Personal News From Old Orchard Beach and Nearby Areas
Edgar Pelkey of 1 Goodwin Ave Old Orchard Beach is a patient at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. Mrs Arga Smith of Toronto is visiting Mr and Mrs Duncan McAfee of 2 Washington Ave Old Orchard Beach for two weeks. Seaman James C Gott USN son of Mrs Mary Gott of Maine Street Kennebunkport has returned to San Diego aboard USS George Clymer after deployment with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Pelkey
Goodwin Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Arga Smith
Toronto
Canada
Duncan McAfee
Washington Ave
McAfees
James C. Gott
USN
Mary Gott
Maine Street
Kennebunkport
San Diego
Calif
George Clymer
Western Pacific
Seventh Fleet
Brush Fire Dampened by Moist Sea Air Near La Crescenta
A brush fire near La Crescenta burned about 500 acres in rugged hills. Officials said containment was hoped for as 500 firefighters fought through the night and eight water bombers dropped on hotspots. Damage to watershed was estimated at 347000 dollars with possible home flooding risks in the rainy season. Twenty five families were evacuated when flames approached homes valued at 40000 to 50000 dollars before retreating.
Gemini 5 astronauts near splashdown after 121 orbits
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad approach home as Betsy the tropical storm skirts the splashdown area off the Peruvian coast. Flight control reports good physical and mental condition with just routine drift maneuvers and on board tape issues, while housekeeping and packing continue aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
mid-Atlantic
Cooper
Conrad
Rose Knot Victor
Duane Catterson
Blue Gardenia
Moon
Gemini Control
Christopher C. Kraft
Houston
Texas
Neil Armstrong
Card of Thanks to Sisters and Doctor Patane
I express sincere thanks to the Sisters and Doctor Patane of Notre Dame Hospital for care and kindness. Grateful also to relatives and friends for gifts flowers and ecards during my recent illness. Mrs. David St Amand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patane
Notre Dame Hospital
David
Amand
Death Notices Amanda Frechette Widow of Edward Frechette
Mrs Amanda Frechette 8 and 7 lot 43 Middle Street Biddeford died last night at a local hospital after a long illness She was born February 22 1878 in St Bernard Quebec daughter of Thomas and Protonille Provost She was a St Andre Church communicant member ofAnne Sodality and Third Order of St Francis Survivors include son Edward of Biddeford three daughters Mrs Robert Janelle Pine Point Mrs Conrad Feateau Saco and Mrs Amanda Beaudoin Biddeford eight grandchildren five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 am from St Andre Church Friends may call at the Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today and tomorrow 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Frechette
Middle St
Biddeford
Edward Frechette
St. Bernard
Que
Thomas and
Petronille (Boissonneault
St. Andre’s Church
B& Anne Sodality
Third Order of St. Francis
Edward of
Robert Janelle
Pine Point
Conrad Fecteau
Saco
Amanda Beaudoin
St. Amdre's
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Betsy Heads For Windward Islands
Betsy strengthened from a tropical storm to threaten Windward Islands with 45 mph winds as residents were urged to take precautions. The Weather Bureau warned Betsy could grow in size and intensity, aided by the Tiros satellite tracking across the Atlantic from Africa. Anna remained a tropical cyclone that posed no threat to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Betsy
Tropics
Weather Bureau
Tiros
Atlantic
Africa
Anna
Iland
Milk Prices Slated To Rise In Maine
The Maine Milk Commission announced a half cent per quart price increase effective September 1 in all controlled areas. This marks the third of four seasonal rises, offsetting four earlier decreases. Cream prices will rise two cents per half pint. other grades adjust with butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Space Twins F Ned From Parathee
President Johnson kept a cautious eye on wage and contract talks in the steel industry and phoned top bargainers urging a responsible settlement as mediation began with no deal by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parathee
Johnson
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Church youth programs and worship schedules across coastal Maine
Church notes list weekly youth meetings and services from Kennebunkport to Old Orchard Beach. Programs span St Martha's St Monica's Trinity Saco Advent Christian Faith Tabernacle First Assembly of God and others with times 5 6 7 pm and mass schedules including Weekday 7 am and Holy Day vigils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret's Church
Old Orchard Beach
Advent Christian Church
Saco Avenue
Maine Weather Summary With Showers Clearing
For Maine variable cloudiness with showers in the north, clearing in the south and much cooler tonight with low temps in the 40s to 50s. Sunday expected to be fair, cooler and less humid.
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Maine
Tide table data for August with daily highs and lows
August tidal readings list daily high and low times for A M and P M. Includes entries for dates 28 to 31 with specified times such as 12:58 and 6:43 AM and 7:02 PM. The fragment indicates multiple days of lunar tide shifts and irregular formatting.
