Deaths Romeo Couture Sr. 63 Biddeford resident
Romeo Couture Sr. 63 of 247 Elm St Biddeford died yesterday morning after a short illness in a Biddeford hospital. Born November 7 1905 in Grand Isle he was the son of Alexis and Emilie Couture and lived in Biddeford for 30 years retiring from New England Division Movement Corp. Surviving are his widow Gertrude Sirois Couture two sons Percy of Kennebunk and Romeo Couture Jr stationed in Vietnam two daughters Geraldine Bouchard and Diane Couture two brothers Omer and Guy two sisters Emilia Levesque and Irene Couture seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held at 10 00 am tomorrow at St Josephs Church Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Romeo Couture Sr
Elm St
Biddeford
Grand Isle
Alexis and
Emilie Doucette Couture
New England Division Movement Corp
Saco
Couture
St. Joseph's Church
Gertrude Sirois Couture
Percy
Kennebunk
Romeo Couture Jr
Vietnam
Joseph L. R
Geraldine) Bouchard
Diane Couture
Omer
Nashua
N. H
Guy
Sanford
Emilia Levesque
Boston
Irene Couture
New York
Bolduc Funeral Home
Alfred St
Prayer meeting for Ena Soulard’s family held by Troop 308
Members of the Auxiliary and Committeemen of Boy Scout Troop 308 sponsored by St. Joseph's Parish meet tonight at 7 at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to say prayers for Ena Soulard father of Mrs. Fernando Gaf fon an Auxiliary member.
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St. Joseph's Parish
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Ena Soulard
Fernando Gagfon
Legion ritual set for Elroy Booth at Shumway Home
Owen-Davis Post of the American Legion of Saco will hold ritualistic services tonight at 7 30 PM for Elroy D Booth a post member. The observance takes place at Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco Maine.
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Owen-Davis Post
American Legion of
Saco
Shumwayuneral
Spring St
Elroy D. Booth
Wrangling Over Conference Setup Continues Between Sides
The article details ongoing negotiations on table arrangement and speaking order for Vietnam peace talks. Key proposals include no emblems, random speaking order among four delegations, and a round or divided table to separate US Saigon and North Vietnamese NLf sides. Police report two cars colliding in Saco with $100 damage.
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North Vietnam
NLF
Vance
Saigon
Lau
Lot
Hanoi
U.s.saigon
Funeral Directors Shumway Funeral Service Profile
Funeral directors listed for Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco with phone 284 5611 Philip Gross Sr Director and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Mane listed as contact or associated entity.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
365
Obituary notices for Dewey Gagnon Soulard in Biddeford and Saco
Obituary notices list Elroy Dewey 71 of 29 Mechanic St Saco with burial at 10 a m Saturday from Trinity Episcopal Church and Laurel Hill Cemetery. Gagnon Randolph of 13 Jeffersons Court receives funeral Saturday at 10 a m with visiting hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Emond General Home Biddeford. Ena Soulard of 38 Sullivan St Biddeford has services at St Andre s Church Saturday 9 a m with visiting hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to ?.
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Soulard, Ena
Sullivan St
Biddeford
St. Andre's Church
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Funeral Rites Held for Roland E Morin of Biddeford
Funeral services for Roland E Morin age 18 of 18 School Street Biddeford were held this morning at St Andre s Church Biddeford. Rev Maurice Morin presided. Church choir and organist Mrs Laura Proulx provided music. Burial followed at St Joseph s Cemetery graveside prayers offered by Father Morin. Bearers were Joel St Amand Conrad Nadeau Donald Boudreau Conrad Huot Henry Allard and Richard Boudreau.
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Roland E. Morin
School St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Maurice Morin
Laura Proulx
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Morin
Joel St. Amand
Conrad Nadeau
Donald Boudreau
Conrad Huot
Henry Allard
Richard Boudreau
Biddeford Man Convicted in Alfred Larceny Case
A Biddeford man, Thomas Mastrantuano, pleaded guilty to larceny of 126 dollars in cash and 82.05 dollars in checks from Desire Boucher of Biddeford. He has been held in York County jail since Aug 17. The case closed the September term before Justice Harold Rubin.
