Geoffrey O'Hara Dies Creator of K K K Katie at 84
Geoffrey O'Hara a famed composer of World War I songs died Tuesday night in St. Petersburg Florida at age 84 The Canadian born writer of K K K Katie also wrote Your Eyes Have Told Me Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride Peggy and the Pirates Riding Down the Sky and There Is No Death He taught music and songwriting at Columbia University and the University of South Dakota
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Geoffrey O’hara
Peggy
Chatham, Ont
Columbia University
The
University of South Dakota
Benjamin Brannen dies. Kennebunk post office clerk
Benjamin H. Brannen 38 a Kennebunk post office clerk died yesterday in a Biddeford hospital after a brief illness. Born December 9 1928 in Worcester Massachusetts he was a Korean War veteran. He is survived by his mother two sons Michael and Peter a brother Gregory S Brannen and two sisters Norma B Debitt and Alice G Going. Funeral at South Congregational Church Kennebunkport Friday at 2 pm Rev Robert M Howes officiating. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk Thursday 7 to 9 pm.
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Kennebunk
Benjamin H. Brennen
Biddeford
Worcester
Mass
Hallis G
Nellie Campbell Brannen
Michael H
Peter P
Gregory S. Brannen
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Biddeford Man Raoul Constant Dies After Long Illness
Raoul A. Constant 66 of 403 Main St Biddeford died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness Born December 10 1900 in Biddeford he worked for Pepperell Mfg Co and Saco-Lowell Shops retiring four years ago Survived by widow Mabel Tremblay Constant two daughters Arline Richard Madeleine Constant two sons Robert and Roland one sister Laura Smith four grandchildren and one nephew Services held Saturday at 8:30 am from St Joseph Church Biddeford with burial at St Joseph Cemetery Friends may call at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford this evening 7-9 and Thursday and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
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Raoul A. Constant
Main St
Biddeford
Francois
Rose Anna Pombriant Constant
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Saco-Lowell
Mabel Tremblay Constant
Arline Richard
Saco
Madeleine Constant
Robert
Concord
N. H
Roland
West Buxton
Laura Smith
Florida
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Sansoucy
Stone St
Labor law gaps push more workers under wage safeguards
Meany notes 430000 workers were underpaid to total 90 million under the Fair Labor Standards Act last year and only about half the violators were caught. Lundquist cites 1000 investigators as insufficient while Johnson’s budget adds staff and amendments expand coverage by about 30 percent and firms by nearly 60 percent.
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Lundquist
Meany
South Pacific to Run One Summer at Lincoln Center
The Music Theater Festival at Lincoln Center will cut back to a single production next summer after three seasons of two revivals. Richard Rodgers cites deficit operations and unrecovered costs as reasons. The tour is scrapped after the New York stand and Henry Guettel resigns as general manager.
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New York
Lincoln Center
Richard Rodgers
South Pacific
Rodgers
Henry Guettel
Money Production In Washington D C By Bureau
All U S paper currency is engraved and printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington D C, detailing the federal process behind circulating notes.
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U.S
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D. C
Funeral home listings for Saco Maine and directors
Funeral directors Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine dial 2820562 Shumway Funeral Service 35 Spring Street Saco 2845611 Philip H Gross Sr Director Emond's Funeral Home 2845511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Butts in Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Butts of 18 Dyer Street Saco will be held at 2 PM Friday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco. Friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the funeral home.
Three Men Arrested in Grand Larceny Spree Across York County
Three men face charges in a tire theft ring spanning Saco Biddeford Arundel Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Armand Blais 18 and James Melton 19 held on grand larceny bail set at 1000. Gerard Chevalier 19 released on bail on receiving stolen property charges pending arraignment.
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York County
Atlantic Motors
Saco
Armand Blais
Lawn Avenue
James Melton
Graham Street
Biddeford
10Th District
Gerard Chevalier
Sanford
Robert Foran
Earle Jamieson
Charles Desper
Arthur Tardif
L. C. Maling
Alfred Road
George Friary
Wholesale Auto
Arundel
Christensen Motors
Kennebunk
Stolen Dragons Recovered In Portland
Two ancient Chinese ornamental dragons stolen from gateposts at the Kenneth Roberts estate were found in a Spring Street apartment and returned to Mr and Mrs Ellis. A Portland antique dealer valued them well over 1000 dollars. police said no arrests yet.
