Deaths Renaud Mercier 77 of Saco
Renaud Mercier 77 of Shadagee Road Saco died Aug 24 at home after a long illness. Born in Canada March 10 1896 he worked 25 years at Bates Mfg Co and later was a self employed carpenter. Survived by widow a son three daughters sister five grandchildren eight great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Mass Monday 8 am Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco followed by burial at Jesmetery Biddeford. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home today and Sunday.
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Renaud Mercier
Shadagee Road
Saco
Canada
Simeon and
Georgiana
Noel) Mercier
Bates Mfg. Co
Notre Dame de_ Lourdes
Sacred Heart League
Union St
Germaine) Geldhof
Detroit
Mich
Sandra Labonte
Quebec
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Eigh
Jes Metery
Biddeford
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Two Miners Trapped In Arizona Mine Slowly Rescued
Rescue crews in Casa Grande progress through rock and mud to reach miners David Deeder and Terry Udall, trapped 1,200 feet underground since August 17 after a tunnel collapse at a Pa Pago Reservation copper mine. Air, water, and oxygen are being supplied as temperatures rise from a fire.
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Casa Grande
Ariz
Arizona
David Deeder
Terry Udall
Ft. Collins
Colo
Hecla Mining Co
Papago Indian Reservation
Here
Jim Hunter
Ex-Inmates Stage Concert In Bowdoin
The Music and Freedom Festival, a two day rock concert on a 40 acre Bowdoin farm, is staged by the Statewide Correctional Alliance for Reform. Entertainment started Friday night and runs through today with 3000 to 5000 youths expected at its peak.
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Bowdoin (Ap
Statewide
Correctional Alliance For Reform
Burroughs Road
Port Fire Resumes as Crowd Clusters in Streets
Firefighters battle a port blaze while hundreds gather to watch, forcing police to rope off streets and disperse crowds. In New Orleans Edwin Gaudet’s attorney accuses federal authorities of fabricating charges claiming the former officer threatened President Nixon.
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New Orleans
Edwin M. Gaudet
Nixon
Gaudet
Lillian Cohen
New Mexico
Funeral Directors Emond Conroy and Others in Saco Maine
Funeral home listings for Emond Conroy Frank X Emond J P Conroy with phone numbers 284 5511 and 282 1818. Shumway and Gross 35 Spring St Saco 284 5611 Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine Tel 282.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tel
Weather Outlook for Portland Tonight and Sunday
The forecast for Portland calls for fair skies tonight with partial cloudiness toward the north and west and lows in the 50s. Sunday will bring partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers in central and northern areas and highs in the 70s.
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Portland
FBI Burglar Turner Describes Covert Safe Cracking
Turner, a former FBI agent and author, reveals he acted as lookout while a trained crew used safe-cracking gear to access material inside. He says burglaries targeted Communist Party functionaries, and agents carried no linking items. Turner claims no agent was ever caught and cites expired statutes of limitations.
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Turner
FBI
Washington
Communist Party
Hoover
Bureau
Army Pfc Maurice completes vehicle repair course at Fort Dix
Army Private First Class David M. Maurice 19 of Biddeford Maine completed a wheeled-vehicle mechanic course at Fort Dix. Training covered internal combustion engines chassis components and electrical and transmission fundamentals.
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FT. DIX
David M. Maurice
Paul E. Maurice
Bond St
Biddeford
Maine
Bank Branch Opening Celebration Nets TV Prizes
York County Savings Bank marked the Saco Valley Shopping Center branch opening with a six week celebration and a grand finale drawing on Aug 22. Clermont Pelletier and Patricia Beaulieu won 23 inch color television sets.
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York County Savings Bank
Leo B. Shevenell
Clermont Pelletier
Claude Pelletier
Pleasant St
Saco
Patricia Beaulieu
Leo Paul Beaulieu
High St. Biddeford
York County
Batines Bank
Saco Valley
Ora S
Shevenel
Twin Cities
Biddeford
Saco Valley Center
Twin-City
New Teachers In Saco Schools Are Announced
Saco Superintendent Howard Cushman released a list of new hires across districts. Names include Mrs Sandra Bartlett Miss Katina Kalagias Miss Kathi LeDoux Miss Marguerite Maillet and others with degrees from University of Maine campuses and regional colleges. Also hired for Dayton public schools is Miss Nancy Bouffard who will teach grades five and six and graduated in 1973.
