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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1966
Page
12
Central Kitchens in Miami operate a low cost noon meal program for the elderly funded by surplus food and local farmers. Meals prepared in a central kitchen serve centers across the area for 40 cents, with take-home options and social services, plus training for older participants to work in food services.
Rev Bruce Roberts of the Congregational Christian Conference of Maine will be guest speaker at the Women's Fellowship supper meeting of the First Parish Congregational Church in Beach Street Portland. A covered dish supper at 6 30 p.m. will follow a business session led by Mrs Ralph Meserve. Roberts will discuss the church role in world needs and will show slides on the Korea airlift. He has served as chaplain in the US Army Air Force and held church and ministry posts in Massachusetts Illinois and Maine.
Mr. and Mrs. Milan W. Scammon of 51 Spring St Saco celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a Saturday evening party at their daughter Mrs Sherman Dawley's home. Attendees included family members across three Scammon siblings and related households. a buffet luncheon and a money purse were presented to the honorees.
Bath Iron Works and the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers AFL-CIO narrowly approved a 42 month contract by 888 to 718. The deal includes arbitration reform with an America Board of Industrial Arbitration member, a higher wage raise from 28 to 30 cents per hour, tighter union shop rules, and enhanced hospitalization pension and vacation benefits.
The York County Democratic committee will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the York County Court House, Publicity Chairman Alcide Gagne said.
An outdoor flag ceremony opened Saturday's meeting of Saco Girl Scout Troop 27 at the home of Leader Mrs. Edmund Fearon in Saco Maine. Final plans were made for the troop Halloween party with the Friendship Patrol in charge of decorations and games. The Squirrel Patrol will handle clean-up with the Wonder Workers Patrol.
Berlin AP reports two East Germans tried to ram a truck through barriers opposite Checkpoint Charlie. The truck breached one barrier but stopped before the second. border guards in civilian clothes removed two young men. No shots were fired. Also in AP copy, four sailors aboard a raft begin a Pacific voyage aiming for Polynesian islands 10,000 miles west, inspired by Kon Tiki and similar historic attempts.
Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma says the one day air force revolt last Friday was a localized incident that should not be given too much significance. He spoke during a stopover in Ban Kok on his return from Paris to deal with what he called a difficult situation.
The term Great Commoner has little lasting popularity beyond early references. It has been applied to figures such as William Jennings Bryan and Thaddeus Stevens in the United States and to William Pitt, among others, but its broad use waned over time.
A column by HARRY C. FRANCE analyzes global money demand and high interest rates across major European economies and the United States. It argues for long term, high quality equities and warns against short term market timing amid inflationary pressures and volatile Dow averages.
The Boucouvalas-Dupuis Post AMVETS in Saco honored past commanders Joseph Henaire Edgar Simard Millard Tripp Jr Richard Cote Earl Clappison Joseph Ouellette and Harold Strout at a Saturday reception and supper at the post home on Spring Street. Department Commander Thomas Bill spoke on post accomplishments and the Biddeford Saco Joint Veterans Council efforts for Veterans Day observance.
Horace O Moffit of Jackson Michigan says he has never missed an election in 70 years and will be 94 on November 9 the day after this year s general election He plans to continue voting the straight Republican ticket. Former President Harry S Truman receives the Spirit of St Louis Award in absentia from St Louis University students for pioneering achievement benefiting mankind. The inscription lauds him as a leader and champion of human freedom.
Gen Hasso von Manteuffel, 69, who led the German armor in the Bastogne siege, revisited the Belgium battlefield where Gen Anthony MacAuliffe famously replied nuts during World War II. He recalled U.S. aircraft dropping arms into the siege and noted many supplies fell in his lines.
Charlton Heston was re elected to a second term as president of the Screen Actors Guild according to the guild announcement made Sunday in Hollywood.
Five year old Donna Dill of Hillsboro Texas is named in New York as a candidate or beneficiary in the March of Dimes drive. The brief item notes her selection amid campaign efforts and charity appeals led by organizations in the city.
The March of Dimes National Foundation announced on Sunday the selection of its national poster girl for 1967. The event highlights fundraising and awareness efforts led by the foundation to combat birth defects.
In the Congressional Record Sen. Edmund S. Muskie lauded the Maine Digest magazine for its first issue. The article on Unity Institute notes the fall opening in a town of about 400 and praises publisher Tim Wetterlow and local Unity businessmen.
The Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ Congregational in Biddeford sponsors a rummage sale from noon to 430 p m on November 4 changing the originally announced date of October 28.
Ruth Millett notes how eavesdroppers rarely hear flattering things about themselves. She cites President Johnson’s limousines as an example, boxing in reverse to hear curbside chatter. Millett argues speakers often reveal unflattering remarks about celebrities, questioning the president’s curiosity and courage.
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