Deaths Dorothy L Oddy 70 Biddeford Pool resident
Dorothy L Oddy age 70 of Main Street Biddeford Pool died July 31 at a Portland hospital after a brief illness. She was a former nurse, operated the Lodge Guest House, and had lived in Biddeford since 1965, from Methuen Mass. Surviving: son John G Oddy, daughter Dorothy L Craine, brother Irving Flegg, six grandchildren. Funeral Mass Friday at Foss Street United Methodist Church followed by interment at Westlawn Cemetery Littletown Mass. Arrangements by Shumway Gross Funeral Home.
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Dorothy L. Oddy
Main Street
Biddeford Pool
Portland
Westford
Mass
Albert and
Lucy (Manning) Flagg
Methuen
John G. Oddy
Oddy
Foss Street
Irving Flegg
Groton Point
Conn
Joseph Lemieux
Foss Street United Methodist Church
Biddeford
Westlawn Cemetery
Littletown
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
Arundel man Oscar Lacourse 77 dies after brief illness
Oscar Lacourse 77 of Alfred Road Arundel died August 1 in a local nursing home after a brief illness. Born December 23 1895 in Watton Quebec he was a son of Belonie and Philomene Lacourse. He worked as a lumberjack and later at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Survived by wife Arzelie Gagnon Lacourse five sons and five daughters twenty four grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial set for Saturday 8:30 a.m. at St Joseph Church interment at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford Friday and Saturday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Biddeford
St. Joseph Church
Arzelie
Gagnon) Lacourse
Arundel
Adrien
Leo
Lyman
Roland
Wallingford
Paul
Violet) Gagne
Benoit
Doris) Goulet
Yvonne Ledoux
Milton Mills
N.H
Armand Nadeau
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Death Notice for Merle F. E. Cunningham in Norway
Merle F E Cunningham, 63, died in Norway on June 24. Interment was in Ruskin Florida. A former Saco resident, he attended Saco United Methodist Church and Thornton Academy and served in the U S Navy and Merchant Marines. His mother Frances Cunningham and sister Doris Reed live in Bass Harbor.
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Merle FE. Cunningham
Norway
Ruskin
Fla
Saco
Saco United Methodist Church
Thornton Academy
U.S. Navy
Frances Cunningham
Doris Reed
Bass Harbor
Daughter of Famed Illustrator Dies
Irene Gibson Emery, 76, daughter of Charles Dana Gibson creator of the Gibson Girl and niece of Lady Astor, died Monday in Cincinnati. Her husband John J. Emery is president of Thomas Emery Sons Inc. and former board chairman of Emery Industries Inc.
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Cincinnati
Irene Gibson Emery
Charles Dana Gibson
Funeral Directors of Saco Maine Listings
Funeral service firms listed include Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine with phone numbers 284 5611 and 282 0562 plus Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Frank X Emond J P Conroy with numbers 284 5511 and 282 1818.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P. Conroy
Portland Weather Tonight and Thursday Showers Forecast
Weather forecast for Portland indicates tonight’s low temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Thursday expects showers mainly north with a chance across other areas and highs in the 70s.
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Portland
World Money System Redone Proposed by Finance Ministers
Finance chiefs moved closer to a new world monetary framework to last about 25 years. The plan calls for objective currency revaluations, phasing out gold for special drawing rights, a weaker role for the dollar, and international sanctions such as IMF borrowing limits. Shultz welcomed the progress as the talks aim to draft a broad plan by the IMF summit in Nairobi.
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Washington
U.S
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nairobi
Kenya
Memorial Service for Hiroshima Nagasaki Victims in Portland
A Sunday memorial service at State Street Church in Portland focuses on peace and ending the fear of killing. Father Robert Manning of Holy Cross College will speak after returning from Vietnam. funds from a suggested fast will support a Viet Nam medical relief and peace education fund.
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Portland
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
State Street
State St
American Friends Service Committee of
Maine
Robert Manning
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mass
South Vietnam
Margaret Noble
North Windham
On Education Committee
Biddeford Break-ins Involve Pencils And Radios
Biddeford police report two Tuesday break-ins, neither major, both involving pencils. The Rubens Agency on Main Street missed pencils and a magnifying glass with no forced entry. Farrar-Brown also reported pencils and small radios missing. no money taken. A separate incident notes a 1969 Plymouth crash injuring Susan Bryant. Twelve hockey sticks from Clifford Park burglary recovered. juveniles promise to return more items and a hammer.
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Biddeford
Rubens Agency
Main Street
Farrar- Brown
Clifford Park
Subtropical Storm Disrupts Coastline Weather
A storm with winds up to 50 knots moved along the east coast bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to Cape Cod and nearby islands. The National Weather Service warned small craft to seek harbor while the system drifts north northeast toward Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Off Islands
National Weather Service
Yarmouth
Massachusetts
Islands
St Francis Guild to Pay Respects at Biddeford Pool
Members meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the late Mrs Dorothy Oddy residence Main Street Biddeford Pool to pay respects and attend a Mass at 8 p.m. at her residence.
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St. Francis Guild
Dorothy Oddy
Main Street
Biddeford Pool
Card of Thanks for Raymond Paradis and Armand Ledoux
The family expresses sincere thanks to the nurses and doctors of Webber Hospital for care and kindness and to Rev Joseph Carrier Dr O Sullivan and all relatives friends and neighbors who helped ease our sorrow after the loss of Armand A Ledoux and Raymond Paradis.
