Fire Damages Biddeford Building Second Time
An apartment building at 108 Pool Street Biddeford owned by Mrs Blanche Bernier was badly damaged by fire at 9 30 this morning. Five Biddeford fire units fought the one alarm blaze which started in the rear shed and destroyed the Bowden apartment first floor smoke and water damaged the rest of the structure. Officer Everett Bowden and his two children escaped as smoke forced his wife to seek help at Westland Shoe Co. The fire left the Bowden apartment a total loss with most damage insured and the building previously redecorated after a 1930s fire.
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Blanche Bernier
Pool St
Biddeford
Everett Bowden
Donna
Westland Shoe Co
Bowden
Soviet Sputnik Lands After Docking Test
Cosmos 186 made a soft Earth landing after docking with Cosmos 188, signaling a rehearsal for a manned space platform. Cosmos 188 and Cosmos 189 remained in orbit. the USSR touted the docking as a space first while US officials noted prior unmanned docking capability.
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Moscow
Earth
Soviet Union
Edward C. Welsh
House
United States
Public Health Nurses Shine in Biddeford Saco Campaign
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest supports seven agencies with a $40 470 goal. Through the third report $26 104 65 has been raised. Public Health Nursing in Biddeford and Saco relies on Chest funding and city appropriations to serve ill and schoolchildren.
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Biddeford- Saco
Biddeford
Saco
Women’s Make-Up Keeps Men From Reading Lines
A lighthearted joke notes that women use makeup to prevent men from reading between the lines. The quip appears in the WRR General Features column as a humorous aside.
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WRR
Fea, Corp
Thieu Proposes Peace Talks Inaugural Address
Thieu begins a four year term in Saigon proposing talks with Hanoi while naming Nguyen Van Loc as premier. He vows to defend freedom, strengthen the army, and narrow the rural urban income gap amid tight security for the inaugural ceremony.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ky Ias
House of Representatives
Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
le Loi Avenue
Local Area Sees Farms Hard to Find Says Real Estate Broker
Kennebunk broker John Downing notes farms are scarce in the area with 20 to 25 buyers waiting. Acreage values have doubled in ten years as oceanfront land climbs tenfold and bidders push prices higher. Other brokers report brisk demand from out of state buyers and Massachusetts and Connecticut inquiries for large tracts with ocean frontage.
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John Downing
Kennebunk
Downing
Kittery
Kennebunkport
Standish
Maine
Mort
Gage
Claire Malasnik
Cordo Real Estate
Biddeford Pool
the Journal
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Romney stresses Vietnam trip plans and domestic critique
Massachusetts Governor George Romney campaigns in New England warning against prolonged Vietnam involvement and welfare failure. He clashes with Johnson era messaging, urges local programs for education training and jobs, and defends dissent while upholding law. He meets New Hampshire audiences then travels to Rhode Island and Maine.
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LBJ
Romney
Vietnam
Durham
N.H
Boston
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Dartmouth
Hanoi
United States
Providence
R.I
John Chafee
Portland
Maine
Nationwide Debate Over Marijuana Law Reforms
A sweeping national discussion on marijuana spans campuses courts and law. Officials, students, and doctors weigh dangers penalties and legality as polls show mixed support for legalization and reform. Local and federal actions highlight evolving attitudes toward marijuana.
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Biddeford Building
Everett
Pool Street
Biddeford-Saco
Public Health
Margaret L. Murphy
R. N
Biddeford Public Health Nursing Service
Gladys H. Walker
R.N
Ann B. Cote
Ellen G. O'Leary
Leopold Viger
William B. O'Sullivan
Maine Dry Cleaners
Pepperell SQ
Youland
Youland’s Dept. Stores
Biddeford - Kennebunk
Loc
Army People’s Council
Lee
South
Air Force
By Peg Hendprick
N. P. Scontras
Scontras
Old Orchard Beach
Dirigo Maine
Kenneth Curtis
Nicholas Dan
Michigan
George Romney
White House
New England
William Dwight
Holyoke Transcript - Telegram
New York
Greenwich Village
San Diego
Calif
Iowa
South Lake Tahoe
Arthur L.alarcon
Los Angeles
Bob Schmidt
Sacramento State College
Bismarck
N.D
James L. Goddard
Food and Drug Administration
University of Minnesota
Henry L. Giordano
Ohio
National Institute of Mental Health
Southern Methodist University
Yale University Daily News
William Davis
Columbus
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Davis
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