Death of American poet and critic Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren, 78, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and Columbia English professor for 39 years, died in Torrington Connecticut after a long illness. Survived by his widow, another son and two brothers, he advised that all people are equal and inspired students including Thomas Merton and Mortimer Adler.
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Torrington
Conn
Mark van Doren
Falls Village
Canaan
Charlotte-Hungerford Hospital
Columbia University
van Doren
Columbia
Illinois
Charles van Doren
Lincoln
NBC
Charles
the Nation
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Connecticut Commission On the Arts
Thomas Merton
Clifton Fadiman
Mortimer Adler
Jacques Barzun
Henry Robinson
Hope, Ill
University of Ilinois
Portsmouth Authoress Brayton Dies
Alice Brayton 94 of Portsmouth a author and former hostess to the White House Press Corps died Monday night at Newport Hospital. She lived in Fall River Massachusetts before moving to Portsmouth in 1939 and directed a food distribution program there. Brayton entertained press corps with President Eisenhower trips to Newport and wrote works including Scrabbling on the Farm and The Graveyard of Benedict Arnold.
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Newport, R. L
Alice Brayton
Portsmouth
White House Press Corps
Newport Hospital
Miss Brayton
Fall River
Mass
Press Corps
Eisenhower
Newport
Benedict Arnold
Author H Swados Dead At 52
Harvey Swados a University of Massachusetts creative writing professor and published author died at Holyoke Hospital at age 52 after a stroke. A Buffalo native educated at Michigan he taught at multiple schools before joining UMass Amherst in 1970. He is survived by his wife two sons a daughter and his father.
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Holyoke
Mass
Harvey Swados
University of Massachusetts
Holyoke Hospital
Swados
National Institute of Arts and Letter
Institute
France
America
Buffalo
University of Michigan
State University of Iowa
Srah Lawrence
New York University
Columbia
San Francisco State
Umass
Firefighters Put Out Clothes Dryer Blaze at Temple Avenue Home
Old Orchard Beach firefighters responded to a clothes dryer fire in the home of Chester Imball at 255 Temple Ave yesterday morning. A fire department spokesman reported no injuries and rapid containment.
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Old Orchard Beach
Chester Imball
Temple Ave
Fire Department
Funeral Directors and Funeral Homes Listed in Saco Maine
Funeral service firms operating in Saco Maine are named with addresses and phone numbers including Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St. Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Emond's Funeral Home with contact numbers Frank X Emond and J P Conroy listed among providers.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Mrs. Theresa Guimond of Alfred dies after long illness
Mrs Theresa Guimond 45 of Alfred Road Biddeford died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness. She was born March 29 1927 in Biddeford daughter of Alphonse and Medora Morin. Survivors include her widower Joseph two sons Richard and David three daughters Irene Guilmette Anne Marie and Paulette five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services and calling hours at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford are announced for the coming days.
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Alfred
Theresa Guimond
Alfred Road
Biddeford
Alphonse and
Medora (Marceau) Morin
Guimond
Holy Family Church
Sanford
Joseph
Richard
David
Michael
Irene) Guilmette
Anne Marie Guimond
Paulette Guimond
Reynald Morin
Émile Morin
Saco
Yvette Downs
Stewart, Fla
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Revenue Sharing Check Sent to Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport officials report the town received an 18675 share of the Federal Revenue Sharing program. The balance for 1972 will arrive in January, with similar or slightly higher expected for 1973. Payments will be sent quarterly next year beginning in April.
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Kennebunkport
David Walley
Board of Selectmen
January Valley
Biddeford Saco Community Chest Directors Meet
President Thomas M Armstrong sets a 4 p.m. meeting at 13 Adams St Biddeford with the Board of Directors. Agenda includes 1973 officers election 1972 fund drive report by Donald Scribner and approval of 1973 member agency allocations. New and retiring directors urged to attend.
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Thomas M. Armstrong
Biddeford Saco Community Chest
Community Chest
Adams St
Biddeford
Donald Scribner
Hospital to release Pearl Buck for Christmas at Danby home
Prize winning author Pearl Buck, 80, will be discharged from Medical Center Hospital in Burlington, Vermont, by September 15 after more than two months recovering from gall bladder surgery performed December 15. Buck, famed for The Good Earth, has written extensively on China and won Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes.
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Burlington, Vt
Pear S. Buck
Medical Center Hospital
Danby
Miss Buck
China
NOW Meeting at 97 Danforth Street Portland
The National Organization for Women holds a Thursday 7 30 p m meeting at 97 Danforth Street Portland with guest Judy Potter a teacher at the University of Maine Portland Law School.
