Deaths in Old Orchard Beach Fern Coombs Leger 54
Mrs. Fern Coombs Leger 54 of 40A Cedar Ave Old Orchard Beach died last night at Maine Medical Center Portland after a short illness. Born in Auburn April 18 1915 she was daughter of Ralph G and Effie Cutler Coombs. Survived by widower Charles E Leger two daughters Carol Libby and Ellen Ruex both of Minot two stepdaughters Irene Leavitt Saco and Lorraine Audie Pa and 21 grandchildren. Funeral at Plummer and Merrill Funeral Home Auburn Monday Aug 4 at 1 pm with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery Auburn. Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
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Fern Coombs Leger
Cedar Ave
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Auburn
Ralph G
Effie Cutler Coombs
Edward Little High School
Irene Leavitt
Saco
Lorraine Audie
Plummer and Merrill Funeral
Turner St
Oak Hill Cemetery
Larcenies Reported To Saco Police
Saco police investigate two larcenies from the last two days. Lavertue of 40 Pool Street Biddeford reported the theft of a fishing rod and reel two life preserver cushions and a tackle box from his boat at Bouffard's Marina Tuesday or Wednesday worth 133 dollars. Mondor of 66 Hill Street Saco reported a battery stolen from his car parked at the Saco Tank Corp Thursday valued at 19 dollars.
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Saco
Nd Lavertue
Pool St
Biddeford
Bouffard’s
Raymond Mondor
Hill St
Saco Tank Corp
Hart Council Knights of Columbus Prayers for Agnes Donahue
Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus meets at Cos rove Funeral Home 326 Elm St Biddeford to say prayers for Agnes Donahue at 7 30 tonight. Donahue is a sister of a member.
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Luke E. Hart
Memorial Service for Agnes Donahue at Cosgrove Funeral Home
Members of Tighe-Beaudoin Farley American Legion Post and Auxiliary will meet at Cosgrove Funeral Home in Biddeford tonight to conduct a memorial service for Agnes Donahue, a member of the Auxiliary.
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Tighe - Beaudoin Farley
American Legion
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Biddeford
Agnes Donahue
Beach Bridge Players Hold Duplicate Tournament
Bridge players at the Speak Easy Playhouse Lawn Avenue competed in a club duplicate event led by couples Abe Elowich and Mrs. Elowich and Gowen with Mrs Hoyt. Top finishers included Mougalian duo first and Elowich pair second, with several ties and a next game scheduled for tomorrow at 7 30 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Speak Easy Playhouse
Lawn Avenue
Abe Elowich
Harold Gowen
Gail Hoyt
Eugene Pecoraro
Marjorie Margiloff
Oscar Paradis
Cyril Somerville
James M Tsatsos
David Marshall
Carleton Davis
Mary Wilbur
Gwen Flannery
Susanne Snow
al Rosen
Robert Whelan
Alberta Haynes
Richard Monahan
Aranongalian
John Fisher
Joe Smaha
James Warren
William Haase
Dora Paulhus
Ida Rosen
Angie Hickey
Fred Patterson
Alice Fecteau
Harry Stott South
Elowitch
Gowen
Hoyt
Pecoraro
Margiloff
Paradis
Somerville
Playhouse
House Surtax Bill Victory Backed by Mansfield Group
The piece describes a decisive win for Majority Leader Mike Mansfield’s policy team as they won every round in advancing the surtax bill. Dirksen called it an accomplishment to pass the surtax measure and expected it to be signed by Nixon.
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Page One
Mike Mansfield
Dirksen
Nixon
Teen Lingo Translated By Glossary
Snelling and Snelling, based in Philadelphia, launched a summer education program teaching teen slang to staff across 43 states. The glossary helps staff interpret interviews, showing how youth describe jobs and pay. The program, now in its seventh year, drew nearly 100000 students last year to work with about 30000 firms and aims for a new record this summer.
