Army sergeant confiscates enemy payroll in Viet Nam raid
Platoon Sergeant Lawrence Nine of the 2nd Battalion 39th Infantry captured a Viet Cong paymaster after a firefight in the Mekong Delta. The money totaled 358000 piasters about $3000, confirming the payroll of the 514th Viet Cong main force battalion. The raid prompted broadcasts and leaflets warning the Viet Cong and Nine's unit recommended him for a medal.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Dong Tam
Vietnam
Lawrence Nine
Columbia
S.C
Nine
William T. Leggett
Rocky Mount
N.C
39Th Infantry
Henry Emerson
Milford
Emerson
Biddeford Fire Blaze Fueled by Spark From Exhaust
Biddeford firefighters extinguished a field fire yesterday afternoon at 602 Elm Street Biddeford. A spark from a motor exhaust was blamed for starting the blaze.
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Biddeford
Elm St
Funeral Home Contacts in Saco Maine
Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine provides funeral services. Dial 282-0562. Emond's Funeral Home lists 2s4-5511 with Frank X Emond and J P Conroy as contacts.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Belanger Rites Held for Laurette Belanger in New Britain
Funeral services were held at St. Margaret's Church for Laurette Dussault Belanger 40 of 151 LaSalle St New Britain who died Wednesday after a long illness. Born in Biddeford Maine she is survived by her widower Omer Belanger of New Britain her mother Louise Henaire of Biddeford one daughter Doris Belanger of New Britain one sister Mrs Roger Dion and two brothers Alex Dussault and Robert Nollette of Biddeford.
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New Britain
Conn
St. Margaret’s
Laurette Dussault Belanger
LaSalle St
Belanger
Biddeford
Maine
Omer Belanger
Louise Henaire
Doris Belanger
Roger Dion
Alex Dussault
Robert Nolette
Bideford
Five Area Men Attend Meeting In Portsmouth
The fourth meeting of the Portsmouth Kittery Armed Services Committee held in Portsmouth N H elected and seated the Board of Governors for 1968 1969. Maine area reps included Clayton W Cartmill Biddeford Frederick W Perkins Jr Kennebunk Joseph Thompson Old Orchard Beach Gordon C Smith and Edwin E Kimball from Wells Ogunquit York.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Beach Dog Law Enforcement Set for April Enforcement
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town Clerk Barbara E Lord said the Town Council has issued a warrant to the dog officer to prosecute unlicensed dog owners since the April 1 deadline. Owners have until April 18 to comply or face prosecution.
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Old Orchard Beach
Barbara E. Lord
Saco Firemen Respond to Two Grass Fires
Saco firemen battled two grass fires amid dry weather. One blaze threatened land owned by Charles Boucouvalas at 122 Franklin Street and another on John Cooper’s property at 285 Ferry Road. An earlier alarm at Market and Irving Streets proved false.
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Saco
Charles Boucouvalas
Franklin St
John Cooper
Ferry Road
Market
Irving Streets
Fishing laws booklets available in Biddeford
Maine open water fishing laws booklets have arrived at the Biddeford city clerk's office and are available to the public. Mrs. Clifford Berry Biddeford city clerk said today.
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Maine
Biddeford
Clifford Berry
Beach Handbooks Now Available at Local Clerk and Police
Old Orchard Beach announces that handbooks detailing current fishing laws are accessible at the clerk’s office or the police department. A separate AP report from San Antonio notes Bexar County Investigator Alvin Johnson says a car theft gang has stolen 300 cars in four years, citing the courthouse incident as a spur. In Central Point Oregon, Tom Thompson lights a cherry tree to safeguard this season’s crop after frost damaged blossoms, while sunlight reduced to eight minutes a day earlier.