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Alfred
York Coun
County Superior Court
Thomas Mastrantuano
Biddeford
Mastrantuano
Desire Boucher
York County
Harold Rubin
Thomas J. Savoie
Savoie
Thomas Thurlow
South Windham
Saco
James Hill
Old Orchard Beach
Philip Pierce
Kennebunk
Jon Milligan Co
Pierce
William L. Hill
William E. Downing
Larry Keene
New Hampshire
Warren
Kittery
Rubin
House and Senate plan early action on treaty ratification
Senate leaders expect prompt action to ratify a treaty to curb nuclear weapons, with opponents urging further Foreign Relations Committee hearings. House Republicans reelect Leslie Arends as whip. Democrats keep Carl Albert and Hale Boggs in leadership. Udall gains caucus momentum against McCormack, who leads in votes. August recess and periodic breaks promised. committee appointments to be reviewed by the caucus. Republican Conference chair election won by John B. Anderson, defeating Betts and Quie.
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Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Ford
House Republicans
Illinois
Leslie Arends
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
House
McCormack
Udall
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Democratic Committee On Committees
House Republican Conference
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
John B. Anderson
Jackson E. Betts
Ohio
Albert H. Quie
Minnesota
Fire Calls Increase In Biddeford December to 79 ambulances
Biddeford fire department reported 79 ambulance calls in December and 42 fire emergencies. November counts were 75 ambulance and 32 fire calls. At Sutton Place New York luxury apartments faced weeks of raw sewage flooding basements from an 18 inch sewer rupture.
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Biddeford
New York
Sutton Place
Local Personal Notices From Biddeford and Saco
Philip Mathieu aged 59 of West Cutts Street Biddeford is a patient at Webber Hospital. Raoul Bellefeuille of Acorn Street Biddeford is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Holiday guests at Mrs Joanne H Umerys home in Saco were her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs David W H Hanson of Boston. Hanson is a partner and executive officer of a firm making promotional films for television and motion pictures.
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Philip Mathieu
West Cutts St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Raoul Bellefeuille
Acorn St
Notre Dame Hospital
Joanne H. “Umery
Ferry Road
Saco
David W. H. Hanson
Boston
Hanson
Portland Weather Forecast Tonight and Saturday Update
Weather forecast for Portland. Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness late at night. Lows near zero inland to around 10 along the immediate coast. Saturday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Chance of a few north snow flurries.
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Portland
Members of Our Lady of Victory Circle Meet in Biddeford
Members of Our Lady of Victory Circle will meet at 2 p.m Sunday at Fremont Club, Alfred Street, Biddeford. A Delta Alpha Club meeting scheduled for Jan 6 has been canceled. The next session will be Jan 23, with place to be announced.
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Delta Alpha Club
Jury Calls Received By Area Residents
York County residents receive jury summons for the January term at York County Superior Court. Ralph Goodwin, 28, of Sanford, faces a murder trial for the July 16, 1968 shooting death of his wife Marilyn. He pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity at arraignment. The list includes jurors from Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, and Wells.
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Alfred
Traverse
York County
Ralph Goodwin
Sanford
Goodwin
Marilyn
Biddeford
W. Judson Allen
Ethel Beaudoin
Violette Binette
Phyllis A. Chretien
Emela Desroberts
Annette Dubois
Henry Gendron
Rita J. Hevey
Irene M. Laverriere
Yvonne C. Marcotte
Annette V. Nadeau
Conrad M. Nadeau
Daniel S. Papapetrou
Armand Perron
Stella Spirounias
Sace
Helen E. Bowie
Donna R. Fournier
Lillian E. Grenier
Josephine FE. Hanson
Mary W. Philbrick
Charlotte B. Plaisted
Mary A. Remillard
Old Orchard
Beach
Marie A. Boisvert
Carl R. Maksut
Lillis Whitney
Kennebunk
Ernest J. Robichaud
William A. Taylor
Wells
Edward J. Abbott
Helen Pike
Helen N. Ramsdell
Elinor W. Smith
Nancy F. Tomah
Arab-Israeli clash plus Soviet bid for peace talks
The passage describes renewed Israeli Lebanese fire across the border with Kiryat Shmoneh hit by rockets from Lebanon and Israeli artillery fire in return. Moshe Dayan vows to end the attacks while the Soviet Union accelerates a four-power push for a settlement. Egypt may threaten military action to strengthen bargaining position. Britain reports a missile shipment to Jordan as Israel relies on Hawk missiles and planned U S Phantom jets.
