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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1976

Page

2

Mrs Lois L Jones R N 34 of Saco dies after illness

Lois L Ladd Jones R N 34 of Louden Road Saco dies Friday in a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born July 15 1942 in Biddeford daughter of H Clifford and Geneva Chadbourne Ladd. She married Howard C Jones and leaves two sons Bethany S Jones and siblings. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Shumway Gross Funeral Home Saco with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Calling hours Sunday.

Lois L. Jones R.N Louden Road Saco Portland Biddeford H Clifford Geneva (Chadbourne) Ladd Howard C. Jones Brian M Steven N. Jones Bethany S. Jones Falmouth Acton David C. Ladd U.S. Air Force Las Vegas Nev Shumway- Gross Funeral Home Spring St Laurel Hill Cemetery

Biddeford School Bus Routes Announced for 1976 77

The Biddeford school department lists bus routes and pick up times for all schools for the 1976 77 year. Routes cover multiple streets and neighborhoods with special notes on high school and junior high allocations and first semester AM PM sessions.

Biddeford River Road Buzzell Road South Street City Line Maine Turnpike West Street Corner Hill Street Granite Ext Granite Street Alfred Road Edward Avenue Mountain Road Pine Street Bradbury Street Kennedy and Emery School Mt. Pleasant Main Rotary Park St. Joseph Main Street Kennedy School Pool Road Notre Dame Hospital Pinnette Avenue Westmore Avenue St. Mary School Joseph Kennedy Marion and Bernard Avenue Prospect Clarendon Street Evanthia Drive Southgate St. Andre Corner Guinea Road Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Pool Hills Pe Pool Road Oak Ridge Proctor Road Guinea Road Marion Avenue St. Mary Prospect Street Clarendon St. Francis College Lafayette Street Sedgemere Emery Granite J. Mary Granite Point Newtown Road Sedgemere Drive Hill Street Harrison Avenue Oak Ridge Road Newtown Cote Circle Kennebunk Road Dallaire Cabins Gray Lane Grayson Street Marcel Avenue Ae High Ennebunk Road Forest Street Graham Street St. Andre School Hills Beach Pool Lafayette Cleaves Proctor Extension Marion and Bernard Avenue St. Mary Street May Street Ralph Valliere

Gratitude to Medical Staff After Webber Hospital Stay

A note of thanks expresses appreciation to Dr. Keegan Dr. Viger priests nurses relatives and friends for their kind care and thoughtfulness during a stay at the Webber Hospital.

Keegan Viger The Webber Hospital Dr. Fortier Rose A. Tash

Ellsworth man dies in Route 172 head-on crash

A head-on collision on Route 172 killed 42 year old Ellsworth resident Frank Stefanik Friday night. The second driver, 22 year old Cindy Gordon of Blue Hill, was critically injured and hospitalized at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. The crash happened as the cars rounded a curve.

Ellsworth, Maine Route 172 Ellsworth Frank Stefanik Misa Cindy Gordon Blue Hill Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor

Journal Corrects Sacone Study Error About Day

The Journal acknowledges a Thursday date was reported as Friday in yesterday’s downtown Sacone study story on page 10. An error correction note clarifies the correct day and regrets the confusion.

Sacone

Maddox Captures Nominating Victory for American Independent

Lester Maddox won the American Independent party presidential nomination amid dissent from New Right conservatives unhappy with his segregationist stance and axhandle image. The Chicago convention gave Maddox 177 of 339 votes on the first ballot as he criticized Jimmy Carter and recalled past clashes with civil rights workers.

Lester Maddox Jimmy Carter Georgia American Independent Party Maddox Reagan UPI Chicago Alabama George C. Wallace Ronald Reagan Ford Kansas City Pickrick Atlanta Robert Morris Dallas U.S John R. Rarick Louisiana Carter

Bishop Lefebvre to Hold Latin Mass in Lille Stadium

French dissident Bishop Marcel Lefebvre 71 defies a papal ban by planning a Latin Mass at a Lille sports stadium. He risks excommunication as Pope Paul VI suspended him from priestly functions last June. A Vatican spokesman says the Pope will meet him only if he changes his position on Latin rites.

Vatican City Marcel Lefebvre Lille Paul VI Vatican

Insurance firms to share hospital malpractice costs in Maine

About 175 underwriters are ordered to pool and share malpractice coverage costs for Maine hospitals starting Sept. 1. The Maine Medical Center and Maine Hospital Association petition led to the creation of the Maine Medical and Hospital Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association to stabilize prices and improve access. Estimated annual savings reach 200000 to 300000 for Maine Medical. 54 hospitals could join the pool, with premiums and a reserve fund backing coverage.

Maureen Connolly Associated Press Augusta, Maine Maine Maine Medical Center of Portland Maine Hospital Association Frank M. Hagerty Jr Maine Medical and Hospital Hagerty Hogerty Wayne Patterson Maine Medical Mine Medical Patterson W. Grant Heggie Jr

Crime surge in New England outpaces nation in 1975

FBI reports violent crime in New England rose 16.5 percent from 1974 to 1975, higher than any region. Total crimes increased from 572,824 to 645,656 statewide, with violent and property crimes driving the rise across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston New England Northeast New Jersey New York Pennsylvania FBI North Rhode Island Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont

CBers Spoiled Ca ransom, Say Police

Police say citizen band radio users disrupted a ransom drop in the Joann Seigman kidnap murder case near Long Beach California. Seigman 43 was found shot dead in a ditch and her children were abducted but later unharmed in a family van. Officers noted CB radio chatter drew crowds near the Long Beach supermarket where her husband John Seigman 50 managed the store and waited with $8000 from the safe for instructions.

Long Beach Calif Citizensand Radio Joann Seigman Rossmoor Cathy John Paul John Seigman Heriff Sim Middleton Middleton Jim Ferguson Cbers

Americans Sentenced in Moscow for Heroin Smuggling

Three American smugglers are given eight, seven, and five year labor camp terms for smuggling 63 pounds of heroin from Malaysia to Paris via the Soviet Union. The case marks a rare postwar trial of Americans in the USSR and signals heightened drug-trafficking crackdown at Sheremetyevo airport.

Moscow Soviet Union Malaysia Paris Jeete K. Mironov Gerald R. Amster New York City Dennis R. Burns Tashkent Afghanistan Sheremetyevo Aeroflot Asia

Master forger Tom Keating admits 2000 forgeries

London AP report says 59 year old Tom Keating confessed to creating about 2000 forged masterpieces over 25 years. He claims he sought to expose dealer exploitation and left X ray detectable clues such as profanities and deliberate mistakes on canvases.

London Tom Keating Keating

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Biddeford-Saco Lois L. Jones Maine Cancer Society Federal Street P.O. Box Brunswick Leo Core Dennett & Craig Tel Emond & Conroy Funeral Home John P. Conroy Jr Hill St Sansoucy — Blais Stone St R. Martel Shumway and Gross Funeral Service Rightist University of Michigan Supreme Court of Patma Goyas Rembrandts Gainsboroughs Renoirs Turners Degas Times of London Samuel Parker Times Geraldine Norman Masonic Temple HIS & Hers Beauty Salon Saco Valley Shopping Center Kesslen Shoe Co
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