Amtrak Chugs Ahead in Maine Rail Plan
Amtrak plans a Boston to Portland run likely by 1976 or 77 with Portland as a transfer hub for southern trips. Maine officials seek bus connections and baggage transfer to rail, while highway advocate Commissioner Mallar stresses feasible transit options and two grant programs to boost rural and elderly transportation, noting York County’s mini-bus success.
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Amtrak
Bangor
Portland
Boston
Maine
Mallar
York County
Deaths Alfreda Martin
Mrs Alfreda Martin 80 of 56 Bacon St Biddeford died Tuesday in a Worcester hospital after a brief illness She was born in Saco May 24 1894 She was active in several auxiliaries and a communicant of St Andre Church Survived by two sons Gerard and Paul eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren Mass will be Friday at 9 am at St Andre Church with burial in St Joseph Cemetery Activities and funeral details provided by Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
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Alfreda Martin
Bacon St
Biddeford
Worcester
Mass
Saco
Ferdinand and
Mary (Landry) Dube
Martin
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Notre Dame Unit
Webber Hospital Association
St. Andre Home Auxiliary
St. Andre
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Legion Auxiliary to pay respects at Biddeford funeral home
The Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary gathers tonight at 7:30 at the Emond and Conroy Funeral Home, 72 Hill Street, Biddeford, to honor Mrs. Alfreda Martin, a member.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Emond and Conroy
Hill St
Biddeford
Alfreda Martin
Funeral directors listing for Saco and Biddeford Maine
Directory of local funeral homes in Saco and Biddeford Maine with addresses and telephone numbers. Including Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco Emond and Conroy 72 Hill St Biddeford Sansoucy Blais 1 Stone St Biddeford and R Martel Director.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Sansoucy - Blais Funeral Home
Stone St
Biddeford
R. Martel
Public Santa Letters Highlight Need Across City
Brooklyn mother of six and Bronx families appeal for help as letters to Santa reveal poverty and freezing homes. Indigent parents request essentials from toys to a new boiler, with eleven children awaiting aid. Letters available at the General Post Office until 3 p.m. December 24.
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Santa Claus
Brooklyn
N.Y
Santa
Sal
Nicholas Santoro
Bronx
Christ
Mas
Daddy
Mommy
Nicholas
John Murray
Assonet
Mass
General Post Office
Maine Lottery Holiday Plus Draw Sets 4706
The Maine State Lottery Holiday Plus drawing on Tuesday produced the winning number 4706. No other outcomes or consolation prizes are listed in the fragment.
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Augusta
Maine
Shredder plan spurs tri town regional effort
Kennebunk Kennebunkport and Arundel selectmen agreed to pursue a tritown regional mechanical shredder to handle solid waste. A 10 ton per hour unit could serve as a pilot with EPA funds and a $150,000 estimated cost. The towns would share costs if approved with Kennebunk as the shredding site.
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Kennebunk — Selectmen
Tritown
Kennebunkport
Arundel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Keniiebunkport
Charles Sullivan
Abbott Pendergast
Kennebunk Selectmen
Selectmen
Kennebunk
Herman Cohen
Selectman Cohen
Selectman
David Shields
Wood Stolen From Winona Ave Apartment Robbery
Police report theft of one half cord of hard wood from 4 Winona Ave on Tuesday at 4 40 PM entry gained through a broken window. Leo Larochelle reports theft of television silverware blankets and two lamps from a Milliken Street apartment on Tuesday at 4 42 PM. Break into summer cottage at 8 Kinney Ave. owner Myer Shalom said Tuesday at 11 32 PM. Barn fire at 340 Ferry Road Saco owned by Paul Boissonneault gutted at 2 06 PM Tuesday. engines 1 2 and 5 and ladder truck responded. barn insured.
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Old Orchard Beach
Winona Ave
Leo Larochelle
Milliken Street
Kinney Ave
Myer Shalom
Ferry Road
Saco
Paul Boissonneault
Police Suspended Over Town Gas Use Incident
Chelate, senior officer on duty, was reprimanded and suspended two days without pay for allowing Belair to use his private vehicle and town gasoline. Belair faces suspension until December 14 and will work as a desk officer thereafter, with gas repayment required. Private vehicles on patrol are banned. Belair may resign.
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Belair
Chelate
Robert Winslow
Paul Tibbetts
Journal
Portland Weather Outlook With Cloudiness and Light Precipitation
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of freezing drizzle in the southwest and flurries to the north. Lows teens to 20s. Thursday mostly south with light rain or mixed precip and north with light snow or flurries. highs in the 30s to low 40s along the coast.
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Portland
Longley to Speak to Washington Press Club
Governor-elect James Longley of Maine will deliver his first major speech out of state at a Washington Press Club dinner tonight at the Sheraton Carleton Hotel.
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Washington, D.C
James Longley
Maine
Washington Press Club
Sheraton-Carleton Hotel
Firms Eye Biddeford Building In Industrial Park
Four companies show interest in the vacant C M Roger Johnson site in Biddeford's industrial park as Thornton Inc seeks bankruptcy protection. Proposals for a 20,000 square foot steel building and the facility on Route 1 are to be submitted under bankruptcy procedures to the trustee Herschel Lerman, who will evaluate offers to pay unsecured creditors.
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J Economic Improvement
C.m.roger Johnson
Thornton Inc
C.M. Thornton
Biddeford
Thejon Route 1
Herschel Lerman
Johnson
Canal Bank
Small Business Administration
City of
Development Corporation
Saco Schools Budget Heads To City Council
The Saco School Committee votes to send the 1975 budget of 3 011 458 60 to the city council with 1 555 356 30 to be funded by the city if anticipated state and federal revenues arrive. The plan adds two new teaching positions and forecasts rising costs including salaries heating and utilities and a 5 856 budget for the sewage transfer system.
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Saco
Thornton Academy
Saco Middle School
John Dexter
Howard Cushman
Physical Education Department
Maine Court Upholds Pipinias Marina Ruling
The Maine Superior Court refused to alter its Aug 29 decision allowing Pipinias to continue building a marina at the Saco River mouth. Intervenors had argued invalid permits and delayed appeals but the court found Pipinias had a valid variance and rights to proceed.
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Maine Superior Court
Pipinias
Fred Pipinias
Sacojit
Saco River
Paradis
Maine Supreme Court
Journal
Henry
Rachel Paradis
Saco Appeals Board
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Saco Main Street- Factory Island Rail Crossing
Stephen Muskie
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
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Owen-Davis Unit
Post Home
Beach Street
York County Council, American Legion Post and Auxiliary
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Sanford
Peter Kingsley
Sea Road
Cohen
Shields
Kenneth Stevens
Stevens
Florida
Atty
David Brooks
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
New England Energy Co
Brooks
North Berwick
Roger Elliott
Maine Municipal Association
Public Safety
Longley Guest
D.C. Club
Eye Biddeford Building
Saco Schools
Marina
Biddeford-Saco
Money — Shop
Chamber of Commerce / Merchants Committee
Maxwell House
Franks
Bradbury Street
Biddeford, Maine
Sevigny’s
MET
Tanger
Country Kitchen
Franco
Crisco
Drake
Devil Dogs
Armour
WELCH
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HAM
Cudahy
Bologna
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