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Security Council
Athens
United Nations
Israel
Lebanon
Kiryat Shmoneh
Moshe Dayan
al Fatah
Soviet Union
Big Four
Washington
London
Paris
State Department
Foreign Office
Charles de Gaulle
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Residents complain of stench reaching upper floors
In a local housing district, tenants fear speaking out about reported odors that residents describe as strong, with complaints extending as high as the 12th floor, amid concerns publicity may lower apartment values.
Looking Ahead At Weather For Northern New England
The Weather Bureau forecasts a five day period with temperatures below seasonal norms across Northern New England, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs range from the upper teens to low 20s in the north and 20s to low 30s in the south, with nights from below freezing to the low teens in the north and teens in the south. Colder air moves in Sunday, with a rise in temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation totals between one quarter and one half inch, mainly snow on Saturday and again later in the period.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England Temperature Snapshot by State
Temperature readings across New England and nearby states list Massachusetts cities Bedford Boston Nantucket Pittsfield Provincetown Worcester along with Connecticut Hartford New Haven and New Hampshire Concord Lebanon Portsmouth. Vermont not shown. Maine locations include Caribou Greenville and Old Town.
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Bedford
Boston
Nantucket
Pittsfield
Provincetown
Worcester
ODET
Providence
Connecticut Hartford
New Haven
New Hampshire
Concord
Lebanon
Portsmouth
Mt. Washings
ERM
Doctor vaccines limited by demand and supply
The surgeon general says vaccine distribution fails to reach high risk groups as doctors use limited supplies on low priority patients and many elderly or chronically ill people do not seek it. Public health officials warned early this winter that vaccine would be scarce and should go to the elderly and chronically ill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hong Kong
William H. Stewart
Stewart
Troops Begin Move Against Amerindians in Guyana
Two planeloads of troops landed near the Brazil border and moved toward Lethem, a cattle town 300 miles south of Georgetown, to quell unrest amid reports of Amerindian secession plans supported by Brazil. Authorities doubt Brazil would back independence. Incidents in Rupununu left two police officers shot, one fatally, a transmitter seized, and airstrips blocked.
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Georgetown
Guyana
Lethem
Brazil
Rupununu
Fire crews scan for blaze at Biddeford house
Neighbors reported steam from a Biddeford residence at 44 Pike St yesterday prompting a needless run by firefighters. Crews found no fire after inspecting the building.
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Pike St
Biddeford
Maine Fishing Booklets Available at Biddeford City Clerk Office
Maine Inland Ice Fishing Law booklets can be picked up at the Biddeford City Clerk’s office per city clerk Mrs. Pauline C. Berry. Stock market opening shows mixed gains with notable movers including Occidental Petroleum and Chrysler. AP average up to 358.1 on higher trading activity.
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Maine
Biddeford
Pauline C. Berry
NEW York
Ysng
Coa
Occidental Petroleum
I Chrysler
American Telephone
INA Corp
Gulf Oil
Consolidated Edison
Associated Press
Wilton man dies after car strike near Wilton routes 2 and 4
A 65-year-old Wilton resident, Daniel Allen, died in hospital after being struck by a car on Route 2 near its junction with Route 4 in Wilton. The incident, investigated by state police, marks a fatal traffic crash in the Augusta area.
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Augusta
Wilton
Daniel Allen
Miniskirt Meets Match In California
In SAN GABRIEL California AP reports Mrs Connelly a 25 year old housewife and St Luke s Catholic elementary school teacher plans to wear a floor length medieval dress as the new year begins The outfit features a loose bell sleeved bright print gown cinched at the waist with a leather belt a green overgarment and pink sneakers She notes no zippers snaps or buttons and says the dress may ease her daily chores while she handles two babies in diapers and resists short tight skirts and high heels
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San Gabriel
Calif
Connelly
St. Luke's
Damage Heavy In Biddeford Accident Near Railroad Bridge
Heavy damage was reported to two vehicles in a crash near the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge on South Street Biddeford yesterday. Drivers were Donald W. Smart 20 of Saco and Clifford C. Moyes 55 of Auburn. No injuries listed. Ralph Hubert and Theodore Drouin investigated.
