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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1973
Page
2
Tighe Beaudoin Farley Unit 26 American Legion Post Auxiliary held a meeting at the Post Home in Biddeford. Donations were given to the Corrine Clark Memorial and to the Department of Maine to fund a political science teacher at Valley Forge. Special awards were given to Mrs. Lillian Fournier and Mrs. Mike Coomes.
Clayton W. Cartmill received a commendation from the Credit Bureau Reports peers for the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce Credit Bureau. The bureau produced over 1 600 reports nationwide with no major complaints, noting teamwork by Armand Dubois and Albert Brunelle.
North Vietnamese foreign ministry says South Vietnamese police harassed delegations at Saigon airport as eight North Vietnamese hurt in a rock throwing incident. In Hue about 5,000 demonstrators in sampans burn effigies of Ho Chi Minh and Giap and mark massacres from 1968 and the spring retreat from Quang Tri.
Members of Nee Nah Council Degree of Pocahontas Old Orchard Beach hold a memorial service for Evelyn Presley. The service takes place Sunday at 3 p.m. at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home located at 365 Main St in Laco.
The Nixon administration seeks to trim millions of dollars in government benefits for disabled Vietnam-era servicemen, a move disclosed by the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Funeral homes in Saco Maine provide contact details for Shumway Gross Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Danett and Craig at 365 Main Street Denette and Conroy key offices Emond's Funeral Home listing 284 5511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy to assist with arrangements.
Clear tonight with very cold lows from 20 below to 20 below zero. Sunny Sunday with highs from zero to 20 above. Strong high pressure keeps the cold in place across the region. Wind remaining light.
A supper will be held in the vestry of School Street United Methodist Church in Saco on Sunday night at 6. Guest Miss Marnie Darling will sing and accompany herself on the guitar.
Members will gather Monday at 7 30 p m at Biddeford Junior High on Alfred Street. Agenda includes nominating committee appointment, exchange concert prep, and reports on new music facilities at the High School addition. Attendance urged with a guest.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Ouellette Mr and Mrs Raymond Laflamme Mr and Mrs Norman Croteau and Mr and Mrs Leon Roy all of Bradeford have returned home from a vacation in Bermuda.
Tomorrow a Doxology will close the Divine Liturgy at St. Demetrios Church as peace treaty words echo with Kyrie eleison. Tonight the AHEPA Valentine Dance in Biddeford's St Josephs Parish Hall features Levendes Orchestra from 8:30 p m to 1 a m.
A hot casserole supper was hosted by St. Andre's Home Auxiliary on Pool Road in Biddeford to honor members who participated in the Christmas fair. Ten tentative plans for a future Pancake supper were discussed. Attendees include Vicky Lavigne Theresa Bineau Connie Fleurent Bernice Walker Frances Cameron Helen Cookson Simonne Labbe Anita Labbe Sister Irene Laverture Sister Irene Roceheaiaomt Sister Yvonne Tremblay Stella Lombard Antoinette L Simard Carmen Janson Annette Dumais Connie Cantara Antoinette Huot Simard and Sister Ida Martin. Next meeting Feb 16 at St. Andre's Home.
Four Biddeford and Saco men faced guilty pleas in separate York County Superior Court trials for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Roland Hamel paid 210 dollars in fines and costs. Ralph Maurice received a 150-dollar fine with a suspended 30 day jail term and six months probation. Leroy Madore paid 165 dollars in fines and costs. Robert Temple of Saco paid 205 dollars. Additional dispositions included William Harriman pleading guilty to driving to endanger with a 100 dollar fine, Richard Savoy pleading guilty to speeding with a 75 dollar fine, Thomas Travers sentenced to 30 days for marijuana possession with probation, and other charges dismissed or rescheduled.
Rev. Vincent E. Taber president of Berkshire Christian College Lennox Massachusetts will headline the Advent Christian Church in Kennebunk Lower Village Sunday morning. He will be joined by the Free Spirit Singers a Maine based trio with two sophomore Berkshire College students and an accompanist from Maine. The service starts at 11 am and the public is invited.
A gasoline container placed near a wood stove in a Biddeford garage owned by Louis Busse at 310 Granite St Ext caused an explosion and fire. Firefighters from Engines 4 5 6 and Ladder 2 used 250 feet of booster hose to quell the flames damaging the interior but no injuries were reported.
Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club meets at new site Holiday Chateau on Main Street Saco Tuesday night. President Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. led the invocation and closed the meeting. He also spoke as chairman of the School Building Committee outlining plans.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 341 sponsored by Saco United Baptist Church will take part in a worship service Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Rev Theodore Euson will officiate. Afterward a scout display and activities will be shown in the church vestry with coffee and doughnuts served. An Open House Program runs 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the nursery department under Mrs Dwight Sawyer.
Maine’s 152 year old abortion statute will be formally struck from the books February 19 as U S District Judge Edward T Gignoux signs an order with the presence of state representatives and plaintiffs lawyers The order by Judges Bailey Aldrich and Hugh Bownes follows the Supreme Court ruling invalidating a similar Texas law and confirms the Maine law is no longer in force though still on the books and will be removed upon signature.
West Biddeford Little League schedules a meeting Sunday evening at 7 30 at St Jean's Hall Adams Street. Parents and other interested persons are invited to attend.
In York County Superior Court Justice Edward Stern heard the appeal by two Portland developers to reinstate permits for 18 and 6 unit buildings on Washington Avenue in Saco. City engineer Coulombe and contractor Cimino testified the foundations violated setback rules, while others argued compliance. The case hinges on street width and edge definitions with a final ruling not expected soon.
Nicholas Skinsacos, Old Orchard Beach, pleaded innocent in US District Court to failure to file income tax returns for Omega Corp., of which he is president and major stockholder. Indicted Jan 26, he was arraigned Friday, bail set at $1,000, and he was released on personal recognizance. Omega operated Seaview and Sands motels and the Lobster Pond Restaurant. gross income listed as $238,494. Skinsacos, a Biddeford native now in Scarborough, held 98 percent of Omega since 1963. Conviction could bring up to five years and $50,000 fine. A second Omega returns filed for a new corporation begun in 1965 with several pizza parlors in New York and Vermont.
Presiding Justice Lincoln Spencer supports replacing elected county attorneys with appointed full time district attorneys under the attorney general. County Attorney Roland Cole argues for a longer elected term and higher salaries to attract qualified locals, opposing Augusta appointees. A legislative bill proposes adopting a district attorney system as used in other states.
Operators keep apartments for 11 months while offering 30 day use to tenants. Owners gain returns, as hotels sell sites to developers amid labor and wage moves to Common Market countries. The New York operation tracks 25,000 beds across six pedestrianized Alpine spots and Lake Tahoe chalets, with prices from 17.50 per person weekly in Costa del Sol to high costs for Breuer designed Alps properties.
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