Deaths Mrs Marie Ange Pelchat 68 Biddeford resident
Mrs Marie Ange Pelchat 68 of 136 Guinea Road Biddeford died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness. Born July 27 1898 in St Bernard Quebec she lived in Lewiston and Methuen before settling in Biddeford. Survived by her husband Louis Pelchat a daughter and several siblings. Funeral from St Peter's Church Lewiston Friday at 9 am. Local arrangements by Emond Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Ange Pelchat
Guinea Road
Biddeford
St. Bernard
Que
Narcisse
Leocadie Laverdiere Brochu
Lewiston
Lawrence and Methuen
Mass
Onesime
Louis
Omer Brochu
St. Peter's Church
Albert Funeral Home
Howe St
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Prayer Meeting for Mrs. Rose A. Cote at Emond Funeral Home
Members of Ste Anne s Soda lity of St. Andre s Parish will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Emond Funeral Home, 72 Hill St Biddeford, to say prayers for Mrs. Rose A. Cote a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Anne's Sodality
St. Andre’s
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Rose A. Cote
Bunche Urges King to Keep Civil Rights Move Separate
UN official Ralph Bunche says Martin Luther King Jr should not mix civil rights with the Vietnam peace campaign. He notes internal NAACP concerns, warns of tactical mistakes, and criticizes several contemporaries while defending King as a major civil rights leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Ralph J. Bunche
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S
Vietnam
King
Bunche
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United Nations
U.N
NAACP
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Chicago
Louisville
New York
Association
Sundhe
Walter Reuther
Floyd B. MecKissick
Congress On Racial Equality
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Floating Holiday Adopted by Local Union Members
Michael Schoonjans of LOCT. 406 says members voted to use Patriot's Day 19 as a floating holiday. The holiday will shift to May 29 to create a longer Memorial Day weekend with two paid days off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Schoonjans
Twua Afl-Cio-Clc
Loct. 406
New England Division Movement Corp
Schoonjans
Funeral Directors and service locations listed in Saco Maine
Funeral directors Dennett and Craig at 368 Main Street Saco Maine provide contact 2820562 Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco lists 2845611 Philip H Gross Sr director Emond's Funeral Home address 28 5511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy listed among funeral service providers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Rose A. Cote services set at St. Andre’s Church
Funeral services for Rose A. Cote of Hills Beach will be held Friday at 9:00 A M at St Andre s Church. Calling hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 P M and 7 to 10 P M at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cote
Rose A
Ocean Avenue
Hills Beach
St. Andre’s Church
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Unitarian Universalists View Film On CBS Broadcast
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco and Biddeford hosts a Sunday viewing of a CBS Lamp Unto My Feet documentary on Unitarian Universalism from 9:45 a.m. coffee hour in City Square Biddeford vestry. Rev. Fred A. Russell Jr. will give the sermon Society's Helpful Samaritans after the 10 a.m. film and 10:30 ending service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Universalism
America
Columbia Broadcasting System
Unitarian Universalist Church
Saco
Biddeford
City Square
Fred A. Russell Jr
Maine Highway Commission Announces New Materials Division
Maine's Highway Commission creates a Materials and Research Division to coordinate soil exploration paving and materials testing. Frederick M. Boyce Jr. is named director with Richard A. Luettich as deputy chief engineer and Roger L. Mallar to succeed Luettich. David A. Fraser named assistant director of Accounts and Administration. Wilbur J. Dunphy Jr. to lead the division's research section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Mallar
Luettich