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Boston and Maine
South Street
Biddeford
Donald W. Smart
Lyman Ave
Saco
Clifford C. Moyes
Auburn
Ralph Hubert
Theodore Drouin
Area Youths Enlist In Marine Corps
Scott E. Stevens of Kennebunk has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps per local recruiter Staff Sgt James W Varney. He is a Kennebunk High School graduate who attended St Francis College. Robert M Allen of Saco has enlisted in the Marine Corps and is a graduate of Thornton Deems.
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Scott E. Stevens
Maurice Stevens
Kennebunk
U.S. Marine Corps
James W. Varney
Stevens
St Francis College
Robert M. Allen
Donald Allen
South St
Saco
US. Marine Corps
Thornton Heedems
Little Houses Sold at Sunset Point Saco to Beach-area Buyer
Claudette J. Sheltra of Felix T. Sheltra Real Estate announces the sale of The Little Houses, a 2 story colonial home with nine furnished cottages and about four acres on Sunset Point fronting Saco Bay, to James L. Smith of East Grand Avenue Old Orchard Beach. Smith, a local property owner, plans to occupy the house and rent the cottages.
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Ferry Road
Saco
James L. Smith
East Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Claudette J. Sheltra
Felix T. Sheltra
Jefferson St
Biddeford
Sunset Point
Saco Bay
Matilda E. Scammon
William Lalker
Smith
Beach council names Adelbert Jakeman chairman for year
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The Town Council elected Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. as council chairman for the coming year at its organizational meeting. Several appointments were made including treasurer Lorraine Dowd and health officer Louis DeAngelis, with other rolls tabled or to be filled later. The council also authorized borrowing 200000 from Canal Bank in anticipation of taxes.
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Old Orchard Beach
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr
Jakeman
Lorraine Dowd
Helen C. Morris
Mary Manduca
Louis DeAngelis
Urbain A. Goulet
Theodore H. Mingo
Henry W. Stewart
George Keene
Russell Rix
Richard P. Marshall
Rita M. Berube
Planning Board
Henry A. Rudy
Sessor
Board of Zoning Pepees
Frederick J. Ahearn III
Barbara F. Lord
John T. McNeil
Donald C. Jones
Russell K. Smith
Leon Cole
Housing Authority
Canal Bank
Kennedy Leadership Shakeup Signals Shift in Senate
The 20 year Senate veteran Long says the super liberals pushed Kennedy to relinquish the whip. No challengers emerged to re elect Senate leader Mansfield of Montana and Byrd of West Virginia as secretary of the Democratic conference, the party's No 3 leadership post.
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Kennedy
Edmund S. Mus‘kie
Edward M. Kennedy
Russell B. Long
Long
Senate
United States
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert C.byrd
West Virginia
Shop The Journal Classified Sell Through The Want Ads
Classified section invites readers to browse and place ads for selling goods and services. Highlights include easy submission, affordable rates, and quick turnaround to reach local buyers and sellers through the newspaper’s classified pages.
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Fire Victims Get New Home In Biddeford
Mr and Mrs Dupuis and their three children who lost all possessions in a Pike Street Biddeford fire now have a new home at 37 Pike St This is the first step in a long comeback with a stove refrigerator furniture dishes and bedding badly needed Clothing sizes include four for a girl six and eight for two boys 20 for Mrs Dupuis and 15 percent shirts and trousers with a 36 waist Donations of clothing may be taken to the Biddeford Welfare Office or to the family home Furnishings donations contact Yorkity Chapter American Red Cross Main Street Saco for information
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Raymond Dupuis
Pike Street
Biddeford
Pike St
Dupuis
Beta Sigma Class Meets in Biddeford United Baptist Church
Beta Sigma Class of Biddeford United Baptist Church met last night at the home of Mrs. Butler on Pool Road Biddeford. Mrs. Edna Thompson opened the meeting with Miss Irene Dwelley presiding in prayer. Devotions were led by Miss Helen Fenderson. Routine business and reports were read. The February meeting will be at the church with a pot luck supper. Adelpha McKeen led a Bible study on Prayer and Its Meaning. A quilt was taken to be sent to Missions in Africa after the meeting. Refreshments were served by the hostess to several members.
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Beta Sigma
Biddeford United Baptist Church
My Butler
Pool Road
Biddeord
Edna Thompson
Irene Dwelley
Helen Fenderson
Adelpha McKeen
Africa
Hazel Clay Pla
Vahey
Mary Dawn
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