Death of Adm Harold R Stark Naval Chief at Pearl Harbor
Adm Harold R Stark 91 former chief of naval operations died of a heart attack in Washington. He urged a two oceans Navy and led push for rapid shipbuilding before WWII. Stark testified in the 1944 Pearl Harbor inquiry and later faced congressional panels. He hailed from Wilkes-Barre PA and was a 1903 Naval Academy graduate. Survived by two daughters.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Stark
United States
Congress
Navy
Wilkes-Barre
U.S. Naval Academy
Greek immigrant and businessman dies in Saco at 86
George S Trougakos 79 of 53 Pleasant St Saco died Saturday night after a long illness. Born May 21 1893 in Sparta Greece he settled in the area as part of the first Greek families. He owned Saco Grill for 30 years and belonged to Ahepa and St Demetrios Church Biddeford. Survived by wife Christine three daughters Bessie Descoteaux Alice Byrne Stellar Woodbury a son Nicholas and several grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 1 from St Demetrios with interment in the church cemetery. body lying in repose tomorrow from 12:30. Funeral home call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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George S. Trougakos
Pleasant St
Saco
Sparta
Greece
Spiro and
Jeannie (Levosopoulos) Trougakos
Saco Grill
Pepperell Square
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
George Phelippas
Holy Trinity Church
Portland
St. Demetrios Cemetery
St. Demetrios Church
Bid
Florence E John 1890 1980 Die in Portland
Mrs Florence E John 82 of 131 Chadwick St Portland died this morning after a long illness born Biddeford Dec 2 1890 daughter of Charles D and Sadie (Winn) Freeman. She lived in Portland since 1935 previously in Saco. Survived by husband Aleck A a daughter Laura May Pease Ellsworth a brother Walter Old Orchard Beach five sisters Eva Pate Biddeford Alice Hayford and Gladys Carr both of Saco Ruby Whitten Manchester N H Ethel Whitten Ocean Park one granddaughter two great. Funeral from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Wednesday at 2 Rev Chandler Holmes will officiate Interment Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford Visiting hours tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Portland
Florence E. John
Chadwick St
Biddeford
Charles D
Sadie (Winn) Freeman
John
Peppere! Mills
Aleck A
Saco
First Baptist Church
Here
Laura May Pease
Ellsworth
Walter
Old Orchard Beach
Eva Pate
Alice Hayford
Gladys Carr
Ruby Whitten
Manchester
N.H
Ethel Whitten
Ocean Park
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St. Saco
Chandler Holmes
The
Baptist Church
West Waterboro
Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs Rita Verrill 61 of Greenville dies after lengthy illness
Mrs Rita I Verrill 61 of North Estate Drive Greenville died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born September 27 1910 in Biddeford Pool Maine she was the daughter of William L and Marguerite Church. She lived in Saco Maine until 1957 when she moved to Greenville. She belonged to the United Baptist Church Saco. Surviving are her parents East Waterboro Maine a widower B Lawrence Verrill three sons William L Verrill Indianapolis Indiana Roger S Verrill Kansas City Kansas Dwight A Verrill Tewksbury Massachusetts two daughters Mrs Albert Clinch Puerto Rico and Mrs Robert Kilton Fountain Inn South Carolina three sisters Mrs William McCubbin Cassadaga New York Mrs Genero Guerrai Brooklyn New York and Mrs Frank Blow East Waterboro Maine and several grandchildren nieces and nephews. Funeral from Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon at 3 with Rev Theodore A Euson officiating and interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Funeral home tomorrow from 1 30 to 3 p m
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Greenville
S.C
Rita I. Verrill
North Estate Drive
Biddeford Pool
Maine
William L
Marguerite (Goldthwait
Biddeford Maine
Saco Maine
United Baptist Church
Saco
William McCubbin
Cassadaga
N.Y
Genero Guerrai
Brooklyn
Frank Blow
East Waterboro
Old Orchard Beach
Portland Ave
Theodore A. Euson
The
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Deaths In The News Ro ger Furse and James Patterson
London report states designer Ro ger Furse age 68 died at his Corfu home after collaborating with Sir Laurence Olivier on Shakespeare adaptations. New York obituary notes James Patterson age 40 died of cancer after winning a Tony for The Birthday Party in 1967 with film credits Lilith and In the Heat of the Night.