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Philadelphia
Branry
Snelling
Philadephia
Scart O. Snelling Sr
Flying Foreign Bodies and Mower Safety Advice
Dear Dr Willeford answers readers on lawn mower safety noting rotary mowers can hurl rocks nails or wire causing serious injury while reel mowers are safer though less powerful. It suggests removing debris before mowing and consulting dealer literature for guidance.
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Dr. Willeford
Billy
Local Personal Notices From Cape Porpoise and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Frank Bradbury Sr of Cape Porpoise has returned home after a hospital stay in Biddeford. Fireman Barry A Bouffard USCG, son of Saco residents, serves aboard Coast Guard Cutter Spencer. Wilfred Croteau, formerly at Lemelin's Nursing Home, Old Orchard Beach, transferred to Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford from Webber Hospital. Pvt. Robert Elwell US Army, after medic training, spent leave with his mother in Saco before next assignment at Ft. Eustis. Sister Marie-Anne Boucher CSA of Quebec has returned to Canada after two weeks visiting Kinney Shores and Biddeford residents.
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Frank Bradbury
Cape Porpoise
Webber Hospital
Iddeford
Barry A. Bouffard
USCG
Andrew Bouffard
20 Lawn Ave
Saco
Coast Guard
Spencer
Wilfred Croteau
Lemelin
Old Orchard Beach
Notre Dame Hospital
Pool Road
Biddeford
Cecile Godbout
Kinney Shores
Kennebunk Library Launches Two New Programs
Kennebunk Library announces two programs this month. A Thursday film series for junior students runs Aug. 7 to Aug. 21 from 7 30 to 9 00 with Robert Towne assisting. films include Anyone for Diving Spirit of the Olympics Nobody Waved Goodbye White Mana The Secret and Goodbye. A Bookworm Reading Club for young people up to high school age encourages reading two non fiction and two fiction titles to earn a pin and diploma. registration is open now and the program ends Sept. 1.
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Kennebunk
Robert Towne
Gorham State College
Portland Forecast: Mild Tonight Then Warm Aft Thundershowers Likely
Fair and mild conditions develop tonight with a chance of fog along the coast and east of Portland. Saturday turns cloudy and warm with a chance of thundershowers in the afternoon or evening.
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Portland
Father Laplante On Board Of Religious Order
The Franciscan Fathers of Maine at St. Francis College announced Rev. Sylvere Leblanc as provincial and board chairman of the Franciscans of the Province of Saint Joseph Montreal Quebec. Rev. Clarence Laplante O.F.M. former president of St. Francis College, joins the six member board. Since leaving Biddeford College in 1966 he served in South America as a missionary and was secretary to the Visitator General.
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Franciscan Fathers of
Maine
St. Francis College
Sylvere Leblanc
Franciscans of
Province of Saint Joseph
Montreal
Quebec
Clarence Laplante
O.F.M
Biddeford College
Father Laplante
South America
Franciscan Fathers
Ramp Project Planned at Marblehead Boat Yard
Mayor Leo Lemire of Biddeford said a boat ramp and parking area will be built at the Marblehead Boat Yard now Maine Stream this year. State Parks chief Eugene Heart and an engineer were in the Biddeford area reviewing the site as construction was set to begin within two weeks.
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Leo Lemire
Biddeford
Eugene Heart
State of Maine
Marblehead
Maine Stream
Heart
Lemire
Spoonerisms Highlight Clergyman William Spooner
Notes on spoonerisms attributed to the British clergyman William Spooner known for slips like occupying a pew becoming oc ocupying a pew and other tongue slip humor from his era.
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William Spooner
Bible Baptist Church Names New Pastor Rev Bruce C Kunkle
Rev. Bruce C Kunkle has accepted the pastorate of Bible Baptist Church in Saco. He is a Moravian College Bethlehem graduate and studied at Philadelphia College of Bible and Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. He has pursued graduate work at Southern Connecticut State College and the University of Hartford and has led youth work at Clinton Baptist Church in Clinton, Connecticut. He and his wife have three children Chris Glenn and Kimberly.