Three Traffic Mishaps Listed In Biddeford
A three car crash at Elm and Main Streets in Biddeford damaged vehicles with no injuries. Richard Ellis 25 of Portland collided with James Moody 21 of Saco, hitting a parked car owned by Roger Normand 31 of Biddeford. A second crash on South Street damaged Adelbert Houde’s parked car. Lorette Gagne 43 of Biddeford struck it. A third crash at South and Crescent Streets involved Rita Lonsdale 41 of Biddeford and Albert Boisvert 56 of Biddeford, damaging Lonsdale’s right rear door. No injuries.
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Elm
Main Streets
Biddeford
Richard Ellis
Portland
James Moody
Ferry Road
Saco
Roger Normand
Cutts St
Moody
Norman Arbour
Raymond Langevin
South Street
Adelbert F. Houde
Alfred Road
Lorette Gagne
Hill St
Houde
South
Crescent Streets
Rita F. Lonsdale
Graham Streets
Albert A. Boisvert
South St
Lonsdale
Navy Cannot Confirm Radiation Claims by Lt Cmdr Mitchell
The Navy cannot verify retired Lt Cmdr William W Mitchell’s claim of severe radiation exposure from a 1946 A bomb test near Bikini Lagoon. Mitchell, hospitalized in Norfolk, said his transport ship Wharton went dead in the water during the July 25 1946 event. Navy records show his service aboard the Wharton late 1946 to early 1947 and cite brain arteriosclerosis as the cause of retirement.
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Canada
Mitchell
Wharton
Canadian dies in tree mishap near St Zachare
Alyre Bisson aged 28 of St Zachare Quebec was killed when a tree he was cutting in Township 6 Range 11 fell struck him and landed on him, authorities said. The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office announced the fatal accident on Friday.
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Telos
Piscatquis County
Examiner orders autopsy in Eastport fire death
In Eastport police report Keith Follis about 35 died Friday in a blaze. A medical examiner has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death in the single story wooden home.
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Eastport
Keith Follis
Gaulin Will Speak On Charter Change In Biddeford
Mayor Edward F. Gaulin will address municipal workers at Biddeford Junior High School at 7 30 p m Tuesday on charter changes. A discussion period will follow in the gym along Route 9 A off Route 109 Wells. Long text also notes various Sunday and weekly youth and church gatherings in Biddeford and surrounding towns with schedule details.
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Biddeford
Edward F. Gaulin
Gaulin
Wells
Saco United Baptist Church
Births in Biddeford and surrounding towns list nine families
A society column records newborns from August including Jill La verriere in Biddeford eight pounds six and a half ounces, Kevin Jon Whitten in Kennebunk weighing eight pounds two ounces, Stephen Mark Roberge in Biddeford six pounds 15 ounces, James Kevin Monder in Saco eight pounds eight and a half ounces, John David Dumas in Biddeford seven pounds 15 ounces, Martha Hicks Ward in Ferry Beach seven pounds three ounces, Tammin Ann Lanoie in Old Orchard Beach five pounds five ounces, Jeffrey Scott Bennan in Sanford ten pounds 14 ounces, Denice Dee Thompson in Kennebunkport nine pounds six ounces, Connie Rae Miles in Waterboro eight pounds 1?2 ounces, Patricia Ann Garland in Hollis Center eight pounds two ounces, Pamela Rae Chalout in Biddeford eight pounds one ounce, and Janet Ruth Cahill in Roxbury Massachusetts six pounds seven ounces with familial grandparents noted.
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Jean H. Laverriere
Mason St
Biddeford
Jill
Erin M
Whitten
Spring St
Kennebunk
Kevin Jon
Norman P. Roberge
Pinnette Ave
Stephen Mark
Robert J. Monder
Glenwood Ave
Sace
James Kevin
Robert A. Dumas
Harvey St
John David
James S. Ward
Eagle Avenue
Ferry Beach
Martha Hicks
William Lanoie
Temple Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Tammin Ann
Robert Bennan
Sanford
Jeffrey Scott
Sherman Thompson
Kennebunkport
Denice Dee
John Miles
Waterboro
Connie Rae
Donald Garland
Hollis Center
Patricia Ann
Angela Chaloult
Clark St
Pamela Rae
Warren F. Cahill
Rockland St
Roxbury
Mass
Janet Ruth
Faulkner Memorial Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Albert Colpitts
Frederick Cahill
Berwick N.S
Negotiations In Steel Industry Set To Resume
Pittsburgh AP report says steel negotiators prepared to resume talks under government mediation as four days remain before 450000 United Steelworkers members could strike, threatening 80 of national output. Simkin notes narrowings but large gaps remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Javits Finds Himself Johnson's Favorite Yacht Stowaway
Sen Jacob Javits rushed aboard a yacht bound for a party and became an unexpected guest of President Johnson who had swapped yachts with Atty Gen Katzenbach at the last minute. Johnson reassured him that he was a favorite stowaway. Bob Hope arrives in Toronto to headline the Canadian National Exhibition show and receives a Canadian Red Cross citation in Leslie Townes Hope’s name.