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London
Roger Furse
Laurence Oliver
Corfu
Greece
London Times
James Patterson
New York
Stanley
Harold Pinter
Journalist Earl L. Shaub Dies at 86 in Nashville
Earl L. Shaub 86 a veteran reporter for the Nashville Tennessean and Hearst Universal Service died Sunday His career covered the Scopes Monkey trial Charles Lindbergh the Dem psey Tunney fight and three presidents in major assignments across decades.
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Earl L. Shaub
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Tennessean
Hearst Universal Service
Charles Lindbergh
John T Madigan longtime ABC News executive dies
John T. Madigan 60 director of special projects for ABC News died Thursday. He previously worked for the Baltimore News-Post and the Washington Daily News.
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John T. Madigan
South Orange
N.J
ABC News
Baltimore News-Post
Washington Daily News
Junked Car Fire Extinguished on Hub Bard Street
Saco firefighters battled a blaze in a junked car on Hub Bard Street Saturday evening. Approximately two hundred feet of booster line was used to control the fire in the vehicle owned by Robert Batrome of 11 Hubbard Street.
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Saco
Hubbard Street
Robert Batrome
Hubbard St
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
Family expresses gratitude for sympathy, car loans, flowers and cards after a death. Thanks extend to the Truly Nursing Home staff for care and kindness, and to relatives and friends for expressions of sympathy. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Roger Roberge, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jariz, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Jariz, Mr. and Mrs. Milford St. Amand, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Roberge.
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Roger Roberge
Raymond Jariz
Rene Jariz
Milford St. Amand
Wilfred Roberge
Portland Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast
Fair tonight with lows 55 to 60. Partly cloudy south Tuesday and thunderstorms possible north with highs in the 70s along the coast and 80s inland. Eastport to Merrimack River marine forecast shows winds 5 to 15 knots today increasing to 10 to 20 knots late tonight and Tuesday. Visibility above 5 miles this afternoon, down to 3 to 5 miles in haze tonight and Tuesday, locally about 1 mile in patchy fog.
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Portland
Eastport
Merrimack River
Ward 2 Republican Committee meeting in Saco tonight
Ward 2 Republican Committee members meet at 7 30 tonight at Chairman Robert Knox home Jenkins Road Saco to discuss a September field day and invite all interested persons. Biddeford Saco Chapter Disabled American Veterans also meets at 7 30 tonight at DAV Hall Bradbury Street Biddeford with Tighe Beaudoin Farley Auxiliary meeting Thursday at 8 at the Post home Elm Street Biddeford.
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Ward 2
Republican Committee
Saco
Robert Knox
Jenkins Road
Biddeford
Saco Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
DAV Hall
Bradbury Street
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Auxiliary
Post
Elm Street
Localos Miss Carol Belanger and Wilfred Bernier Listed as Surgical Patients
Miss Carol Belanger of 350 Pool Road Biddeford and Wilfred Bernier of 30 Tasker Street Saco are noted as surgical patients at Webber Hospital. Both listed figures appear in a society personal notices roundup.
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Carol Belanger
Pool Road
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Wilfred Bernier
Tasker St
Saco
Dr Fairfield Speaks At Joint Biddeford Retired Persons Meeting
The York County AARP chapter and Biddeford Historical and Archives Society host a joint Aug 25 gathering at First Parish Church Pool Road Biddeford at 730 PM. Dr Roy P Fairfield of Antioch College will present Look Back To The Future and Dr Fairfield’s work spans Antioch Bates and Athens College. Edward Wolfertz presides as president of the historical society and a director of the local Retired Persons chapter.
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York County
American Association of Retired Persons
Biddeford
Fairfield
Antioch
Athens College
Greece
Bates College
Lewiston
Edward Wolfertz
The
Historical Society
Retired Persons Association
Masked Robbers Hit Sampson Market in Orono
Two masked armed men robbed Sampson Market at University Mall in Orono this morning. Police say about $10,000 was taken after entering before opening hours. One robber carried a gun and the other a knife as managers opened the safe.
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Orono (Ap
Sampson
University Mall
Orono
Westley Knight
Saco Police Report Two Weekend Vehicle Collisions
Saco police handled two weekend crashes on Route 1 Ocean Park Road and at Tasker Street and Pleasant View Drive. In the first, Joseph Beaulieu and Philip Ceccarossi avoided injuries with $450 and $400 damage respectively. in the second, Raymond Foran and Mary Merrill sustained no injuries with $200 damage to each vehicle.
