Deaths William Baker 88 Biddeford native
William Baker 88 of 25 Dearborn Ave Biddeford died at home with brother George Baker in Saco. Born Prince Edward Island Canada Feb 14 1880 he was son of Jacob and Annie Baker. He worked at Saco Lowell Shops and spent summers at Biddeford Memorial Field for 15 years. Survived by two daughters Evely Boss and Margaret Gain two brothers Harry Baker four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at St Marys Biddeford 9 am Monday. Interment St Marys Cemetery. Cosgrove Funeral Home open for visitation today tomorrow and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baker
Dearborn Ave
Biddeford
George Baker
Jordan St
Saco
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Jacob
Annie McCain Baker
St. Mary’s Church
Saco - Lowell
Biddeford Memorial Field
Roland
Evely Boss
Leo
Margaret) Gain
Portland
Harry Baker
Camden
St. Mary's Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Publisher William C. Stewart Dies at 61 in Los Angeles
William C. Stewart, 61, former newspaper publisher and longtime Los Angeles Times writer and editor since 1955, died Thursday after a two year battle with cancer. He previously published the Southbridge Evening News in Massachusetts.
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LOS Angeles
William C. Stewart
Los Angels Times
The
Times
Southbridge
Mass
Bono Pushes Young Voters Panel For Democratic Platform
Los Angeles AP Sonny Bono proposes a 100 person commission with all members aged 26 or younger to bridge the generation gap. He argues a youth driven panel could avert a dual society and says failing to engage young people could harm the nation in the next four to eight years. Cher stays home as she awaits their baby.
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Los Angeles
Sonny Bono
Chicago
Bono
Funeral Home Listings and Directors in Saco Maine
EMOND S Funeral Home lists contact 284 5511 with Frank X Emond and J P Conroy Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco 284 5611 with Philip H Gross Sr Director Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine coordinates and offices for local funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Obituaries and funeral notices from Biddeford area
Funeral services announced for Joseph Fortier at St. Andre s Church Biddeford Saturday 7 A M. Calling hours today at Emond Funeral Home 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 P M. Also Belzemire Gobeil 1 John deford Saturday 11 A M with Emond Funeral Home hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 P M. Leonie Hevey 124 Cleaves deford funeral Monday 9 A M with Emond Funeral Home hours Saturday and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortier, Joseph
Summer St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Emond Funeral Home
Gobeil
Belzemire
John St
Hevey
Leonie
Cleaves St
Emond Funeral
Card of Thanks for Edgar Cluff and Family
The family of Edgar Cluff and Mrs Alain Dumont and family express gratitude to relatives, friends, neighbors, and flowers for kindness, support, and expressions of sympathy during recent bereavement. They thank all who shared comfort during the hospital stay and in Canada.
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Canada
Aime Dubois
Webber Eal
Edgar Cluff
Alain Dumont
Obituary: Mrs. Cora Rock Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Cora Rock 83 of 15 Forest Street Biddeford died today in a Pine Point nursing home after a long illness. Born Eastport January 17 1885 she was a daughter of Garfield and the late. Surviving are brother Garfield Cogill of Salem Massachusetts and two nieces. Funeral services Sunday at 11 a.m. from Shumway Funeral Home Saco with interment Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Saturday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Cora Rock
Forest St
Biddeford
Pine Point
Scarborough
Eastport
Garfield Cogill
Salem
Mass
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs De R Pelletier at Notre Dame de Lourdes
Funeral services for Mrs De R Pelletier of 137 Beach Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco with Rev Joseph Carrier as celebrant and Rev Paul Bedard and Rev Donald LaBranche as deacon and subdeacon. Eva Carrier played organ and the church choir sang. Interment was in the family lot at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers by Father La Branche. Bearers were Henry Roger Real Pelletier and Donald Prefontaine.
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de R. Pelletier
Beach Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Joseph Carrier
Paul Bedard
Donald LaBranche
Eva Carrier
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Biddeford
Father la Branche
Funeral services for Mrs Violette R Palmer in Saco
Private funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Violette R. Palmer of Island View Avenue Camp Ellis Saco at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 375 Main Street Saco The Rev Paul K Weimer officiated from First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ The interment was at Wal GA Grove Cemetery Danversass
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Violette R. Palmer
Island View Avenue
Camp Ellis
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Paul K. Weimer
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Wala Grove
Danvers
Svoboda Welcomed in Moscow on Czechoslovak Crisis Talks
President Ludvik Svoboda arrived at Vnukovo Airport for Kremlin talks over Czechoslovakia's Soviet-occupied government. Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny greeted him with an artillery salute and open limousine, signaling Kremlin hope for a legal successor while Svoboda sought a puppet regime’s rejection.
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Moscow
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Svoboda
Vnukovo
Gustav Husak
Bilak
Alois Ina
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Podgorny
Local residents listed as medical patients at Webber Hospital
Mrs. Maude Brown of 18 Lafayette Street in Saco and Mrs. Laura Belanger of 17 Gertrude Avenue in Biddeford are identified as medical patients at Webber Hospital.
