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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1975
Page
2
In Janesville Wisconsin a group of about 20 volunteers operate Telephone Life Line to call elderly or handicapped residents daily. If no answer after 10 rings a helper visits the home. Since Sept 15 the program has grown to 40 names with no police welfare calls reported.
U S Department data show a 4 percent fall in prices farmers receive for crops and livestock between Oct 15 and Nov 15. Meat animal prices fell 8 percent while wheat and other grains dropped 10 percent, dairy rose 5 percent with milk at 10.00 per 100 pounds. Beef cattle and hog prices slipped but remained above last year’s levels while eggs and poultry edged higher.
Forest Green a 40 unit subsidized rental development for low and moderate income families on Main Street and Park View Court is now occupied according to York Cumberland Housing. Anita Boies, project manager, says several families moved in this week and the rest will follow after occupancy notices. The project is funded by HUD with Maine State Housing Authority administering funds and Biddeford Associates as owner-developer. TO PAY RESPECTS members of Biddeford Senior Citizens will meet Sunday at 2 30 p m at Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home to pay respects to Marie Laura Cote.
Reward offered for Aqua Blue Strollee stroller lost in the vicinity of Portland Avenue Old Orchard Beach. Contact 934-5574. Local funeral homes listed include Shumway and Gross Saco 284-5611 Dennett and Craig 365 Main Saco Maine 282 EMOND and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford 284-5511 or 282-1818 Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Biddeford 1 Stone Street 283-3653 R Martel Director.
Santa Clauses staged in Times Square and outside department stores to raise funds for holiday dinners for needy families. Volunteers of America issued guidelines stressing humility, safety, and decorum, including no promises, no chimney blocking, no garlic or smoking, avoiding disputes, keeping distance from children and other Santas, and maintaining a neat appearance while encouraging cheerful yet restrained behavior.
Portland Maine AP reports Robert D. Wixom of Topsham won $500,000 in the Maine State Lottery and plans to retire at least for the time being.
Mayor elect Samuel Zaitlin and the new Saco city council will be sworn in at Saco Middle School at 7 30 p m Monday. Inauguration includes bands, flag ceremony, invocations, and an inaugural address followed by refreshments and a chartered bus plan for residents without transport.
Madelyn Conroy, 26, nurse at Maine Medical Center, remains in good condition after multiple stab wounds from an apparent abduction. She was taken from the hospital lot, found in Scarborough, then moved from the ICU to the regular ward. Police arrested a young man and woman on related charges.
A new hymnal Hymns For The Celebration of Life will be dedicated at the 10 30 a m Sunday worship service at 60 School St Saco in memory of the late Dr L Gordon Adamson who served as minister of the Universalist Church of Biddeford and Brunswick Henry Leland Clark Ph D a member of the Hymnbook Commission is son of the late Rev Ward R Clarke who served the Unitarian Church of Saco for thirty years Other commission members are Dr Vincent Silliman of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Yarmouth and the Rev Ida Folsom retired of Dover Foxcroft.
A man with an Irish accent in a coded area call claimed that IRA members killed Ross McWhirter, editor of the Guinness Book of World Records, as retaliation for the brutal treatment of IRA prisoners in English jails.
High pressure over New York State shifts offshore tonight. Winds diminish to ten knots or less this evening, then turn southerly and rise to 15 to 25 knots by Sunday. Clouding increases with rain likely Sunday. Visibility drops from over five miles tonight to one to three miles in rain and fog Sunday. Seas hold at one to three feet tonight.
In Kennebunkport a Friday selectmen meeting was postponed again for lack of a quorum. Only Stedman Seavey attended all sessions while Charles Sullivan, Abbott Pendergast, and others failed to appear. A later agenda includes minutes, correspondence, budget reviews, bids, and other business, with Seavey hoping a rescheduled meeting will finally proceed.
Two pilots parachuted to safety after a collision and explosion of two B-57 bombers approaching Offutt Air Force Base. Both aircraft took off from Sawyer AFB Michigan on a routine training mission. SAC says a board will investigate, no explosives aboard, two crew hospitalized with injuries.
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