Rembrandt Stolen From Boston Museum in daylight heist
Three men stole a 343 year old Rembrandt portrait titled Portrait of Elisabeth Van Rijn from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in about three minutes. One guard was pistol whipped and shots fired as the painting was taken to a waiting car. FBI involvement was noted and officials questioned the likelihood of recovering the 16 by 22 inch work.
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Boston
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Elisabeth van Rijn
Richard C. Paine
Merrill C. Rueppel
Paul Revere
Rueppel
FBI
Col
Gerald Schirar
Vito Magaletta
Belmont
Magaletta
Fenway
George Monkouski
Liceman
Istol
Monkowski
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
James Fack
New York City
Parke-Bernette
Rembrandt
Fack
Boston Museum
Barono Fabritius
Worcester
Mass
Picasso
Elizabeth van Rijn
Rembrandt van Rijn
UPI
Officers Named By Thursday Club In Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Thursday Club elected officers for the coming year at its annual meeting at Joseph's by the Sea. Madeleine Davenport was reelected president with Norman Reilly and others serving as officers. Dr Elsa Meder spoke on Peace Corps work in Africa and Kenya Uganda Tanzania and Somalia. The club approved a donation to the state Cancer Fund and purchased copies of The History of Saco and Biddeford for local schools.
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Old Orchard Beach
Durin
Biddeford
Joseph’s-by-the-Sea
Madeleine Davenport
Davenport
Norman Reilly
William B.o’sullivan
Arthur Eon
Josephine Chadbourne
Carlyle Atkinson
Earle Towle
Elsa M. Meder
Peace Corps
Africa
Meder
Kennebunkport
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Somalia
Pepesca Eder
Efore
Caluinis University
New York City
Dorothy Perrault
State Cancer Fund
Airlines Offer No Frills Fare Debuts in Miami
Airlines from Delta National Eastern Continental and American launch a no frills fare reducing prices by 35 percent to attract new customers. Passengers bring their own snacks and seating ranges from rear cabin to regular service as rules allow changes with penalties.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Sharman Allbritten
Miss Allbritten
Air
New York
Sami
Delta
National
Eastern
Continental
American
Tional
Hugh Emmons
Rudy Slaninka
Miami Beach
Beach Receives Housing Funds For Elderly Units
OLD ORCHARD BEACH based on plans Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante says the town will develop 10 subsidized elderly housing units using the Housing and Community Development Act funds administered by the Maine State Housing Authority. Units may be built or rehabilitated and owned by private or nonprofit groups with renters chosen from an MSHA pool. Proposals will be invited after federal rules are published.
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Old Orchard Beach
Jerome Plante
Maine State Housing Authority
MSHA
Plante
Park Street Civic Ovation Contest Prep
Park Street School in Kennebunk holds a Civic Ovation contest on Crime Prevention Everybody's Business for grades 5 and 6. Winners from each classroom advance to an April 17 assembly with judges Mrs Forest Maguire Mrs Frances Dow and the Rev Robert Hewitt using a numerical rating system.
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Kennebunk
Park Street
Forest Maguire
Frances Dow
Robert Hewitt
Elvert Pooler
Park Street School
Cra
St. Joseph’s Paris Hall
Biddeford
Poison Gas Experiment On Americans Revealed
Sydney AP report says Australia opened an inquiry into a World War II poison gas claim. John Hampshire, 57, alleges that on January 21 1944 Australian airmen dropped 360 canisters on an uninhabited island near Cairns, using American planes under American officers. He says prisoners from American jails volunteered and were killed along with livestock. he seeks veterans benefits.
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Sydney
Australia
Australian Defense Department
John Hampshire
Royal Australian Air Force
Cairns
Hampshire
Army
Air Force
Barrier Reef
UPI
KHS Wins Math League Title In Undefeated Run
Kennebunk High School clinched its second straight Math League championship defeating Noble Wells Massabesh and Sanford. Fifty plus KHS students competed across Algebra I Geometry Algebra II and Advanced Math from October to March with 61 participants earning medals ribbons and certificates for top scores including Val Moulton Ellen Houston Kevin Harnden Ellie Troost Bill Carroll Joanne Keating R Deane Best Beth Tanner.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School
Noble, Wells, Massabesh
Sanford High Schools
K.H.S
Amos McCallum
Gwen Page
Ellen Houston
Melissa True
Linda Welch
Val Moulton
Ellie Troost
Kevin Harnden
Joanne Keating
Billy Carroll
Mary Serreze
Jim Hendrick
Doug Packard
Kim Harnden
R. Deane Best
Beth Tanner
Bill Carroll
Kim Angell
Barb Russell
Sandy Frederick
Jennie Bove
Cheryl L'Heureux
Carol Walker
Kathy Best
Jim Jannetti
Chris Clark
Erin Campbell
Richard Young
Jim Pastorelli
Mary Jaccoma
Kolin McPherres
Roy Barrows
Mike
Kim Lovejoy
George York
Richard Best
Jim Cummings
Lynn Pierpont
Mike Jackson
Harold Burbank
Mike Andrews
Dave Serreze
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Saco and
George Folsom
Saco Middle School
Biddeford High School
Maurice Roux
Clayton Cartmill
Carl Haas
Haas
Maurice
GEVNN
Mich
Richard J. Bolduc
U.S. Air Force
K.I. Sawyer Afb
Bolduc
Richard E. Bolduc
Graham St
Maine
Strategic Air Command
Andover Institute of Business
Portland
Jamaica
Roland Bergeron
Bergeron
Emile Bergeron
IMJ
Saco & Biddeford
Uni Nation
F.d.1.c
Saco
Old Orchard
Bill
Ford
Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Robert Dole
White House
Milton R. Young
House
Senate
Young
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Dole
Butz
Congress
Toault
Trancotte, Inc
Main & Elm Streets
Modern
KHS
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