Deaths Mrs. Alexandrine Bonneville Gendron 93
Mrs. Alexandrine Bonneville Gendron 93 formerly of Biddeford and Portland died Friday in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness. Born July 5, 1880 in St. Hippolyte de Walton Quebec she was daughter of Felic and Parmelie Landry. Surviving son Jean Marie Bonneville of Montreal and two grandchildren. Mass Monday 8 a.m. at St. Joseph Church Biddeford. Interment St Ignatius Cemetery Sanford in spring. Visitation today and Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford.
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Alexandrine Bonneville Gendron
Biddeford
Portland
St. Joseph Church
St. Ignatius Cemetery
Sanford
Emond and Conroy Funeral
Hill St
Biddeford Man Raoul Tousignant, 81, Dies After Illness
Raoul C. Tousignant 81 of 265 Alfred St Biddeford died Friday night in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was born December 17 1882 in Biddeford son of Joseph and Clorinthe Tousignant. He worked as a metallurgist at Saco Lowell Shops then Portsmouth Naval Shipyard retiring 16 years ago. He served in World War I and later worked in the Office of Price Administration. He belonged to York County Barracks Veterans of World War I St Mary Church Biddeford and Holy Name Society. Surviving are two sons D Patrick and David G Tousignant and three granddaughters. Mass at St Mary Church with burial at St Mary Cemetery. The family will receive visitors tonight and Sunday at Emond Cogoy Funeral Home Biddeford.
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Raoul C. Tousignant
Alfred St
Biddeford
Joseph
Clorinthe (Dionne) Tousignant
Saco-Lowe
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Tousignant
U.S. Army
Price Monstration
OPR
York County Barracks
St. Mary Church
Holy Name Society
Ethel Murphy Tousignant
D. Patrick Tousignant
David
G. Tousignant
St. Mary Cemetery
Ky Ee
Emond
Cogroy
Barracks to Honor WWI Veteran Raoul Tousignant
York County veterans group will meet Sunday at 7 30 p m at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford to pay respects to Raoul C Tousignant a member of the barracks.
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York County
Emond and
Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Raoul C. Tousignant
Dr. E Emmet Reid Dies at 101 Former Johns Hopkins Chemist
Dr E Emmet Reid aged 101 died Friday in Baltimore. A chemist who helped develop a key tear gas ingredient for the government in World War I he retired from Johns Hopkins University in 1936 after more than 30 years of service. He published memoirs last year titled My First Hundred Years calling them an interim report.
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E. Emmet Reid
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Starting Times Rescheduled In SAD 71 Schools
SAD 71 shifts start times by one hour effective January 7 to align with daylight saving time. High school begins 8:32 a.m., middle school 8:15 a.m., and elementary 9:40 a.m. Superintendent Hedberg will review bus schedules to conserve fuel, including consolidating runs and central pickup points.
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Kennebunk
SAD
Arthur Hedberg
Funeral Directors Shumway and Gross and Partners
Funeral listings show Shumway and Gross and Dennett and Craig with offices at 365 Main Street Saco Maine and Emond and Conroy with Frank X Emond and J P Conroy contact numbers 284 5511 and 282 1815 providing local funeral home services.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tel
Emond & Conroy F Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P Conroy
Portland Weather Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Portland forecast shows tonight clear with temperatures from 16 below to five above. Sunday brings mostly sunny skies then increasing clouds with highs in the teens to lower 20s.
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Portland
December Tides And Daily High Low Times
Tide table excerpt shows dates 22 to 24 with morning and evening high and low times listed. Entries include morning and afternoon values for high tides and corresponding low tides across December dates.
Winter Storm Raises Travel Woes Across Northeast
Heavy snow lashed the Northeast delaying travel for Christmas weekend while the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies faced rain and snow. Flood warnings spread from upstate New York to New England and into Canada as the worst flooding eased. Florida issued frost warnings and fuel offices arranged emergency supplies for farmers and citrus growers. Astronaut Edward Gibson noted a highly active sun prompting geomagnetic storm alerts for the northern United States and Canada.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
New York
New England
Canada
Florida
Florida Fuel Allocation Office
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Scandinavia
National Oceanographic, and Atmospheric Administration
Five terrorists handed to Palestinians over Rome attack
Kuwait returned five terrorists who killed 31 people at Rome airport to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Moroccan officials demanded harsh punishment, while Italy urged extradition for trial. The PLO rejected the operation and called for extradition to a Palestinian revolutionary court.
