Deaths Edmond Breton 73 Saco native dies after brief illness
Edmond Breton 73 of 16 Gray Ave Saco dies Feb 22 at a local hospital after a brief illness. Born June 27 1899 in Biddeford son of Eugene and Belsemire Breton he worked 40 years in the Saco Lower Shops foundry and seven years at Maremont Corp. He is survived by his widow Edwina daughter Irene Lambert son Laurent Breton a brother Nazaire Breton of Tedford Mines Que and two sisters both in Biddeford plus 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Monday at 8 am with interment at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday.
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Edmond Breton
Gray Ave
Saco
Biddeford
Eugene and
Belsemire (DuBois) Breton
Notre Dame Des Lourdes
Maremont Corp
Edwina (Derois) Breton
Laurent Breton
Irene Lambert
Nazaire Breton
Tedford Mines
Que
Marie Pereault
Claudia Emond
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Margaret V Hooper dies in Kennebunk at 92
Margaret V Hooper 92 of Brown Street Kennebunk died Feb 22 after a long illness. Widow of Charles Hooper she was born March 9 1880 in Lyman daughter of Samuel and Mary Griffin. Survived by two sons Sidney E and Verner E a daughter Stella Pillsbury seven grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and a nephew. Funeral Feb 26 at 2 p.m. Bibber Memorial Chapel interment Hope Cemetery. Calling hours Feb 24 2-4 and 7-9 at the chapel.
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Kennebunk
Margaret V. Hooper
Brown Street
Charles Hooper
Lyman
Samuel and
Mary (Crown) Griffin
Hooper
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Lotus
Ivy Temple
Pythian
Sidney E
Verner E
Biddeford
Halstead
Stella) Pillsbury
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Robert Hinkley
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Pawtucket
Hope Cemetery
German national to be jailed for Carson extortion attempt
Richard Dziabacinski 26 of North Hollywood pleaded guilty to trying to extort 3250,000 from Johnny Carson. He faces a sentence of one to 10 years in prison at sentencing on April 2 in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Johnny Carson
Richard Dziabacinski
North Hollywood
Biddeford Warehouse Robbed. $200 in Items Stolen
The Emery Hutchins Warehouse on upper Main Street was broken into in the early hours of Feb 22. Entry was through a rear window and items including car batteries and oil valued at about $200 were taken. Some stolen articles were later found in a snow bank. Police continue investigations.
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Emery Hutchins
Upper Main Street
Biddeford
Joseph Beal
Beal
Card of Thanks and Bereavement Notice
Card of thanks from Mrs. Clara Pinette thanks Father St Cyr Father Gerard Devon Dr Andre Fortier and the nurses at Webber Hospital for flowers cards and gifts during illness. Also gratitude from the family of the late Mrs Evelyn Presby for kindness and sympathy.
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Father St. Cyr
Gerard Devon
Andre Fortier
Webber Hospital
Clara Pinette
Evelyn Presby
Funeral Homes and Contacts in Saco Maine
Funeral service providers listed with addresses in Saco Maine. SHUMWAY AND GROSS at 35 Spring St phone 284 5611. DENNETT & CRAIG at 365 Main Sec phone 282. EMOND's Funeral Home at 284 5511. Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy involved.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Portland Weather Tonight and Saturday Snow Flurries
Variable cloudiness tonight with some snow flurries over northern and eastern sections. Lows range from five above to the teens. Saturday brings a chance of snow flurries in the north and east with otherwise fair conditions and highs mostly in the 20s.
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Portland
February Tides Listed With High and Low Times
Readable tide table shows February entries with morning and evening high and low times. Notable times include 3:06 and 3:33 for high or low, plus 9:22 and 9:35 as additional tide marks.
Disabled American Veterans Chapter Meets First and Third Mondays
The Biddeford Saco chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will meet the first and third Mondays each month at the DAV hall on Bradbury Street Biddeford. Roland Bergeron the service officer will attend to assist veterans with their problems.
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Biddeford-Saco
DAV Hall
Bradbury Street
Biddeford
Roland Bergeron
StarKist pulls ill tuna cans from Minnesota region
StarKist Foods confirms withdrawal of certain canned tuna with codes BD-419 and GD-419 from stores in Minnesota and nearby states after reports of illness. About 25 people reported stomach distress after eating the tuna. StarKist says the lot is small, not bacteria contaminated, and an investigation is underway.
