Deaths OLD ORCHARD BEACH Laura Comeau 74
Laura M. Comeau 74 of 2 Smith Ave Old Orchard Beach died Thursday in a Biddeford hospital. Born in Saco Sept 30 1898 she served as a World War 1 nurse at Camp Devens and was a St Margaret Church parishioner. Survived by widower Carmel E Comeau daughter Tru dy Konieczny and brother Joseph Brousseau. Requiem High Mass 9 am Monday at St Margaret's Church. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery New Bedford. Visiting hours 2-4 and 7-9 pm tomorrow and Sunday at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home.
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Old Orchard Beach
Laura M. Comeau
Smith Ave
Biddeford
Saco
Samuel
Mary Brousseau
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Comeau
St. Margaret’s
Carmel E. Comeau
Trudy Konieczny
LaPorte
Ind
Joseph Brousseau
Kittery
St. Margaret's Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
New Bedford
Portland Ave
Mrs Hermina Bedard Henri Rites Planned in Biddeford
Mrs Hermina Bedard Henri 62 of 15 Summer St Biddeford died Thursday after a short illness in a local hospital She was born October 21 1905 in Lowell Mass the daughter of Napoleon and Marie Masse Bedard Retired a month ago from Pepperell Mia Co where she worked in the cardroom about 25 years A communicant of St Josephs Church She is survived by four brothers Simeon Bedard Shawinigan Falls Que Telesphere Bedard Tucson Ariz Alcide Bedard Biddeford and Joseph Bedard Saco one sister Mrs Elzear Ruel Biddeford nieces and nephews Funeral services will be from St Josephs Church Monday at 8 30 am Friends may call Emond Funeral Home Biddeford 7 to 10 tonight and 2 to 4 and 7 10 pm Saturday and Sunday
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Hermina Henri
Summer St
Biddeford
Lowell
Mass
Napoleon and
Marie Masse Bedard
Henri
Pepperell Mia. Co
St. Joseph's Church
Simeon Bedard
Wilbur D Perkins dies. Wells resident longtime officer
Wilbur D. Perkins 76, a Wells resident and former special police officer and dam warden, died yesterday in Sanford hospital. He was born March 13, 1891 in Lynn Massachusetts to James and Sarah M Waitt Perkins. Survived by two daughters Alice Hanson Kennebunk and Elsie Guvette Wells area, one son Harry E. Perkins West Kennebunk, one sister Abbie Hatch New Jersey, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev. W Vinton Murphy officiating. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery West Kennebunk. Friends may call 4–6 and 7–9 p.m. today.
Tractor Backhoe Hits Parked Cars Damaging Several Vehicles
Saco police report a tractor backhoe operated by John R Sevigny 49 of Biddeford struck and damaged a parked car driven by Philip T Dougherty of Portland about 100 dollars in damage on Beach Street. Early today Helen M Henderson 46 of 60 Nye Street and Donna Drake of Portland collided on North Street near the Maine Turnpike entrance. Henderson’s car sustained about 150 dollars damage.
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Sace
Philip T. Dougherty
Portland
Beach Street
John R. Sevigny
Wentworth St
Biddeford
Helen M. Henderson
Nye St
Donna Drake
North Street
Maine Turnpike
Saco
Henderson
Drake Auto
Councilors clash over PUC member selection
Allen argues for regulator independence while Curtis calls the idea that a PUC member should be acceptable to utilities an absurd notion. Edmunds distributed copies to councilors and promised a reply. A note lists Mt Elbert as Colorado’s highest peak at 14 431 feet.
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PUC
Curtis
Edmunds
Rocky Mountain
United States
Colorado
Mt. Elbert
Funeral Directors and Homes Listed in Saco Area
A directory style notice lists MONDS Funeral Home 284 Sill Frank X Emond J P Connev SHUMWAY Funeral Service 35 Spring Street Saco 284 5611 Philip H Gross Sr Director and DENNETT CRAIG 369 Main Street Saco Maine Dial 282 0562.
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Monds Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Connev
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Drapeau at St Josephs
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Drapeau of 74 Graham Street Biddeford were held at St Josephs Church Biddeford. Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey presided with Rev Valmont Gilbert deacon and Rev John Malo sub deacon. Interment followed at St Josephs Cemetery. Bearers named from the community. Delegations from Presentation of Mary Biddeford and Brothers of Christian Instruction Alfred attended.
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Marie Drapeau
Graham St
Biddeford
St. Joseph’s Church
Elie Hevey
Valmont Gilbert
John Malo
S.S.S
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Gilbert
Roland Simard
Raymond Boucher
Richard Bolduc
Edward Markson
William Chocka
Albert Gadbois
Mary
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Alfred
Advent Wreaths To Be Hung In Saco Church
Advent wreath ceremonies take place Sunday at 10 50 in United Baptist Church Saco with wreaths hung by Carol A Fenderson and Brian D Bedell. Infant dedications follow for Lester Lester Soucy Tarbox Taylor Tierney Pullen. sermon by Rev Stanley A Bennett titled The Sign of the Manger. Mary M Hill to play organ, Raymond F E Lord to direct in Woodward’s absence.
