Deaths Miss Alice Holt 68 Biddeford resident
Miss Alice Martha Holt 68 of 291 Pool Road Biddeford died unexpectedly yesterday at home. Born December 22 1900 she worked as a bookkeeper for Knight and Holt Co Saco for over 40 years. Survived by brother Everett Holt and three cousins funeral set Saturday at 2 p.m. Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with Rev John H Miller officiating. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford in spring. No visiting hours.
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Alice Martha Holt
Pool Road
Biddeford
Walter A
Elsie (Smith) Holt
Biddeford High School
Knight and Holt Co
Saco
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Bid
Obituary: Edgar J. Allaire of Old Orchard Beach
Edgar Joseph Allaire 87 of 42 Saco Ave died at home after a long illness. Born October 4 1901 in Biddeford son of Theo J and Odina Labonte Allaire he worked 20 years as an electrician for Maine Central Railroad at Rigby Yards Portland before retiring six years ago. Survived by wife Olive Burbank Allaire two daughters Patricia Adams and Nancy Barbano two brothers Ernest J of Old Orchard Beach Eugene J of Jay and several grandchildren. Funeral at St Margarets Church at 9 a.m. Monday with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Edgar Joseph Allaire
Saco Ave
Biddeford
Theoile J
Odina Labonte Alaire
Maine Central Railroad
Rigby Yards
Portland
St. Margaret's Church
Electricians Union
The
Railroad Brotherhood
Olive Burbank Allaire
Earl
Patricia) Adams
Daniel
Nancy) Barbano
Ernest J
Eugene J
Jay
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Oldchard Beach Funeral Home
Portland Ave
Missionary Society Meeting Held in Biddeford
The Women's Missionary Society of Biddeford met at Miss Ora Pool Street’s home with nine members. President Mrs. Mabel Emery led, devotions were by Miss Wiggin, reports by secretary Mrs. Hazel Clay and treasurer Mrs. Ruth Merrill who also manages the White Cross project. The program titled The Shepherds Call followed by a social hour and refreshments. Next meeting date to be announced.
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LD Missonary Society
Women’s Missionary Society of
Bidde
SPM
Miss Ora
Pool Street
Biddeford
Mabel Emery
Wiggin
Hazel Clay
Ruth Merrill
White Cross
Shepherd's Call
Secret Jury Controversy and Oregon Freight Train Fire
Secret proceedings on juror selection challenge Walker list. Sirhan's attorneys claim Los Angeles County jury pool is not a true cross section of the community. In Oregon, fire crews slow to reach a derailed Southern Pacific flatcar fire, forcing a three mile detour after the blaze charred timber.
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Walker
Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Oakridge
Ore
Southern Pacific
Funeral Directors and addresses in Saco Maine notice
Den Nett & Craig at 365 Main Street and Emond's Funeral Home at 244 5511 are listed withPhilip H Gross Sr as director and Frank X Emond J P Conroy associated in Saco Maine funeral service notices.
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Su Tway Funeral Service
Ab Spring Street
Saco
Philip H Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
365 Main Street
Saco, Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Funeral Services for Marie Jeanne Bisson
Marie Jeanne Bisson aged 43 of 43 Stor er St Saco will have funeral services at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church on Saturday at 8 AM. Calling hours are at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford on Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM.
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Bisson
Marie Jeanne
Storer St
Saco
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Funerals Held for John Sullivan and Philippe Mathieu
Funeral services for John Sullivan of 28 Portland Ave were held at St. Margaret's Church with a Requiem High Mass. Interment followed in St. Mary's Cemetery Biddeford. Knights of Columbus members acted as bearers. Philippe L Mathieu 83 of 59 West Cutts St was buried at St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford after a Requiem High Mass at St Joseph's Church. Bearers included Blaine Mathieu Jr David Mathieu Harold Thomas Paul Mathieu and Francis Spencer.
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Old Orchard Beach
John Sullivan
Portland Ave
St. Margaret's Church
Rudolph Leveille
Richard Smith
St. Mary's Cemetery
Biddeford
James J. Mullen
Knights of Columbus
Anthony Eramo
Charles Beaudoin
Oscar Nolette Sr
Joseph Burns
Philippe L. Mathieu
West Cutts St
St. Joseph’'s Church
Elie Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Valmont Gilbert
Diana Rousselle
Wardwell Home Board Officers Elected
Wardwell Home held its annual meeting at 43 Middle St Saco electing officers and committee members. The slate includes President Stephanie Butler and First Vice President William Marston with other officers and committee chairs named.