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Maude Brown
Lafayette St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Laura Belanger
Gertrude Ave
Biddeford
Boys Fellowship Meeting at Lyman Baptist Church
The Boys' Fellowship of the Lyman Baptist Church, Good Wins Mills, will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at the church.
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Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Duplicate Bridge In Play At Beach
Eleven tables played duplicate bridge last night at Lawn Avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Briggs in Old Orchard Beach. Players included Grondin Mougalian Rosen Haase Wilbur Davis and many others. winners were Grondin Mougalian Rosen Haase first, Wilbur Davis second, Margiloff and end Wea third. Next event moves to Portland at B P W Hall with Charles Thoit directing.
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Old Orchard Beach
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
S. A. Grondin
Richard Mougalian
al Rosen
William Haase
Mary Wilbur
Carleton Davis
Daniel Drummond
Margery Margiloff
Oscar Paradis
Richard Shorey
Carleton Brock
Fred Patterson
Estelle Aranovitch
Harold Spiegel
George Vow
Paul Chadbourne
Robert Whelan
James Moutsatsos
Gail Hoyt
Eileen Leach
A. Mougalian
James Warren
Ada Steeper
al Peterson
Susanne Snow
Lottie Haas
Jeanne Shaw
Dora Paulhus
Frances Putnam
Gertrude Leonard
Esther Green
Bunns
Charlotte Dubois
al Bradford
North
South
Grondin
R. Mougalian
Rosen and Haase
Wilbur and Davis
Oop
Margil
Leech
Mougalian
Warren
Slee
Peterson
Fecteau
Rear End Collision Reported In Saco
Saco police report a car driven by Anita R Soukalas 47 Sanford stopped at a Main Street light yesterday afternoon and was struck in the rear by Louis W Cloutier 61 of Biddeford whose vehicle struck from behind.
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Saco
Anita R. Soukalas
Sanford
Main Street
Louis W. Cloutier
Elm St
Biddeford
Eisenhower remains in critical condition in hospital
Doctors say the 77 year old president is stable but critically ill after another heart attack. He has ventricular fibrillation with irritation of the heart and no sedation or fluid swelling. Mamie Eisenhower and family visit as physicians report alertness and limited discussions on family matters. The general has not been told of foreign news and radio or TV are not allowed in his room.
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Eisenhower
Mamie
Czechoslovakia
Beachhouse Fire Damages Home on Jeannette Street
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Gloria Bolducs residence on Jeannette Street Ryegra. Four children were present, clothing was removed and dampened outside, no other damage reported.
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Old Orchard Beach
Gloria Bolduc
Jeanette Street
Ryegtra
Ghildren Pie
Reese
Portland Weather Quiet Tonight With Seasonal Cool
Fair and cool tonight with lows from 45 to 50 north and in the 50s south. Saturday will bring increasing cloudiness and a chance of scattered showers in the extreme west late in the day with no significant temperature changes expected.
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Portland
Weather Outlook for New England Five Day Forecast
The Weather Bureau projects a five day forecast for northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Temperatures from Saturday through Wednesday will run below normal with highs in the 60s in northern and eastern Maine and in the low to mid 70s elsewhere. Lows will range from the 40s to the 50s, with Massachusetts and Rhode Island slightly higher. The period should warm over the weekend then cool again. Rainfall expected between a quarter and one half inch, mainly as showers Sunday or Monday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Airman and Family On Leave At Beach
Staff Sgt. Arthur A. Begin Jr his wife and daughters Denise and Donna spend leave at grandmother Mrs Stella Begin 92 East Grand Ave community Mrs Begin is wife of Lionel E Dionne 78 Union St Saco Begin who has been at Dow Air Force Base Bangor will depart Sunday with family for transfer to Homestead AFB.
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Old Orchard Beach
Stella Begin
East Grand Ave
Arthur A. Begin Jr
Denise
Donna
Begin
Lionel E. Dionne
Union St
Saco
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Homestead Afb
Rangers training camp tragedy at Eglin base
Fort Walton Beach Florida AP report says a lightning strike at an Army Ranger detachment training camp near Eglin Air Force Base killed two soldiers and wounded eight. Injured were flown to Eglin hospital. one in critical condition, seven released. Victims’ identities withheld pending next of kin notification. Also notes a Los Angeles item on Mayor Yorty responding to a false alarm triggered by a mistaken burglar alarm.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Here
Ft. Benning
Manchester undefeated in Babe Ruth World Series thriller
In Klamath Falls Manchester New Hampshire edged Charlotte North Carolina 6 5 as a costly second inning error allowed a tying run and in the bottom of the final frame Scott Thompson delivered a grounder to second that was misplayed for the winning run Manchester remains unbeaten and faces New Orleans for a berth against Manchester in Saturdays finale
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Manchester
N.H
Charlotte
N.C
Scott Thompson
Charlotte Palys
New Orleans
Sleepy TV Survivors Show Durable Series Trend
A Delhi or Hollywood style look at TV pilots and long running shows notes sleepers like The Beverly Hillbillies Peyton Place and The Flying Nun persist. It highlights Bob Denver's rise from Dobie Gillis to Gilligan's Island and his new role with Herb Edelman as a fast talking driver in a CBS comedy vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Flying Nun
Wise Ones
Fantasy
CBS
Bob Denver
Denver
Maynard G. Krebs
Dobie Gillis
Gilligan
Denver and Company
Herb Edelman
Agen
44 Unit Condominium Village Planned in Kennebunk
Realtor Robert E. Marier Jr. unveils a 44 unit retirement village on a 14 acre tract behind Fletcher Street fronting Wiggins Pond and Scotchman's Brook. The Cape Cod style buildings and woodland grounds will be owned as individual units plus a share of community land with maintenance funded by the Condominium Corporation. Units expected to sell under $20,000 with Barbara Converse designing the plans.
