St Francis Institute Begins Season on French Canadian History
The St Francis College Institute opened its 1972 73 program with an informal slide and tape presentation titled L Histoire de la Societe St Jean Baptiste de Rennaissance at the Society's Biddeford headquarters. Norman Beaupre and Herve Poissant led the event with a project to cover 1867 1900 and expand to present day.
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St. Francis College Institute On
L’histoire de la Societe St. Jean-Baptiste de Rennaissance
Biddeford
Norman Beaupre
Herve Poissant
Poissant
Madeleine Poissant
Beaupre
St Francis College
The
Maine Commission On the Arts and Humanities
Named for Counts: how the dollar got its name
The American dollar traces its name to the Counts of Schlick who mined silver at Joachimstal in Bohemia in 1518. Their coins, Joachimstaler, evolved into taler, then daler, and finally the United States dollar.
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Schlick
Joachimstal
Bohemia
Joachimstaler
United States
Army Atrocities Reported By Oklahoma Daily
The Daily Oklahoman reports that Army investigators probe alleged war crimes by Company C, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Quang Ngai Province during March 18 23, 1967, with fatalities and executions estimated by former unit members from 80 to hundreds.
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Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
My Lai
35Th Infantry
4Th Infantry
Quang Ngai
23Rd Infantry
Americal
Washington
Pentagon
Daily
Oklahoman
Biddeford Property Sold in Local Real Estate Move
The two apartments at 250 Alfred St Biddeford with five rooms and bath double sun parlor and garage were bought by Gerard and Anne Boutin of 6 Kennedy Drive Biddeford for residence and investment through Ed Morin Real Estate Agency. Investigators cite a crowded ice cream parlor incident that killed 22 as a separate matter with alternatives rejected. Donald Smith testifies a Sacramento Executive Airport manager urged officials in 1964 not to allow a shopping center at the crash site and the state Department of Aeronautics opposed construction.
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Alfred St
Biddeford
Edward Lemire
Gerard Boutin
Kennedy Drive
Ed. R. Morin
Sacramento
Donald Smith
State Department of Aeronautics
F86 crashes near ice cream parlor after short takeoff
A privately owned Korean War era F86 failed to lift off from a 5000 foot runway and plunged into a nearby ice cream parlor within the shopping center. National Transportation Safety Board member William Haley says pilot Richard Bingham chose the short runway to save fuel.
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William Haley
National Transportation Safety Board
Richard Bingham
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French
Canada
SFC Institute
Shady Oaks
Camp Ground
Arundel
Okla
Percy’s Pharmacy
Main ST
Sac
Quaker’ State
Mater
Westinghouse
MAIN
Main ST. Kauf
Calif
Electrolux
Cleck Appliances
Kelvinator
Main Street
Saco
York County
Zayre Believ
Poplin
Dacron
Emids & Heathento Ee
Portland
Pine Tree Shopping Center
Saco Valley
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