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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
5
Weekly school meal listings for Biddeford, St. Louis, St. Andre's, Saco, Thornton Academy, Old Orchard Beach, and Kennebunk cover Monday through Friday menus. Entries include entrees, sides, breads, fruits, desserts, and milk with occasional notes on beverages and toppings.
Raymond A. Brown aged 27 of 18 York Street Sainadk has been appointed a full time security officer at St Francis College. Brown is a York County deputy sheriff and former Kennebunk police officer and Maine Turnpike Authority employee. He is a Kennebunk High School graduate, married with three children.
A decade ago Jacques Soustelle fled France to head right wing dissidents in Algeria. Five years earlier the U S suspended diplomatic relations with Haiti. One year ago a police officer was killed and almost 500 students were arrested during riots at Texas Southern University in Houston.
AP examines the tension between unions and management over wage and price increases. It notes the lure and fear of rigid controls, the risk of inflation, and comments from AFL CIO president George Meany and economist Arthur Okun about limits and wartime policy.
On May 17, 1968, notable past events include the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Other entries mention Newark’s founding in 1666, the NYSE’s 1792 establishment, the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, Nazi occupation of Brussels in 1940, Egypt blocking Israeli ships in 1957, and Fidel Castro’s 1961 prisoner exchange offer.
The Jenkins Road property in Saco owned by Mr and Mrs Joseph B Moreau of East Waterboro, five rooms and six acres, sold to Amos W Glidden of Flag Pond Road Saco. Sale arranged by Edgar R Morin and Paul E Moreau of Biddeford. MEMPHIS AP Ben Thorn 98 sues for divorce from wife 68 who deserted him since 1952.
A BETTY CANARY letter urges responsible parenting after recounting urban scenes of children wandering unsupervised. She argues for firm rules and a community group to address stray children, comparing to how the SPCA cares for animals.
Seymour Cunningham, PhD candidate in Forest Management at Syracuse University, receives the Bausch and Lamb Photometric Award for his study on "The Effect of Image Motion on the Precision of Parallax Measurements." He is the son of Mr and Mrs Macklin Cunningham of Goshen Conn and husband of Jacqueline Lemme of Biddeford. Europeans refer to water power as white coal.
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