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Las Vegas
Wilbur Clark
Desert Inn
Reno
Clark
Clarence J. Brown
Republican Party
House Rules Committee
Brown
House
Associated Press
Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Navy Gun Factory
Johnson
Javits
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Jack
Toronto
Bob Hope
Hope
Canadian Red Cross Society
Leslie Townes Hope
Red Cross
Sir John Fulton Named BBC Governor and Vice Chairman
Sir John Fulton, 63, is named by the British government as the next governor and vice chairman of the British Broadcasting Corp. He will serve a five year term, succeeding Sir James Duff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Fulton
British Broadcasting Corp
Fulton
James Duff
Miss High School Pageant Names Fourth Runner Up
Allyn E. Warner, 15, of Cumberland Foreside, was named fourth runner up at the Miss High School of America Pageant. She won the Thursday talent contest with a vocal performance and is a sophomore at Greely Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park, N.J
Allyn E. Warner
Cumberland Foreside
Margaret Thornbury Named Acting Director at Maine Home Economics
Acting director Dr. Margaret E. Thornbury replaces Dr. Jane H. Crow who resigned at the University of Maine's school of home economics. The change was announced Friday by the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crono
Margaret E. Thornbury
University of Maine
School of Home Economics
Jane H. Crow
Protective coloration in Sanaa Yemeni women
Yemeni women in Sanaa use facial paint to shield skin from the sun. The pigments colored yellow blue or red cover the face and brows as they work long hours outdoors, echoing sun protection practices by Red Indian and American plains women a century ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanaa
Yemen
Want Ads Your Inexpens Your Inexpens Implied Tagline
Classified notice highlights affordable ad space promising effective selling power. No clear dates or entities identified beyond generic sales claim.
Recchia Medal Presented To Mildred M. Thomas
The Recchia Medal designed by Richard H. Recchia Rockport Mass was presented to Mildred M. Thomas of Ocean Park and Winter Park Fla at the closing session of the 25th State of Maine Writers conference in recognition of her service as conference secretary treasurer registrar. About 75 attended the 1965 conference with Porter Memorial Hall as headquarters and Adelbert M. Jakeman and Loring Williams guiding events.
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Ocean Park
Recchia
Richard H. Recchia
Rockport
Mass
Mildred M. Thomas
Winter Park
Fla
State of
Helen St. John
George S. Graffam
Whitefield
Jessie E. Lewis
Sarah Bridge Graves
Anna R. Johnson
Ina Ladd Brown
Margaret B. Todd
Orr's Island
Mrs. Todd
Blanche C. Nevers
Loring] Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosalie Glen
Boston
Donald S. Beal
Saco
J.H. Lowell
Havertown
Penn
Kitty Parsons
Katherine Saunders
Norwood
Ethel M. Johnson
Brownfield
Harry S. Kussmaul
Brockton
Marie Phelps
Lexington
Bhima M. Sturtevant
Old Orchard Beach
Nixon Warns Communists Mock Peace Talks In Asia
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon says Communist forces slap the United States with a wet fish after each peace offer in Viet Nam and that constant negotiations prolong the war. In Moscow, the U.S. protests detention of George Nipanich while Soviet papers accuse a former German spy. A Japanese three stage rocket test fires reaching 420 miles for Japan’s first artificial satellite in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Viet Nam
Nixon
Asia
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
George Nipanich
New York
Minsk
Nipanich
Izves.4a
Warsaw
Japan
Tokyo University
Aerospace Research Center
Uchinoura
Debate Likely On Seating Red China At UN Session
The United Nations General Assembly, opening Sept. 21, is expected to again debate which regime represents China. Ten Communist and neutralist nations led by Cambodia asked that the issue be placed on the agenda as urgent and important. No major power joined the sponsors. This will be the 15th such debate in UN history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
China
General Assembly
Cambodia
Assembly
Post Office Contract Awarded for Rockwood Building
Sen Edmund S. Muskie announced the Post Office Department awarded a Rockwood contract to Mount Kinco Inc for a Rockwood post office. Completion is scheduled by February 1.
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Washington (Ap
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Post Office Department
Rockwood
Mount Kinco, Inc
Fen
Major League Leaders Quote Summary 1963 Batting and Pitching
Major League leaders list several-year stat leaders by league with Yastrzemski and Oliva among AL batters, Campaneris and Versalles on runs and triples, Horton and Conigliaro leading home runs, and Koufax and Gibson topping pitching in the NL and AL.