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Old Orchard Beach
Barbara E. Lord
Police
San Antonio, Tex
Bexar County
Central Point
Ore
Tom Thompson
Local Briefs Highlight Service Members and Travel
Victor DesChaine of Biddeford returned home from Florida this week after spending the winter there. Jeffrey D. Bridges of Wells, son of Russell and Mrs. Bridges, has completed nine weeks of Navy basic training at Great Lakes and is married to Deborah Stevens of Moody. Elsie S. Gendron of Washington visited Lawrence Welk, National Cancer Crusade chair, at the kickoff luncheon in Washington with Welk’s performers Joe Feeney and Natalie Nevins joining.
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Victor DesChaine
Adams St
Biddeford
Florida
Jeffrey D. Bridges
USN
Russell O. Bridges
Wells
Deborah Stevens
Moody
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Elsie S. Gendron
Washington, D.C
Old Orchard Beach
Lawrence Welk
National Cancer Crusade
Shorham Hotel
Washington
Welk
Joe Feeney
Natalie Nevins
Delta Alpha Club to Meet at Biddeford Home
Members of the Delta Alpha Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Edith Hutchins home 1 Maplewood Ave Biddeford Brothers Night will be served by Saco Rebekah Lodge at 7 30 p.m. tomorrow in Fellows Hall Saco Refreshments will be served.
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Delta Alpha Club
Edith Hutchins
Maplewood Ave
Biddeford
Boys' Fellowship Meeting At Lyman Baptist Church
The Boys' Fellowship of Lyman Baptist Church will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at the church after a good win by Mills.
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Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Maine Research to Open $2.5 Million Facility in Lisbon
Maine Research Corp plans a May opening for a $2.5 million facility in Lisbon to manufacture specialized printed circuits for computers military systems and instrument and control manufacturers.
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Lisbon
Maine Research Corp
Weather Forecast for Portland Area Lightly Warm Tonight
Fair and not so cold tonight with low temperatures in the 30s. Tomorrow fair in the south portion. Partly cloudy north and warmer.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather
The Weather Bureau forecasts five days of above normal temperatures for northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs will reach the 60s, lower 50s in Maine, with nights in the 40s and 30s in Maine. Very warm weekend, cooler late Sunday and Monday, then warmer again Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation below a quarter inch except Vermont where a half inch possible. Scattered showers in extreme north on Saturday and most areas Sunday, then again in the north Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Ruouessanc
Maine
Vermont
Bay State Couple To Wed In August
Miss Elizabeth Ann Gobeil of Rockland announces engagement to Llewellyn Wyman of Rockland. Gobeil is employed by Electro Switch Corp in Weymouth. Wyman is with H. H. Arnold Inc. The couple plan an August 3 wedding and share family ties to Biddeford and Saco Maine.
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Rockland
Mass
Robert Gobeil
Pierce Road
Elizabeth Ann Gobeil
Llewellyn Wyman
John F. Wyman
Wiscasset
Maine
Mildred T. Wyman
Gobeil
Electro Switch Corp
Weymouth
Wiscasset (Maine
H. H. Arnold Inc
Miss Gobeil
Herbert Emery
Guinea Road
Biddeford
Laurent Gobeil
Hills Beach
Celestin Gobeil
Cleaves Street
Leon Stone
Union Street
Saco
Dryer Fire at Beach Extinguished
Firemen were called out Thursday when an electric clothes dryer at Edward Mulderiy house overheated and set fire to clothes. The blaze was extinguished without further damage. Thursday night firemen quelled a blaze in a pile of boards at East Grand Avenue and Cleaves Street caused when an oil filled flambeau overturned.
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Old Orchard Beach
Edward Mulderiy
Murphy Ave
East Grand Avenue
Cleaves Street
Rear End Collision In Saco Causes Minor Injuries
Saco police report a 46 year old William Smith of 396 Ferry Road stopped at a Beach Street cross walk signal when struck in the rear by a 47 year old Lloyd Anderson of 239 Ferry Road. Anderson said he looked away briefly and did not see the other vehicle stop.