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Kennebunkport
Portland
Theestate
Kenneth Roberts
Frank Ellis
Edward Kochran
Spring Street
Nicholas Inniss
Ellis
Roberts
Stephen Girard Credited as First American Millionaire
Stephen Girard, a leading financier of the War of 1812, is widely regarded as the first American millionaire.
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Stephen Girard
Personal notices from Biddeford and Saco area hospitals
Henry Perrin of 70 Elm Street Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs F Howard Shaffer of Ferry Beach Saco is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Port. Kenneth W Pike Jr 20 Cleveland Street Saco is a surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Portland.
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Henry Perrin
Elm St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
F. Howard Shaffer
Ferry Beach
Saco
Mercy Hospital
Portand
Kenneth W. Pike Jr
Cleveland St
Portland
Recruit EWS meeting announced by Maine group
A February 5 2 15 p m meeting of the Departmental de Maine Eight and Forty is planned at the Harold T Andrews American Legion Post Home in Portland. Fremont Club and Auxiliary gather tomorrow at Alfred Street Biddeford hall. Friendship Class Saco United Baptist Church meets Friday at 7 30 p m with a musical program by Mr and Mrs Stewart Shuster.
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Departemental de Maine
Harold T. Andrews American Legion
Portland
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford Hall
Saco United Baptist Church
Stewart Shuster
Weekly church choir rehearsals and services listed
Pentecostal services led by Rev E Terry Courtney each Thursday at 7 30 p m in Knights of Pythias Hall Kennebunk. Choir rehearsals span Biddeford Foss Street Methodist South Biddeford Methodist and United Church of Christ Biddeford with times 6 30 p m 7 30 p m Junior 6 15 p m Senior 7 p m. Advent Christian Church Biddeford hosts Thursday 7 30 p m prayer open to all. Saco School Street Methodist Junior 3 15 p m Senior 7 p m choir. Mid week Prayer meeting 7 30 p m Thursday Bible Baptist 144 Ferry Road Saco.
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E. Terry Courtney
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main Street
Kennebunk
Biddeford Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Foss Street
Crusader
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Life Exists Atop Everest Says American Biologist
American biologist Lawrence W. Swan reports life at extreme altitudes on Everest. Soil samples show 8 to 10 species of bacteria yeast and fungi survive in the wind swept summit environment up to 20 000 feet. He warns high altitude wildlife including Tibetan Wild Ass Red Deer and the Tibetan antelope may vanish amid regional troop deployments.
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Darjeeling
India
Lawrence W. Swan
Everett
Everest
Swan
San Francisco State College
Nepal
Sir Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
Tibet
Weather Update For Portland And Ski Maine Report
Tonight clear and colder with low teens. Thursday morning sun then increasing clouds and possible late day snow. Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Ski Maine Association report lists Mt Abram dusting 6 to 14 inches and Sugarloaf 17 to 28 inches among others.
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Portland
Ski Maine Association
Big A
Mt. Abram
Enchanted Mt
Lost Valley
Tide Timetable February High Low Pattern
The page shows February tide times with morning and evening high and low values. It lists alternating A M and P M slots including 13:30 4:00 9:48 10:12 and 2 4:30 5:06 10:54 11:12 along with 3 5:36 6:18 12:06 and 4 6:36 7:30 12:18 1:12 with some dots and stray symbols.
Looking Ahead At Weather For New England
The five day forecast for northern New England, Massachusetts and Rhode Island calls for near normal temperatures. Highs range from near 20 in northern Maine to upper 30s in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, with lows from zero in northern Maine to the mid 20s along the southern coast. Only minor daily changes expected. Total precipitation forecast is over a half inch water, mainly snow in northern sections and snow turning to rain in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Friday or Saturday and again Monday.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
Massachusets
Meters Proposed for Biddeford Cabs
Biddeford Ordinance Committee met with cab drivers to discuss meter proposals and potential city ordinance. Drivers and owners submitted suggestions, with Twin City Taxi proposing meters for all cabs and officials planning a draft for council consideration.
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Biddeford
Jean Belair
Lucien Loranger
Ernest Poirier
Lionel Parenteau
Robert Sevigny
Twin City Taxi Co
Scity Square
Belair
Loranger
Norman Racine
Marcel Viger
Harold Prince expands into television and film ventures
Broadway producer Harold Prince, active since 1954, forms a TV and film group with John Flaxman. Their first project is the movie The Cook, to be directed by Prince and released by Columbia Pictures.
