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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1968
Page
12
A fragment reflects on gender tension and the reciprocal hatred between sexes, suggesting that mutual animosity harms both sides and questioning societal expectations. The speaker implies women’s hatred can justify retaliation, underscoring a bleak view of interpersonal conflict.
A male reader letters MURIEL LAWRENCE accusing her of ignoring female pain and the consequences of sex. The columnist answers that sex involves emotional stakes for women, condemning the male view and arguing contraception cannot prevent the deeper harms. The exchange touches pregnancy loss, adoption, and trust.
Augusta hosts a three week cooperative art workshop for Maine public school teachers. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts joins with the Maine Commission on the Arts and Humanities to enroll 32 representatives including Mrs. Mary Thurston of Saco and Mrs. Helen Flaherty of Wells. Teachers interacted with ceramics weaving jewelry graphics painting and sculpture and observed demonstrations by elementary students to study motivation and instructional methods.
A government employe union official calls the JFK LaGuardia Newark radar system a mass of confusion and urges immediate shutdown due to three to five daily image failures. The unit screens landings and takeoffs across three airports. The State Department says the United States apologized to Poland for shots at a Polish ship in Miami and will investigate. No injuries reported.
Mr and Mrs Dorrance Clark and children traveled to Worcester Massachusetts with their daughter Carol who has returned to Becker Junior College for her senior year in Worcester Miss Eileen Moreau has entered St Marys School of Nursing in Lewiston a 1968 Kennebunk High School graduate Mr and Mrs Edgar Denger and family moved from West Kennebunk to Ferry Road in Saco Mrs Robert Barra Hospitalized in Biddeford Maj Leofa M Langle and Maj Ethel Theilmann left for permanent residence in Clearwater Florida Mrs William Taylor Miss Grace White and Mrs John Peel visited relatives in North Andover Massachusetts Mr and Mrs Robert McMurray spent a week in Longmeadow Massachusetts with their son and family
Dairymen report new DHIR test year lactation averages for registered Holsteins. Paul H Fournier of Saco shows 33 completed records at 16 874 pounds of milk and 660 pounds butterfat. University of Maine supervised sampling with Holstein Association programs. benchmark compares to 8 513 pounds milk and 315 fat nationally. Written history began with Herodotus.
Reports from Jodrell Bank Observatory indicate the big radio telescope picked up more signals from the Soviet Zond 5 space probe. Sir Bernard Lovell cites continued belief the craft is returning to earth after a close lunar pass, while a Soviet denial questions the moon encounter details.
The Biddeford Teachers Association held its first meeting at Kennedy School. Elected for the upcoming school year were President Joseph Plamondon Vice President Spencer Trask Secretary Geraldine Kenneally Treasurer Sarah Jane Poli. Building reps will be chosen for the Executive Board with results announced next meeting. Guest speaker was Dave Bustin of the Maine Teachers Association.
Sgt Philip D Dickinson son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Dickinson of Kennebunk Maine is on duty at Cam Ranh Bay AB Vietnam. An aircraft mechanic with U S Combat Air Forces Pacific Air Forces he previously served at Dow AFB Maine. He is a 1964 graduate of Kennebunk High School. First printer in British North America was Stephen Day who printed the Bay Psalm Book in 1640.
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