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Board of Managers
Wardwell
Middle St
Saco
Stephanie Butler
William Marston
Dorothy Staples
Robert Bowie
William D. Deans
Paul Clark
Paul Chadbourne
Marion Lowell
Hugh Carson
Lawrence Garland
Charles Fenderson
Miss Staples
Ralph Hawkes
Lawrence Dearborn
Ann Chesley
Marston
Walter White
George Zink
Harry Sawyer
Harry Owen
Lloyd Anderson
William Wright
Harry Garland
Sawyer
Wright
Joel Stacey
Laurence Staples
Harry Furber
Dorothy Furber
Anderson
Mrs Anderson
Staples
White
Bowie
Stacey
Mrs Stacey
Norman Tripp
Mrs. Wright
Philip Snow
Harry
Lawrence Dearrn
Malaysian authorities hunt 35 militant leaders after crackdown
Deputy Prime Minister Razak told Parliament 140 suspects were netted last November. The 35 remained at large may have crossed into Singapore, with Singaporean cooperation in tracking them. The leaders were linked to Labor Kal of Malaya or the Party.
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Associated Press
Kuala Lumpur
Tun Abdul Razak
Parliament
Razak
West Malaysia
Singapore
Labor
Kal of
Malaya
Ayat
Biddeford Hospital Patients Named in Listing
Edwin S. Levy of Thacher Hotel Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Therese Bastarache of 142 Summer St Biddeford is a relative at Webber Hospital. Arthur Desmarais of 90 Foss St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Edwin S. Levy
Thacher Hotel
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Therese Bastarache
Masonic Hall Hosts DeMolay Mother’s Circle Meeting
Division One Ancient Order of Hibernians meets Sunday at 7 30 in St John’s Hall Biddeford. Officers to be named. E and L Club United Methodist Church of Saco meets Monday at 7 30 at Mrs LaDora Gannon’s home.
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Organ Fund of
The
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
St. John's Hall
Elm Street
Main Street
E and L Club
United Methodist ‘Church of
Saco
LaDora Gannon
Bradley Street
Masonic Hall
Partly cloudy Portland forecast with cold weekend
Partly cloudy weather with lingering snow flurries mainly in the mountains. Lows tonight near zero to five above in the north and south regions, with a very cold Saturday ahead.
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Portland
York Pomona Grange Officers Work Degree
At a York Pomona Grange meeting the fifth degree was conferred on four Riverside Grange candidates from Kittery. Seventy five members from sixteen granges attended with a supper before the session. Youth committee members Leonard Donovan and Shirley Donovan spoke on year projects and a January youth conference in Augusta.
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York Pomona Grange
Grange
Riverside Grange
Kittery
Charles DeHaven
Lebanon
Leonard
Shirley Donovan
New Gloucester
Ethelyn Perkins
Lorenzo
Saturday Evening Post News Stirs Merger Talk
New York AP report says Martin S. Ackerman president of the Saturday Evening Post Co. and Curtis Publishing Co. will announce today if the magazine will cease publication after rejecting an earlier buy offer. A news conference was planned with potential merger talks with Lin Broadcasting Corp. of Nashville Tennessee.
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NEW York
Saturday Evening Post Co
New York Times
the Times
Martin S. Ackerman
Post. Co
Curtis Publishing Co
Lin Broadcasting Corp
Nashville
Soviet Venus probe confirms torrid atmosphere
Mariner flew within 2,500 miles of Venus and confirmed Venus 4 findings that the planet has a torrid atmosphere.
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Mariner
Venus
Soviet TU144 makes second flight observed by reporters
Moscow reports the TU144 supersonic jetliner completed a second flight with climbs and dives. Pravda says the craft, resembling a bird, debuted Dec 31 and has not yet attempted supersonic speeds. Photographs were allowed. foreign correspondents were not invited.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Komsopeers Pravda
Vasily Peskov
Pravda
Market Opens Higher with Mixed Jones Gains
The stock market started Friday up with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising slightly while advances outweighed declines two to one. Early movers include American Motors up to 13, Chrysler 56, U S Steel 53, Dupont 158 7 8, Texaco 80, Itek down 1 1 2, Bethlehem 31 8, National Lead 70. Technicolor led the American Stock Exchange with a 1 2 rise to 36 5 as volume leader.
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NEW York
American Motors
Chrysler
U.S. Steel
Dupont
Texaco
Itek
Bethlehem Steel
National
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Technicolor
Aerojet
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas
Swarthmore confronts student takeover over Negro interests
At Swarthmore College the Afro American Student Society seized the administration building, demanding an independent African studies department and greater Black representation. Vice President Shane notes 60 Negro students among 1,025. officials say classes continue and no police were summoned. Brandeis offered amnesty to about 60 takeovers at its center, but was rejected.
