James W. Claus 72 dies. art dealer, Navy veteran
Kennebunk James W Claus 72 of Old Port Road Wells and former Santa's Barn owner died unexpectedly April 24 at home. He was an art dealer in Boston and a Navy veteran of World War I. Survived by widow Ethlyn Claus. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Second Congregational Church Wells with interment at Forest Hills Boston. Friends may call Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer St. Kennebunk Thursday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
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Kennebunk
James W. Claus
Old Port Road
Here
Wells
Orn
Belmont
Mass
Robert C
Lucy (Watson) Claus
Santa’s Barn
Boston
Paine’s Furniture Company
Congregational
Ogunquit
Ethlyn (Johnston) Claus
Second Congregational Church
Neil Iverson
Forest Hills Cemetery
Bibber
Carrie C Redman former Bangor teacher dies in Biddeford
Carrie C Redman 87 of Bangor area died April 24 after a brief illness in a Biddeford nursing home. Born October 11 1885 in Exeter she taught in Corinth and Corinna schools and led PTA and Girl Scout groups in Bangor. Survived by two sons two daughters 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Private funeral at Dennett and Cram Funeral Home Saco with memorial at East Corinth Methodist Church.
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Carrie C. Redman
Bangor
Biddeford
Exeter
John W
Carrie (Greeley) Chandler
Main St
Saco
East Corinth Methodist Church
Senator Schulten’s Wife Dies in Massachusetts
Mrs Dorothy N Schulten 66 wife of Maine Senator T Tarpy Schulten R Woolwich died Tuesday at a Brookline Massachusetts convalescence home. A Greenwich Connecticut native and Finch College alumna she was active in the Christian Science Church. She leaves her husband and three sons. A private funeral service is held in Greenwich.
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Woolwicch
Maine
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
Massachusetts
Dorothy N. Schulten
Brookline
Greenwich
Conn
Nixon says no decision yet on firing Watergate aides
The White House states President Nixon has made no decision at all about dismissing any top level aides in the Watergate affair.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Card of Thanks for Maine Medical Center and Webber Hospital stay
Lucile Jariz thanks relatives friends and neighbors for flowers cards and gifts during her stay at Maine Medical Center and Webber Hospital and expresses gratitude to Dr Iyer nurses aides and others for their care.
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Maine Medical Center
Angeline Chretien
Dr. Iyer
Webber Hospital
Funeral Directors and Funeral Homes in Saco Maine
Directory listing notes funeral service offices in Saco Maine including Shumway and Gross Dennett and Craig Emond’s with addresses on Spring Street Main Street and contact numbers for Franklin X Emond J P Conroy. The entry provides multiple firms and phone details for local funeral services.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tel
Weather summary for Portland area tonight to Thursday
Fair tonight with increasing clouds across the extreme southwest. Lows upper 20s north to near 40 south. A few showers possible in the extreme southwest Thursday with highs in 40s to mid 50s. Eastport to Merrimack River variable winds tonight five to 15 knots becoming easterly ten to 15 knots Thursday. Visibilities above five miles through Thursday.
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Portland
Eastport
Merrimack River
Rockland
PAM proposal slammed as pig in the poke by CMP chief
Central Maine Power CEO William H. Dunham labeled the proposed Power Authority of Maine a pig in the poke at a public hearing. He warned PAM would become a superagency with broad eminent domain powers and freedom to set rates, reducing private utility customers and harming long range planning.
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Augusta
Central Maine Power Co
William H. Dunham
Proposed Power Authority of Maine
PAM
Dunham
Legislative Public Utilities Committee
Peter S. Kelley
D-Caribou
Kelley
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Eight Die In Southern Storms Across Mississippi Valley
Heavy thunderstorms lingered in the lower Mississippi Valley killing eight people and injuring nearly 50 across Mississippi Arkansas and Texas. Tornadoes and floods disrupted warnings and evacuations as Army maneuvers and a tornado drill caused casualties and damage to schools and mobile classrooms.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Ft. Hood
Tex
Sumner
Miss
Missouri
Tax clash over spot revaluation in Kennebunkport
York County Commissioners inspected the 200 year old Houston farm in Kennebunkport after Bill and Jo Houston argued that local assessments were unfair and improperly done. The hearing explored potential districted assessors to improve uniformity. The decision is due within two weeks with 30 day appeal period.
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Bill
Jo Houston
Jane
Alfred
York County
Paul Reay
Lucien Dutremble
Clement Auger
Abbott Pendergast
Carter Radley
Selectman
Dave Walley
Houston
Reay
Selectmen
Reny
Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Town Hall
Keninebunkport
Saco Police Lieutenant Credits Training Standards
Alberick Joseph Martin, 14 year veteran and police lieutenant since 1968, notes the eight week basic school law and reduced 40 hour week have boosted department training. He lists courses at Augusta investigators school, Maine law school, fingerprinting, Cumberland Sheriff’s, Sanford supervision, plus seminars. He is 36, married to Hilary von Mering of Kennebunk, with two children. formerly a Navy radarman.
