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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
9
Readers ask about Medicare coverage for nursing home care after hospital stays and custodial care. A detailed Medicare handbook note outlines five conditions for coverage, while other questions cover Social Security disability benefits and capital gains tax breaks for seniors selling a residence.
The article explains the owner must use the house as principal residence for at least two of the last eight years. It also clarifies widow's Social Security benefits, noting a full benefit at 62 or older, and reduced benefits at ages 60 and 61 with a six and two thirds percent per year reduction.
Cimar captured the Labor Day feature at Green Mountain Park earning 23.60 10.20 and 4.60 on a 1 7/8 mile track. The 3 17 2-5 time set a new track record before a 7 268 crowd in the first race at that distance.
A TV report notes the victory of gradual racial equality while a small minority, about five percent, backs extreme views like Rap Brown. CBS earns praise for its measured coverage as NBC wraps Showcase 68 and Cronkite features in a late summer TV retrospective.
CBS concludes seven part series Of Black America with a 1000 person poll in May and June showing 90 percent of Negroes oppose violence. Whites show about one third harbor racism, totaling an estimated 35 to 40 million. Narrators note areas of common ground on causes of disturbances.
Kennebunk resident Alphonse Dion, Arundel, and his Air Force son T Sgt Albert Dion spent the weekend in Montreal visiting relatives and friends. Overnight guests in Summer Street included Mrs. Alfred Beaulieu and Mrs. Edmund Laney and Doris Laney of Skowhegan en route to Bristol Connecticut. Debbie LeBarge visited grandparents at Little Ossipee Lake. Additional local visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lewin and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Nadeau on Birch Street.
Weekend and holiday in Middle ton Massachusetts as guests of Mrs Lewin's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs John Fanning. Faustino Montoya returned home on Mt Kinco Road Kennebunkport after a month as a medical patient at Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland. Mrs Mary Eveleth Park Street is a patient at Pine Point Manor Scarborough. Mrs Dorothy Harrison Stoker Street has purchased the Berry I Webber property at 26 Pleasant Street and is occupying the premises. The sale was made through the Cole Agency Office in Kennebunk.
The liner Queen Mary was bought by the city of Long Beach California and will serve as a combined hotel museum and convention center in San Pedro Bay. The Jazz Singer marked the first talking feature with the sound on film and DeWolf Hopper gave the first public recitation of Casey at the Bat on May 1 1888 at Wallack's Theater New York City.
Mrs Roy Evans returns to her Storer Street home after a ten day medical stay at Webber Hospital in Biddeford.
A local newspaper note explains that desirable pets can be found in the classified section 47 of the want ads. It highlights dogs cats birds and small mammals advertised by owners and rescues seeking new homes.
Appleby's Diner on Route 5 in Little Ossipee announces weekend hours from Friday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. offering dine in service.
Insurance ad notes all risk coverage for outboard motor boats at low rates. Highlights include affordable premiums and broad protection for hull, gear, and liability. Encourages readers to inquire for quotes and policy terms.
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