[Assorted Maine & NH Reports]

1619.0009
WCSH Collection
Brunswick, Windham, Winthrop, Maine
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circa 1970
Fritzi Cohen (sp?) review of comedic stage play 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' with footage of play and actors in Brunswick; wrecked Volkswagen Beetle car off road, police stand around site of accident, label in notes says: SB Windham Rescue 01/15/1970; Howard Neilson (sp?) beside lake talks about water pollution in lakes, footage of boat recreation and algae on Lake Annabessacook in Winthrop, pollution treatment on the lake, interview with President Robert Shute [?] of State Biologists Association on pollution; report on New Hampshire education problems and possibility of sanctions; man with southern accent comments on advantages of new 'vascar' method of catching speeders on road, system being implemented in Maine.
A voice over review by Fritzi [Freda] Cohen of a comedic performance at the Brunswick Music Theatre of the stage play 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' with footage of the actors ends with her looking directly into the camera and offering continued remarks of encouragement; silent footage of a wrecked Volkswagen Beetle car off road; police examine the site, and a large hauling truck with dented front bumper is next to the damaged VW; Howard Nielsen, in a standup beside a lake, talks about water pollution in all kinds of bodies of water; some footage of riverfront, lakefront, particular footage of boat recreation and algae on Lake Annabessacook in Winthrop, with details about pollution and treatment efforts including copper sulfate application on the lake are noted in the voice over; an interview with President Robert Shute [?] of State Biologists Association on pollution; he suggests law needs to be enacted that curtail pollution rather than punish after pollution occurs; a report on New Hampshire education problems and possibility of sanctions is read by an anchor; a man [Arthur Marshall?] describes how a new 'vascar' method of catching speeders on road works, which is a system being implemented in Maine.

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