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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1973

Page

9

UFO Sightings Reported Across Southeast Over Days

Associated Press reports a surge of UFO sightings in several states with varied shapes and lights. Sheriff Fred Diamond and witnesses from Mississippi Tennessee South Carolina Missouri and Alabama describe blue crafts cigar and turnip shaped objects and eerie lights. Experts including Dr James Harder and Dr Allen Hynek offer opinions while Tass notes possible upper atmosphere signals. A weather balloon in Renfroe Alabama was misidentified as a UFO.

Craig Ammerman Associated Press Twinkle James Harder University of Mississippi Allen Hynek Northwestern Hick‘son Parker Air Force National Academy of Sciences Earth Mars Tennessee South Carolina Tass James Thornhill Civil Defense Columbia Misss Thornhill John Lane Gulfport, Miss

Kennebunkport Maps On Display At Town Office

The Town Office will host AVIS AIRMAP employees for map reviews on Friday to Sunday October 19 to 21 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Monday to Tuesday October 22 to 23 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Public access to preliminary property maps will be provided.

Avis Airmap Kennebunkport

Boyles Notebook Snakes Avoid Turkish Baths

HAL BOYLE notes odd facts and wry observations from mail readers. Snakes avoid turkish baths due to heat above 118 degrees F. Engagement rings upset 11 percent allergic to nickel sulfate. Choking in restaurants causes 2,500 deaths yearly labeled case coronaries. Steak often triggers chokings, linked to drinkers and poor dentures. A giant redwood weighs water equal to thousands of gallons. Quotable lines, arthritis, shark teeth, old Samoa customs, and a teacher’s sharp note round out the column.

Hal Boyle New York National Safety Council

Legion Posts Regular Meeting Tonight in town hall

Fayette Staples Post American Legion will hold a regular business meeting at 7:30 PM at the Legion Hall on School Street. Hope Circle met at the president's home on Union Avenue with Mrs. Priscilla Skilling hosting assisted by Martha Trafton. They planned a public smorgasbord supper at the United Methodist vestry from 5:30 to 7 with reservations. Guests included Harriet Andrews, Edrose Bates, Frances Dickson, Avice Dumaine, Muriel Gooch, Faye Harding, Mary Mewer, Shirley Mullen, May Slaney and Gertrude Thompson.

Fayette Staples Post American, Legion Legion Hall School Street Old Orchard Beach Harriett Andrews Edrise Bates Frances Dickson Avice ‘Dumaine Muriel Gooch Faye Harding Mary Mewer Shirley Mullen May Slaney Gertrude Thompson

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