets to 100 pound bags, in 7 granulated types plus powdered brown and cubes, and in bulk forms delivered by trucks or rail cars to food processors. By products include semonosodium glutamate and beet pulp with liquid protein concentrates for livestock feed. Maine farmers may absorb the refinery output to ease high Midwest feed costs. Reprinted from Senator Edmund Muskie's newsletter.
A mother recalls keeping a developmentally disabled son at home, the boy’s misstep with a neighbor child, and the family’s heartbreak leading to institution labeling. Advice for mothers of challenged children, plus three reader questions on host etiquette, privacy, and shop gossip, with Abby’s blunt guidance.
At the New York Baseball Writers gathering Yogi Berra critiqued Casey Stengel while recalling his time with the Yankees. He noted Stengel taught him much but joked about never giving public speeches. The moment drew laughs from attendees as Berra reflected on his eleven seasons under Stengel.
Building permits on file at Biddeford Building Inspector's office include Eddie Bedard relocating a building at 375 South St and enlarging Maison Saint Marie on Pool Road for about 425000 dollars. Alphonse and Florida Dupuis at 322 West St seek tearing down a hen house. Kenneth Murphy at 90 Mee St plans a pore remodel under 100 dollars. Joseph H. E. Gobeil at 202 Cleaves St to construct a garage for 150 dollars. Roger Lessard at 16 Clarendon St builds a new house for 12000 dollars. Miss Rose Gosselin of Fortune Rocks plans a new house for 5000 dollars. William Dusseault at 42 Gore St a new house for 16000 dollars. Ben Hall at 538 Elm St a new garage for 500 dollars. Philip Gadbois on Newtown Road plans two new houses at 11500 dollars each. Stanley Bennett of Biddeford Pool seeks an addition costing 2500 dollars.
Lucy F Sheive notes fresh produce in season with dandelion greens rhubarb and asparagus on offer. Milk eggs and various meats and seafood are described with prices and availability as shoppers plan meals and freezing options for later.
In Elizabeth New Jersey Detective George W Devanney recovered a 35 horsepower outboard motor believed stolen by juveniles after tracing a crude map mailed to the police department The note directed officers to cross North Avenue near Dowd Avenue then search 100 yards in at a tall tree and look beneath it in some underbrush An aerial tag reading A helped pinpoint the spot.
Richard Birkebak, nine, is followed daily by his pet crow Barbara at Falcon Heights Elementary. The bird flies to the school with him each morning, perches on the entrance sign, then rests on a nearby telephone wire until recess when it joins the children on the playground.
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