Deaths In The News Springfield and Waterville
Springfield Massachusetts death notices report the passing of Mary Palles Peyton Froelick known as Mme Maria Verde a 95 year old former Metropolitan soprano who studied at La Scala and taught music in several cities. In Waterville Leon H Crowell age 63 died of a heart attack on the Two Penny bridge where he tended tolls and repairs daily and officials weigh keeping the bridge open.
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Springfield
Mass
Mary Palles Peyton Froelick
Ree
Mme. Maria Verde
la Scala
Milan
Italy
New York
Chicago
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Froelick
Waterville
Leon H. Crowell
Crowell
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Ticonic Footbridge Co
Biddeford Youths Charged in Multiple Break-Ins
Police arrested three local juveniles and charged each with six counts of breaking and entering after a Break at St Marys School. Investigators linked them to five earlier breaks at VFW Hall Biddeford High School Vocational School Bruce Shoe Shop York County Biscuit. They also cited information on six to eight additional recent city breaks. Only vending machine change was confirmed as taken.
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Biddeford
St. Mary’s School
Elm Street
VFW
Biddeford High School
Biddeford Vocational School
Bruce Shoe
Gymnastics Exhibition Set At Biddeford High Thursday
A Summer Fun Gymnastics Show will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in Biddeford High School Gymnasium. Performers aged five to thirteen have trained this summer in a Parks and Recreation program. The event is open to the public with 50 cent admission.
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Biddeford High School
Food Price Shifts and Shortage Debate Prompt Hearing
A hearing is set after requests to certify a shortage and propose solutions. Albany markets cut chicken to 69 cents a pound and pork loin to 1.27. Egg prices in Pennsylvania drop up to 7 cents a dozen. chicken and pork still fall. Labor data show July CPI up 0.2 while food prices rise 0.8. Wholesale pork and poultry decline as corn soy futures slide and wheat soars.
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Buzz
Albany
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Labor Department
Midwest
Funeral Directors Emond Conroy and Shumway Gross Saco
Local funeral homes Emond Conroy at 284 5511 and 282 1818 and Shumway Gross at 35 Spring Street in Saco list contact numbers 284 5611. Dennet Craig at 365 Main Street in Saco Maine provides telephone 282.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennet & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tei
Portland Weather Update Rainominous Clearing Thursday
Portland forecast shows rain continuing tonight with gradual clearing Thursday. Chance of showers in extreme north, highs mid 60s to mid 70s, and lows around 60 tonight.
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Portland
Weather forecast for Eastport to Merrimack River region
Northeast winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts tonight. Rain likely tonight with showers east of Rockland Thursday morning. Winds turning northwest Thursday as skies gradually clear. Visibility reduces to 1 to 3 miles in precipitation and fog, improving to over 5 miles Thursday.
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Eastport
Merrimack River
Rockland
Public Safety Beat CAR VS LOADER
A collision occurred between a car and a loader reported in the public safety beat. No injuries described in readable text. authorities investigated the scene and noted vehicle and machine damage.
Backhoe Collision on Harding Street No Injuries Reported
A Tuesday crash on Harding Street Biddeford involved a backhoe loader operated by Richard C. Perreault and a 1967 Ford driven by Linda Loignon. No injuries or citations were reported. The incident details come as local officials appoint Ronald W. Carter as sergeant to the Police Department to replace resigning Chief Paul Dewey.
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Biddeford
Richard C. Perreault
South St
Linda Loignon
Gertrude Ave
Wells
Board of Selectmen
Ronald W. Carter
Poe
Nford
Police Department
Carter
Paul Dewey
Biddeford Fire Douses Blaze at Textile Plant
Firemen extinguished a blaze at Biddeford Textile Corp on Main Street. The fire spread from duct work to an outside cabin, starting in the slasher of the five story building. Engines five and six and ladder two answered for over half an hour. Calcutta ricksha pullers welcome the monsoon from June through September and raise fares during downpours.
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Biddeford
Biddeford Textile Corp
Main Street
Calcutta
Ricksha Pullers
Malathion sprayed as New Hampshire battles eastern equine encephalitis
In Rockingham County of New Hampshire officials moved to spray malathion to curb an eastern equine encephalitis outbreak that has killed 28 horses and about 800 pheasants. Gov. Meldrim Thomson sought a federal disaster designation while state and local officials scramble to protect livestock and inoculate horses.
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Concord
N H
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
Meldrim Thomson
White House
Nixon
Executive Council
Thomson
Howard Townsend
New Harpshire
Townsend
Kingston
East Kingston
Brentwood
Epping
Fremont
Danville
Massachusetts
Ralph Briggs
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Briggs
Maine Farm Is Still Good Family Profit
Clinton AP report quotes Lucius Dickerson of the Farmers Home Administration saying the Maine family farm remains a solid investment. He notes 4.5 million for farm ownership loans and 8.5 million for operation loans, as the state reviews a 70 million FHA program. He plans meetings with Maynard Dolloff and a county visit in Aroostook.
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Clinton
Farmers Home Administration
Maine
Lucius Dickerson
FHA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Maynard D. Dolloff
Maine Department of Agriculture
Aroostook County
Bases Review Sets Expensive Base Closings Decade
The defense review targets bases for possible closures with hundreds likely including overseas sites. Schlesinger has not given specific criteria and aims to complete recommendations by December as Congress finalizes the defense budget. Congressional opposition is expected, with job losses and local impact likely in many states.
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Congress
Pentagon
Schlesinger
United States
Capitol Hill
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ziegler Push Deflects Press Questions After Incident
Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren distanced the White House from a reporter’s quip about Ron Ziegler and affirmed the President will keep Ziegler as press secretary. Warren described Nixon’s tense mood after New Orleans threats and a shift in motorcade routes to avoid the press.
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San Clemente
Calif
Ron Ziegler
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
California
Warren
Ziegler
New Orleans
Arren
Ron
Mob confronts NYPD over killer on lower East Side
Rumors of a captured sadistic killer sparked a mob at a East Side police station. Officers used a decoy and a staged escape to shield a man, later revealed as 22-year old Luis Alberto Gonzalez, who was questioned and released after enacting a police disguise.
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New York
Lower East Side
East Harlem
Steven Cropper
Luis Alberto Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Brooklyn
President Faces Supreme Court Over Nixon Tapes Privilege
Harvard law professor Archibald Cox and constitutional scholar Philip Wright argue before the Supreme Court on executive privilege and the obligation to produce presidential tape recordings. The case tests whether a president must provide grand jury material vital to a criminal case and could yield a landmark ruling.
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Supreme Court
Cox
Harvard
U.S
University of Texas
Grand Jury
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Violence in Santiago as Anti government strikes widen
In Chile's capital violence flares as supporters and opponents of President Allende clash. Hospitals report 13 injured, with two in critical condition amid rioting that burned cars and garbage. Government warns of an emergency plan as strikes expand to shopkeepers and transport workers.
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Chile
Salvador Allende
Offi
Supreme Court
Ae Anne
Eeds
Strugg
J Ctty
Progovernment
Allende
Sec
Carlos Prats
Army
Conomy
Jose Cademartori
Mer
Lobsterman Capone Case Continued to September 5
In Kittery District Court Edward Capone, a New Hampshire lobsterman, had his case continued to September 5. He faces charges of violating Maine fishing laws in waters near the Maine New Hampshire border.
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Kittery
New Hampshire
Lobersterman
Edward Capone
Kittery District Court
Capone
Maine
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