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Saco
William £. Smith
Ferry Road
Beach Street
Lloyd M. Anderson
Anderson
Thornton Teachers Attend Conference at Yale
Thornton Academy faculty members attended the 14th annual Yale Conference in New Haven Connecticut. Alfred Barrett Roger Hunt ress and Paul Staples headed the English department at Saco school took part in the session Teaching of English. The program covered teaching writing and literature with Yale professors Scott Elledge James Folsom Cleanth Brooks David Thorburn and Douglas Cole presenting on writing assignments reading problems and what we ask of a play. The event explored methods for improving writing in 10th grade and how point of view affects non expository writing.
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Thornton Academy
Yale
New Haven
Cleanth Brooks
David Thorburn
Douglas Cole
Knights of Columbus Confers Degrees in Biddeford Meeting
Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus conferred a first degree on new members Leo Lemire and Gerald Paquette during a session at Washington Street hall Biddeford. The group planned an April 20 Easter Ball at the same hall and discussed funds to send a high school student to the University of Maine Manne rigo Boys State in Orono.
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Luke E. Hart
Reserve Units Report For Duty In One Month
New England reservists and national guardsmen, totaling over 2,500 from four states, were activated by the Pentagon. Units include Massachusetts 1st Battalion 211th Artillery and 540 men, New Hampshire 3rd Battalion 197th Artillery 520 men, and the 12th Mobile Construction Battalion Navy Seabees 500 men based in Boston. Report date May 13 for four weeks of mobilization.
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Boston
New England
Pentagon
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
211Th Artillery
Massachusetts National Guard
197Th Artillery
12Th
Mobile Construction
Monay
William Barter
Massachusetts Artillery
August G. Lucas
Barter
Berlin
Seabee
James Lee
Acton
Air Force
Hanshom Field
Bedford
Mass
Albert Gravellese
Stoneham
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloane
iCmdr
Robert Solk
Norwood
Itek Corp
Lexington
Thomas Sullivan
Veterans Administration
Gravellese
John A Volpe
Fall River
New Bedford
Middleboro
Falmouth
Ft. Benning
Army Reserve
513Th Composite
Ft. Lee
Ft. Campbell
Naval Reserve
12Th Mobile Construction
Gulfport
Miss
197Th
Portsmouth
Manchester
Nashua
Franklin
Somersworth
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Faith Tabernacle Announces Good Friday and Easter Sunrise Services
Faith Tabernacle schedules Good Friday services tonight at 7 30 led by Rev Ralph Mugford with communion by cooperating churches Saco Church Rev Harry Prince South Portland Church Rev Fred Henderson and West End Church Portland Rev Woodie Crost the evening speaker West End choir to perform Easter Cantata Refreshments after the service An Easter sunrise service is set for 5 30 a m at the end of Old Orchard Street The public is invited to both services
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OLD Orchard Beachfaith Tabernacle
Ralph Mugford
Cooperatin
Saco
Harry Prince
South Portland
Fred Henderson
West End Church
Portland
Woodie Crost
West End
Faith Tabernacle
Old Orchard Street
Johnson Seeks Voice in Peace Talks Amid North Korea Tensions
The discussions would include South Korea related concerns over North Korea's aggression, and the Pueblo incident where the U S intelligence ship and its 82 crewmen are still held by North Korea.
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North Korea
U. S
Pueblo
Maine General Fund Revenue Falls Short of Estimates
Maine finance commissioner reports general fund revenue for March 320000 below estimates, keeping nine month shortfalls at 685000. Governor Curtis calls the report encouraging, citing spending cuts and growth boosting sales tax revenue and overall state income.
