Deaths in the News: Hearst Sr and Whitney
Mrs. Millicent Willson Hearst Sr., 92, widow of William Randolph Hearst, dies in New York. Richard Whitney, 86, former NYSE president, dies in New York after guiding markets during 1929 panic. Pietro Germi, 60, director of Divorce Italian Style, dies in Rome from liver cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Hearst Sr
New York
William Randolph Hearst Sr
Hearst Publishing Fortune
Millicent Portland
Willson
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney
Exchange
Wall Street
Pietro Germi
Rome
Two Notable Du Pont Leaders Die Within Day
Emile Francis du Pont, 76, former Du Pont board member and first manager of the nylon plant, Wilmington, Del., died after a long illness. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, 88, Queen Mother of Tennis, winner of 44 national championships, Brookline, Mass., died Thursday. the Wightman Cup honors her legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Francis du Pont
Wilmington
Del
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Big Chemical Company
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Brookline
Mass
Great Britain
United States
UM Chancellor McNeil to lead California Postsecondary Board
Donald R. McNeil, chancellor of the University of Maine, is expected to become executive director of California's new Post-secondary Education Commission in January. He has accepted a tentative offer and will attend a commission meeting. If confirmed, a board successor will be named acting chancellor during the transition.
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Portland
Donald R. McNeil
University of Maine
California Post-secondary Education Commission
McNeil
California
Orono
State Teachers Colleges
James Longley
Jean Sampson
University of Maine Board of Trustees
Thant's Body Seized By Monks and Students
Thousands of students and Buddhist monks seized U Thant's body in Rangoon, marching to a university convocation hall before the funeral. About 20,000 participants were involved as the government closed all universities and schools pending unclear reopening. Thant died in New York on November 25 at age 65.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Thant
United Nations
New York
E and L Club of United Methodist Church Meet in Saco
Members will gather Monday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Marcia Gosselin's Ferry Beach home in Saco. A Christmas party with gift exchange is planned and a report on the Church wide fair will be presented.
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E and L Club
United Methodist ‘Church
Saco
Marcia Gosselin
Ferry Beach
Duffy Family Expresses Gratitude to Camp Ellis Friends
The family of the late Felix Duffy thanks friends at Camp Ellis Saco Maine for kindness shown after the loss of their husband and father. Mrs Felix Duffy Mr and Mrs John Duffy Dr and Mrs Paul Duffy Mr and Mrs William Duffy
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Felix ‘Duffy
Camp Ellis
Saco
Maine
Felix Duffy
John Duffy
Paul Duffy
William Duffy
Funeral homes listed for Biddeford area
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home at 72 Hill Street Biddeford with phone numbers 284 5511 and 282 1818 Sansoucy Blaise Funeral Home at 1 Stone Street Biddeford with phone number 283 3653
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy - Blais Funeral Home
Stone St
Marine Forecast Eestport to Merrimack River
Light and variable winds tonight with southerly five to 15 knots Saturday. Fair weather with good visibility. Seas under two feet tonight.
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Eestport
Merrimack River
New England Temperature Readings Across Cities
Weather note lists temperatures for Boston Chatham Nantucket New Bedford Worcester Providence Hartford Concord Lebanon Mt. Washington Burlington Montpelier Newport Bangor Caribou Eastport Halifax Montreal Halifax tops list with varied readings. Data shows 40 to 19 degrees across sites and neighboring regions indicate colder inland areas.
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Boston
Chatham
Nantucket
New Bedford
Worcester
Rhode Island
Providence
Connecticut
Hartford
NEW Hampshire
Concord
Lebanon
Mt. Washington
Vermont
Burlington
Montpelier
Newport
MAINE
Bangor
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Portland
Rumford
Canadian
Halifax
Montreal
Quebec
Ski Conditions In New England From The Council
New England ski areas report varied conditions with Lost Valley Saddleback Squaw River Cannon Mountain and more showing powder packed powder or limited surfaces. River Gunstock Loon Pats Peak Waterville Valley Wildcat Wilderness Onset and others list mixed surface grades while a fair to improving weather outlook with teens to 40s temperatures and snow flurries in parts of New Hampshire and Maine.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Lost Valley
Isgr
New Hampshire
N-Ltd
I-Ltd
Waterville Valley
Wildcat
Wilderness
South
North
Shredder study eyed by Kennebunkport officials
Cohen endorses independent review of his shredder design while Kennebunkport selectmen plan to attend next Tuesday's meeting to gauge accord with neighbors. Towns currently spend 28 600 dollars yearly for 19 000 tons of refuse with potential savings from shredded material and landfill scrap metal profits.