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Los Angeles
Star- Kist Foods, Inc
Minnesota
North Wellees
Lincoln McCallum Co
Minneapolis
The
Food and Drug Administration
StarKist
Scuffle at Old Orchard leads to arrest of man
Old Orchard Beach police say Robert Thompson of 44 Old Orchard Ave was arrested on assault and battery on a police officer after a scuffle that erupted when two officers attempted to break up a fight Thursday night. Thompson is to appear in Saco District Court Monday.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert Thompson
Old Orchard Ave
Thompson
Saco District Court
Ralph Leaves Death Row Berkeley Dog Saved by Judge
In Berkeley California Ralph the Airedale freed from Death Row by Municipal Court Judge James Holstrom after a neighbor claimed seven bites. Witnesses testified the neighbor beat Ralph and other dogs. The judge ruled provocation by striking a dog is not a death sentence and spared the animal. Evelyn Pearce, Ralphs owner, planned a celebratory steak and a run at Tilden Park.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ralph
James Holstrom
Telepone
Evelyn Pearce
Ral
Tilden Park
Biddeford Band Members Attend Funeral for Joseph Goulet
Biddeford High School band manorettes color guard will attend services in uniform at St Andre Church Biddeford on Saturday at 8 a.m. for Joseph Goulet father of Timothy Goulet in a formal funeral observance.
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Biddeford High School
Manorettes
Color Guard
St. Andre Church
Biddeford
Joseph Goulet
Timothy Goulet
CAP work in York County faces funding crisis
Mary Brendin recalls aiding a malnourished woman in Kennebunkport and CAP staff warn that York County programs risk ending due to federal cuts. Executive Director Carroll Hussey urges coordinated citizen action to press town governments for continued support of nutrition, head start, and aid services.
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Mary Brendln
York County Community Action Corporation Program
CAP
Richard Nixon
York County
Department of Labor
Carroll W. Hussey
Rich Girl Ward Brings $59 Daily Toll To Rhode Island
A 15 year old girl, described as the ward of the state, draws $59 a day in Rhode Island’s care amid a history of long custody battles and multiple relocations. Court records show a complex family background including a multimillionaire natural father and a wealthy maternal line. The state contemplates residential treatment costs up to $11,000 yearly as the girl’s future placement is debated.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Court
Texas
Connecticut
Florida
Midwest
Esther Reali
Edward P. Gallogly
Family of Eight Rescued After Two Days Adrift at Sea
The McCrary family from Kingsport Tennessee spent two days in a 19 foot open boat adrift in the Atlantic after their motor failed and they ignored small craft warnings. Coast Guard rescuers aboard Cape York brought them to Key West where Larry McCrary received a citation for negligent operation and overloading. The family hoped to feel the Tennessee hills again as they recounted the ordeal with gratitude toward God and the Coast Guard.
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Key West
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
McCrary
Tennessee
Larry McCrary
Kingsport
Tenn
Coast Guard
York
Bruce McCrary
Robin Morgan advocates radical feminism in interview
In a campus setting Robin Morgan defines radical feminism as a revolution for woman power spanning political economic and social realms. She argues for grass roots change self help clinics rape crisis centers and community controlled child care while calling for a shift away from patriarchal structures. Morgan, editor of Sisterhood is Powerful, plans a new book of poems and a non fiction work on feminism’s next stages.
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Helen Batchelor
Equal Employment Opportunity
University
IBM
Congress
Marx
Hitler
Mrs. Morgan
Women’s Movement
Dollar Slump Triggers International Currency Crisis Debate
In a February 12 devaluation sparked a global dollar crisis with six billion unwanted dollars flooding West German markets. The dollar fell to 2.8350 marks in Frankfurt before rebounding to 2.8625. Gold hit 3003 dollars per kilogram in Beirut, while Hong Kong and Brussels showed further declines in their currencies.
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Barber
Frankfurt
Bank of France
Brussels
Amsterdam
Beirut
Hong Kong
Helsinki
Sudan Visit Begins Badly for Princess
Princess Anne’s two day goodwill visit to Sudan started with an embarrassment as her plane arrived under the wrong Sudanese flag a three color banner discarded after the May 1969 revolution, officials said.
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Khartoum
Anne
Sudan
Ethiopia
Saco council reads emergency ordinance on overnight parking ban
The Saco City Council approved the first reading of an emergency ordinance banning overnight parking in winter. The meeting also advanced four zoning amendments and discussed an access road for a Tampax plant, with firm commitment from the company required.
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Saco
Planning Board
Zoning Board
Robert Moody
University of Indiana
Buxton Road
FDA moves to deem DES a morning-after pill
The FDA plans to approve the drug diethylstilbestrol DES as an emergency contraception for women who cannot or did not use precautions before intercourse. Experts caution about safety questions, while government officials argue DES is safer than abortion when used as directed.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Congress
Peter B. Hutt
Hutt
PDA
Lost Husky with One Blue Eye in Biddeford Area
Five month old husky missing near Guinea Road Biddeford. One brown eye one blue eye. Contact 282-2330 for reward.
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Guinea Road
Biddeford
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