Television Violence Bores Viewers, Then Charms With Shock
New York AP report notes viewers have grown immune to on screen fights and injuries yet respond to sharper violence and sensational scenes. It cites NBCs High Chaparral scene of a leg injury without anesthesia, CBS Miss ion Impossible bat intrusion, football spins with lingering camera on injured players, and NBCs Raymond Burr Visits Vietnam as a calm counterpoint.
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New York
NBC
CBS
Raymond Burr
Vietnam
Kennebunk Notes On Chamber Meeting And Local Incidents
Notices of chamber directors meeting at Main Street 4 p.m. and Women’s Fellowship program at Christ Church with Wayne Wormwood at 8 p.m. report. Fire department ambulances aided Fred Sampson in West Kennebunk with leg injuries and Richard Beaulieu after a motorcycle collision near Main and Summer. Residents Everett LeBarge and guests visited Bristol and returned from medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk - Kennebunkert Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Main Street
Women’s Fellowship of Christ Church
WABAN
Wayne Wormwood
Circle 3
Women’s Fellowship
Albert Hall
Donald Ray
Kennebunk Fire Department
Stevens
West Kennebunk
Fred Sampson
Hovey Street
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Local Man Retires From US Air Force
Master Sergeant Frank G. Bedell received the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at his retirement ceremony at Patrick AFB Florida He served over 20 years with meritorious service as squadron first sergeant He flew 50 combat missions in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and is a Korean War veteran He is the son of Mrs Jeannette Bedell of 334 Main St Saco Maine and his wife is Shirley E Thompson
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Cocoa Beach
Fla
Frank G. Bedell
Jeannette Bedell
Main St
Saco
Maine
Patrick Afb
Bedell
Patrick
Southwest Pacific
Biddeford
Suffolk University
Boston
Shirley E. Thompson
Slight Rise in Sales Tax Assessments in Augusta
August sales and use tax assessments in Augusta show a slight 1 percent rise from July and 1966 levels. In-state tax receipts reached 4.51 million, up 0.6 percent year over year, while out-of-state sales tax dropped about 7 percent to 170 thousand. Use tax collections surged 6.1 percent to 640 thousand, with gross assessments including penalties and interest at 5.33 million versus 5.2 million a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Turners Celebrate 35th Wedding Anniversary in Saco
Mr and Mrs Lawrence W Turner marked 35 years of marriage with a party at the Elks Lodge Saco arranged by daughters Patricia Vertefeuille and Connie Turner. The couple, married Oct 22 1932 in Portsmouth NH, have two sons and six grandchildren. Turner worked 35 years with New England Telephone and Mrs Turner taught 20 years, most recently in Saco.
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Lawrence W. Turner
Ferry Road
Saco
Elks Lodge
Patricia T. Vertefeuille
Connie Turner
N.H
Turner
New England Telephone Co
Auxiliary Holds Tea For Wives Of Candidates
Members of the Luke E. Hart Council Knights of Columbus Auxiliary hosted a tea for wives of Fourth Degree candidates and guests at a Biddeford hall. Dorothy Millette chaired the program. speakers included Mrs. Robert Ouellette and Mrs. Louis Labbe. The Freewheelers performed and tap dancing followed, with awards to Mrs. Howland Boston and Mrs. Cora Girard. A social hour and buffet lunch closed the event.
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Luke E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus
Washington Street
Biddeford Hall
Dorothy Millette
Robert Ouellette
Brunswick
Louis Labbe
Freewheelers
Maureen Miller
Diana Lamontagne
Howland Boston
Cora Girard
Doris Legourneau
Annette Ross
Tom Manville Roaring 20s Playboy Dies at 73
New York AP reported Tommy Manville once maker of headlines for marriages and fortunes died of a heart attack at 73. He was with his 11th wife Christina Erdsen at their Chappaqua home. He left Johns Manville heir wealth and spent millions on a honeymoon cottage Bon Repos in New Rochelle.
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NEW York
Tommy Manville
Christina Erdsen
Westchester County
Chappaqua
Manhattan
Manville
Johns-Manville Corp
Johns Manville
Franklyn Manville Jr
Pittsburgh
Lois Arline McCain
New Season Opens for E and J Union
The Women's Ecclesial and Industrial Union began its new season with 72 members at Hamilton Memorial Hall Beach Street Saco. Co chairmen led the social committee Mrs Daley Reever and Miss Janet MacMillan. Rev Hilda Ives Cape Elizabeth spoke on Unchanging Values to Meet a New Day. Brigadier Mildred Connor sang and Mrs Henry L La Vallee led a business session afterward.