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Cohen
Kennebunkport Selectmen
Kennebunk Selectmen
Walley
Wally
Vermont weighs replacing deposit law with statewide recycling plan
Vermont lawmakers push a bill to replace the year old container deposit with a 1 percent tax on all supermarket containers to fund six recycling centers for plastic metal glass and paper. Distributors promise to absorb the cost while beer and soda prices could drop if the deposit is repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
John Mulligan
D\Castleton
Mulligan
Thomas P. Salmon
Sewer Projects Advance in Old Orchard Beach
Town officials authorized Ed Jordan & associates to draft bid specs for Contract 1 upgrading the treatment plant to a secondary facility and Contract 2 extending sewer lines with a third phase under study. The town would cover about 363 thousand of a 2.27 million project, while two other actions included safety plans, tabled items, and a December workshop for a sewer ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Rita Belair
E.C. Jordan Engineering
John Bird
Bird
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Belair
Cummings
Cumming
Norman Winch
Maine Municipal Association
State Audit Department
Eleanor Marshall
Dorothea Roy
Board of Registration
Marrett House Antique Table Recovered in Maine
The $40,000 Marrett House antique card table stolen Oct. 30 from Standish Maine was recovered this week by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department in Portland. The table was part of $77,000 in antiques missing in the October break and comes as 60 more items are recovered, with a guitar valued at $1,500 still missing. An arrest warrant is out for the former overseer on larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Marrett House
Standish
Maine
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Frederick Bayrs Jr
Cumberland County Sheriffs Department
Portland
Bayrs
San Francisco
Blue Hill
Students Walk Out At South Boston High School
In Boston, most white students at South Boston High School walked out after an assembly and refused to return inside. Police were called when signs were displayed and the assistant headmaster asked them to come back. No injuries or fights were reported.
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Boston
South Boston High School
NEECO plans $750 million refinery and pipeline project
Peters outlines oil price flexibility to sustain supply and confirms NEECO has $9,000 in cash assets to start the Portland terminal refinery and connecting pipeline. Partners Gibbs Oil Burmah Oil and Northern Illinois Gas hold rights to withdraw on ten days notice amid a typical protective venture setup.
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Peters
NEECO
Portland
Gibbs Oil
Revere
Mass
Burmah Oil Co. Ltd
Glasgow
Scotland
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Auroroa
Ill
Suspect Awaits Action By Jury On Kidnapping
A Haverhill man is jailed in Penobscot County pending grand jury action on a kidnapping charge involving Massachusetts businessman Gale McLaughlin. Ronald G Valente, 25, pleaded innocent at arraignment in Presque Isle District Court and waived a probable cause hearing.
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Bangor
Haverhill
Mass
Penobscot County
Massachusetts
Ronald G .Valente
Presque Isle District Court
Valente
Gale McLaughlin
Acton
Bradley
Maine
McLaughlin
Richard P. Knowles
Southbridge
Donald Cormier
Classified Want Ads Are For All The People
A local classified section invites readers to browse available want ads covering housing jobs items and services. Advertisers highlight affordable listings and community access with clear contact details and deadlines.
Biddeford Enforces 9 PM Juvenile Curfew After Vandalism
Biddeford Police Chief Adelbert Morin orders strict curfew enforcement at 9 p.m. to curb vandalism. Officers warn youths to lock bicycles when unattended as four bikes valued at about $80 each were stolen near St Joseph's Parish this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Adelbert Morin
St. Joseph’s Parish
Break-in Investigated at Biddeford Pool Bathhouse
Biddeford police investigate a break-in at the city owned bathhouse at Biddeford Pool on land formerly tied to the Pool Beach Association. Two doors were damaged in the incident.
