Deaths Mrs Josephine Roberge 90 Biddeford native
Mrs Josephine Roberge 90 former Biddeford resident died yesterday after a long illness at a local nursing home. Born April 8 1882 in Biddeford she was daughter of Barthelemie and Philomene Beaulieu. Survived by two sons a sister 28 grandchildren 60 great grandchildren seven great great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 8 am from St Joseph Church with burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Bolduc Funeral Home open today and tomorrow for visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Roberge
South St
Biddeford
Barthelemie and
Philomene (Fortier) Beaulieu
St.Joseph Church
Gedeon Bergeron
Urviving
Wilfred Roberge
Saco
Roger Roberge
Aldora Lafortune
St. Joseph Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
Bolduc
Alfred St
Deaths in the News From Chicago to Salinas
Noted pianist Rudolf Ganz died at 95 in Chicago after introducing Ravel and Debussy to American audiences. Explorer George Miller Dyott and Life photographer Arthur Rickerby also died, alongside Lord Delacourt Smith, Rose Watkins, and Lester V. Antle, whose legacies span music, exploration, journalism, politics, publishing, and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rudolf Ganz
Roosevelt University
Chicago Musical College
Ravel
Debussy
Ganz
Portland Weather: Showers Tonight Then Clearing Friday
Portland forecasts showers and thundershowers tonight and early Friday, then clearing. Lows in the 50s to low 60s, highs Friday in the 70s.
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Portland
Marine forecast Eastport to Merrimack River
Southerly winds 10 to 20 knots tonight veer to westerly Friday. Showers and thunder showers likely tonight and Friday morning, then clearing. Visibility locally under one mile in fog and precipitation, improving to over five miles Friday.
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Eastport
Merrimack River
Harrison Carroll Dies at 71 A Reporter Known for Fairness
Hollywood obituary notes Harrison Carroll former AP columnist and longtime LA newspaper veteran died after breaking his neck in a fall at home. He was named man of the year by the Hollywood Women's Press Club for fairness in reporting and worked for the Los Angeles Times starting in 1922 then retired from the Herald Examiner in 1968.
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Hollywood
Harrison Carroll
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Carroll
Los Angeles Times
Herald Examiner
Gadbois Named To Wentworth President's Honor Roll
Paul P. Gadbois son of Mr and Mrs Philip L Gadbois of 165 Granite St Biddeford is named to Wentworth Institute President's Honor Roll for a scholastic index of 3.50 or higher The article notes horses reach full maturity between five and seven years of age.
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Boston
Paul P. Gadbois
Philip L. Gadbois
Granite St
Biddeford
Wentworth Institute
Legislator Proposes Wide Mental Health Plan
Rep. Michael J. Harrington proposes a national mental health care plan funded by a new tax. The plan would cover psychiatric hospital care psychotherapy prescriptions and community services plus day treatment and halfway houses. Aimed at ending stigma and ensuring access across insurance plans.
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Washington
Michael J. Harrington
D-Mass
Congress
Chiatric
Louis C. Wyman
R-N.h
Wyman
Grocery Campaign In Works
Washington reports the government plans a be a better shopper campaign to curb rising food prices. Industry sources say retail food associations and major manufacturers will join the nationwide effort focusing on advertising to show which items are in greatest supply and most economical. The campaign will not urge boycotts or substitutions. Government agencies attribute ongoing price rises to supply and demand factors outside price controls.
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Washington
Choir Rehearsals Set Across Saco Churches
Members of the Senior Choir at Saco United Church rehearse tomorrow night at 7 30 in the choir room. Ogunguit Baptist Youth Fellowship meets every Thursday at 7 30 on Shore Road for Junior and Senior High. Bid geford Foss Street United Methodist hosts junior choir at 6 30 and senior choir at 7 30 tomorrow.
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Saco United — Church
Ogunguit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Bidgeford Foss Street United Methodist Church
Meeting Notices for EIS and Our Lady of Victory Circle
On cons EIS and on cons EIS and Our Lady of Victory Circle will meet on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Fremont Club Alfred Street Biddeford.
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Local Personal Notices From Biddeford Area Health Updates
Raymond Caouette of 358 Main St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Beatrice Morissette of 95 West Cutts St Biddeford returned from a visit to Hollywood and Disneyland Calif and Las Vegas Nev. Mrs Bernice Terralis of 91 Ocean Ave Old Orchard Beach is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mrs Alva Cabana of 53 Pool St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Raymond Caouette
Main St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Beatrice Morissette
West Cutts St
Hollywood
Disneyland
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Bernice Terralis
Ocean Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Alva Cabana
Pool St
Escaped Youth Apprehended At Former Home
Peter Yuhas, 19, convicted in the slaying of Boston Mayor’s aide John Labanara, was recaptured at his former Portsmouth home shortly after escaping from Boston City Hospital where he received leukemia treatment. He was held for Boston police as doctors noted hourly blood transfusions are needed.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Peter Yuhas
Boston
Kevin H. White
Boston City
Yuhas
Edward Scarponi
Suffolk County
White
John Labanara
Arnold King
Teamsters and Brewery Workers Plan Merger
The Teamsters and United Brewery Workers announce a merger ending 70 years of funding and raids. Leaders Frank Fitzsimmons and Karl Feller say final agreement should come at a special convention soon. The deal would move 40,000 Brewery Workers from AFL-CIO, leaving 13.6 million members behind.
