City Council Plans to Accept Mayor Mercier Resignation
The Saco city council will meet Friday at 7 30 p m to accept Mayor Armand J Mercier's resignation and set an election date for a new mayor A vacancy on the Board of Registration may be filled and the board requests early session to handle the spring census Bids for street department vehicles Camp Ellis repairs election clerk appointments Memorial Day expenses parade permit for Union St Jean de Baptiste on June 25 and the annual art festival are on the agenda.
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Saco
Armand J. Mercier
Board of Registration
Camp Ellis
Union St. Jean de Baptiste
Biddeford Fire Crews Respond to False Alarm and Woods Fire
Biddeford firefighters answered a false alarm at Box 115 Birch Street School. Separately a woods fire at the St Francis College Dump burned yesterday prompting 3:27 PM calls and over an hour of water and booster-line use by Engine 6 and Tank 1.
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Biddeford
Birch Street
St. Francis College
Build-Up Of Russian Fleet Rotary Topic
The Biddeford Saco Rotary Club met at the Wonder Bar Steak House in Biddeford with Donald Scribner presiding. Richard Buchanan, USN, warned of a massive USSR fleet buildup noting about 340 submarines, 100 nuclear, and a merchant fleet expansion of one million tons per year, followed by a Q&A.
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Biddeford
Saco Rotary Club
Wonder Bar
Washington Street
Donald Scribner
James Pastorelli
Uest
Richard Buchanan
USN
South Portland
Buchanan
U.S
Ussr
John Larson
Funeral services for Joseph A. Cochnar in Old Orchard Beach
Prayers will be said Monday at 8 am at Shumway Gross Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco followed by a Mass of Resurrection at St Margaret Church 9 am for Joseph A Cochnar who died Friday Son of Anton and Anna Cochnar Survived by brothers James and John and sister Mrs Frank Mester all of Nebraska
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Old Orchard Beach
Joseph A. Cochnar
Shumway Gross
Spring St
Saco
St. Margaret Church
Cochnar
Anton
Anna
Bancura) Cochnar
James
John Cochnar
Frank Mester
Nebraska
Joseph A
Temple Ave
St. Margaret's Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philip H. Gross, Sr
Harris
Lester R
Shadagee Road
United Auto Parts
Shumway Gross Funeral Home
John Jordan
Weekend Weather Outlook for Portland Area
Patchy night temperatures in the 30s with a clear to mainly sunny day Sunday. North Portland highs near 40s to 50s while southern parts reach near 60 with mild winds and light breezes.
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Portland
Mrs. Roger Hanson Revealed as Surgical Patient
Mrs. Roger Hanson of 63 Forest Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Roger Hanson
Forest St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Cupcake Sale At Biddeford Schools
A cupcake sale will be held at all Biddeford schools on Tuesday. Parents may donate cupcakes by taking them to the schools Tuesday morning.
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Biddeford
Immunizations Clinic Set for May at Saco City Hall
The monthly baby immunization clinic will be held May 2 at 1 p.m. at the Saco Public Health Nurses office in City Hall. DPT measles rubella and polio vaccines will be offered with booster shots available. A physician will attend along with volunteers Mrs. Philip Snow Mrs. Robert Whittier Mrs. Gilbert Harrison Jr. and Mrs. Lloyd Trecartin.
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Saco Public Health
City Hall
Cutts Ave
Saco
Philip Snow
Robert Whittier
Gilbert Harrison Jr
Lloyd Trecartin
Methodist Youth Fellowship Meets at Saco Church
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of the Saco United Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at 5 30 p m.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship of
The
Saco United Methodist Church
Goodwins Mills
Bible Club
the Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Local PTA and church youth groups schedule meetings
Various area groups announce upcoming sessions. The Biddeford and Kennebunk PTAs hold final meetings of the year May 2 at 7 30 p m and 6 15 p m respectively. Youth choirs and Sunday services are set across Faith Pentecostal Old Orchard Beach Advent Christian Kennebunkport and Ogunquit churches with times of 3 00 to 7 30 p m and Bible study sessions continuing through the week.
Coming Events and Club Meetings in Town
Monday events include the Webhanne Woman's Club annual luncheon at 1 p.m. at Sea Spray Motel with soloist Mrs. Elmer Cropper. Also Cheatless TOPS Kennebunk chapter weighs in at 6:30 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. meeting at Kennebunk Baptist Church. SPEBSQSA rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. at Kennebunk port Community Center Temple Street. Visitors welcome.