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Hamilton Memorial Hall
Beach Street
Saco
Daley Reever
Janet MacMillan
Hilda Ives
Cape Elizabeth
Mildred Connor
Union
Henry L. la Vallee
Ogunquit Grange Installs New Master Muriel Ramsdell
Ogunquit Grange elected Muriel Ramsdell master at the annual officer installation on School Street. Harry Margeson and others were chosen for key posts. Charles DeHaven led the ceremony with Pauline DeHaven assisting. A Nov 3 return visit and a Waban Association donation were announced. Guests from Lebanon and Eliot granges attended.
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Ogunquit
Muriel Ramsdell
Mertie Kimball
Flora
Arline Chamberlain
Albine Watson
State Orange Eee
Charles DeHaven
Pauline DeHaven
Celia Norton
Marion Wormwood
Edward P. Wormwood
DeHaven
Ogunquit Grange
Waban Association
Lebanon Grange
John F. Hill Grange
Eliot
Debra Daigle Celebrates 11th Birthday With Party
Debra Daigle of Kennebunk celebrated her 11th birthday with a Friday party at the Daigle home on Summer Street. The two rooms featured Halloween and birthday themes, gifts were opened, games played, and prizes awarded. A trio of birthday cakes adorned the refreshment table, including one with a Beatles motif made by Debra’s mother and sister Rosanne. Attendees included several Kennebunk friends and family from Kennebunkport.
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Kennebunk
Debra Daigle
Joseph Daigle
Summer Street
Daigle
Debra
Rosanne
Susan Spencer
Terry Lord
Faith Adams
Patty Strickland
Donnna Avison
Ruth Kozlewski
Elizabeth Braun
Suzanne Jackson
Donna Nedeau
Crystal Shibles
Regina Wyman
Robert
Thomas
Lois Ireland
Kelly, Cindy
Sally
Kennebunkport
Wells area groups begin fall season with meetings
Wells Eldredge post and American Legion Auxiliary plan a 8 p.m. meeting with a 6 30 p.m. pot luck supper at the post home on Eldredge Road Wells Officers of Wells Grange will be installed at 8 p.m. Wednesday Grange hall Sanford Road Ruth Night observed by Priscilla Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Friday 8 p.m. Masonic Hall Sanford Road Wells Junior choir rehearsals resume Thursday 7 p.m. Wells Congregational Church Second Church parish house Young
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Eldridge
Leroy Hanson
American Legion
Post
Eldredge Road
Wells
Wells Grange
Grange
Sanford Road
Ruth
Priscilla
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Wells Congregational Church
Young
Wells Congregational Drums By The Sea Profits Reported
Grade 6 through high school students may join the program while the Senior choir rehearses at 8 p.m. Thursday. The New Parsonage Committee of Wells Congregational Church announced a profit of $695.46 from the Drums By The Sea program conducted during the summer.
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Igh School
Wells Congregational Church
Newspaper Needs A Daily Paper For Life Long
The passage argues that regardless of marriage status one never outgrows the need for a daily newspaper, highlighting its enduring value in daily life. It reflects on the role of newspapers as a steady companion and information source.
Ogunquit Fire Station to Host Food and Rum Mage Sale
Ogunquit auxiliary members will hold a combined food and rum mage sale on Thursday October 12 at 9 30 a.m. in the Ogunquit Fire Station under the chairmanship of Mrs Ella Welch.
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Ogunquit
Auxiliary
Ella Welch
Gasoline taxes rise in Maine as consumption grows
Maine highway users paid 20 million dollars in state gasoline taxes in the first eight months of 1967. Gasoline consumption rose 2.3 percent over the same period last year, adding about 500 thousand dollars in taxes at seven cents per gallon. Travel on the Maine Turnpike grew by 200 thousand vehicles and six million miles despite poor summer weather.
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Portland
Maine
Maine Petroleum Association
Richard M. Abbott
Abbott
Ocean Park Couple To Visit In Hawaii
Rev and Mrs J Stephen Johnston of Ocean Park depart for a two week Hawaii vacation to visit son in law Lt David Havlick and daughter Christine Havlick. Mrs Havlick is the former Mary Johnston. The Johnston family recently hosted daughter Judith Johnston Halberg her husband Captain Richard Halberg and Elaine Halberg of Natick. Martha Johnston, a Farmington State College junior, was home for the weekend.
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Ocean Park
J. Stephen Johnston
Hawaii
David Havlick
Daugh Christine
Havlick
Mary Johnston
Johnston
Richard Halberg
Judith Johnston
Oklahoma
Vietnam
Richard Halberg Sr
Elaine
Natick, Mass
Scott Verrill
Christopher
Waterville
Verrill
Amelia Johnston
Martha Johnston
Farmington State College
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Lucille Miller
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Elaine White
George Allen Jr
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