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Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
Pool Beach Association
Rifle Stolen From Car In Biddeford Parking Lot
A Remington 30-06 rifle was taken from a car in the King's Department Store parking lot in Biddeford. Police report the rifle valued at $200.
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King’s Department Store
Biddeford
Maine road crash injures no one. damages $1000
A Kennebunk platform owned by Saco Brick Co rolled over on the Maine Sucem near Mousam River Bridge Thursday at 4 30 pm. Driver Daniel Buttrick of Kittery uninjured. police say a sudden load shift caused the incident with minimal traffic delay. Culverts were recovered and the truck righted shortly after. Kennebunk rescue ambulance responded.
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Kennebunk
Saco Brick Co
Maine Sucem
Mousam River
Daniel Buttrick
Kittery
Eugene Aube
Aube
Kennebunk Fire Department
Christmas in Sweden Theme at Kennebunk Fair
The Christ Church on Dane Street hosts the Christmas Fair with a Sweden theme starting at 6 p.m. A talk on Swedish customs by Mrs. Anne Whittaker follows at 8 p.m. Handmade church gifts will be on sale and refreshments served.
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Kennebunk
Sweden
Christ Church
Dane Street
Anne Whittaker
Mrs Dora Soucy Resident at Notre Dame Unit
Mrs Dora Soucy of Wentworth Street Biddeford is a resident of Notre Dame Unit of Webber Hospital Association Pool Road Biddeford.
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Dora Soucy
Wentworth Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame
Webber Hospital Association
Pool Road
Employment Picture Mixed In Kennebunk
In Kennebunk some major employers show solid hiring while others cut staff. Kessler Shoe Co reports ongoing hiring and no layoffs, with 258 at the Main Street plant. Keuffel and Esser says 175 workers remain employed and stable. Morningstar Corp has cut over 15 percent since October and expects limited rehiring in January as music industry demand wanes. Components Inc in Biddeford has seen past layoffs, but the Kennebunk annex remains lightly staffed.
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Kennebunk
Kessler Shoe Co
A.G. Martin
Kesslen
Main Street
Martin
Keuffel
Esser
Charles Dessow
Dessow
Lower Water Street
Morningstar Corp
Larry Grundy
Morningstar
Grundy
Components Inc
Biddeford
Kennebunk Annex
Newcomers Force Reorganization in U S House Caucus
Washington liberals gained influence as 75 new Democratic members helped reshape the House leadership. The reform moves shift power from committee chairs toward the caucus and central leadership, expand Ways and Means, and require public vote records within the caucus.
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Washington
House
Kansas City
U.S
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Party
Committee On Committees
Reform Caucus
Committee On
Democratic Policy and Steering Committee
Rules Committee
Ways
House Senate
Plane cleared to land but descended below minimum near Virginia
Federal officials say a Trans World Airlines Boeing 727 descended to 1,800 feet after being cleared to land at Dulles International, while over terrain with a 3,400 foot minimum. The crash near Round Hill killed 92 aboard. Cockpit voice and flight data recorders recovered.
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Washington
Federal Aviation
Trans World Airlines
Virginia
Dulles International
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Perville
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
J. J.o’donnell
Air Line Pilots ‘Association
New York Times
Round Hill
TWA
Postal Service Eyes Rate Increase Next July
The deficit plagued U.S. Postal Service plans another rate hike likely to be sought in March to take effect next July. Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen says the service faces a potential year deficit of over 400 million dollars, possibly doubling in 1975, while asserting they are not going broke.
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Washington
U.S. Postal ‘Service
Elmer T. Klassen
Klassen
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
National Press Club
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Cardot
Hanks
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring S&j
Dennett & Craig
Tel
Massachus
Shredder
Salmon
Arthur Gibb
R-Addison
Samuel ‘Lloyd
D-Weston
Gibb
Lloyd
Martin L. Johnson
Kathleen O’connell
School Department
Boston School
Public Safety
Peter Kingsley
U.S. House
U. S. Postal Service
Augusta
Quality Shoppe
Children’s Shop
Jo-Ann Shop
Biddeford-Saco
Money — Shop
Chamber of Commerce / Merchants Committee
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