Deaths Frank Riccuiti 64 Biddeford local
Frank Riccuiti 64 of 7 Beacon Ave Biddeford died yesterday at Togus VA Hospital after a long illness. Born in Italy on April 6 1908 he came to the United States as a child and lived in Biddeford since June from New Haven Conn where he worked for the Postal Service. A World War II veteran he served in the U S Army and belonged to the Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion. He is survived by his widow Doris Giaimo Riccuiti two sons Anthony and Frank both of New Haven two step daughters Debra and Sharon Giaimo of Biddeford three sisters Mary Mattei of New Haven and Margaret Lamontina of North Branford three brothers John Peter and Louis Riccuiti of New Haven three nieces and three nephews. Funeral from St Mary Church Biddeford tomorrow at 9 00 am with interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home today from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Frank Riccuiti
Beacon Ave
Biddeford
Veterans Administration Hospital
Togus
Italy
New Haven
Conn
US. Postal Service
U.S. Army
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Post
American Legion of
Doris
Giaimo) Riccuiti
Anthony
New Haven, Conn
Debra
Sharon Giaimo
Mary Mattei
John
Peter
Louis Riccuiti
Funeral services for Mrs Elzina H Peterson
Mrs Elzina H Peterson 62 of Chestnut Street dies after brief illness in a Biddeford hospital. Funeral services conducted by Rev Robert M Howes at Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with interment at Arundel Cemetery. Calling hours at the chapel today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Kennebunkport
Elzina H. Peterson
Chestnut Street
Biddeford
Robert M. Howes
South Congregational Church
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Kennebdunk
Arundel
Weather Outlook for Portland Coast Winds Up to 40 mph
Gale warnings along the coast. Tonight variable cloudiness with a chance of flurries north and clearing south. Temperatures near zero north to teens south. Westerly winds 20 to 40 mph. Thursday windy with sun for the south, highs in the teens to low 20s, and partly cloudy north with highs zero to 10 above.
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Portland
Frank S. Whitten longtime Saco merchant dies at 72
Frank Sylvester Whitten 72 of 40 Temple Ave Ocean Park died this morning in a New York hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Gorham he was a son of Henry and Maude Whitten. He owned the Whitten Hardware in Saco and later the Louise Food Shop. Survived by wife Ethel Freeman Whitten two sons Roger F. and Ernest H. Whitten a brother Fordest Whitten six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services were held Saturday at the Shumway-Gross Funeral Home in Saco with interment planned.
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Ocean Park
Frank Sylvester Whitten
Temple Ave
New York
Gorham
Henry
Maude (Meserve) Whitten
Saco United
Saco United Baptist Church
Whit
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
Greenwood Cemetery
Biddeford
Services and meetings for youth and religious groups listed
A Friday schedule lists a Royal Rangers and Missionettes event for ages 12 to 17 at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle in Old Orchard Beach. Also, Full Gospel Assembly evangelistic service at 7 30 p m in Biddeford American Legion Hall. Pioneer Girls gather in Goodwins Mills Ly man Baptist Church and a Ladies Prayer meeting at Lyman Baptist Church parsonage. Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses at 107 Main St Saco hosts weekly ministry and a Development Class.
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Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco
Ministry
Mrs Clara Chasse 89 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Clara Chasse age 89 of 5 Hutchins Street Saco died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness Born in Canada June 13 1883 she moved to Biddeford at 16 Her husband Charles died in 1933 Survivors include daughter Mrs Emmeline Young three sons Armand Ernest Antonio 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren A mass of the Resurrection will be sung at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saturday at 8 30 am Interment in St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford Calling hours at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford tomorrow 7 9 pm and Friday 2 4 pm and 7 9 pm.
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Clara Chasse
Hutchins St
Saco
Biddeford
Canada
Samuel and
Clarice
Boucher) Lepage
Charles
Chasse
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Emmeline Young
Armand
Paterson
N.J
Ernest
Antonio
Amesbury
Mass
Notre Dame de Lourdes
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Cars Collide at Saco Intersection
Saco police report a two car collision at Main and Pleasant streets involving S Gismond Duquette 66 of Biddeford and Gervais Dube 22 of Biddeford. Duquette’s car valued at 200 dollars damage and Dube’s 150 dollars.
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Saco
S. Gismond Duquette
Twin Acres Road
Biddeford
Gervais Dube
Green St
Main
Pleasant Streets
Duquette
Dube
Funeral Directors Shumway and Gross and Others
Funeral service listings show Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco 284 5611 Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine and Emond's Funeral Home with Frank X Sean referenced in the text.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
365 Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Sean
Notable Deaths Include Keister Champin and Dorham
Elmo Earl Keister 82 publisher of the Northern Virginia Daily and church ads died Tuesday in Strasburg Virginia. Cornelia Van A Champin 79 sculptress whose works are in the National Gallery of Art died Monday in Canaan Connecticut. Kenny Dorham 48 trumpet player and bebop pioneer died Tuesday in New York.
