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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
Page
8
Adolph Pruitt 145 pounds from Los Angeles defeated Nate Williams 143 from Las Vegas by a fifth round stoppage. Parker 139 from San Jose outpointed Tony Aguirre 142 of Los Angeles by ten.
Mrs. Jonas Salk obtained an interlocutory divorce decree in San Diego Superior Court from her husband, the Salk polio vaccine developer. The couple wed in 1939, separated in 1967, and Salk directs the Salk Institute in La Jolla. The other item notes Mrs J Robert Devons in St. Louis celebrating 20th anniversary as her husband handed out flowers asking for birthday wishes.
Tom Harrington of Wellesley Ralph Sexton of Winchester and Dave Bahnson of Pittsburgh named captains for next season. Harrington named MVP at the year’s sports banquet. Also report from Pownal Vermont that Hard To Come By won the seven furlong Thatcher race by a bridge links North and South at Green Mountain Park.
Warner Bros announces Kirk Douglas will star in The Arrangement opposite Deborah Kerr and Richard Boone. Filming starts October 15 in Hollywood and New York with Marlon Brando replaced. Van Gogh painting of his mother to be auctioned at Christie's London on June 28 from Rev. Theodore Pitcairn of Bryn Athyn, Pa.
Yesterday's union agreement with National Cylinder Gas in Saco provides a 25 cent wage increase retroactive to April 15 and a 15 cent wage hike on April 15 1969 for union workers.
Old Orchard Beach Town Council will convene tonight to consider a long list of licenses. Applicants include Richard Skillin, Mildred Warner, Clarence Roberts, Mae Phillips, Mrs. Clara Demers, Velma Wiggin, and many others for rooms, victualers, sign permits, and related business operations. The agenda also notes Palace Playland items and a few parking and motel requests. The report closes with weather and historical notes unrelated to the meeting.
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