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San Fernando
Swarthmore
Joseph B. Shane
Brandeis
Morris B. Abram
Universty
African Studies Department
Abram
Cleveland to remain US ambassador to NATO through May
Brussels AP reports Harlan Cleveland will stay as United States ambassador to NATO until May 1 at the request of President-elect Nixon. He has held the post since September 1965.
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Brussels
Harlan Cleveland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nixon
Biddeford Post And Unit Hold Joint Meeting
Robert MacFarland spoke on federal veterans benefits and the pension system at the Biddeford event held by the American Legion Post and Auxiliary. Royal Sheltra received a special citation. Adrien Lacourse joined as new member. 287 paid members reported. Also noted were dues collection efforts, a county convention update, and plans for a 50th anniversary celebration with events in Sanford Waterville and at Veterans Hospital Tagus.
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Robert MacFarland
Department
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
McFarland
Royal Sheltra
American Legion Inhis
Webber Hospital
Marcel Metayer
Sheltra
Fairfield
Legion
Waterville
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tagus
Blanche Keithley
Alice Goulet
Rose Soulard
Nellie Petit
Adrien L'Heureux
Maurice Dion
Camp Ellis Unit Food Sale Plans Tabled
The Campus Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary discussed tentative plans for a food and candy sale at a meeting last night at Mrs. Polly Penny's home in Camp Ellis. Reports were given by secretary uth Stackpole and treasurer Theresa Pendleton. a Vietnam letter from Thomas Dube was read. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Stackpole's Ferry Road home in Saco with Greta Greenier and Regina Kosta assisting.
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Polly Penny
Camp Ellis
Dorothy Abbott
Uth Stackpole
Theresa Pendleton
Thomas Dube
Vietnam
Sunshine Committee
Lillian Morris
Stackpole
Ferry Road
Saco
Greta Greenier
Regina Kosta
Laura Robbins
Pauline Clegg
Mary Pendleton
Connie Collard
Joanne Larochelle
Elinor Emerson
Saco Cub Scouts Plan Banquet and Activities
Saco Pack 328 plans a February 26 banquet at Trick Episcopal Church with Donald Handel as chairman. During Boy Scout Week February 7 to 13, Cubs will attend church services in uniform. The group outlined outings to Portsmouth Naval Yard, Kittery, Livy Knight Airport, Dunkin Donuts, Coca Cola Plant, Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Co, Cole Farm Dairy, Trolley Car Museum, Kennebunkport and a dental laboratory.
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Saco
Trick Episcopal Church
Donald Handel
Portsmouth Nav Yard
Kittery
Livy Knight
Dunkin Doughnuts
Coca Cola
South Portland
Humpty-Dumpty Potato Chip Co
Scarborough
Cole Farm Dairy
Trolley Car Museum
Kennebunkport
Den 3
Den 4
New England Briefs mixs bills and space notes in AP roundup
State Rep Shirley Merrill from Lebanon urges lowering the drinking age to 18 describing 21 as hypocrisy. Massachusetts House approves Kennedy memorial in House chamber. Tenean Beach pollution probe moves to committee. Senate/House discuss county bills and salaries. Senator Buchanan backs a state task force bill, Raiche questions passage amid arm twisting. Astronauts Aldrin Collins and Lovell noted with Gemini and Apollo links and family details.
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Associated Press
Concord
Shirley Merrill
Lebanon
Merrill
Boston
Massachusetts House
Robert H. Quinn
John F. Kennedy
House
Kennedy
William G. Robinson
Melrose
Tenean
Dorchester
Robinson
Senate
Public Service Committee
Committee of Counties
N.H
Greelyn S. Buchanan
Hearst
Walter Peterson
Buchanan
Robert Raiche
Gemini 12 space walk sets new record by Aldrin
Luna Armstrong, a native of Wapa kometa Ohio, notes Aldrin’s bold space walk on the Gemini 12 mission as a record setting feat. Armstrong mentions two sons ages 11 and 5 in relation to the historic event.
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Armstrong
Wapakometa
Ohio
Aldrin
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Edgar J. Allaire
Missionary Society
Join Sullivan
Wardwell Home Board
Tokyo
Defense Agency
U. S
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
Halifax
N. S
Bermuda
Ellsworth Coggins
Nova Scotia
Ers
A. A P
York Pomona Grange Officers Work Degree
Leonard Donovan
Augusta
Beans For Youth Project
Donald McKenna
Margaret Huckins
Wells Grange
Alice Brooks
Me Yr Grange
Kittery Grange
Saturday Evening Post Future Doubtful
Soviet
Neil Robitaille
Yarmouth
N.S
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