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Strasburg, Va
Elmo Earl Keister
Northern Virginia Daily
United States
Canada
Cornelia van A Champin
Kenny Dorham
New York
Jets director Dave Simkin dies at 59 in Winnipeg
Dave Simkin, 59, a director and major shareholder in the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association, died Monday of an apparent heart attack. In Sarasota, Florida, Loren Wilford, 80, a leading magazine illustrator of the 1920s and 1930s, died Tuesday.
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Winnipeg, Man
Dave Simkin
Winnipeg Jets
World Hockey Association
Sarasota
Fla
Loran Wilford
Collier's
Good Housekeeping
Cosmopolitan
McClures
Harry H. Fein Rites Sought for Noted Hebrew Poet Translator
Harry H. Fein 74 of Brookline Mass author poet and translator of Hebrew poets died Monday. He published widely and translated works by Hebrew poets influencing American readers. Fein’s career spanned decades with multiple scholarly and creative projects.
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Harry H. Fein
Brookline
Mass
Dent named to lead Commerce as Peterson moves on
President Nixon announced Earl Butz will remain as Agriculture secretary while Frederick B. Dent will take over as Commerce secretary. Peter G. Peterson will assume a temporary missionto Europe and Asia before returning to private life. Dent, 50, is former president of Mayfair Mills Arcadia South Carolina and Yale graduate active in textile associations.
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Camp David
Nixon
Earl Butz
Peter G. Peterson
Commerce
South Carolina
Frederick B. Dent
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Peterson
Europe
Japan
U.S
Ziegler
Saco Firefighters Quell Garage Blaze
Saco firemen extinguished a garage fire at John Migner’s property on Buxton Road yesterday afternoon. A fire department spokesman reported firefighters were initially sent to a car fire at the turnpike entrance last night but found a broken water hose as the smoke source from the car’s engine.
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Saco
John Migner
Buxton Road
Turnpike
Fremont Club and Auxiliary Meet Tomorrow Night
Members of the Fremont Club and Auxiliary will meet tomorrow night at 8 at the hall on Alfred Street in Biddeford.
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Fremont Club and Auxiliary
Hall
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Vietnam War Air Attacks Meld Into Cease Fire Talks
News recounts rocket and mortar attacks near Sai Gon and Xuan Loc amid Paris cease fire talks. Casualties include two schoolchildren killed and eight wounded as South Vietnamese forces push across the Thach Han River toward Quang Tri. U S planes conduct numerous strikes in both north and south Vietnam as Hanoi Radio claims losses.
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U.S
Thong Tay Hoi
Paris
United States
Xuan Loc
Saigon
Thach Han River
Quang Tri City
Que Son
da Nang
Ross
Quang Tri
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Quang
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi Radio
Vandalism Port Problem Highlighted By Bonney Report
Chief Sherman Bonney told the Police Commission November had five accidents causing 925 dollars in damage with no injuries. There were three forcible entries and two thefts including a color TV from J Elliot Cannell and a canoe from Peter Valeska.
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Kennebunkport
Sherman Bonney
Police Commission
J. Elliot Cannell
South Main Street
Planning Board
Budget Board
Blood Bank Teams To Visit Kennebunk Area
The Blood Bank Committee for Kennebunk announces the second phase of the donation program with a regional pod bank set to visit this Friday and Friday December 1. Volunteers from SAD 71 municipal offices police fire highway departments library staff utility employees and post offices will donate. The Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Services Committee will notify concerns of time and place.
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Kennebunk
SAD
Light and
Chamber of Commerce
Apollo Moon Mission Set for Record 75-Hour Stay and Lunar Travel
Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt head for Taurus mountains near Littrow crater to spend 75 hours on the lunar surface collecting samples and placing experiments. Evans commands from 70 miles above as three earth orbiting labs plan one to two month stays next year and a space shuttle looms for the late 1970s. By splashdown in the Pacific on December 19, the mission will cover about 1.4 million miles with a lunar car planned to drive 23 miles while five mice travel in a sealed box for cosmic ray tests.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Taurus Mountains
Littrow Crater
Moon
Lunar
Challenger
Evans
America
Pacific
Earth
Barbara
Tracey. Schmitt
Fulbrs
Harvard
Astronaut Corps
Navy
Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
Chamber dinner lauds volunteers and VSG accomplishments
Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce president Norman Merrow highlighted the Volunteer Services Group achievements at the annual dinner. He cited the Regional Blood Bank program, parking area work, and a $5,600 fundraising push for a Community College site study. Directors named for three years included Thomas Braga, Robert Fortier, and Walter Kubiak.
