Fire At Beach Is Probed
An Old Orchard Beach resident died in a large house fire at 60 Seaview Ave. Paul Edwards was found inside after neighbors reported the blaze. Fire Chief Louis R. Wharff said state fire inspectors would lead the investigation. Edwards, born in 1899 in Kirwin Kansas, had worked for Fenderson Dairy and Cole Farm Dairy and left Libby Memorial Library two years ago. He leaves a widow and three children with several siblings and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Paul Edwards
Seaview Ave
Edwards
Louis R. Wharff
Lawrence T. Dolby
Kirwin
Kan
Deforest
Edna (Mellon) Edwards
Old Orchard Beach
Topeka
Fenderson's Dairy
Saco
Cole Farm Dairy
Dayton
Libby Memorial Library
Gladys Canney Edwards
Madelyn Marshall
Yonkers
N.Y
Maurice C. Edwards
Charleston
S.C
Claude Edwards
Carbondale
Ruby Bartlett
Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home
Portland Ave
Preliminary Steps Cleared For General Fund Measure
Augusta AP The 226.79 million general fund appropriation bill cleared all preliminary steps with brief House explanation and no debate. Final enactment awaits reprinting and votes in House then Senate, likely this week. Rep Louis Jalbert said Gov Curtis recommended total matches bill. some items were moved or removed for standalone consideration.
Lassies Beware The Society Watching Girls Guideline
The American Society of Girl Watchers issued season rules for its 5000 members. Do not ogle or stare, avoid binoculars except at races, and refrain from whistling or pinching. Founder Don Sayers says ski pants in Vermont may be sexier than bikinis in Miami. The group, based on 38th Street, advocates watching women in public. their president is Ray Baur.
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New York
American Society of Girl Watchers
Don Sayers
Eastchester
N.Y
Vermont
Miami
Los Angeles
Fifth Avenue
42Nd Street
Central Park
Paradise
Sayers
Audubon Society
38Th Street
Park Avenue
The
Elks
Professional Sports Management Corp
Ray Baur
Westport
Conn
Sauers
No Journal On Holiday
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not be published tomorrow in observance of the Patriots Day holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Maine Senate proposal seeks voting age drop to twenty
State Senator Jon Lund urged the legislature to cut the voting age to 20 and treat 20-year-olds as adults for contracts. The measure was debated by the State Government Committee, with action postponed to April 25. A prior 18-year proposal was opposed by chair J Hollis Wyman and others.
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Augusta
Maine
Jon Lund
Senate
J. Hollis Wyman
R-Milbridge
Lund
Wyman
Vatican Paper Affirms Contraception Stand Amid Debate
The Vatican newspaper l Osservatore Romano reaffirms Catholic doctrine against contraception and states Pope Paul VI’s encyclical gives no changes. It notes abstinence as the only acceptable method and calls for increased food production to support growing populations. The editorial counters a leaked commission report urging permission.
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Vatican City
Vatican
l'Osservatore Romano
L‘osservatore
Surveyor 3 Aims for Moon Landing Site Sea of Storms
Surveyor 3 advances toward the moon for a first U S attempt at lunar touchdown in the Sea of Storms. The 2283 pound craft, equipped with arm like shovels, is guided by sun Canopus and midcourse corrections as it nears a 7 p m EST Wednesday touchdown.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
U.S
United States
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Canopus
Goldstone
California
Mojave Desert
Eart
Surveyor 3
Moon
Earth
South Viet makes peace plea amid high-level talks
South Vietnam urged renewed peace talks with North Vietnam and proposed a mutual pullback from the demilitarized zone and de escalation. U S officials welcomed the move as clashes continued in northern provinces and in the Mekong Delta with casualties reported on both sides.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Hue
Imperial
Qui Nhon
Tan Lam
Foreign Ministry
Canada
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
International Control Commission
Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
North
North Vietnam
United States
Panhandle
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
My Tho
Mekong Delta
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Chu Lai
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Sale
American Discount
Jalbert
House
Will Grimsley
Sauer
Madison Avenue
Dial
Sealer
Mac
of the
WILD
Fairfield School
Biddeford High School
Washington
Peace Corps
Samuel Zaitlin
Roger Painchaud
Joseph Wood
Biddeford
Dekia
Ethiopia
Joseph Farrell
Zaitlin
Philip Hamerslough
Hubert H. Humphrey
Biddelford
Coucil
A. Norman Sevigny
Ken
Patriots
FRI
SAT
Sun
Crepeau Motors Inc
South Viet
Song Cau
White Horse Division
Tuy Hoa
Saco Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Main Street
Mitton Goodwin
John A. Kennedy
Willis C. Sylvester
Carlton Burrill
Philip Gross Sr
Erwin Kennedy
Joseph H. G. Green
William G. Ward
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