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National Organization For Women (Now
Danforth St
Portland
Judy Potter
University of Maine-Portland Law School
Weather update for Portland coast and inland
Tonight expect mixed precipitation with snow sleet and freezing rain inland then rain near the coast lows near 10 to 35. Ice storm watch in effect. Wednesday mixed precip with highs in the 30s and winds 10 to 20 mph. Rainward by Wednesday morning with an 80 percent precip probability.
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Portland
Performing in Gypsy at Chateau de Ville Framingham
Charles Rosen son of Israel A Rosen of 149 Pleasant St Saco appears in Gypsy at Chateau de Ville Framingham Mass He trained in dance in Biddeford and New York studied jazz tap modern jazz and voice at Boston Conservatory He has credits including West Side Story Zing Once Upon a Mattress Oklahoma and Charleys Aunt He taught speech at Manchester Central High School and acted in Children’s Theater shows.
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Chateau de Ville
Framingham
Mass
Charles Rosen
Israel A. Rosen
Pleasant St
Saco
Ruben School of the Dance
Biddeford
Phil Black
New York
Boston
Albert Pesso
Emerson College
Boston Conservatory of Music
Oklahoma
Manchester Central High School
N.H
Hewes Elected Speaker of Maine House
Three term Republican Richard D. Hewes of Cape Elizabeth won the caucus vote 43 to 34 over Richard W. Stillings of Berwick to become Maine House speaker. Outgoing speaker David J Kennedy of Milbridge retired after four terms. Hewes will take office when the 106th Legislature convenes January 3.
Tenement Fire In Biddeford Suspected Cause Under Inquiry
A blaze on Foss Street in Biddeford early Saturday forced 19 residents, including 10 children, from a three story wooden tenement. Police and State Fire Inspector Lawrence Dolby deem the origin suspicious and continue investigation.
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Biddeford
Foss Street
Lawrence Dolby
Dolby
York County
Aldrums
National Organization
United Methodist Women Host Annual Christmas Party
Lat ee NEMS 64 wempers of the United Methodist Women of the United Methodist Church Foss Street Biddeford will meet tomorrow night at the church vestry for their annual Christmas party. A chicken shortcake supper will be served at 6 30 p.m.
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Wempers
United Methodist Women of the
United Methodist Church
Foss Street
Biddeford
Saco residents in local hospitals and transfers
Mrs. William Doris Taylor of Winter Street Saco is a patient at the Notre Dame Unit of Webber Hospital Pool Road Biddeford Charles Hennessy Sr captain of the Saco Police Department and a resident of 57 Green St Saco has been transferred from Webber Hospital to Maine Medical Center Portland Reinette Chartier of 45 Glenwood Ave Saco is a surgical patient at Grant Hospital 551 West Grant Place Chicago IL Gerard Bellefeuille of Fortunes Rocks Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital
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William
Doris) Taylor
Winter Street
Saco
Notre Dame
Webber Hospital Association
Pool Road
Biddeford
Charles Hennessy Sr
Green St
Webber Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Reinette Chartier
Glenwood Ave
Grant Hospital
West Grant Place
Chicago
Gerard Bellefeuille
Fortunes Rocks
Two Die In Maine Highway Crash On U S 1
In Brunswick a four car collision on U S 1 killed Joseph Bent 35 of Nobleboro and Maurice Warner 63 of Bath. Investigators say one car crossed the median and struck the Bent Warner vehicle. two other cars were involved. Steven A Clyburn 24 of Brunswick had minor injuries.
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Brunswick
U.S. 1
Joseph Bent
Nobleboro
Maurice Warner
Bath
Bent
Warner
Steven A. Clyburn
Area Cursillistas Plan ONR Ultrea
Members of the Biddeford Area Cursillistas will hold their Ultreva at St. Margaret Church in Old Orchard Beach tomorrow at 7 30 p m Guest speaker will be Ben Forcier of Biddeford and the celebration of the Eucharist will follow the meeting Officials extended invitations to interested persons to attend the event
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Biddeford
St. Margaret Church
Old Orchard Beach
Ben Forcier
Thieu Seeks Peace Talks and Prisoner Release Pledge
Thieu urged serious negotiations to end the war and restore peace across military and political fronts. He pressed the prisoner swap issue, offering to release 1,015 North Vietnamese POWs unilaterally at the truce start and to seek broader troop withdrawals from both sides.
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Tual
Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Truman in unstable condition at hospital
Former president Harry S. Truman was reported unstable overnight as doctors noted rising respiration pulse and temperature. Officials from Research Hospital said vital signs worsened while blood pressure stayed normal and cautioned the condition would remain serious for an undetermined period.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Kennebunk Voters OK Surplus Transfer and Manager Salary Change
Kennebunk voters approved transferring 52451.67 from the surplus to General Government 16716.39 General Highway 35044.96 and Debt and Interest 690.32 accounts to keep departments operating within limits. They also rescinded the States Enabling Act allowing the Town Manager salary setting by municipal officers and authorized borrowing up to 100000 for the SAD 71 assessment due December 16.