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Yastrzemski
Boston
Robinson
Baltimore
Versalles
Minnesota
Oliva
Colavito
Cleveland
Mantilla
Horton
Detroit
Campaneris
Kansas City
Aparicio
Conigliaro
Cardenal
Los Angeles
Grant
Terry
McDowell
Lolich
Clemente
Pittsburgh
Aaron
Milwaukee
Mays
San Francisco
Harper
Cincinnati
Johnson
Banks
Chicago
Rose
Williams
Brock
St. Louis
Callison
Philadelphia
McCovey
San Franccisco
Wills
Los Angles
Koulfax
Nuxhall
Koufax
Gibson
Massachusetts counties named federal disaster areas for drought
Eight Massachusetts counties Berkshire Franklin Hampden Worcester Essex Bristol and Plymouth were certified by the federal Department of Agriculture as disaster areas. The designation allows farmers to obtain loans and feed at reduced cost. A decision on three additional counties Middlesex Norfolk and Barnstable was expected next week.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Federal Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agrriculture
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampden Worcester
Essex
Bristol
Plymouth
John A. Volpe
Middlesex
Norfolk
Barnstable
Grace Downes Killed in Springfield Auto Crash
Grace A. Downes, 31, of 16 Ivy Court, Springfield, was struck and killed early Saturday at a street intersection when an automobile hit her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Grace A. Downes
Ivy Court
Yankee Belles Named By Kennebunk Chorus Board
The Kennebunk Sweet Adeline Chorus board named the group The Yankee Belles at a meeting held at Mrs. Philip Davis’s Grove Street home. Plans included a scrap book and guest book. Weekly meetings occur Thursdays at 7 30 pm at Christ Church, with next directors’ gathering Sept 21 at East Waterboro home of Tony Cropper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Sweet Adeline Chorus
Philip Davis
Grove Street
Yankee Belles
Christ Church
Tony Cropper
East Waterboro
Cuban Reform Plan Urges Labor and Land Reforms
Alonso advocates liberalizing measures to satisfy the revolution with bread and freedom. He calls for ending government control of labor unions, returning state farm output to peasants, universal suffrage in municipal elections, and dismissal of corrupt bureaucrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Alonso
Metcalf Leads Adams County Voter Registration Drive
In Adams County Metcalf heads a Negro voter registration drive with about 8000 added to the rolls. In New York NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins calls the bombing a cowardly crime tied to Metcalf urging his people to register as voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere One
Metcalf
Adams County
New York
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Maine Crowns Blueberry Queen at Union Fair
Leslie L. Brown 21 of Machias wins Blueberry Queen honors at Union Fair. Bates College senior crowned by Agriculture Commissioner Maynard Dolloff Friday in Maine event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueberry Queen Union
Maine
Leslie L. Brown
Machias
Agricullture
Maynard Dolloff
Bates College
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Windward Islands
Space Twins
Greece
Elias Tsirimakos
Constantine
George Papandre
Food & Drug Administration
FDA
St.Martha’s Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s Kennebunk
St. Mary’s, Wells Beach
St. Martha’s Church
Episcopal Young Churchmen of Christ Church
Land Trinity Church
St. David Episcopal Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
High School of Religion
St. Martha’s
St. Monica’s
St. Mary's
Mothers’ Club
Kennebunk Lower Village
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Foss Street Methodist
South Biddeford
Youth Fellowship of the
Goodwins Mills
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Salvation
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Wells-Moody Church of the Nazarene
Route 1
United Cittizen
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
First Assembly of God
Ahepa
Pleasant Street
Bible Baptist Church
Advent Christiian Church
Route 35
Christ Ambassadors
First Assembly of God ‘Church
Leasant Street
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Kennepunk Landing
Methodist
Ship of the West
Fariday
Ly- Paper
Thelman First Baptist Church
Goodpeministration
Vietnins Mills
U Alexis Johnson
Junior Beacons For Christ
Lyman First Baptist Church
Baptist
The
Full Gospel Church
Alamo
Navy
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the
Ogunquit
Youth Fellowship of
Donald Fraser
Pool! St
St. John's Church
Episcopal
St. John’s
St., Old Orchard Beach
Harold McElwayn
Judy Ann
John Arthur
Arthur Milliard
Buxton Road
Pauline Roy
Ernest Milliard
Webber
Saco Hospital
New England
David Walley
Sam Simpson
Robert Guptil
Ralph McLean
William Bonney
Doris Bachelder
Julius Dean
George LeBarge
Crague Burleigh
Davis
Cuba
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