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Evening Express from Portland, Maine • 32

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Evening Expressi
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Portland, Maine
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32
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Muskie set to address UPI photo by Gene Willman Stella Young today and during World War I convention BANGOR (UPI) Secretary of State Edmund Muskie will address Democratic Party con vention this weekend upon returning from his first overseas diplomatic mission President appointment of Muskie to the top State Department post will boost the presi support at the convention state party Chair man Barry Hobbins said Tuesday The convention will send 22 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in New York this August and Hobbins expects Carter will receive 12 of them Muskie met in Brussels Tuesday with represen tatives of Western European allies hoping to firm up support for sanctions against Iran He was due to meet in Vienna riday with Soviet oreign Min 's 17 EXPRESS i Wednesday May 14 1980 6 Portland Maine Am SR jg mfe mkMbl A Jm RjMmrjrJfliBk jffrv YUto TrWT 111 HK333k' vigMMyj '111 He9mmE JMMRa JSnWa df9 Doughnut takes look back By ELIZABETH HOLLAND OLD ORCHARD BEACH (UPI) Stella Young picked up the World War I steel helmet lifted it to her head and wriggled the strap under her chin "They asked for volunteers to go to she recalled "I was young and adventuresome I really know what I was getting into "We allowed out the door without our helmets and gas masks in rance on account of the shelling and the mustard On the couch in her sunshine filled Maine cottage was a photo of Stella freckle faced and 20 years old wearing the helmet and holding a tub of home made doughnuts The picture was taken 64 years ago of the original "doughnut of World War I The Everett Mass native joined the war effort as a Salvation Army vol unteer in 1918 and was sent to the Metz front in rance She was stationed a mere 3 miles behind the front lines in the heavily shelled village of Ansuville It was there serving refreshments to weary soldiers returning from a 30 day stay in the trenches that Miss Young was christened the "doughnut "I remember it was very cold and bleak weather really said the petite silver haired woman "The boys were coming back all wet and full of mud "One of the girls said try and make some "I really take full Miss Young who was in charge at the time made the decision to go ahead with the doughnut scheme The first batch was made with makeshift tools the top of a baking soda jar cut the dough and a camphor ice tube punc tured holes in the middle Later a combat photographer asked her to pose with a steel tub full of fresh ly made doughnuts and the "doughnut picture caught the fancy of the nation It soon appeared on postcards and on the sheet music cover of "My Doughnut a song dedicated to Salvation Army volunteers After the armistice she spent nine months in rance accompanying the di vision to Germany before returning home She returned to Europe during World War II supervising an American club at Burton Stacey England In 1956 after 40 years of volunteer service she retired to "take life but now 84 and a brigadier in the Salva tion Army she continues to do vol unteer work at area hospitals She has a stack of letters from World War I soldiers who heard her speak on a Boston radio program and remem bered the "doughnut "Those doughnuts and wrote a Massachusetts veteran "still arouse my ister Andrei Gromyko His schedule then calls for a direct flight to this northern Maine city' where he will attend his daughter graduation from the University of Maine at Orono Saturday before speaking to the convention later in the day Hobbins said There will be 2240 delegates at the convention who were elected at about 500 non binding cau cuses eb 10 Carter received 47 percent of the delegates Kennedy 39 percent replacement in the US Senate George Mitchell is scheduled to appear at the conven tion riday evening after officially resigning his position as US District Court judge Gov Joseph Brennan last week appointed Mitchell a former Muskie aide to succeed the sec retary of state in the Senate Mitchell will be sworn in at ceremonies in the Capitol in Washington Monday Sale of WCSH radio awaits CC approval WCSH radio oldest radio station is being sold to a subsidiary of Eastman Radio Inc of New York City it has been learned Mary Rines Thompson president of the Maine Broadcasting System which owns WCSH said Tuesday a sales agreement had been signed by Maine Broadcasting and the Eastport