Zoning Question Sparks Kennebunkport Town Meeting Debate
Article 45 proposes raising the minimum lot size in the Village Riverfront Zone to 20,000 square feet per living unit. A legal challenge by Attorney Thomas Reagan questions spot zoning and proper petition procedures, while voters await eight days to decide amid questions of ballot legality and enactment.
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Cecil Munson
Kennebunkport
Jeffrey Aumuller
Town Hall
Planning Board
Thomas Reagan
Kennebunk
Reagan
John McDonnell, Jr
Arundel Hotel
Somerlyst
York County
Aumuller
McDonnell
Supreme Courts
Leathers
William Leathers
Nonamtum
Walley
Deaths Mrs Aurore Custeau 72 Biddeford resident
Mrs Aurore Custeau 72 of 358 Main St Biddeford died Feb 26 after a long illness. Born May 20 1900 in Biddeford she was daughter of Alphonse and Lea Gendron and a St Joseph Church communicant. Survived by daughter Therese Caouette son Paul J Custeau five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 8:30 am from St Joseph Church with burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home today and Wednesday.
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Aurore Custeau
Main St
Biddeford
Alphonse and
Lea (Cantara) Gendron
St. Joseph Church
Bruce Shoe Co
Oscar Custeau
Charles M. Wildes Dies at 73 in Kennebunkport
Charles M. Wildes 73 of Kennebunkport died February 24 at a Waterville hospital after a long illness. Born February 24, 1900 in Kennebunkport, he was the son of Ferdinand and Esther Wildes. Surviving are a sister Louise Wildes McKenney of Kennebunkport and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Bibber Memorial Chapel with Rev. John Pooley officiating. Interment in Arundel Cemetery. Chapel hours today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Kennebunkport
Charles M. Wildes
Waterville
Ferdinand and
Esther
Deshone) Wildes
Lester
Louise) Wildes McKenney
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Kennebunk
John Pooley
Village Baptist Church
Arundel Cemetery
Death of Mrs Ethel Oldread Ward Noted in Ware Mass
Mrs Ethel Oldread Ward aged 82 of Ware Massachusetts formerly of Saco died February 26 at her home. Born February 20 1891 in Saco she was the daughter of Luther Hearn and was educated there. Survived by two sons William and Robert a daughter Ahui Nappa and two sisters Mrs Rudy Smith and Mrs Doris Plummer. Services conducted at Ware Massachusetts on Wednesday.
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Mass
Rudy Smith
Doris Plummer
Saco
Ware
Obituary for S J Sparkowich Sr Biddeford Poland immigrant
S J Sparkowich Sr 85 of 6 Pool St Biddeford died Feb 28 after brief illness. Born in Poland Nov 15 1887 he came to the area in 1910 and worked 43 years at Pepperell Manufacturing Co retiring 20 years ago. Survived by wife Stephanie two daughters two sons two sisters two brothers in Poland 15 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. funeral from St Mary Church Biddeford Friday 10 am with spring interment at St Mary Cemetery. Visitation at Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home Wednesday and Thursday 2 to 4 Door to door the Want Ads.
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Stanley J. Sparkowich Sr
Pool St
Biddeford
Poland
Michael and
Valerie
Ubimorwicz) Sparkowich
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
St. Mary Church
Stephanie Sparkowich
Daniel
Jennie) Aguiar Sr
Sonia Ross
Saco
Stanley J. Sparkowich Jr
Sanford
Walter T. Sparkowich
Joseph F. Sparkowich
St. Mary Cemetery
Sansoucy-Blais
Stone St
Card of Thanks for Mildred Letellier and Maria Neault
Family members express deep gratitude to doctors and nurses for care shown during bereavement. Special thanks to friends neighbors and St Andre's Parish staff and physicians for prayers cards tributes and sympathy.
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Mildred Letellier
St. Andre’s Parish
Dr. Pataine
Campfire Girls Take Weekend Camping Trip in Dayton
Campfire Girls from this community joined Girl Scouts of Lyman and Dayton for a two day camping trip at the Fish and Game Lodge in Dayton. Participants include Noreen Tierney Karen Davis Jerry Johnson Anna Manchester Letty Lemay and Kim Levesque. Accompanying them was Mrs. Robert Davis.
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Old Orchard Beach
Girl Scouts
Lyman
Dayton
Fish and Game Lodge
Noreen Tierney
Karen Davis
Herry Johnson
Anna Manchester
Letty Lemay
Kim Levesque
Robert Davis
Portland Weather Outlook Tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for clear to fair conditions in Portland tonight with increasing cloudiness in the north. Lows range from five to 15 below zero in the north and from five below to 10 above elsewhere. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies in the north and partly cloudy elsewhere with highs in the teens north to 20 south.