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Washington
Teamsters
United Brewery Workers Unions
Teamster
Frank Fitzsimmons
Karl Feller
Brewery Workers
Fitzsimmons
Feller
Afl-Cio
Blimp Hit by Five Shots at Milwaukee Air Show
The Goodyear blimp America was struck by five pistol shots while parked at Timmerman Field in Milwaukee. Police pursued two young men who drove to the edge of the field and fired. the blimp sustained no damage and remained at the air show.
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Milwaukee
Wis
America
Timmerman Field
Rats Hit Manholes In Salinas Sewer Survey
Monterey County health officer Walter Wong ordered a sewer survey after residents complained rats emerged from toilets. Of 208 manholes in Salinas, eight had heavy infestations, four moderate, eight few, and 188 none. Poisoning could control the problem within a month.
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Salinas
Calif
Reidents
Monterey County
Walter Wong
Wong
Wingless Flies Survive Harsh Antarctic Climate
Wingless flies endure the extreme Antarctic climate with resilience, a notable exception among many species. Researchers note their unique adaptations enabling survival in subzero temperatures and wind-swept environments.
Search For Downed Plane Suspended In Maine
In Augusta officials suspended a wooded search near Wheelock Lake after a 14 year old boy reported a plane crash two miles south of the St John River near the Maine Canada border. A private Fort Kent pilot had seen fire from 5000 feet but could not pinpoint the location. No missing planes reports remained in northern Maine. Coast Guard dispatched C130 from Loring and two helicopters to assist.
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Fort Kent
Wheelock Lake
Fish and Game
William J. Shaw
Augusta
Shaw
St. John River
Maine
New Brunswick
Pill Linked To Drop In U S Birth Rate
A leading population researcher links the birth rate decline to greater use of the pill sterilization and IUD by married couples. Data from two National Fertility Studies show nearly 60 percent use of one of these methods by 1970, up from under 40 percent five years earlier.
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New York
Harles Westoff
Esarey
Aie
Planned Parenthood
Family Planning Perspectives
Kennebunkport Appeals Board Meets on Walmar Case
Kennebunkport Appeals Board will convene on Aug 14 at 7 30 p m in Town Offices to hear Walmar Co of Maine Ltd appeal over a permit for a 12 duplex rental village and four garages on South Main Street The permit was denied by Building Inspector George Osborne citing Village Residential Zone limits to single houses.
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Kennebunkport
Walmar Co. of Maine, Ltd
Robert Marrier Jr
Samuel C. Walters
South Main Street
George Osborne
American cuckoos build their own nests
The article notes that American cuckoos are non parasitic birds that construct their nests and rear their young independently, contrasting with other cuckoo species.
Big Sur Fire Threatens Rustic Wilderness Retreat
A large forest fire in the Ventana Wilderness area roared toward the Big Sur River burning 3 500 acres in Los Padres National Forest. About 1 200 firefighters used aerial tankers helicopters and bulldozers to halt the blaze 35 percent contained no deaths or injuries reported.
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Big Sur
Calif
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
Fire leads Biddeford man to face permit claim
Biddeford firefighters battled a wood pile fire caused by ashes dumped by Joseph Warner of 94 Hills Beach Road. The blaze burned for about 45 minutes with 300 feet of booster line and multiple hose lengths used. Officials said Warner had no permit for the burn.
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Joseph Warner
Viet Cong leaders condemn Nixon war policy during talks
Mrs. Nguyen The Dinh and Mrs. Binh reiterate that cease fire concessions would cede self defense to U.S. domination. They accuse U.S. bombing of dikes as deliberate, citing Hanoi ministry reports of raids and extensive damage to schools, hospitals, churches, and farms in North Vietnam.
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Nixon
Nuernberg
Nguyen the Dinh
Binh
U.S
William J. Porter
Thuy
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Viet Nam War Updates Near Bien Hoa Da Nang Hue
The report notes rockets targeting Bien Hoa caused 32 casualties including 1 American and 1 Vietnamese killed and 31 Americans with 24 Vietnamese wounded. South Vietnamese infantry clashed with North Vietnamese near Que Son district town while Fire Base Bastogne near Hue changed hands for the fourth time since March 20. US B 52 bombers pummeled NVA positions around Bastogne as government troops reoccupied the artillery base.
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Page One
Bien Hoa
da Nang
Quen
Saigon
Bastogne
Hue
Paris stays firm in Vietnam talks after Kissinger meeting
Paris reports no change in the Communist stance at the Vietnam peace talks following Henry Kissinger's secret Tuesday meeting with North Vietnamese negotiators.