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United Baptist Church
Saco
Carol A. Fenderson
Brian D. Bedell
Laurie Jean Lester
Lisa Deirdre Lester
Lynn Debra Lester
Donald D. Lester
Lisa Ann Soucy
William J. Soucy
John Carlyle Tarbox
Robert P. Tarbox
Hannah Esther Taylor
Bruce C. Taylor
Kevin Howard Tierney
William A. Tierney
Scott Edmund Pullen
George E. Pullen
Stanley. A. Bennett
Rutherford Kingsley
God
Raymond FE
Lord
Lawrence Woodward
Mary M. Hill
Personal notices list patients at area hospitals
Faldora Lariviere of 16 Middle Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Lawrence Emerson of Flag Pond Road Saco is a patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Faldora Lariviere
Middle St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Lawrence Emerson
Flag Pond Road
Saco
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Delta Alpha Club Plans Christmas Party in Saco
The Delta Alpha Club announces its annual Christmas party Monday at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs John Tarbox on Main Street in Saco.
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Delta Alpha Club
John Tarbox
Main Street
Saco
YouthGroup supper postponed to February in Biddeford
The Boys Fellowship of the Noman Baptist Church will meet Saturday at 10 a m at the church. A supper planned by the Youth Group of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford has been postponed until February.
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Boys’ Fellowship
The
Noman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Advent Opens Sunday at Two Churches in Biddeford and Saco
The Advent season begins Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church Biddeford and Trinity Episcopal Church Saco with a 7:30 a.m. corporate communion for men and boys at Christ Episcopal. A breakfast follows under Episcopal Churchwomen, featuring Rev. Robert Peterson founder of Boys Port Limerick. Peterson directs New Life Centers Inc and operates Boys Haven Parsonsfield. Advent wreaths will be blessed at 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the two churches. Sermons at 9 and 11 a.m. launch study of the new Liturgy of the Lord's Supper approved November 1.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Episcopal
Robert Peterson
Boys
Gerald Burtt
Air Strikes Pummel North Vietnam Near Con Thien
Air Force jets bombed enemy positions around Con Thien and Bu Dop in hit and run raids. Lt Col James Cochran III said about 100 Communist troops were killed as 8 Americans died and 12 wounded. B52 bombers raided fronts near the DMZ and Dak To while Marine Phantoms destroyed bunkers and gun positions. Monsoon weather hindered operations, with AG Intruders attacking storage near Hon Gai and a railyard at Hai Phong.
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Air Force
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Bu Dop
Bo Due
James F. Cochran III
Tallahassee
Fla
DayVay
Dmz
Con Thien
Dak To
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hon Gai
Haiphong
State Officials Respond To Biddeford Query
State Education Department replies to Biddeford inquiry about the State Principals Association finances. The letter states the SPA is clean and needed revenue but proposes a new, time efficient structure and full control by participating school committees.
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Biddeford
Bruce L. Smith
State Department of Education
State Principals’ Association
State Department
Department of Education
Department
William T. Logan
Joseph J. Devitt
S.P.A
Board of Education
Andrew Peterson
Logan
Portland Weather Tonight Low 5 to 10 Then Near Zero In Valleys
Cold night in Portland with temperatures 5 to 10 degrees and near zero in some valleys. Saturday remains fair and still cold with continued frigid conditions.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather in New England
The Weather Bureau forecasts a five day period Saturday to Wednesday with below normal temperatures across northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s north with lower 20s in northern Maine and 35 to 40 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Overnight lows mainly teens north and 20 to 25 in MA and RI. Period remains very cold with total precipitation around two tenths of an inch, mainly snow north and snow or rain south early week.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Glee Clubs Plan Joint Concert At St Francis
The St Francis College Glee Club and Cardinal Cushing College Glee Club from Brookline Mass plan a joint Christmas concert Sunday at 4 p m in St Francis College gym Pool Road Biddeford. Directors Davis and Coughlin will lead separate programs before a closing combined section. They will sing Hodie Christus Natus Est and Christmas Day with Nancy Davis accompanying. Admission is free.
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St. Francis College Glee Club
Cardinal Cushing College Glee Club
Brookline
Mass
St. Francis College
Pool Road
Biddeford
Lawrence C. Davis
Marguerite Coughlin
Cardinal Cushing College
Willan
Gustav Holst
Nancy Davis
McNamara Candidacy for World Bank President Details Emergence
A chronology shows how McNamara moved toward the World Bank post. Key meetings with Woods Johnson Fowler and Merchant shaped the push, with confirmations and delegations proceeding through November to name McNamara as the choice for bank presidency.
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Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
McNamara
Noast
Fowler
The
Woods
Livingston Merchant
U.S
Bank
Merchant
World Bank
Defense
Biddeford Men Appointed To National Groups
At the Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion Post in Biddeford officers were announced. Commander Roland St Michel was named to the National Veterans Preference Committee and Robert Poire to the National Housing Committee by National Commander William E Galbraith.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Roland St. Michel
National Veteran’s Preference Committee
Robert Poire
National Housing Committee
William E. Galbraith
St. Michel
Raynald Dumont
Roland A Lemay
Leo Paul Menard Sr
Zaitlin
Democratic senators weigh favorite son bids in primary
Two Democratic senators opposing U.S. Vietnam policy weigh favorite son candidacies that could aid Eugene McCarthy. In other notes, U S Marine posts flare near the DMZ. Bu Dop encircled. two thirds of South Vietnam in secure zones per a computer report. draft director Hershey says many so far hold driver licenses.