Broadcasting Co No purchase price was disclosed and the sale is subject to approval by the ederal Communica tions System The sales agreement comes less than two months after Maine Broadcasting signed a similar agreement to sell WLBZ radio in Bangor to the Acton Corp of Acton Mass Mrs Thompson would not comment on the rea sons for the two sales but she said the stations were making money The company continues to own WLBZ TV in Bangor and WCSH TV in Port land but Mrs Thompson did not say whether there were any plans to expand the television operations Maine Briefs Prison lockdown continues THOMASTON The lockdown at the Maine State Prison will be completely lifted "probably in a matter Bureau of Corrections spokesman Ralph Lowe said yesterday Lowe said prison offi cials "have a definite unlocking date in but will not make it public because it could change Also yesterday a team of civilian observerrs paid another visit to the prison and one of them Rep Sandra Prescott Bangor said the process of classifying prisoners is not moving as quickly as she would like She also said she will recommend to the Legislaturre that money be appropriated for additional "trained as a first priority Clark to appeal dismissal OLD ORCHARD BEACH John Clark Sr fired as police chief for allegedly deceiving the Public Safety Commission and failing to enforce the law said yesterday he will appeal that dismiss al Clark who said firing came as a sur prise has asked for a hearing before the commission That hearing is expected to be sched uled within 15 days Enjoy a day in the clouds featuring HAPPY HOUR 4:30 7:30 Craig Palamacci at the piano or your late nite's pleasure enjoy Richard Leete at the piano rom 8:00 12:30 AT THE EASTLAND HOTEL Psychiatrists on the rise AUGUSTA (UPI) medical schools are turning out enough psychiatrists to handle the pa tient load well into the 1980s but not enough of the new doctors are setting up practice where needed most in rural northern Maine one conclusion in a report by the Mental Health Manpower Commission After a year of re search the study noted a substantial increase in Maine psychiatrists over the past decade and cred ited a residency program at Maine Medi cal Center as a "significant in that rise "Unfortunately the graduates of the residency pro gram have all elected to practice in southern Maine leaving unsolved the problem of poor distri bution of psychiatrists in the the report said Drug convictions upheld The Maine Supreme Court yesterday upheld theconvictions of two men for trafficking in drugs from their dormitory at the University of Maine at Orono William Bath 22 of Kennebunk and David Thornton 22 of Melrose Mass were convicted by a jury last July of trafficking in hashish and am phetamines furnishing marijuana and possession of mescaline The two had argued that the search warrant used to enter their room was invalid be cause it specific enough Rose May 17th 18th Maine Rose Society in attendance Sunday May 1 8th 10:00 2:00 Make it a habit to deal with bills on a regular basis unpleasant feeling of being inundat ed by a backlog of over due bills periodic handling of your personal budget can go a long way toward insuring that you take on a higher debt load than you can handle In our credit oriented society it cannot be over emphasized how impor tant good credit is it can effect so many aspects of our personal lives Be aware of your credit rating and make it a regular practice to Demonstrations on Pruning Planting and Care of Roses ree pint of Ortho up start with the purchase of 2 or more roses Offer good Sat Sunday only 753 Broadway So Portland 799 2241 Open Sunday 19 2 Pay All Bills On Time zsa CREDIT BUREAU GREATER NRTIAND Member Associated Credit Bureau of America Libby Building 10 Congress Square Portland Maine Dial 7723771 Academic Dean James loyd said Tues day "He had as his first priority traveling to fulfill his professional career as a musician and not class room But Price praised concert tours "He brings back a fantastic supercharged amount of musical information from one of those he said The petition said Rudd is "an whose "con UMA students seek to retain Rudd AUGUSTA (UPI) University students say jazz trombonist Roswell European concert tours boost the music program Administrators say he blows his own horn too much and neglects classroom duties About 80 students signed a petition this week urging retention of Rudd on the faculty at the Uni versity of Maine at Augusta Mucin on4 art faniiltv mPHlhorc £rVP Rudd a npff ative recommendation last year and the musician tribution is was given a one year contract expiring this year 1 "TTie 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