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Webber Hospital
Raymond Paradis
Joseph Carrier
O'Sullivan
Impeachment Move Tied to Watergate Scandals
Representative Drinan again filed an impeachment resolution against President Nixon citing alleged high crimes and misdemeanors tied to the Watergate affair and a secret air war in Cambodia. House leaders, including Thomas ONeill, criticized the maneuver as politically risky before probes by Cox and the Watergate committee conclude.
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Pagene
Drinan
House
Nixon
Cambodia
Haiphong Harbor
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
O'Neill
Senate Watergate Committee
Ias
Archibald
Cox
Oye
Troops Launch Thrust Southwest of Phnom Penh
Cambodian troops began a new drive southwest of Phnom Penh to ease pressure on the southern defenses. U S B 52 bombers hit positions seven miles south along the Prek Thaot river as Phantoms and Corsairs operated around the city. Col Am Rong said government forces advanced west of Prateah Lang in an important attack, noting enemy casualties and some troop losses.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prek Thaot
Prateah Lang
Yarmouth Man Dies In Head On Crash
Yarmouth resident Mark Sheskey, 25, was killed in a Tuesday night two car head on collision in Orland. The other driver was treated and released. Officials say Sheskey traveled on the wrong side of the road. No other passengers were involved.
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Yarmouth
Orland
Mark Sheskey
Sheskey
Aid to Cambodia Doubles as Aug Fifteenth Cutoff Nears
Pentagon sources say U S military aid to Phnom Penh will double ahead of the Aug 15 cutoff. Since Jan 1 1973 Washington has sent T28s C47s river patrol boats armored personnel carriers howitzers mortars and trucks. CIA officials note Cambodian forces lack training to use more advanced weapons.
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Washington
Cambodia
Pentagon
United States
Phnom Penh
Congress
Nixon
Indochina
James R. Schlesinger
Paris
Food price survey shows mixed weekly and date shifts
The department reports 17 percent of items rising, 66 percent unchanged, 5 percent lower, and 12 percent unavailable across two check dates. Eggs and pork chops lead increases with regional price jumps from July 1 to July 23, and again to July 31. Labor and market factors push farm costs higher while beef stays capped until September. Cities surveyed include Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Salt Lake City, and Seattle.
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Seattle
Los Angeles
Agriculture Department
Albuquerque
N.M
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Miami
New York
Iladelphia
Providence
R.1
Salt Lake City
Utah
Portsmouth Shipyard Seeks Happy Medium in Labor Ties
In Portsmouth the shipyard labor dispute shows strong competition and tension. Kim Bennett of the Metal Trades Council declines to comment as management and workers seek a workable compromise, aiming to resolve a Linky problem and ease friction at the yard.
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Kim Bennett
The
Metal Trades Council
Vermonters Mourn After Boston Plane Crash Kills 23
Vermont residents react to the Boston air crash that killed at least 23 Vermonters. Families and colleagues, including Lake Champlain Chamber figures and IBM employees, mourn the lost across Burlington Winooski Grand Isle and nearby towns.
Tragedy Near Boston as Delta DC9 Crashes in Fog
Construction worker Geoffrey Keating witnessed a Delta Airlines DC9 crash in dense fog near Boston. The mishap killed 88 people and left one survivor, Army sergeant Leopold Chounard of Marshfield Vermont, badly burned and hospitalized in critical condition at Massachusetts General.
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Boston
Geoffrey Keating
Delta Airlines
Lynn
Keating
Harris Cusick
Winthrop
Nard
Marshfield
Alaska
Massachusetts General Hospital
Delta Crash at Logan Airport Leaves Dozens Dead
Families of 88 victims crowded Boston City Hospital morgue to identify remains as officials compiled fingerprints and dental records. A refrigerated van was parked at the mortuary for body storage while the jet, from Burlington Vermont, halted in Manchester New Hampshire to reboard passengers. one man chose to disembark, surviving the incident.
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Page One
Boston City Hospital
Burlington
Mealy
Logan
Delta
Flight crash victim volunteers for Fresh Air Fund escort
Nashua resident Sandra Watts died in the Delta Airlines crash at Logan International Airport while she had agreed to replace a friend who hated flying on a New York trip. Shirley Gagnon coordinated the escorts and confirmed Watts had joined the Fresh Air Fund voyage with three other adults.
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Manchester
N.H
Sandra Watts
Nashua
Delta Airlines
Logan International Airport
Boston
New York
Jesus
Manchester Airport
Delta
Burlington
Head Of Crash Center Learns Son Is Victim
Boston AP Capt Joseph J. Cummings led emergency dispatch at Logan Airport after the plane crash that killed 88. He learned his son Robert, 30, was among the dead in a call from his daughter-in-law while preparing to end his shift. Robert Cummings, Harvard MBA and MIT graduate, lived in Underhill Vermont with his parents.
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Boston
Joseph J. Cummings
Logan
Cummings
Robert
Underhill
International Business Machine Co
Harvard Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cape Cod
Capt
Southern Mortuary
Delta DC9 crash kills most aboard over Logan Airport
Sidney W. Burrill a Delta Airlines first officer living in Winthrop with his expectant wife and young son was killed when the DC9 crashed on a foggy approach to Logan Airport. His mother in law recalled watching the runway and hearing the crash news.
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Boston
Sidney W. Burrill
Delta Airlines
Winthrop
Gan
Burrill
New England
Logan
John Forrestall
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U.S. Japan
Laos
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Subaru
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Vermont
Burlington, Vt
Donald Fleury
Fleury
Logan International
International Business Machines Co
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Lake Champlain
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Bernard Race
Winooski
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Red Sox
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Willis K. Paull
Leopold Chou
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