Woman and daughter die in Maine crash
A Cornish woman Joan Foster, 39, and her six year-old daughter Lee were killed when their compact car collided with an oil tank truck after skidding on a snowy highway near St. Joseph Church in Biddeford. Interment will be in the family lot at St. Joseph. Funeral home hours listed.
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Cote Funeral Home
Beach and James Streets
Saco
St. Mary Church
St. Mary Cemetery
Biddeford
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Gorham
Maine
UPI
Joan Foster
Lee
Foster
St. Joseph Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
Sansoucy-Blais
Stone St
Beloved Msgr Elie Hevey Honored At St Josephs Church
A heartfelt thanks from Bishops O Leary and Proulx Rev Sylvia Levesque Rev Paul Pare and assistants of St Josephs Church visiting Priests Brothers and Sisters Dr Viger nurses and aides Webber Hospital choir members lectors relatives and friends donors of cards masses and enrollments to Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey for a beautiful service delivered at St Josephs Church Miss Bertha Hevey and Mrs Leona J Viger conveyed the gratitude.
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O'Leary
Proulx
Sylvia Levesque
Paul Pare
St. Joseph's Church
Viger
Webber Hospital
St. Joseph’s Church
Elie Hevey
Funeral Homes Directory for Saco and Biddeford Maine
Funeral directors listed include Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Saco Maine phone 282 EMOND and CONROY at 72 Hill Biddeford director John P Conroy Jr 284 5511 or 282 1818 Sansoucy Blais at Stone St Biddeford 283 3653 R Martel director Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco 284 5611
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Dennett & Craig
Saco
Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Swine flu shot program likely to stay suspended nationwide
United Press International reports mounting paralysis and death linked to the national swine flu immunization effort. Guillain Barré syndrome cases rise to at least 107 with six deaths, two in Ohio, one in Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota and Utah. Officials expect permanent suspension except for high risk groups. resumption possible for those 65 and older pending state reviews.
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United Press International
Ohio
Alabama
Connecticut
Minnesota
Utah
J. Donald Millar
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Millar
California
Maine epidemiologist cites rare paralysis risk from swine flu shots
State Epidemiologist Dr. William Nersesian said one or two Maine residents out of every 150000 inoculated could develop Gullian-Barre syndrome if linked to the swine flu campaign. About 250000 people have received shots. he cautioned cases may surface but noted most recover, with around 90 percent success.
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Wisconsin
William Schatz
Racine
Gabriel Ferrazzano
Earth
Michigan
New
Augusta
Maine
UPI
William Nersesian
Nersesian
Cane
Longley urges end to dedicated state revenue funds
Gov. James B. Longley backs legislation to merge all revenues into a single state fund, arguing dedicated funds like highway and fish and game license revenues hamper priorities. He says lawmakers must remove protected funds to focus on human needs over bricks and mortar.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
James B. Longley
Longley
Fish and Game Department
Specia
Maine PLC
Fish and Game
House
John Martin
Christmas party for Tighe-Beaudoin Farley Post members
The American Legion and Auxiliary will sponsor their annual children's Christmas party on Sunday December 19 at 2 p.m. at the post home on Elm Street in Biddeford. Santa Claus will make his annual appearance.
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Joseph R. Charland
Main St
East Hampton
N.H
South St
Biddeford
Wotton
Que
George and
Vitaline ( Bilodeau) Charland
Saco-Lowell
Yar County Barracks
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion of
Society of St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance
Notre Dame Church
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Post, American Legion and Auxiliary
Post
Elm Street
Santa Claus
Proposed budget grows in Saco city files
Saco moves toward a fiscal year 18 month budget totaling about 6.1 million with a 3.41 million school budget. School business manager Leonard Van Gaasbeek notes the 1977 request is 22 thousand higher than last year’s 3.432 million and that a capital improvements budget of about 136 thousand will be submitted.
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Saco
Leonard van Gaasbeek
van Gaasbeek
Teachers Association
Biddeford man may build SRCC permission granted
The Saco River Corridor Commission approved Richard Roberge of Biddeford to build a single family home on Pool Road with a 23 meter river setback instead of 30 meters. Fred Wilson Jr. of Sudbury Mass. was approved to develop a Lake Arrowhead lot in Limerick pending erosion control. The board backed studying state law administration and intermunicipal watershed cooperation while considering funding and new members.
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Saco River Corridor
Department of Environmental Protection
SRCC
Carl Laws
Commission
Board of Environmental Protection
Thomson names eight Massachusetts liquor tax agents
Governor Meldrim Thomson identified eight Massachusetts tax agents labeled tax stool pigeons for watching Bay State residents buy liquor in New Hampshire. Names include Bolan, Harrison, Longey, Decker, Moss, Lucy, Estee, and Lane. Massachusetts Tax Commissioner Owen Clarke said purchases trigger tax estimates and possible penalties up to $500 fine or one year in jail.
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Concord
N.H
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Bay State
Thomson
Owen Clarke
Clarke
Newampshire
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Senior Citizens Club
Harry F. Twomey
John
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A. H. Benoit and Co
Holy Name Society
Lake E
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Knights of Columbus
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James Comber
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James Streets
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Dick Danforth
Bertha Hevey
Leona J. Viger
Buxton
Cynthia Buck
Forest St
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Old Orchard
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Sodality
Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret Sodality
Joan Lebris
Cecile Guerette
Doris Leroux
Woods
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OOB Church
Social Action Committee
St. Margaret Parish
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Lorraine Laplante
Kay Hector
Gerard Janelle
Normand Guerette
Emile Rube
Lewis Fowler
Raymond O. Audio Insurance Agency
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Joseph Griffin
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William Burt
Waterboro
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Michael Longey
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