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Augusta
Maine Finance and Administration
Eneral
Maurice F. Williams
Curtis
General Fund Departments
Chrysler Recalls Over 100000 Cars And Trucks
Detroit report says Chrysler recalls more than 100000 vehicles including Chrysler Dodge and Plymouth cars with high performance engines and four barrel carburetors for possible fast idle cam failures after prolonged use. Also recalls 240 medium duty Dodge trucks for potential brake fluid contamination and 27 current model Dodge Darts with 383 cubic inch engines will be checked for wrong left side exhaust manifolds.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
West German Destroyer Moelders To Be Launched In Bath
The Bath Iron Works will launch the West German Navy destroyer Moelders into the Kennebec River Saturday at 12 45 p m. The 4491 ton vessel honors Col Werner Moelders, a top German fighter ace with 101 kills. Sponsor is his mother Mrs Viktor Moelders of Goettersloh. Speakers include Lt Gen Johannes Steinhoff and Adm J J Galantin.
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BATH
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works Corp
Moelders
Werner Moelders
Viktor Moelders
Goetersloh
West Germany
Johannes Steinhoff
Adm
J. J. Galantin
U.S. Navy
Suetjens
DDG30
Child Health Clinic Set In Kennebunk
A Child Health Clinic will be held in Kennebunk at the Public Health Office 10 Storer Street on Tuesday April 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. A physician will administer inoculations for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus polio small pox and measles vaccine. Babies and children up to school age are invited to attend.
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Kennebunk
Public Health Office
Storer St
Missing Galt sparks FBI hunt and car ownership confusion
Residents report they had not seen Galt for about three months and cannot recall what car he owned, as authorities intensify the FBI search.
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FBI
Galt
Camp Ellis Unit Sells Candy at Saco Market
Camp Ellis Firemen's Auxiliary finalizes plans for a candy sale today at Shaw's Market in Saco Valley Shopping Center. President Jeannine Pendelton leads the meeting at the fire station with reports from secretary Lillian Morris and treasurer Christine Peterson.
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Shaw's Market
Saco Valley
Camp Ellis
Jeannine Pendelton
Lillian Morris
Christine Peterson
Morris
Wormwood
Marjorie Pendleton
Peterson
Regina Koster
Alfreda Pendleton
Elsie Buzzell
Phyllis Labbe
Curtis Backs Kennedy in Maine Endorsement
Governor Kenneth M. Curtis announced support for Senator Robert F. Kennedy, saying he feels a personal duty to state his views. Maine Democratic leaders like George J. Mitchell urged caution, with Muskie supporters watching for a convention decision and Humphrey's candidacy. Curtis noted Kennedy’s rounded leadership and noted past Kennedy campaigns in 1966.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Curtis
Maine
George J. Mitchell
Democratic State Committee
Mitchell
Humphrey
Sen. Muskie
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Kennedy
McCarthy
John C. Donovan
Bowdoin
Maine McCarthy Organization
Donovan
Keane
Tor
Urtis
Kemedy
Robert
Railway Society To Hold Dinner In Kennebunkport
New England Electric Railway Society prepares for its annual dinner meeting on Saturday May 18 at 7 15 p m at the Legion hall. Members report a successful spring clean up campaign and urge more volunteers to assist at the museum in coming weekends.
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Kennebunkport
New England Electric Railway Society
Legion Hall
Local Legion Proposes Changes At Biddeford Post Meeting
At the Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion Post in Biddeford the group backed two resolutions by Royal Sheltra to form American Legion Boys State and to amend the constitution. Resolutions await York County Council approval tonight and then department convention in Bath. The post reports 323 paid members with two new additions, Begin and Barra.
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Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Royal Sheltra
Dirigo Boys State
American Legion Boys iState
York County Council
Department
Bath
Theodore Goulet
Joseph H. G. Begin
Roland Barra
Veterans Hospital
Tagus
Joseph R. Angers
Peter Nadeau
Theode Legare
Roland St. Michel
Prnor
Joseph Zaitlin
Robert Poire
Blood Bank
Sheltra
House
Adrien L'Heureux
Poire
York
Elm Street Hall
Roy Mendros
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