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Alberick Joseph Martin
Saco
Martin
Thornton Academy
Augusta
University of Maine-Portland Law School
Cumberland Sheriff's Department
Sanford
Saco Force
U.S. Navy
Hilary von Mering
Kennebunk
Prominent Advisors Die in Independent Notices
Palm Desert California figures George E. Allen aged 77 and Hamilton Fish Armstrong aged 80 died within days of each other. Allen was a confidant of three presidents and authored Presidents Who Have Known Me. Armstrong was a longtime editor and authority on international affairs, retiring recently from Foreign Affairs Quarterly.
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John B. Morin
Rachel
Palm Desert
Calif
George E. Allen
U.S
Franklin D. Rooseveltt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hamilton Fish
Goodies Beach Erosion Cited and Recreation Plans Discussed
The article notes approval to use 80 percent federal funding for College Work-Study salaries in the recreation program, estimated at 100 dollars weekly. It reports a $5,000 town meeting vote to buy land for a West Kennebunk playground and consideration of using 25 acres at the twine mill for leveling and equipment. It also mentions relocating Lafayette Elm plaques and awaiting Historic Preservation Commission input on plaque size.
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Page One
Selectmen
Recreation Commission
West
Kennebunk
Selecten
Selectman
Herman Cohen
Historic Preservation Commission
Scontras Plans DEP Review for Wildwood Expansion Project
Nicholas P. Scontras said his attorney and engineer are preparing an application to the State Department of Environmental Protection for the proposed 485 lot expansion of the Wildwood subdivision in Saco. The plan, previously returned by the planning board, now faces site location law review and DEP scrutiny.
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Nicholas P. Scontras
Wildwood
Saco
Tthe State Department of Environmental Protection
Scontras
Sacplanning Board
Thomas Griffin Jr
Portland
Planning Board
Dep
Boston Ballet to Perform for Maine Schoolchildren
Eight Boston Ballet dancers bring Tchaikovsky’s Peter and the Wolf to Biddeford and Saco elementary students. Second graders in Biddeford view 10 am and 1 pm shows May 2 at Biddeford High School. May 3 for kindergartners to third graders at Fairfield School in Saco. Program includes lectures and music context funded by a 400 grant from Maine Commission of Arts and Humanities.
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Boston Ballet
Biddeford
Saco
New Music Center
Biddeford High School
Fairfield ‘School
Maine
Maine Commission of Arts and Humanities
Massachusetts
Break-in at Tony's Grill in Biddeford
Biddeford police investigate a last night break-in at Tony's Grill on Foss Street. Intruders reportedly took from the juke box, bumper pool table, cigarette machine, a guitar and case, and a radio valued around $1,000 with arrests still unclear.
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Grill
Biddeford
Tony's Grill
Nashville East
Foss Street
Legion Post 26 meeting in Biddeford Elm Street home
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post 26 American Legion schedules its regular meeting for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Post home on Elm Street Biddeford.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
U S Trains Cambodian and Lao Military in Thailand
The State Department says about 300 Cambodian and a smaller number of Lao military personnel are in Thailand for three to six months of training by the United States to operate cargo and fighter planes and armed helicopters. The program aims to curb Hanoi's infiltration into South Vietnam.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Thailand
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Returnables Bill Sees Unanimous Saco Support
The Saco Conservation Commission unanimously passes a resolution backing a state bill under consideration. The measure would require all beer and soft drinks sold to meet specified returnable container standards and environmental rules.
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Saco Conservation Commission
Saco School to bid early for new junior high building
Saco officials plan to open bids for the new junior high early next week with work targeted to begin in spring. Superintendent Cushman expects the school to be ready for fall 1974. a Right to Read program report was reviewed and volunteers may assist. The committee also accepted the resignation of assistant football coach Doug Stanley and the retirement of teacher Mrs. Maryalice Braley and backed educational financing reform bills in the legislature.
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Commission
Maine
Saco
Howard Cushman
Cushman
Ruth Allen
Doug Stanley
Burns Junior High
Maryalice Braley
Lobstermen Debate Channel Opens Amid Harbor Plan
In York Maine lobstermen vote on two harbor channel proposals with a split result and calls for safety measures at bell buoy C5. Authorities consider lights and anchorage rules while selectmen review the outcomes plus a Maine Viet Nam Veterans Day address from Navy Secretary John Warner urging sustained military strength.
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York
Whitehouse
US. Coast Guard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Goat
Folly Island
Coast Guard
Belluoy
Maine House approves Biddeford Airport expansion plan
The Maine House unanimously approved LD 1649 authorizing 100000 from the general fund surplus for phase two of Biddeford Airport expansion. The project includes a 5000 foot runway, 3500 foot crosswind strip, expanded parking, lighting, parallel taxiways, and an instrument approach system. Local and federal matches raise the total to about 400000 to accommodate small jet aircraft.
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Maine
House’ of Representatives
Biddeford
Senate
Guy Marcotte
D-Biddeford
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