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Kennebunk
Robert E. Marier Jr
Fletcher Street
Wiggins Pond
Scotchman’s Brook
Comtois
Condominium Corporation
Barbara Converse
Cape Cod
Marier
News Flow From Prague Occupation Continues
The fourth day of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia sees continued disruption as phone and telegraph links to the outside world are largely cut. AP’s Peter Rehak, a 22 year old Canadian born in Bratislava, reports from Prague using clandestine radio sources and wire photos distributed to U.S. papers. Meanwhile in Boston a firefighter, William H. McClennan of Dorchester, was elected head of the 130,000 member International Association of Fire Fighters at the Toronto meeting, with 25 years on the force and serving as an aide to Assistant Chief Joseph Dolan.
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Ludvik Svoboda
Moscow
Prague
Free Radio
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Venek Silhan
Dubcek
Soviet Union
Kosice
Prescov
Itnesses
Pankrac
Ruzyne
Vienna
Peoples Militia
Congress
Svoboda
Party
Ree
Alois Indra
Drahomir Koldier
Vasil Bilak
Slovak Communist Party
Praha
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Kirley Temple Jack
Associated Press
Associated
Canada
McGill University
Germany
Rehak
CTK
CS Gee
Ana
United States
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
Boston (Ap
Boston
International Association of Firefighters
Toronto
Boston Fire Department
William H. McClennan
Dorchester
IAFF
McClennan
Joseph Dolan
Prague crisis fuels courage as citizens resist Russians
Mrs Black of Dodge City recalls a joyous Czechoslovakia three days earlier, now grim as Pilsen barricades spring up to block Russians from the town center. British Airways official John Brower reports brave crowds between Prague and the border, a village of 2,000 cheering, a tank plows into a bus, and youths hurl tomatoes at Russian troops.
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Czechoslovakia
Black
Allen Miller
Dodge City
Kan
Pilsen
John Brower
Eurean Airways
Rague
Prague
Dubcek
Providence Man Convicted In Bank Robbery Defense Claims Amnesia
Arthur H. Smith was found guilty in Superior Court of robbing the Industrial National Bank Elmwood Avenue branch on March 1, with a jury rejecting his defense that intoxication prevented memory of the event. He testified he started drinking at 8 a.m. and recalled nothing about the 7:45 p.m. robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Arthur H. Smith
Industrial National Bank
Superior Court
Smith
Elmwood Avenue
Denmark Cancels Balkans and Soviet Naval Visits
The Danish government canceled planned visits by Bulgarian Premier Todor Zhivkov and Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Peter, deeming them not opportune. A Soviet naval visit announcement was also canceled after Parliament’s foreign policy committee met following Foreign Minister Paul Hartling summoning Soviet, Polish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian diplomats to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Copenhagen
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
Janos Peter
Hungary
Paul Hartling
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Classified Ads Open For Results In The Journal
Local Classifieds section invites readers to place ads in the Journal to achieve measurable results. Listings cover services sales and announcements with quick turnaround and broad reach across the region.
Guest preacher to fill pulpit at Saco church
Rev Kenneth L Orne of Dedham Mass will lead the 10 am sung Eucharist at Trinity Episcopal Church Saco Sunday. Rev Gerald E Burtt in charge will celebrate. Orne, native of Cambridge, studied at Ottawa University and Babson, ordained 1965, served at Westwood before Dedham. Mrs Bean and Wayne Whitney to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Kenneth L. Orne
Church of the Good Shepherd
Dedham
Mass
Gerald E. Burtt
Father Orwell
Cambridge
Ottawa University
Babson Institute
Cam Og
Vermont October draft call set at 27 draftees
Vermont Selective Service Director William F. Burke announced October draft call will be 27 nationals. October high 63 and low 15. Nationwide, 13,800 draftees expected in October.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Selective Service
William F. Burke
Pf Ag
Ull
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Henry Steffens
Monaco
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Rapid Cis
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
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Winnipeg
Sam Yorty
Ned
Buenalea
Cynthia Lowry
Saco Church
Dearborn
Alfred St
Beachway’s
For All
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