Gedeon G. Picher
Mallar
Stevens
David A. Fraser
Edward L. Albling
Wilbur J. Dunphy Jr
Johnson Prefers Shirt-Sleeve Diplomacy at Hemisphere Summit
President Johnson favors informal talks over ceremonial sessions at the Western Hemisphere summit in Punta del Este. He held two private talks with Brazil's Arthur da Costa e Silva and Peru's Fernando Belaunde Terry, with more meetings planned. Officials note the discussions aim to follow up rather than produce immediate decisions, though workflow includes notes on topics such as sugar quotas, coffee and textile exports, oil smog, screwworm eradication, and attracting U.S. capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Brazil
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Peru
White House
U.S
Walt W. Rostow
Rostow
Washington
Dominican Republic
Colombia
United States
Venezuela
Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago
Part Time Census Takers Sought in Biddeford
Richard R. Sevigny Biddeford city official announced part time census taking jobs. Applications are available at his office and information can be obtained by calling 284-5418.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Sevigny
Biddeard
Sevigny
Local Petitions and Education Notes From Biddeford and Yale
Emile Lessard is a patient at Webber Hospital in Biddeford. Anna Belanger also in Biddeford is hospitalized at Webber. Omer Thibodeau has returned home from Notre Dame Hospital. Christos Throumoulos has come home after a Bangor visit with her son. Samuel Robinson of Saco is taking a Groton Connecticut correspondence course on electrical transformers. Thornton Academy faculty members attended the 13th Yale Conference on the Teaching of English at Yale University New Haven Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Lessard
Elm St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Anna Belanger
Main St
Omer Thibodeau
Notre Dame Hospital
Christos Throumoulos
Graham St
Bangor
James C. Throumoulos
Samuel Robinson
Pleasant St
Saco
Groton
Conn
Robinson
Thornton Academy
Charlemagne Fournier
Alfred Barrett
Paul Staples
Yale
Sterling Law Buildings
Yale University
New Haven
Community group meetings schedule for Saco and Biddeford
Ceva EWS The Madisses of the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the parish house. Members of Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Post will meet at 8 p m tomorrow in the post home on Elm Street Biddeford with officer nominations as main order. Council Chagnon Union St Jean Baptiste will meet at 8 tonight in St Johns Hall Adams Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisses
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Tighe - Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
Fellowship Hall
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Midweek Prayer and Choir Sessions Across Local Churches
Multiple midweek religious gatherings on Thursday include Prayer meetings at Bible Baptist Church Saco and Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach, Pentecostal services led by Rev E Terry Courtney in Kennebunk, and several choir rehearsals across Biddeford Saco and surrounds. A Cabinet meeting of the United Church of Christ Biddeford is also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
E. Terry Courtney
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main Street
Kennebunk
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Deeper Space Probes Seen By Cosmonaut
MOSCOW AP Cosmonaut Alexei A Leonov says new Soviet ships will carry more than three men and venture beyond near earth to deeper space probes. He did not give timing for missions, but comments fuel Moscow speculation the two year pause follows preparation for advanced flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexei A. Leonov
Yuri A. Gagarin
Leonov
Biddeford Fire Crews Respond To Twin Blazes
Biddeford firefighters answered two calls in the morning including a grass fire on Old Pool Road started by an unarmed person and a minor blaze at Caouette's Market 77 Pool Street due to defective wiring. Pool Street crews assisted. two other brush incidents at the city dump were controlled with brooms.
