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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1966
Page
3
An 18 year old from Lynn was stranded about 200 feet offshore on an island and walked out to fish as a high tide trapped him. He received treatment at the Salem Coast Guard Station after a helicopter rescued him in a Pears-? area incident reported by The Associated Press.
Boston based Hotel Corporation of America announces consolidated operating revenues of 72.043 million for the nine months ended September 30, up from 65.437 million a year earlier. Net income after tax totaled 0.924 million for the period, down from 0.99 million in 1965.
The Abbott-Verville AMVETS Auxiliary held the fifth in a series of ten card parties at the Post Home on Walnut Street. Winners included Thomas Bill for men’s high and Edwin Goodale for low, Mrs. Avonell Pettengill and son for women’s high, Paul Cote for the Queen’s prize, and Mrs. Laura Smith and Thomas Bill for special prizes. A next party is set for 8 p.m. next Sunday and is open to the public.
Francis X. Sullivan 22 of Old Orchard Beach appealed his guilty verdicts on illegal attachment of registration plates and other motor vehicle charges. He was released on a total $500 bail pending the appeal. The court also fined and jailed various others for speeding, license and inspection violations, and related offenses. Charges of carnal knowledge and related counts were continued to Nov 14.
Catholic Women’s Club of Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco plans a February covered dish supper for members who lost poll drive. Highlights include Nov 26 fudge table for foreign relief, a children’s Christmas party Dec 5, and a floral arrangement demonstration by Jean Paul Gadbois.
At the Daughters of Penelope meeting held at the Ahepa Home in Saco two new members were voted in Eleanor Koutoulakos and Stephanie Koutoulakos. They will be initiated December 5. Harvest party planned for November 21 at the Saco home.
Ronnie Burns, 30, son of George Burns and the late Gracie Allen, welcomed a son weighing seven pounds in Van Nuys. The baby named Brent marks a family milestone for the famous comedian, while Gracie Allen is noted in the lineage.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara faced a hostile crowd of about 400 on the Harvard campus as he left a Kennedy Institute of Politics event. Protesters from a local antiwar group booed and jeered while others supported Johnson policies in Vietnam. McNamara recalled his Harvard years and pressed for calm amid the confrontation.
The Biddeford and Saco Hairdressers Association chose officers at its annual nominating meeting at Madeline's Beauty and Wig Shoppe. Officers include David Boisvert president Rita King vice president Annie Forrester secretary Paula Murphy treasurer Cecile Boutet financial secretary Alice Verrier historian and directors Theresa Arbour Camella Giammarino Annt Danis Laurette Richards. A Christmas party installation is planned Dec 5.
President Johnson urged Americans to vote, calling the choice of good men critical and emphasizing the right men died for. He spoke Monday night in Johnson City Texas, stressing that tomorrow all Americans must use their voice for the country’s future.
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