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Ocean Park Road
Saco
Joseph D. Beaulieu
Franklin St
Philip C. Ceccarossi
Revere
Mass
Beaulieu
Ceccarossi
Tasker Street
Pleasant View Drive
Raymond Foran
North St
Mary R. Merrill
Boothby Park
Massachusetts Driver Hits Porch After Backing From Driveway
Harold W. Curtis 75 of Belchertown backed from a Randall Avenue driveway and accelerated into a wooded area colliding with Joel Georg 19 of Haverill. Curtis car then struck the back porch at 76 Temple Ave causing moderate damage to both vehicles.
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Old Orchard Beach
Massachusetts
Harold W. Curtis
Belchertown
Mass
Randall Avenue
Ninth Street
Joel Georg
Haverill
Curtis
Temple Ave
Two Beach Women Charged With Possession Of Stolen Property
Old Orchard Beach police say Shirley Gifford and Nancy Gifford of 109 Union Ave were charged with possessing stolen items. They appeared free on 50 bail each in connection with a theft probe and were to face Saco District Court.
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Old Orchard Beach
Shirley Gifford
Nancy Gifford
Union Ave
Saco District Court
New Salt Road
Pauline Michaud
South Portland
Debbie Durocher
David Pont
Pee Pe
Auburn
GOP Convention Frontrunners Rally Support Ahead of Nomination
GOP leaders and big names gathered as convention eve interviews highlighted attacks on McGovern and defense of Nixon. Clark MacGregor blamed McGovern for harming debates by likening Nixon to Hitler. Dole suggested demonstrators favor McGovern, while conceding public response may aid Nixon.
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Clark MacGregor
Committee
McGovern
Nixon
Adolf Hitler
NBC
Dole
CBS
Da Nang Campaign Flames and Phnom Penh Assassination Attempt
U S backed briefings report Da Nang rages in the campaign. In the Central Highlands a civilian bus hit a mine killing forty and wounding thirty. A helicopter crash killed thirty eight refugees and injured forty two, later corrected as no collision with twelve dead and three wounded. Phnom Penh saw Premier Son Ngoc Thanh escape a car bomb with three bodyguards injured as his escort Jeep crashed. Thanh, 63, spent years in exile and led the Khmer Serei before becoming premier last March.
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Saigon Command
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Saigon
Kontum
Phnom Penh
Son Ngoc Thanh
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Khmer Rouge
Lon Nol
Cambodia
Coming Events in The Kennebunks Show Busy Week
A weekly listings roundup for Kennebunkport and Arundel. Meetings include Selectmen in Arundel at Mil dred Day School 7 p.m. and SPEBSQSA in Kennebunkport Community Center. Daily sports events feature fast pitch softball at Consolidated School 5 50 p.m. and a Fifth annual Boon Island Race with awards at Arundel Yacht Club.
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Selectmen’s
Arundel
Mildred Day School
Kennebunk
Spebsqsa
Kennebunkport
Temple Street
Rochambeau Club
Biddeford
North Berwick Ficons
Lion’s Club
Kennebunk Inn
Kennebunkport Consolidated School
Eastern Plastics
Sanford
Angell’s
Rotary Club
Glen-Mor
Webhannet
Fletcher Street
Dovon’s Mobil
Saco
Captain’s Landing
Kennebunk Rtport
First Congregational Church
North Street
Kennebunkport Bell
Arundel Yacht Club
The
Consolidated School
the Fantasticks
Vacationland Art Theater
David Goulet
Kennebunk Brick Store Museum
Kennebunk Free Library
Seashore Trolley Museum
Maine Bureau of Veterans Services highlights growth and reach
The State Bureau of Veterans Services formed in 1943 and later became a separate state agency. It maintains seven field offices with seven counselors and reported over 50 000 veteran contacts in 1971. Federal benefits recoveries rose from 294 252 in 1948 to over 2 million in 1971 for new claims. The Augusta headquarters holds records for over 200 000 Maine veterans dating back to 1941.
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State Bureau of Veterans Services
Department of Health and Welfare
Division of Veterans Affairs
Ince
Veterans Services Agency
Bureau
Veterans Bureau
Bureau of Veterans
Augusta
Maine
Bureau of Veterans Services
National Guard
Armory
Broadway
South
Portland
Bostonians Move Massacre Monument to Safer Site
The monument commemorating the Boston Massacre is being moved 50 feet to a traffic island on Congress Street to reduce danger from State Street traffic. The 10 foot wagon wheel marker with 13 spokes and a five pointed star was placed in State Street in 1937, with origins tied to the Boston Antiquarian Society which placed the original marker in 1805.