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Saco Supt
Howard Cushman
Saco Public
Sandra Bartlett
Youn
University O Maine-Gorham
Leonard Bertrand
Burns
University of Maine-Gorham
William Chenard
Patricia Deletetsky
Fairfield
Joseph Bragitano
University of Maine- Gorham
Paula Fletcher
Jordan
University of Maine
Machias
Auburn
Carole Gesemyer
Westchester State College
Westchester
Kennett Benare
Katina Kalagias
University of Maine, Gorham
Kathi
Onnaty
St. Anne
Robert Reay
Trimaran Dreamer Plans World Voyage From Northwest
A sailor envisions sailing a seaworthy trimaran around the world. He praises the boat’s 7 degree heel, featherlike speed, and 2 ft 10 in draft. With a four man crew and 60 days of provisions, launch is set for May at Reid Yacht Yard followed by a three month voyage. Also report: discovery of 24 previously unknown underwater mountains in the northeast Pacific.
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Northwest
Europe
Vorn
Atlantic
Reid Yacht Yard
Vonn
Michlin
Tan
Northeast
Pacific
Icelandic volcanic eruption cripples Heymaey fisheries
Boston College geologist Father Skehan reports the Heymaey volcano and lava flow devastated Iceland’s fishing hub, closing 14 plants and halting most industry. Gas emissions and ash forced ships to seek other ports, delaying return of some 5,300 residents.
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Boston
Iceland
England
Macy Island
Boston College
James W. Skehan
S.J
Heymaey
Skehan
Eymney
Father Skehan
Atvthet Kirkiu
Mexico
Kirkiu
Helga ‘Holy Mountain
J. Christopher Hepburn
John Creasy
Middlebury College
Vermont
Kirkin
Biddeford Planning Board Agrees on Elderly Housing and Two Family Use
At Biddeford Public Hearing the Planning Board discussed four zoning changes. They favored permitting two family dwellings in existing one family zones with S R expansion to R L A and R L B, amid limited opposition. Proposals also address elderly housing under a federal program on Graham Street and nonconforming use rules with adjustments for lot size height parking and expansion.
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Maryline White
Biddeford
S-R
Claire Malasnik
Pool Road
Pat Gadbois
Granite Street
Bernard Cohen
York County Coast Star
Planning Board
Cohen
Paty
Roland Morissette
Robert Collette
James Draggins
Ray Gagne
Raymond Gagnon
Indicted Drug Raids Probe Marks No Knock Tactics
Eight federal narcotics agents and four police officers were indicted in ALTON for illegal entry and no‑knock drug raids across Collinsville East St. Louis and Edwardsville during April. The grand jury charges 17 crimes including civil rights violations and conspiracy.
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Alton
Ill
Justice Department
Drug Enforcement Administration
Illinois
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Edwardsville
Grand Jury
St. Louis
Daniel J. Duffy
Dennis Moriarty
Robert Underwood
Pamela Gitto
Underwood
Moriarty
Tom Teyssier
William C. Dwyer
Calvin Culp
Giglotto
Bloemker
Dwyer
Duffy
Donald W. Spicer
Donald Askew
Teyssier
Culp
Askew
Anderson
Harker
Phillips
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Biddeford Board Sets Free and Reduced Lunch Policy
The Biddeford School Board approved a free and reduced price lunch policy for students unable to pay full price. Income scales for free and reduced meals are listed by family size with annual thresholds and adjustments for additional members. Applications are confidential and can be submitted via forms sent home. hearings are available if parents dispute decisions, with Andrew C. Frechette as hearing official.
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Biddeford
Andrew CC. Frechette
Superintendent of Schools
All SAD 57 Schools Will Begin Sept 5
East Waterboro announces full day classes for School Administrative District 5 No. 57 with Robert E. Powers as superintendent. Buses run regular routes, lunch served opening day, staff orientation and meetings scheduled at Massabesic High School, and school ends June 19 with holiday dates listed.
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East Waterboro
Alsj
Robert E. Powers
Massabesh High School
Massabeshc High School
Vention
Alfred
Limerick
Lyman
South Waterboro
Ast
Waterboro
West Weather Aids Firefighters in Drought West
The Interagency Fire Center says high humidity and low temperatures have helped contain most major wildfires across the drought stricken West. Only Freezeout in Oregon and Tin Creek in Montana remain to be contained with demobilization underway for about half the 10 000 personnel involved.
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Associated Press
Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
Oregon
Tin Creek
Montana
Lolo National Forest
el Dorado Forest
California
Roger Leonard
Boi c Center
Gene
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