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Prince
NEW Kingdoms New York
Harold Prince
John Flaxman
the Cook
Columbia Pictures
Border policy shifts limit foreign access near Himalayan sanctuaries
India restricts foreign visits to tense border zones in Sikkim and Bhutan protected areas while Nepal bans expeditions near its Tibet frontier. The measures affect researchers tourists and cross border travel in the Himalayan region.
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India
Sikkim
Bhutan
Nepal
Tibet
California Miss Makes Musical Hit In Europe
Los Angeles soprano Virginia Towne at 25 stars as Countess Lisa in Lehar’s Land of Smiles in Berlin. She performs alongside Giuseppe di Stefano with Theater des Westens packed houses. Towne, schooled in California, sings in German after early theater roots and envisions opera later, aiming to remain in Europe for now.
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Miss Towne
California
di Stefano
China
Europe
Hollywood
Robert Stack
Diana Barrymore
Reseda High School
San Fernando Valley
University of California At
Los Angeles
Ucla Opera Workshop
Fanny
San Fernando) Valley
Mr. Slezak
West Germany
Munich
Nikolai Gedda
Karl- Heinz Strake
Theater Des Westens
Berlin
States
Hanna
Lehar
Switzerland
Olsen and Johnson Hellzapoppin revival set for Expo 67
Broadway producer Alexander H. Cohen sponsors a revival of the Hellzapoppin revue with Greta Thyssen named for a lead role. The show will run at Expo 67 in Montreal from June to September then return to New York.
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New York
Olsen and Johnson
Alexander H. Cohen
Montreal
Greta Thyssen
Second Oxygen Fed Blaze Is Being Probed
An Air Force investigation into a second oxygen fueled fire at Brooks AFB, killing Airman 2.C. William F. Bartley Jr. and Airman 3.C. Richard G. Harmon, follows the Apollo 1 tragedy at Cape Kennedy. The simulator used pure oxygen to study blood effects on rabbits, with pressure held at seven psi.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
James B. Nuttall
Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
William F. Bartley Jr
William F. Bartley
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard G. Harmon
Vernon F. Harmon
Auburn
N.Y
Bartley
School of Aerospace Medicine
Richard D Sinclair
Harmon
Gielgud Prefers Active Roles Over Museum Curation
Sir John Gielgud, renowned Shakespeare actor, tours Latin America with Irene Worth in Men and Women of Shakespeare. He rejects being shelved in a museum and says he enjoys varied parts and fresh approaches, noting Shakespeare films revive interest in his work.
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Rio DE Janeiro
John Gielgud
Gielgud
Irene Worth
Latin America
Miss Worth
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Wells pushes for park land purchase along Route 1 Maine Turnpike
Wells stated he understands legislation has been introduced to appropriate funds to develop the park in the next biennium. He and the proposed site are accessible from U S Route 1 and the Maine Turnpike.
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Page One
Wells
U. S Route 1
Maine
Pike
Hidden Homeless In London Slums Spark National Emergency
Three million families, about ten million people, live in slums and overcrowded rooms in Britain, a social worker group led by Rev Bruce Kenrick says. They warn of looming family breakups and call for a national Shelter campaign concentrating on London Glasgow Birmingham and Liverpool.
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London
Britain
Notting Hill
Glasgow
Birmingham
Liverpool
Bagpipe Cadet Band Planned By Maine CAP Cadets
The Sanford Springvale Composite Squadron Maine Wing Civil Air Patrol plans Memorial Day 1967 as the debut for its Cadet Bagpipe band the Pine Tree Highlanders under Sgt Major Pipe Major Harry Kells The cadets will wear Nova Scotia Blue Tartan kilts and perform Highland dances A sponsors association forms to fund the band and a one dollar donation is requested William A Batchelder Solo Scholarship Trophy won by Sgt John Campbell is displayed in Saco window
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Sanford-Springvale
Maine
Civil Air Patrol
Pine Tree Highlanders
Special Service
Hary Kells
Nova Scotia
Air Force
C.A.P
William A. Batchelder
S Sgt
John Campbell
Family Hobby Center
Main Street
Saco
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Frances Jane Nedeau
Cleveland Brown
Jim Brown
Jamaica
Mt. Everest
Bill Crawford
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Harry Hershfield
Crawford
Rudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera
Nancy Sinclair
Bruce Kenrick
Edinburgh University
Princeton Theological Seminary
America
Isabel Howland Witty
Cambridge
East Harlem
Church of Scotland
Kenricks
Chicago
Duro-Test Corporation
North Bergen
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