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Kennebunk
Maine Conservation Group Plans Suit Over Baxter Timber Cut
Maine's Natural Resources Council prepares a lawsuit against the Baxter State Park Authority to block a timber cutting plan. The agreement with Great Northern Paper Co will allow 110000 cords to be cut in the northwest while surrendering 160000 cords in the park's southern end.
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Augusta
Maine
Baxter State Park
The
Natural Resources Council
Baxter State Park Authority
Clifford Goodal
NRC
Goodall
Great Northern Paper Co
Five Checks Stolen From Biddeford Apartment
Biddeford police report five checks totaling 166.84 and three Christmas club books stolen from Larry Snow at 343 Main St. The break in is under investigation and police hope to solve the case. The checks were not blanks ready for payment.
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Biddeford
Larry Snow
Main St
North Vietnamese battalion mauled near Tay Ninh
Remnants of a North Vietnamese battalion fled toward Cambodia after a five hour engagement nine miles south of Tay Ninh. Saigon reports 79 enemy killed and 3 wounded with 2 captured as U S B 52s and fighter bombers conducted widespread strikes across North and South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Parrot’s Beak
Cambodia
Svay Rieng
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Hoi
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dong
North Vietnam
Wen Mnoon
U.S. Command
Quang Tri Provine
Panhandle
School Bus Skids Into Snow Bank in Kennebunkport
A 71 seat school bus operated by Mrs Rosanne Smith skidded into a snow bank on Log Cabin Road at about 2 45 p m Monday. No injuries reported to students or driver. Minor front end damage from saplings near the edge of the road.
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Kennebunkport
Rosanne Smith
Royal Smith
Stolen Eight-Track Deck From Saco Car
Police report an eight track stereo tape deck stolen from a car owned by Edward Gallagher Jr. while parked on Stacy Street in the driveway last night. The device valued at eighty dollars.
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Saco
Edward Gallagher Jr
Stacy Street
Tax flows in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport construction center plan
The boards project a 5 percent annual rise in new construction with a 10 year property reevaluation. A $500 annual property tax yields 1973 1975 1980 1985 and 1990 figures for Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Officials aim to form a building committee to refine cost estimates and propose to Kennebunk officials a land donation or sale of about 25 acres next to the high school for a new facility. Frances Taylor and Richard Littlefield voted against.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Frances Taylor
Richard Littlefield
Shultz to Seek Extended Wage Price Controls
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz outlined closed door talks to shape future wage price controls sought by President Nixon. He said the administration will pursue extending the controls beyond their April 30 expiration date and will consult both controllers and those controlled to craft a modified system.
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Washington
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Shultz
Newsmen
Apollo 17 Returns After Six Hour Moon Walk
Cernan and Schmitt spent six hours fifty five minutes on the moon drilling and sampling. They deployed a science station and drove the lunar rover to collect rocks before returning to Challenger at 2 01 a m EST exhausted and covered in gunpowder smelling dust. They will remain on the moon until Thursday then rejoin Evans aboard Challenger.
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Cernan
Moon
Mission Control
Schmitt
Challenger
Miranda Granted Parole In Landmark Case
Er nest A. Miranda, once condemned for kidnapping and rape, wins parole after the state parole board votes 2 to 1. His 1963 conviction was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 1966 for failing to warn him of his right to remain silent, giving rise to the Miranda warning.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Ernest A. Miranda
US Supreme Court
State Union
Miranda
High Court
Parole Board
Public budget hearing set for Alfred county 1972
Public notice announces a county budget hearing at seven p m December 18 1972 at the county courthouse Alfred for the 1973 1974 budget. Chairman Paul E Reny and associate Lucien A Dutremble and Leonard Levasseur listed.
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Alfred
Paul E. Reny
Lucien A. Dutremble
Leonard Levasseur
Biddeford Public Hearing on Tavern License at City Hall
The municipal officers of Biddeford will hold a public hearing in City Council Chambers on December 18, 1972 at 7 30 P M to consider the Varsity Club 42 Franklin Street Class A Tavern Malt Liquor License application read by Pauline C Berry City Clerk.
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City of
Biddeford
Varsity Club
Franklin Street
Pauline C. Berry
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K’bunk OK
Matson’s, Inc
Maine Street
Kenduskeag Plaza
Bangor
N. Viet Battalion
Maule
Aliance
York County Savings Bank
F.d.lc
Apollo
Legals
Saco Jaycees
Saco Jaycees P. O
Saco, Maine
Jo-Ann’s
Harry
Biddeford - Saco
Chamber of Commerce/Merchants Committee
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