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Webhanne
Woman's Club
Sea Spray Motel
Elmer Cropper
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Kennebunkport Community Center
Temple Street
Traffic Toll For Year Reaches 50
A 24 year old South China man Ronald L Dowe died in a Route 32 crash in Windsor Maine. Police said he was killed instantly when his car left the road at high speed and struck a telephone pole at about 1 30 a m. The year end toll reached 50, up from 45 at the same time last year.
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Windsor
South China
Maine
Ronald L Dowe
Dowe
Monks Declines Maine Delegates to GOP Convention
Robert Monks, candidate for the Republican U S Senate nomination, will not seek election as a Maine delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer. He cites President Nixon’s uncontested bid and says his time should be spent supporting the Maine party and his Senate campaign. He hopes delegates include newly enfranchised 18 to 21 year olds. Delegates will be chosen at the State GOP Convention in Augusta this weekend.
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Portland
Robert Monks
U. S. Senate
Maine
Monks
Nixon
Senate
Republican Party
Augusta
Pollution topic at Home League meeting features Maine Audubon guest
Mrs. Linda Wright of the Maine Audubon Society spoke at The Salvation Army on Church Street about Pollution Its Problems and Solutions. She showed slides on Portland area pollution and solutions like recycling and sewerage treatment. A Q and A followed with participation by Chaplain Mrs. George Miller and others.
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Old Orchard Beach
Linda Wright
Maine Audubon Society
Ladies’ Home League
Salvation Army
Church Street
Howard Leggett
Wright
Portland
Faith Ayres
George Baggs
Winnie A
Charles Damery
Edith Fenderson
George Miller
John Hall
Ruth Glines
Beach C of C Plans Birthday Dance
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a birthday celebration scholarship dance on May 13 at 8 p.m. at the Brunswick Hotel. Music will be by Johnny Trull's Orchestra.
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Old Orchard
Ten Planet Proposed Beyond Pluto By UC Scientists
A UC Livermore team led by Joseph L. Brady predicts a 10th planet named Planet X, 6 billion miles from the sun and six hundred times farther than Earth, with a 512 year orbit. They base the claim on Halley’s Comet deviations and expect astronomers with powerful telescopes to search the Milky Way for the elusive body.
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Livermore
Calif
University of California
Pluto
Solar System
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Earth
Joseph L. Brady
Brady
Neptune
Milky Way
Astronauts Will Meet Families After Moon Mission
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II head for a reunion with their families aboard the USS Ticonderoga after a Hawaii visit and a flight to Ellington Air Force Base Houston. They carry 245 pounds of moon rocks soil samples and film data for analysis by scientists studying early lunar history.
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Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Tex
Ticonderoga
Moon
Curtis Opposes Interim Nuclear Plant License
Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis questions a New England power emergency and urges Congress to oppose interim licensing for nuclear plants at Maine Yankee in Wiscasset. He argues the state faces no summer shortage and environmental reviews should finish before any plant goes online to aid Boston.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Yankee
Wiscasset
Boston
Kenneth Curtis
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Curtis
New England
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington House
Central
Maine Power
Connecticut
E.W. Thurlow
Kenneth M. Curtis
John Hart
Scarborough High School
Hart
New England Regional Waste Water Institute
South Portland
Ira Hart
Scarborough
Scarborough Water District
Police Report Thefts Bicycle in Saco Investigation Open
Saco police report a brown bicycle stolen from outside a Middle Street residence last night. The owner is Michael Under wood of 62 High St. Police are investigating.
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Saco
Michael Underwood
High St
Middle Street
Grass fires send Saco firefighters to two alarms
Saco firemen were called out to two grass blazes this morning. At 8:27 a.m. Engine 5 with four men tackled a blaze at 225 Lincoln Street. A second alarm followed at 9:35 a.m. Engines 2 and 5 with six men fought a fire at the Lafayette and Main streets corner.
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Saco
Lincoln St
Lafayette
Main Streets
Beach Fire Doused After Grass Blaze on Saco Avenue
Firemen from Tanks 2 and 3 aided by five men battled a grass fire on Saco Avenue yesterday afternoon at 2 15. The flames were brought under control with swift teamwork.