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U.S. Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
U.S. Marine Front
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
South Vietnam
Lewis Hershey
Hershey
Pentagon
Vietnam
Washington
Bank Directors Offer Presidency to Mc Namara
Directors of the bank formally offered Mc Namara the presidency on November 29, signaling a top leadership move.
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Bank
McNamara
Kennebunk Man Bound Over on Attempted Assault Charge
In Saco, Kennebunk resident Jack Pierce 26 was bound over to the January term of Superior Court on $1 000 bail for an alleged October 28 pistol assault on Ray Pierce. Other cases included fines for multiple defendants on offenses from intoxication on a public way to speeding and unregistered vehicles.
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Kennebunk
10Th District Court
Saco
Jack Pierce
Superior Court
Ray Pierce
Richard Pierce
Allyre Levesque
Fort Kent
York County
Paul Zosoumas
Gary T. Bridges
Wells
Ralph Tanguay
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Laurier Cote Jr
Jeffer
Fernando R. Bourque
Dearborn Ave
John T. Winslow
Ipswich
Richard Curnham
Portland
John A. Domokouski
Portsmouth
N.H
Raymond F. Ruel
William H. Rodgers
South Portland
Coleman L. Conley Jr
Charles T. Henrick
Huntington
N.Y
Bruce M. Nadeau
Wilbur V
Saco Man Bound Over To Federal Grand Jury
Sherman R. Thorne 21 of Saco faced U S District Court probable cause on a charge of stealing two M60 machine guns. Bound over to the Federal Grand Jury, Thorne posted 1000 bail. Testimony linked the guns to Maremont Corp and to a Portland theft chain.
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Saco Man
Sherman R. Thorne
Union Street
Saco
U.S
U. S
Morris Cox
Thorne
Alphonsus Polackwich
New England
Maremont Corp
Peter Drivas
Maremont
Drivas
Stanley C. Thorne
Portland
Sherman
Maine Medical Center
Stanley
Maryland
FBI
Maynard E. Colley
MMC
Duplicate Bridge Played At Beach In Old Orchard Beach
Ten tables of Duplicate Bridge were in play by the Sea Stars at the Briggs home on Lawn Avenue. Players included Sheehan Haase Mongalian and others. Winners were North and South Sheehan and Haase first. Mongalian and Berry second. Grondin and Rosen tied Chadbourne and Marshall for third.
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Rochelle
Old Orchard Beach
Sea _ Stars
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Jack Sheehan
William Haase
A. Mongalian
Edward Berry
S. A. Grondin
al Rosen
Paul Chadbourne
David Marshall
Mary Wilbur
Lorimer Brackett
James Mullen
Gertrude Leonard
Avis Briggs
Herbert Bean
Donald Weld
Daniel Drummond
Frances Putnam
Oscar Paradis
Estella Aranovitch
Dorothy Sawyer
Jere Hickey
Pauline Larochelle
Jane Burns
Robert Whelan
Richard Shorey
Eleanor Marshall
Margaret Field
Jeanne Shaw
Fred Patterson
James Warren
Edrice Bates
Alice Fecteau
Leo Ross
Susanne Snow
Gwen Flannery
North
South
Sheehan
Hasse
Mongalian
Berry
Grondin
Rosen
Chadbourne
Marshall
Wilbur and Brackett
East
Paradis
Arnovitch
Sawyer
Hickey
General Motors Union Sets Strike Deadline Showdown
The United Auto Workers Council at Detroit met to set a strike deadline if needed as GM negotiations resume for a new contract. The dispute centers on erosion of union jobs, representation demands, and wage limits aligned with Ford and Chrysler deals, with Reuther looming over a possible convention boycott.
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General Motors Council
United Auto Workers
Cuba
Detroit
United Auto Workers General Motors Council
UAW
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
Detroit Universal
Chrysler
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Fla
Walter P. Reuther
Federation
George Meany
Labor Leader Warns on Reuther AFL Craft Union Ties
In Miami Beach Paul Hall of the maritime trades department says it would be regrettable if Reuther does not attend and shameful if he withdraws the 1.5 million member union from the AFL-CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Paul Hall
Labor Federation
Maritime Trades Department
Reuther
Afl-Cio
Not the Only One Among National Libraries
The Congressional Library is not our sole national library. Additional major institutions include the National Library of Medicine and the Agriculture Department Library each holding about a million items and likely among the world’s largest of their kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Library
National Library of Medicine
Agriculture Department
Justice Holmes Wounded in Civil War Battles
The text notes that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr suffered injuries in Civil War engagements at Ball’s Bluff Antietam and Fredericksburg. It highlights his service and the marked battles he endured during the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Ball's Bluff
Antietam
Fredericksburg
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