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Biddeford
Pool Road
Caouette
Pool St
Biddeford Pool
Pool Street
Portland Weather Turns Colder Tonight Then Warmer Thursday
Tonight clear and colder with lows in the teens and northerly winds easing to 10 mph. Thursday brings sunshine and warmer air with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather
Five day forecast for northern New England Massachusetts Rhode Island and northeastern New York. Temperatures average near normal with Vermont above normal. Highs 50s north to 60s south. Lows lower 30s north to near 40 south. Warmer Thursday and Friday, colder Sunday and Monday. Precipitation about one quarter to one half inch with scattered showers Saturday Sunday and rain Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Vermont
Centennial Committee Forms in Saco for 100th Year
The Saco Teen Age Republican Club forms a Centennial Committee with the city's Centennial Committee to plan observances of the 100th anniversary. A meeting at the Court House on Main Street heard a letter from 15 members urging participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Court House
Main Street
Thomas Vining
Armand Grenier
Stanley Knox
Susan Currier
John Knox
Maine
Barbara Freeman
Robert Knox
Walter Brennan
Abbott Pendergast
Kennebunkport
Global Labor Talks Highlight 1960s U.S. Labor Strife
The Teamsters settle a tentative contract with the trucking industry as auto makers plan recalls over parts shortages. President Johnson urges rail and union leaders to use a 20 day cooling off period to avert a national strike. The new DOT arrives late to the disputes while Cronkite returns to television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters Union
Auto Industry Maps
Johnson
Department of Transportation
Walter Cronkite
Arnold Zenker
AFTRA
Vietnam
U.S
Thailand
Chu Lai
Latin America
Punta l del Este
Assumption Sodality Names Officer State
The Assumption Sodality of St. Mary's Parish Biddeford held an April meeting in the school hall announcing next year’s officers led by president Mrs. Albert Colpitts. The Maine Council of Catholic Women plan a Biddeford meeting April 17 at 8 p.m. with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J C. O'Leary as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assumption Sodality
Biddeford
Albert Colpitts
Sodality Council
Maine Council of Catholic Women
St. Mary’s Hall
Edward J C. O'Leary
St. Margaret’s Parish
Old Orchard Beach
St. Francis College
Patrick Murphy
Michael Mogan
Roland Martin
John E. Barrett
Richard J. Reay
Donald King
Norman A. Martin
Walter J. Nelson
Arthur Rizas
Henry Tartre
George H. DesRoberts
Thomas H. Simpson
S. L. Kelley
Earl Stevens
Clarence C Kennedy
Daniel Dentico
Roland Rioux
J. Haley Booth
Philip J. Spang
Irene Girouard
Lloyd LaFountain
Break Reported At Casablanca Restaurant Biddeford
Biddeford police investigated a burglary at Casablanca Restaurant 1 Foss St. owner Gerry Semo said about 260 dollars was taken from an open safe and around 200 from a juke box and cigarette machine. No entry was found and police believe occupants exited after closing. Also under inquiry is vandalism at Greenwood Cemetery with reports of over 100 headstones overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
George Friary
Adelbert Morin Jr
Foss St
Gerry Semo
Semo
Greenwood Cemetery
Alfred Street
St. Friary
Edgar Sevigny
Woodlawn
West Street
South Viet Nam War Developments Increase Communist Defections
U S bombers and destroyers attacked Thua Thien and coastal targets as weather limited air missions. Defections rose to 11 751 this year with 1 005 last week, while Viet Cong terrorists killed 56 civilians and abducted 19 village election candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thua Thien
Thailand
Guam
Air Force
North Vietnam
Pandane
U.S
Sumner
O'Brien
Chien Hoi
Powell Wins Absentia Victory in Harlem Seat Fight
Adam Clayton Powell defeats Lucille Pickett Williams by an 86 percent margin in Harlem as he sits out the vote from a Bahamas retreat. The House faces seating questions tied to a prior exclusion ruling amid ongoing court disputes over misconduct and contempt citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
House
New York
House of Representatives
Gulf Stream
Bimini Island
Lucille Pickett Williams
Adam
Powell
Williams
Ervin F. Yearling
Democratic
L. Joseph Overton
Congress
Overton
18Th Congressional District
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Bimini
U.S. District Court
Gerald Ford
Rmich
U.S. Supreme Court
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Celler
Bahamas
Ancy
New York State
Esther James
Peaks Island Vacation Center Bill Passes in Maine House
The Maine House narrowly moved toward final passage of a bill authorizing 5000 to support Peaks Island development groups as they seek 5 million for a conference and vacation center for foreign diplomats and journalists. Rep. Healy praised the project for boosting international relations and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Portland
Peaks Island
House
Island Development Group
Joseph J. Healy
The
Catherine H. Carswell
D-Portland
Peaks
Briefs Filed in Biddeford Zoning Case Hearing
Maine Supreme Court Justice Dufresne instructed Laverriere and city lawyers to file all briefs by May 29. The case challenges a 1965 denial of a woodworking shop permit on Pool Road, arguing no valid zoning ordinance or planning board existed at the times cited. The judge may rule next month after reviewing board minutes and ordinance records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Auguste Laverriere
King St
Biddeford
Maine Supreme Court
Armand A. Dufresne Jr
Lewiston
Atty. T. A. Fitanides
Laverriere
Pool Road
Fitanides
Maine
Justice Dufresne
Marcel Viger
Viger
Planning Board
Saco School Board Faces Budget Delays and Teacher Contract Talks
The Saco School Board and Robert Moody indicate the current course is the only alternative. Reed says hands are tied as the district weighs budget delays that could affect recruiting new teachers. Forbush notes contracts for next year will include agreed items. Doyle announces a special meeting to bid on a new street department truck to aid spring road repairs. The mayor says no budget readings are planned for that meeting and tentative readings are set for May.