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Bruce C. Kunkle
Bible Baptist Church
Saco
Mr. Kunkle
Moravian Collece
Bethlehem
Philadelphia College of Bible
Muhlenberg Col. Ee
Pennsylvania
Southern Connecticut State College
University of Hart
Clinton Baptist Church
Clinton
Conn
Kunkle
Youth For Christ
Madison
Kunkles
Chris
Glenn
Kimberly
Nixon in Lahore Urges Strong Asian Ties With Pakistan
President Nixon arrived in Pakistan and met President Yahya Khan for talks aimed at renewing friendship and expanding Asian development. He cited mutual regard and pledged U.S. backing while urging self reliance and regional cooperation, and noted Pakistan's growing ties with China and the Iran Turkey Regional Cooperation for Development group.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Nixon
M. Yahya Khan
United States
Bui
India
Yahya
Asia
John Foster Dulles
Vietnam
China
Yahyo
U.S
Iran
Turkey
Regional Cooperation For Development Organization
Washington
Tan
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Mohammed Ayug Khan
Nur Khan
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Romania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Bucharest
Britain
Harold Wilson
Mars Surface Photos Dampen Life Hopes in Mariner 6 Rollout
Pasadena reports from AP describe Mariner 6 images showing a battered Martian surface with craters and wastelands resembling the moon. Scientists caution that life, if any, would likely be microscopic or plant-like and stress the mission cannot answer the life question.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner 6
Red
Robert Leighton
Leighton
Kennebunk Man To Face Traffic Charges
Kennebunk 26 year old Michael R. Drohan faces traffic charges in Saco district court after a Summer Street accident. His station wagon, owned by John Murphy, hit two utility poles and a tree causing a brief power outage. Drohan and Linwood Wakefield, 23 of Kennebunkport, were taken to Webber Hospital in Biddeford. vehicle is a total loss.
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Kennebunk
Michael R. Drohan
Saco District Court
Summer Street
Raymond Mosher
John Murphy
Drohan
Linwood Wakefield
Kennebunkport
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Mosher
Saco Art Students Exhibit Works Tomorrow
Saco art students under Miss Patricia Dunn will display works in an exhibition tomorrow from 9 am to 4 30 pm at 415 Main St Saco corner of Cleveland Street Exhibitors include Mrs Ruth Gallant Miss Marina Bellevue Miss Gail Cormier Mary Warner Thomas Gallant Vera Gallant Janet Whelan James Whelan Christine Whittier Carrie Munger James Nadeau Lisa Whelen Lisa Mailman and Mary Kenneally Refreshments will be served.
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Patricia Dunn
Saco
Main St
Cleveland Street
Ruth Gallant
Marina Belevue
Gail Cormier
Mary Warner
Thomas Gallant
Vera Gallant
Janet Whelan
James Whelan
Christine Whittier
Carrie Munger
James Nadeau
Lisa Whelan
Lisa Mailman
Mary Kenneally
Fire at laundromat causes minor damage
Firemen report a dryer lint bag ignition at a Washington Avenue Laundromat on Thursday. The blaze was extinguished on arrival with only minor damage and no injuries reported.
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Old Orchard Beach
Washington Avenue
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Mrs. Fern C. Leger
Saco Police
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Ss Street
Philip A Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco, Maine
Sophia Loren
Moscow
Red Square
S Loren
Kennebunk Library
Michael Dupuy
New York City
J. Frank Harrison
Pleasant St
Fresh Air Fund
New York Herald Tribune
Harrison
David
Eric
Beth
Mary Alice
Steven
Anne
Frances
Governor's House
John F. Kennedy
Rim
Mariner 7
Kennebunk Man
C Motors
T. V. Muntz
Sylvania
Motorola
Paul Moreau Furniture
Biddeford, Me
Merchants Committee of
The
Biddeford-Saco
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