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Portland
Thieves Fail to Take Cash in Osaka Bank Box
In Osaka on Sunday night thieves smashed a plywood night depository outside a bank and left a note directing customers to use a substitute box. Sixty eight customers deposited about 45200 dollars before a heavy bag alerted staff. the 69th depositor alerted a guard, police arrived, and the thieves fled empty handed.
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Osaka
Japan
Old Orchard Beach Art Association Workshop Tonight
The Old Orchard Beach Art Association plans a regular workshop at Old Orchard Beach High School Library on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Miss Carolyn Wilson is expected to attend. Desert nomads in Morocco still buy brides and pay taxes with camels.
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Old Orchard Beach
Morocco
Deaths tied to local drug pact raise alarm in Marblehead
Boston Herald American reports five Marblehead youths died by self harm or self poisoning since 1969 in a death by own action pact. Police note the group shared ties, prior trouble with law, and drug exposure amid a possible crowd influence. Additional case ruled accidental.
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Boston
Marblehead
Boston Herald American
John W. Wheeler
Wheeler
J. Robert
Aiken Backs Controlled Hanoi Aid
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont urged reconstruction aid to North Vietnam with strict supervision to prevent fueling guerrilla warfare. He opposed large multi year authorizations and called for quarterly congressional oversight. He tied aid to POW and MIA accounting and noted progress at the Paris Indochina conference.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
George D. Aiken
Vermont
North Vietnam
Aiken
Congress
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indochina
Egypt seeks ICAO action over Libyan airliner shootdown
Egypt plans to ask the International Civil Aviation Organization to punish Israel for the Libyan airliner shot down near the Suez Canal, an incident that killed 106 people. The 125 nation aviation body opens a four day session in the U N General Assembly chamber. Israel disputes treating it as politics while pilots federation rejects boycotts. Al Ahram mentions possible UN Security Council action by Egypt and Libya.
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United Nations
Egypt
International Civil Aviation Organization
Israel
Suez Canal
Aviation Organization
U.N. General Assembly
Aviation Congress
London
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Cairo
al Ahram
Libya
U.N. Security Council
Lost tabby cat near Chestnut St Kennebunkport
Orange yellow tabby with white and brown markings, 9 months old, male, lost in Chestnut St area in Kennebunkport. Reward offered. Call 967 2624.
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Chestnut St
Kennebunkport
Catholic Children Fire Guns in Belfast Violence
In Belfast boys as young as nine and 11 fired at a British patrol from behind bushes and fled. A 15 year old wounded a soldier in Falls Road. Two others about 15 held up workers, planted a gelignite bomb in a car in a downtown garage, causing an explosion.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Orono Man Dies In Single Auto Mishap
Orono 32 year old John Wolchock died Monday night when a car driven by 23 year old Galen McCram left College Avenue curve in Penobscot County. McCram was hospitalized. The incident raised Maine's 1973 highway death toll to 13, 17 below last year.
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Orono
John Wolchock
Penobscot County
Wolchock
College Avenue
Galen McCram
Maine
Maine Lobstermen Debate Licenses and Traps Policy
Maine lobstermen oppose proposed licensing fees and trap limits while urging higher license costs and wardens funding. They favor a 600 trap cap, a 300-maximum future target, and emphasizing undersized lobster escape in gear design. Sen. Danton Rep. Hobbins promise hearings ahead of Augusta talks this session.
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Barry Hobbins
Peter Danton
Saco
Augusta
Camp Ellis
Lewis Lane
James
Maine
Vaughn Crandall
Sen. Danton
Hobbins
Meeting of
Dollar Devalued Triggers Wholesale Food Price Increases
The New York Times reports sharp wholesale price gains in early weeks after the dollar devaluation. Broilers up 10 percent, pork bellies 8.5 percent, whole hogs 4.4 percent, cattle carcasses 2.3 percent, wheat 12.1 percent, and flour 6.5 percent amid rising export demand.
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NEW York
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
The
Times
Agriculture Department
Lawrence Krause
Brookings Institution
the Times
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Ethel Oldread
S. J. Sparkowich Sr
Maria Neault
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Emond’s Funeral Home
Franklond
M. P.M
Fernando Gagnon
Poo St
Maine Medical Center
Lillian Kennedy
Amherst St
Webber Hospital
Los Angeles Times
Tides High
Anatok
Mayfair
Providence, R. J
Shaughnessy
Essex County Medical Examiner
North Shore
Sen. Aiken
Hanoi
Neithercut
Glen Chadbourne
Charles Pendleton
George Granger
Billy Hanscom Jr
Jerry
Lionel Chevalier
John Wormwood
Everett Walton
John Jackson
Tom Dube Sr
Louis Cote
Robert Perkins
Maryline White
Warden
Edward F. Gaulin
Kenneth E. Kimmel
Host Rent-A-Car Corporation OF America
Rent-A-Car Corporation OF America
Jean-Louis Cote
Rte de l’Eglise
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