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Rabat
Morocco
Kuwait
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rome
Pan American World Airways
Lufthansa
Athens
Italy
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Christmas Concert Program Announced at Wells Branch
A Christmas choir program titled When Love Was Born will be held at Wells Branch Baptist Church Route 9A East Kennebunk at 7 p.m. on December 23. Conductor Genevieve Durost leads the program featuring clarinet soloist Bonnie Goff pianist and organist Charles Clark soprano soloist Jean Allen alto soloist Ruth Stewart and Genevieve Durost in a vocal duet.
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Kennebunk
Wells Branch Baptist Church
Love
Genevieve Durost
Bonnie Goff
Charles Clark
Jean Allen
Soparno
Ruth Stewart
Ate
Martha McLean
Weismuller Breaks Hip in Las Vegas After Slipping
Johnny Weismuller former Olympic swimmer and film Tarzan, in traction with a plastic hip cast after surgery to set a broken hip. He reportedly slipped and fell while seated at a sports banquet Wednesday night in South Nevada Memorial Hospital Las Vegas.
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Johnny Weismuller
South Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas
Weismuller
We Don’t Holler But Fellar Want Ads Theme
A compact feature notes that small town want ads drive local commerce and social life. It highlights how classifieds connect buyers and sellers, honoring quiet routines and familiar names in the community.
Cleveland Family Responds To Enemies List Naming Mrs Cleveland
Francis Cleveland says his father Grover would be outraged to see his name on the White House enemies list. Alice Cleveland appears on the latest list after a $2,000 McGovern donation. Other named figures include John Kenneth Galbraith and various American professionals and politicians voicing mixed reactions.
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Associated Press
Grover Cleveland
Francis Cleveland
Alice
New
Cleveland
Hisather
Carroll County
George McGovern
Oil Shipment to Maine Mills Averts Mill Closures
Gov. Kenneth Curtis hails Ottawa's authorization to ship 200000 barrels of residual oil to two Maine paper mills. Officials say the supply will sustain full production into February and prevent immediate shutdowns and thousands of layoffs for Maine workers and Canadians on the mill operations.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Canada
Maine
Curtis
New Brunswick
Ottawa
Great Northern
Georgia-Pacific
Peace Terms Continued: Arab Stakes in Jordan Gaza and Jerusalem
The article outlines a proposed peace framework with Israel offering to demilitarize the West Bank and create a Jordanian Palestinian state linked to Gaza. Israel would withdraw from parts of the Golan Heights while keeping key territories, and Jerusalem would remain Israeli with Arab administration of holy sites. Jordan and Syria push for broader territorial and refugee rights, with a Palestinian state favored for relinquished lands and prisoner issues tied to a wider peace accord.
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Bank of the Jordan
Jordan River
West Bank
Gaza Town
Gaza Strip
Israel
Golan Heights
Kuneitra
Jerusalem
Old City
United Nations
Jordan
Hussein
Amman
East Jerusalem
Faisal
Egypt
Syria
U.N
Algeria
Middle East
Adult Education Recruits Grow Pride, Not Shame
In the Ross Community Building Washington Street a group of adult education students receive individualized instruction after testing their knowledge. Mrs Heseltine notes their enthusiasm and pride, contrasting adult learners with those who feel stigma returning to school after long breaks. They aim to persuade others to join the Biddeford Adult Education Program.
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Ross Community
Washington Street
Portland men held on forged prescription charges
Biddeford police report the arrest of Gar Krekorian 21, Mike Cogswell 20, and Mark Buckley 24, all of Portland, on Friday for conspiracy to obtain quaalude with forged prescriptions and illegal possession of a controlled narcotic. Krekorian and Cogswell also face state police counts of uttering false prescriptions.