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco Avenue
Paulsen Delivers Satire on America to Maine Campus Crowd
Pat Paulsen, polling 1 percent in New Hampshire, entertained over 1,000 University of Maine students in Portland with a 90 minute set critiquing the economy, elections, the war, and morality. He mixed jokes about George Wallace and youth with serious pleas for peace and reforms on marijuana and nonvictim crimes. He noted Muskie's withdrawal as gracious.
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Portland
New Hampshire
Pat Paulsen
University of Maine
Paulsen
George Wallace
Harlem
Democratic Party
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Ten Little Indians Opens At Biddeford City Theater
Agatha Christie mystery seen in Biddeford City Theater two night run produced by Thornton Academy Drama Club. Sally Carter Vera Claythorne. Alan Smith Philip Lombard. Fred Blow cockney policeman. David Dawn judge. Scott McKenney butler. Leland Philbrick general. supporting cast includes Jim Harvey Cath Corriveau Jon Ramsdell.
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Agatha Christie
Biddeford City Theater
Thornton Academy Drama Club
Thornton
Sally Carter
Vera Claythorne
Fred Blow
Alan Smith
Philip Lombard
David Dawn
Scott McKenney
Leland Philbrick
Jim Harvey
Cath Corriveau
Jon Ramsdell
Greg Brackett
Pam Jones
Nursing Association Supervisor Honored in Biddeford
Elaine Graham R N newly appointed supervisor of the Biddeford Public Health Nursing Association was honored at a board reception in the Nursing Office City Building. The event included welcomes from board president Mrs William Deans and committee chairs with several directors in attendance. May 22 was set for the annual meeting at Marshview Scarborough and a three member committee was named to study retirement programs for the agency.
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Biddeford
Holyoke
Mass
Graham
East Sebago
Falmouth
U.S. Navy
Holyoke Hospital School of Nursing
Boston University
Martin Reilly
William Doran Jr
Webber Hospital
Careleton Davis
J. Phillip Masse
Lee Simonsky
Medeliene Davenport
Rolland Allard
Kay Schaffer
Anne Genmneville
Normand Reilly
William O
Reilly
Carey
Masse
Rielly
Edwin Walker
Elaine Graham
R.N
Trees Preserve Oxygen Says Arbor Day Speaker
McAffie from White Mountain National Forest told Kennebunk and Kennebunkport students Arbor Day marks the 100th anniversary of Arbor Day and highlights forests as life support, noting 78 trees per person and 20 trees per car’s pollution. He cited Maine’s 11 000 acres lost yearly and stressed ocean plankton’s 40 percent of world oxygen, with tree and forest efforts supporting regional towns and school plantings of white birch and Linden trees.
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Kennebunk
Maine
Robert MecAffie
White Mountain National Forest
Park Street
Consolidated School
Kennebunkport
Nebraska
McAffie
New York
Los Angeles
New
Dedication Of Trees In Memory Of Wells Men
Wells honors two Vietnam fallen, Stephen F. Gray and Miles Robert Gregoire, with two Hawthorne trees planted on Wells Elementary grounds. The ceremony featured remarks by officials, student poems, a flag salute, and a dedication service led by Rev. Iverson.
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Wells
George R. Wells
Vietnam
Spiller
Arbhur Arthur
Thomas S. Vose
America, the Beautiful
Wells Arbor Committee
America
Kermit Nickerson
Peter Craft
Gerald Dow
Austin Wilkis
Julie Dickerson
Ruth Griffin
Harry Behn
Henry Abbey
Richard Chase
Carroll P. Beals
Virgina Clemens
Stephen F. Gray
Miles Robert Gregoire
Southeast Asia
Neil Iverson
Wells Congregational Church
Ann Gray
Edrick A. Prouty
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Cochnar Services
Lois Hanson
Fpaneral Directors
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
A. M
WPM
AMP. M
LD Pta
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Younge
Lyman Baptist Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
Beadvent Christian Chains Mills
Youth Fellowship of the
Kennebunk Landing Free -Christian Union Society
Baptist Youth Forenaio
Ogunquit
Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Ten Little Indians
Biddeford City
Nursing Association
William B. O’sullivan
Carleton Davis
Roland Allard
Norman Reilly
Marcel Lizotte
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