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Parisap
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Food Law Under Attack in Congress Over DES Phaseout
Washington AP report says a 14 year old Delaney Clause law prohibiting cancer causing substances faces renewed challenge as FDA orders phaseout by Jan 1 of diethylstilbestrol in 75 percent of cattle. Industry and some lawmakers argue for flexibility amid debate on safety margins and tolerances.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
William Scherle
Congress
Scherle
FDA
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Merlin K. DuVal
Channel clash settles as Cape Porpoise fishermen back plan
Cape Porpoise lobstermen and officials reached a near consensus on narrowing the harbor channel to 100 feet and banning lobstering in the inner channel. A future dredging project and pier maintenance funding were eyed after a Sunday inspection to address the pier nuisance and renew the wharf area.
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Elmont Tyndale
Corps of Engineers
Whitehouse
Schedule For Quebec Caravan Is Released
The Old Orchard Beach chamber announces the Quebec Caravan weekend set for August 17 to 19. Events include a Casco Bay moonlight cruise, lobster bake at Pine Point, social at G and S Roller Rink, Beachwood Hotel beach roast, and a Civil Employes Club cocktail party. Reservations close August 14.
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Old Orchard Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Quebec
Casco Bay
Americana
Civil Employes Club
Joseph’s By the Sea
Muskie proposes revised revenue sharing to aid Maine
Senator Edmund Muskie suggests a new formula for revenue sharing boosting Maine's share by 5.1 million to total 19.8 million under the House bill. The plan would allocate six percent of state income tax receipts to each state, benefiting income tax states like Maine and directing the rest to municipalities.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
House
Senate Inance Committee
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Council Sets Five Items for Tonight Meeting
The town council will meet at Loranger School at 7 pm to vote on five agenda items. A sewer entrance ban proposal is on the list along with temporarily assigning code enforcement duties to the building inspector and a letter from the planning board.
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Old Orchard Beach
Loranger School
Planning Board
Summer programs inform women on statewide life group activities
A continuing series of summer sessions for women and men covers various activities of women's lif groups. Sessions occur Wednesdays at 7 30 P M at 87 Spring St. Aug 9 topics include Abortion Reform with speakers Rozanna Patane and Doris Gonneville from Biddeford Saco, listed as coordinators.
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Biddeford
Saco
Rozanna Patanew
York County
NOW
Victory Lane
Doris Gonneville
Alfred St
Gasoline Consumed 3.7 Cents of Every Dollar in 1970
In 1970, gasoline accounted for 3.7 cents of every consumer dollar spent in the United States. The figure reflects the share of household expenditures allocated to fuel in that year, illustrating energy costs in the broader consumer budget.
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U.S
Civil Suit Hearings Tomorrow Morning
In York County Superior Court Bruce Robertson Dick filed civil suits against Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Kennebunk’s hearing moved to Friday to avoid prejudice from Thursday’s Kennebunk ruling. Port hearing also set for Friday.
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Kennebunkport
York County Superior Court
Kennebunk
Bruce Robertson - Dick
David Emmons
John Graustein
Storage Shed Total Loss After Fire at Oceanfront Corner
Fire crews from engines 1 and 2 and tank 2 with 21 men battled a shed blaze at Atlantic and West Grand avenues. Fire Chief Thomas Smith called the structure a total loss.
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Old Orchard Beach
Atlantic and
West Grand Avenues
Thomas Smith
Cars Collide On Main Street in Saco
On Main Street in Saco a collision occurred near Tobies Drive In involving Jan B Boxstein 15 of Portland and Blanche Maurice 50 of Montreal. Police estimate $400 damage to the Boxstein car and $450 to the Maurice vehicle.
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Jan B. Boxstein
Portland
Blanche Maurice
Montreal
Saco
Tobie
Boxstein
Maurice
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Mrs. Josephine Roberge
Babylon
N.Y
George Miller Dyott
Danbury, Conn
Arthur Rickerby
Life Magazine
Rickerby
Uni Press International
Life
London
Lord Delacourt-Smith
Labor Party
House of Lords
Ministry of Technology
Labor
Chillicothe
Rose Watkins
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune
Walls Newspaper Group
Lester V. “Bud” Antle
California
Joanne Cote Camire
John T. Sullivan
Father Clancy
Dr. Fortier
Blanche Gagne
Dennett & Craig
Jaya Saco
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
A.M. P
Harrington
Sen
Thomas ‘ Eagleton
Brewers
K'Port Appeals Board
N. Viets
Electrolux
Cecil B. Munson
Cape Porpoise
Keninebunkport
Ivan Wildes
Wildes
David Walley
Hale Whitehouse
Jarbor
Cape Channel
Walley
Donald Tilton
South Portland
Coast Guard
Bass
Monument Islands
Drum and Bugle Corps
Tee
Classifien
Biddeford Turnpike
Wetus
Rochefoucauld
York County Savings Bank
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