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Robert Moody
Reed
Forbush
Doyle
Teamsters Boss Fitzsimmons Faces Nationwide Trucking Standoff
The article outlines a nationwide trucking dispute with an 80 day injunction under Taft Hartley and wage hikes. It notes 65 percent of U S truck freight under Teamsters pressure, uneven impact across cities, and internal union power struggles led by Fitzsimmons amid Hoffa's imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
New York
New Jersey
Los Angeles
Miami
Trucking Employers Inc
Teamsters
Fitzsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Donald Cantlay
Murray W
Dusty) Miller
Dallas
Honor Roll At Federal School Is Announced
Honor roll for the third quarter at Federal School in Old Orchard Beach is released by Principal Miss Catherine G Neilon. High honors go to Donna Bellerose Joseph Lenkoski Stephen Ryan and Dino Vakas for Grade Eight and many students across Grades Six Seven Eight receive honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Catherine G. Neilon
Donna Bellerose
Joseph Lenkoski
Stephen Ryan
Dino Vakas
Elizabeth Gilman
Bonnie Holland
Michaelle Leroux
Scott Davis
Gary Fitzgerald
Linda ‘Cox
Richard Duhamel
Steven Perkins
Karen Nutial
Madeline Barker
Robert Belair
Charles Clemens
Michael Coreau
Robert Cyr
David Desjardins
Joseph Dube
Robert Duquette
John Garon
Michael Lund
Brian Marcotte
Constance Melancon
James Mullen
Lynda Smith
Melvin White
Walter Ratcliffe
Dennis Jacques
Ronald Kimball
Joan Peele
Richard Chamberlain
Kenneth Hirst
Daniel Gagnon
Mark Blow
Barbara Cullinan
Kenneth Mayford
Eva Martin
Ann Sullivan
Michael Va
Alice Golovich
Cheryl Koepp
Susan Merrill
Marjorie Morgan
Pat Perrin
Pat Boisvert
Marlene Angelosante
Charles Anton
Reinette Belair
Janice Bouchard
Tracey Cabot
Linda LaChance
Ann Loranger
Linda Maloy
Joseph Presley
Gary Stevenson
John Trull
Autumn Witcraft
Britons Frigid About Budget Rejects Boosts
London reports a no change budget meets frigid reception from MPs and the public while the pound nears parity with the dollar for the first time in 13 months. Callaghan sticks to austerity with no tax cuts or investment incentives beyond minor concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James Callaghan
House ofCommons
Callaghan
Johnson Holds Long Talks With Venezuela Leader In Summit Day
The first United States Latin American summit faces a difficult pay balance issue as Johnson’s solo talks loom larger than formal sessions. He spent a busy Tuesday visiting Raul Leoni of Venezuela for about an hour and twenty minutes, longer than with any other head of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
Johnson
Raul Leoni
Venezuela
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Unitarian Universalists
Maine Highway Commission
LBJ
Ceva
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
School Street Methodist Church
Associated Press Labor Scene
Space Agency
Virgil I. Grissom
Officer State
Casablanca
South Viets
Adam Powell
Peaks Island Vacation Center
Saco School
Federal School
Jackson Hearing Aid Service
Oak St
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