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Boston
Congress Street
The
Boston Antiquarian Society
Wood Thieves Hit Club House in Ferry Beach
A break at the Rod and Gun Club in Ferry Beach Saco was reported to police. Officer Leon Boudreau said burglars entered since Thursday and stole wood from the rear and from rebuilding areas. no other items were mentioned.
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Ferry Beach
Saco
Leon Boudreau
Weapons Seized in Raid on New Hampshire House of Correction
Nearly 100 state and local police raided the Hillsboro County House of Correction in Grasmere New Hampshire early today seizing controlled drugs dangerous weapons hacksaw blades knives and other contraband. County Attorney James Connor and Attorney General Warren Rudman supervised the operation which involved 70 state troopers and 23 local officers and concluded at 4 a.m. There were no incidents reported.
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Grasmere
N.H
Hillsboro County
House of Correction
Registration for SAD 57 Pups in the District
Registration of new elementary pupils for SAD 57 schools Alfred Limerick Lyman Newfield Shapleigh Waterboro will be held on Wednesday August 30 from 11 am to 12 noon and 1 to 2 30 pm Birth certificates required for kindergarten entrants report cards or transfer cards for transfers No pupils admitted to class before Thursday unless registered by Wednesday Sept 6 Pupils may register on first day after 3 pm Sept 6
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Alfred
Limerick
Lyman
Newfield
Shapleigh
Waterboro
Rubbish Ignites Biddeford Stairway Fire
Biddeford firefighters battled a late night blaze at 145 Main St. owned by Osher Realty Corp. The fire started in rubbish in the stairway and was knocked down shortly after midnight by Engine Company 4 and ladder crews.
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Biddeford
Main St
Osher Realty Corp
Wotey
Beach Firemen Respond to Three Calls
Beach firefighters answered two calls yesterday and one this morning per a department spokesman. A leaking gas tank on Old Orchard Street soaked gasoline near a parked car. a rubbish barrel burned on First Street. and a flooded oil burner at 72 Ocean Ave required one truck and two firefighters.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Street
First Street
Ocean Ave
Maine Delegation Stays Youthful at GOP Convention
Maine GOP delegates dominate as one of the youngest groups at the Republican National Convention. State Rep. Steven F. Emery, 23, leads a grass roots drive aimed at mobilizing young voters for Nixon. Officials expect more lawmakers under 35 and a statewide registration push continues across 44 districts.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Democrats of
Maine
Nixon
Steven F. Emery
Rockland
Emery
George S. McGovern
Romney
GOP
She
McGovern plans swing with Johnson and Daley
Sen George McGovern tours flood areas in Pennsylvania and unveils a white paper accusing the Nixon administration of neglecting the elderly. He will meet Lyndon Johnson in Texas and Chicago Mayor Daley in Illinois as part of a four day national campaign swing.
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Wilkes-Barre
George McGovern
Pennsylvania
Europe
McGovern
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Ai
Kingston
Agnes
Washington
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Unattended Fireplace Sparks Biddeford Blaze
Biddeford Fire Department responded to an afternoon blaze at 446 South Street in an old building. Fire officials said three 1 1/2 inch lines and 150 feet of hose plus Tank 1 and Engine 6 suppressed the fire, attributed to an unattended brick fireplace in the home.
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Biddeford
South St
Vehicles Collide At Hills Beach Biddeford
A sharp turn on Hill s Beach Biddeford sparked a two car crash yesterday involving Paul H Cote 22 of 290 Pool Road Biddeford and Fernand J Bernier 22 of 27 Taylor St Biddeford. Police said no injuries occurred and only the Bernier car had rear door damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill's Beach
Biddeford
Paul H. Cote
Pool Road
Fernand J. Bernier
Taylor St
Bernier
Rock Thrown At Automobile Incident Reported
Biddeford police report an incident involving a rock thrown through the windshield of an automobile. The offense is under investigation with no injuries reported at this time. Police are reviewing evidence and seeking witnesses to identify the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Weekend patrol on Alfred Road ends without crash
Police report an automobile on Alfred Road last Saturday escaped a possible mishap. They are investigating three garden thefts and vandalism incidents reported over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Road
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Adm
Stark Dies
Naval Cno
Trougakos
St. Demetrios
Verrill Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children
American Cancer
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Dennett & Craig
Los Angeles
Dr. Fairfield
Sampson’s
Bay State
Kennebunks
News For Veterans
Bostonians
North Berwick Mill
RTS
North Berwick
Johnson, Daley
Hills Beach
Phillips Brooks
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
Robert Pate
N.F.D.A
Dennett
Craig
St. Saco
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