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Biddeford
Portland
Gar Krekorian
Mike Cogswell
Mark Buckley
Krekorian
Cogswell
Saco Youth Charged In LSD Sale Arrest
Biddeford police report that officers from Saco arrested 19 year old Mike Danis of 6 Riverside Ave Saco on illegal sale of LSD warrants obtained by Biddeford after an investigation.
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SACO
Biddeford
Saco Department
Mike Danis
Riverside Ave
Survivors Rescued From Drifted Ketch Pacific Mariner
Three men rescued from the drifting ketch Pacific Mariner tell of a month at sea without power sails or food. A crewman died during the ordeal and a Canadian destroyer evacuated the survivors after weather delays. Raymond Bulteel was found dead aboard 50 miles west of Vancouver Island.
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Victoria
B.C
Search and Rescue Headquarters
Mackenzie
Pacific Mariner
Vancouver Island
Raymond Bulteel
Langley
Dennis De-Long
Vancouver
Bob Lasard J
Bob Quake
Mechanicsvelle
Yokohama
Japan
William Aikman
Manchester Armored Car Hold Up Ends With Escape
In Manchester New Hampshire three gunmen ambushed an armored car crew on a loading dock near Merchants Bank. Guards exchanged fire injuring one. the trio fled, leaving ski masks and a stolen blue van behind as police hunted through a 22 story downtown office building with dogs and a floor by floor search. The wounded guard Rick Curti remained in fair condition at a local hospital.
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Manchester
N.H
Lionel Broyer
Broyer
Breyer
Merchants Bank
Rick Curti
Thomas King
Boston
Kennebunk Man Charged With Local Break-Ins
Jeffrey MacKinnon a 20 year old of Kennebunk faces charges in three break ins late Tuesday into Wednesday including two gas stations and the VFW hall. He also faces a prior theft of oil paintings from Fisher Kilburn Art Studio and a December break in at Port Cheese and Wine Shop in Dock Square. He is jailed in Alfred awaiting arraignment and preliminary hearings.
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Kennebunk
Jeffrey MacKinnon
VFW_ hall
Frank Stevens
MacKinnon
Alfred
Dave Wilson
Shell
York Street
al Goodson
Texaco
VFW Hall
Upper
Fletcher Street
Stevens
Sornes
Fisher-Kilburn
Dock Square
Kennebunkport
Gregory Plimpton
London Bombings Laid At IRA Door
Police sealed off London's West End after three blasts just before midnight injuring four. Explosives found in packages followed by two more near Hilton Hotel in Mayfair within 24 hours. Authorities attribute the attacks to the Irish Republican Army as part of its Northern Ireland campaign.
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London
West End
Hilton Hotel
Chic Mayfair
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Ulster
Beach School Board Bids Farewell to Two Leaders
OLD ORCHARD BEACH at the last meeting of a three member board Chairman Howard Slaney retires at 77 and Dr Jose Pecoraro exits as superintendent pro tem after the Majercik resignation. Lawrence Bernard new superintendent proposes Titcomb Farm renovations and office move with work starting Dec 26 and target Jan 4 move.
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Old Orchard Beach
Howard Slaney
Jose Pecoraro
David Majercik
Chester Kimball
Louis DeAngelis
Slaney
Sam Ervin
Pecoraro
Department of Education
Carroll McGary
Supt
Lawrence Bernard
Titcomb Farm
Bernard
Florence Clark
Eastern Fire Equipment
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Memoriam
Raoul St.onge
Galbraith
William Hegarty
Greenywich, Conn
McGovern
New York Times
Cambridge
Charles Merrill
The
Commonwealth School
John Briscoe
Lakeville
Conn
Daniell
Franklin
Jhard
Nixon
Congress
Public Safety
Marcy
Kennebunk Man
Beach School Board
Susan Morrison
Muriel Fortier
Peter Kyros
Jerome Plante
Naval District
Jerome LePelletier
LePelletier
Trudeau
Saco Street
Dick Murray
Cox
Alfred Sr
Elm Street
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