Controversy Shaped Early St. Joseph's Parish History
The article outlines Franco American ties to St. Joseph's Biddeford as a center of church and language. It notes a long dispute between Bishop Healy and Fr. Ponsardin over church building, 1873 Panic funding, dedication in 1883, growth to 3500 parishioners, land purchases, cemetery use, and a 1972 monument to two pastors.
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St. Joseph’s Parish
Biddeford
Maine
Ree
Michael Guignard
Oscar Handlin
Quebec
New England
St. Joseph’s Grammar School
Niversary
Alfred Bonneau
la Justice
James Healy
Ponsardin
Albert Foley
Healy
McArthur
St. Joseph’s
Oblates
St. Joseph's
St.Joseph’s
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Pierre Dupons
Joseph A. Laflamme
Center Street
South Street
Father Dupont
Fr. Ponsardin
Biddeford Teachers Ratify 1972 73 Contract Base Up 350
The Biddeford Board of Education and the Biddeford Teachers Association ratified the 1972-73 contract. It includes a $200 base raise for 1972-73 and a retroactive $150 increase for the previous year, raising starting pay to 6550 with additional increases for activity differentials and new subscriber health coverage.
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Biddeford
Supreme Con't
Steve Wood
B.T.A
Prudential Life Insurance Co
School Board
Biddeford Board of Education
Biddeford Teachers Association
Maine
Shriver Attacks Nixon in Campaign Aerial Onslaught
In Ohio Pennsylvania and New York Sargent Shriver blasts the Nixon Agnew administration calling Nixon a war maker and criticizes the campaign for inflation unemployment and crime. He wins a 75000 member union endorsement in Cincinnati and labels Nixon’s convention speech fantasy land. Nixon Campaign Seeks Four More Years.
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Shriver
GOP
New York
Nixon Agnew
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Fantasyland
Disneyland
United States
Upstate
Bayonne
Washington
White House
Peking
Moscow
George McGovern
California
San Diego
McGovern
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
San Clemente
Calif
Senate
International Union of Presidents
Leav
Ing
Maryland
Abram Chayes
Europe
Israel
Pun Line About Breaking Dates
A witty quip notes that a man who breaks a date typically faces one consequence, while a girl who breaks a date often ends up with two.
Kennebunkport Police Back Chief Amid Audit of Incidents
Kennebunkport's five member Police Commission voted unanimously to endorse Police Chief Sherman Bonney and his force after a public hearing. The statement vows fair enforcement, notes ongoing cases, and praises handling of a recent serious accident. The commission cites budget integrity and summer traffic amid high activity.
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Kennebunkport
Sherman Bonney
Consolidated School
State
Maine
Richard Wormwood
Police Commission
Commission
Stephen Emmons
Bery Bilderback
Philip W. Hussey
Kenneth N. Hutchins
David Walley
Board of Selectmen
Bonney
School Street
Bay state yard to get big contract
Old Orchard Beach council meeting discussed a major contract for a Bay state yard project. officials outlined scope and timelines while residents awaited specifics on cost and impact.
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Bay State Yard
Old Orchard Beach
New England States Hit Power Use Record in Heat
The six New England states set a peak electric demand of 11.43 million kilowatts on Thursday exceeding the prior 11.28 million. NEPEX said reserves remained safe and weather clouds were not expected to lift demand further. In contrast New York reduced voltage by five percent to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New ‘England Power Exchange
NEPEX
Jed Edison
New York
Priests and Officials Call for Cease Fire in Northern Ireland
In Belfast and Londonderry protests spread as priests politicians and the Civil Rights Association urged an end to the bombing campaign. The Provisional IRA and other groups faced accusations of hypocrisy and disregard for public life as violence claimed more lives including a soldier killed in North Belfast and a gunman wounded in Newry.
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Belfast
Ulster
Marx
IRA
Land
Civil Rights Association
Newry
Bes Londonderry
Sean McStioffan
Ronald Alfred Haste
New Yorker
Londonderry
Bogside
Irish Republican Army
Ris Don
Socialjira, Democratic and Labor Party
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U.S
North Vietnam
Edly
Hon Ngu Island
Vinh
Hon Gai No. 151
Oriskany
Richard Gagne
Gagne
Richard
John
Atlantic
Art Nadeau
By Cecil B. Munson
Inside the Journal
Abby
Northern Ireland
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