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Kennebunkport
Norman Merrow
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Mulaine
Merrow
VSG
KKCC
Thomas Braga
Kennebunk 5
Robert Fortier
Colonial
Walter Kubiak
Port House
Gerald Rooney
Richard Weeman
Walter Wiewel
Kennebunk
Frank Stevens
Louisa Winston
Cape Dragger Towed to Safety After Engine Trouble
Cape Porpoise skipper David Burnham aboard the dragger Captain Jim manned by Cape Porpoise, faced engine trouble Monday at about 3 p.m. and was towed to Cape Porpoise by Lester Orcutt and Sherman Thompson. Near Folly Island the gear fouled, cables were cut, and arrival at the Cape pier was delayed until midnight.
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Cape Porpoise
David Burnham
Jim
Lester Orcutt
Biddeford Pool
Sherman Thompson
Cape
Folly Island
Burnham
Cape Pier
Thirteen Die In South Carolina Air Force Collision
Two military aircraft collide during an air force night interception drill near Conway and Loris South Carolina. The transport was the expected target and both crews of 13 men are believed dead with no survivors. Wreckage scattered across U S 701 as witnesses describe the scene. Ground search continued through the night for the missing crew.
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Conway
S.C
Air Force
South Carolina
U.S. 701
Loris
Apollo Schedule Details Emerge for Dec 19 20
Timeline shows command module separation from service module at 1 56 p m rise to entry into earth atmosphere at 2 11 p m splashdown in the Pacific Ocean south of American Samoa at 2 24 p m on December 19. Crew departs recovery ship USS Ticonderoga for Hawaii with times to be announced. They depart Hawaii on December 21 and arrive in Houston with times to be announced.
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Earth
Pacific Ocean
American Samoa
Hawaii
Houston
City Water Plants Run Incomplete, Extra Manpower Needed
Saco said the plant was not working as designed and required more staff than planned. Crowley noted earlier discrepancies at Front Street treatment plant, most corrected by contractors. Griffin warned that complex plants will have bugs, with a preliminary study followed by potential future reviews by the engineering firm Braley.
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Crowley
Front Street
Griffin
Braley
Apollo 17 lifts into darkness on final lunar voyage
CAPE KENNEDY Fla. Seventeen, the last Apollo flight, climbs to a 13 day mission with astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt prepared for a near historic lunar landing. Half a million spectators expected to witness the launch as Cernan and Schmitt target Taurus mountains Lit trow crater for a 2:54 p.m. landing next Monday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Cernan and Schmitt
Taurus Mountains
Littrow Crater
Moon
Toilet Bricks Conserve City Water Supply
In Cherry Hill New Jersey six months ago activist Tilly Spetgong urged placing bricks in toilet tanks to save water. The plan, designed by Whitman and Howard Inc and funded with bonds and public money, aims to place brick inserts in every toilet in the town, targeting 34 000 bricks for 17 000 homes.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Tilly Spetgong
City Council
Steve Morgan
Council
Delaware River
Philadelphia
America
Whitman and Howard Inc
Boston
Saco
Spetgong
Conservation Advisory Board
Lost Chihuahua Pup Peewee Reunites With Owner
Brown Chihuahua with a collar named Peewee went missing near Summer and Fall Streets in Biddeford. Call 282-9025 for reward and recovery.
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Biddeford
Oil Spill Worsens as Tanker Refloated in East River
The Coast Guard refloated a 660 foot British tanker from a shoal near Ward’s Island raising a second fuel spill in the East River. Officials warn the new spill could exceed the 150 tons dumped when the Vitta grounded Tuesday night.
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New York
East River
Coast Guard
Ward's Island
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The
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TIDES
Frank S. Whitten
Bret Ei Tg m
Goodwins
Elmo Keister
Dent
N. Viets
Bonney
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Ke Bank
Apollo
Ber
Alex Tanous
Henry Twombly
Chamber
Cecil Munson
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
David
Tan Son Nhut
Agriculture, Transportation, and Commerce
Nison
James T. Lynn
George Romney
Housing and Urban Developement
Rogers C. B. Morton
Interior
Washington
William P. Rogers
Cuba
Silvio Masnata
Havana
John A. Volpe
Classifien
Joe’s T.V
Armand Janelle
Matson’s, Inc
Maine Street
Benjamin Desraell
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
Kenduskeag Plaza
Bangor
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