Forcier Seeks Western Maine Bowling Crown At 20th Century Lanes
Forcier meets champion Huot in a title match at 5 pm on Saturday at the 20th Century Lanes. The southpaw Forcier aims to upset the veteran Huot as fans raise funds for Biddeford Little Minor League baseball. Dick Lajeunesse to referee the match.
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Jerry Forcier
Maine
Forcier
Floyd Beckwith
al St. Clair
Don Patchell
Huot
Biddeford
Dick Lajeunesse
Patterson Liston rematch may go to court before ring
Patterson asserts right to name date site and promoter for the Liston rematch, slated for April 4 in Miami Beach under Championship Sports Inc. Liston and his adviser oppose the terms, raising the threat of a courtroom dispute over the bout.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
Patterson
Miami Beach
Championship Sports, Inc
Liston
Julius November
Jack Nilon
Chicago
November
Sonny
Nilon
Bruins Rookie Ed Johnston Shuts Down Chicago in 5 4 Win
Boston rookie goalie Ed Johnston stopped 33 shots including late robbing moves as the Bruins beat Chicago 5 to 4. Tommy Williams earned $500 after scoring his 15th goal of the season, while Little Guy Gendron added two tallies and Bob Leiter scored before Boston forged a 5 4 win.
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Boston
Tommy Williams
Boston Bruins
Ed Johnston
National Hockey League
Chicago
Decidin
Milt Schmidt
Phil Watson
Schmidt
Lanky Johnston
Bruins
Red Hay
Bobby Hull
Williams
1Uth
Minn
Guy Gendron
Bob Leiter
Eddie Westfall
Blackhawk
Wells Junior High Opens Season With Victory Over Frisbee School
The Wells Junior High basketball team won 33 to 30 against Frisbee School of Kittery in the new Wells gym. James Littlefield of Wells led scorers with 15 points.
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Wells
Frisbee School
Kittery
James Littlefield
Bruins Rally Past Blackhawks In Thriller
Boston 5 Chicago 4 in a late surge with Detroit 3 Montreal 2. Saturday schedule features Boston at Montreal Detroit at Toronto New York at Chicago.
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Associated Press
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Montreal
Toronto
New York
Blarney Air In Canned Form At Emmetsburg Parade
In Emmetsburg Iowa the Chamber of Commerce plans its St Patrick’s Day event and a joke claims blarney is being sold in orange juice cans wrapped in green and white bunting. The first shipment includes a can labeled President Kennedy O Kennedy though officials may be joking. The blarney they are selling is simply air.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy
O’kennedy
Chamber
Speed Skating Weekend Planned by St Louis Club
The St Louis Skating club sponsors a weekend of speed skating at the St Louis rink in Biddeford with races starting at 2:30 daily. Saturday features Pee Wee skaters under 11 while Sunday includes four men and boy divisions and two girl divisions. The highlight is the men's one mile race on Sunday as entrants near 100 entries for the two days.
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St. Louis
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Accepts Shirley Wilder Member
Camp Ellis Firemen's auxiliary held a meeting at the station. Shirley Wilder was welcomed as a new member. Ruby Bouchard's membership was nominated for vote at the next meeting. Plans for a Valentine supper on February 14 with husbands as guests were discussed.
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Shirley Wilder
Camp Ellis
Ruby Bouchard
Ruth Cote
Mabel Cloudman
Ruth Stackpole
Sunshine
Lillian Morris
Laura Robbins
Willard Eastman
Eastman
Belle Cote
Webber Hospital
Robbins
Sunshine Fund
Cloudman
Betty Cote
Christine Peterson
Judy Gagne
Pauline Cloutier
Susan Gagnon
Leona Allen
Carol St. Ours
Betty Worthing
Marjorie Pendleton
Greta Greenier
Lillian Gagnon
Cynthia Lemay
Two Cars Damaged In Saco Collision
A two car mishap at the Main and Storer streets intersection in Saco yesterday caused $70 in damage. Christine W. Luccas of Buxton Road drove east on Main and turned into Storer while Pauline E. Lavigne of 170 Lewis Avenue backed from a parking space. Luccas sustained $60 damage and Lavigne $10.
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Main
Storer Streets
Saco
Christine W. Lucas
Buxton Road
Main Street
Storer Street
Pauline E. Lavigne
Lewis Avenue
Lucas
Lavigne
Longest Big Ten scoring play hinges on Woodson pick six
Marv Woodson of Indiana intercepted a Purdue pass and returned 192 yards for a decisive scoring play, the longest in the conference last season.
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Big Ten
Marv Woodson
Indiana
Purdue
Ski Conditions Report From New England and New Hampshire
New England and New Hampshire ski reports note packed powder across multiple resorts including Bald Mountain Rangeley Mt Moses and Saddleback Rangeley with upper runs good to excellent. Vermont and nearby slopes show varied conditions with many spots featuring packed powder and some bare or thin sections across Jay Peak Sugarbush Stowe Smugglers Notch and Mount Sunapee.
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Boston
New England In Council
Maine
Bald Mt
Rangeley
Mt. Abram
Locke Milles
Pleasant Mt
Bridgton
Saddleback
Kingfield
Bethel
New Hampshire
Black Mt
Jackson
Cannon Mt
Franconia
Cranmore
N. Conway
Intervale
King Pine
E. Madison
Mittersill
Mt. Whittier
W. Ossipee
Waterville Valley
Wildcat
Pinkham Notch
Gunstock
Belknap
Laconia
Brookline
Dartmouth
Lyme
King Ridge
New London
Moose Mt
Brookfield
Mount Sunapee
Newbury
Pats Peak
Henniker
Pinnacle Mt
Keene
Snowcrest
Lebanon
Temple Mt
Temple
Milford
Peterborough
Vermont
Burke Mt
E. Burke
Jay Peak
N. Troy
Mad River
Waitsfield
Middlebury
Stowe
Notch
Jeffersonville
Sugarbush
Warren
Big Bromley
Manchester
Burrington Hill
Whitingham
Carinthia
W. Dover
Bennington
Tax letter delays stall 1941 claim for compensation
An IRS spokesman stated that Miss Hobeck’s August 1941 income tax letter had not reached proper channels and thus is ineligible for compensation. The lease will be assigned for review and examination as part of the procedure.
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IRS
County Pomona Grange Confers Degrees
Eight candidates received degrees at the January York county Pomona Grange session held last night at Mousam Lake Grange hall. New members hail from Waterboro Goodwins Mills Barney Beg Riverside Mousam Lake and Elm Brook Granges.
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York County
Pomona Grange
Mousam Lake
Waterboro
Goodwins Mills
Barney Beg
Riverside
Elmbrook Granges
Edward Ross
Pomona
Lewiston
Evelyn Adams
Augusta
June Burke
Lebanon
Riverside Grange Hall
Maurice Shibles
Pearl Grant
Saco
Grace Meserve
Buxton Grange
Buxtonollis Hospital
Edward Lafferty
Mousam Lake Grange
Harry Willis
John F. Hill Grange
Eliot
Margaret Thompson
Bau- Ineg Beg
Pearl Grant Saco
Lorraine Goodness
North Saco Grange
Glenn Fools Publicity Men On Mona Visit
Spaceman John H. Glenn Jr balked at a publicized Mona Lisa viewing plan at the National Gallery of Art. He slipped away before the 9 am admission and later was rumored to have gone to the Air Museum, drawing officials into questions about publicity and attendance. A note on IRS follows when a taxpayer reports irregularities.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Leonardo da Vinci
America
National Gallery of Art
Glenn
J. Carter Brown
Museum
Brown
Air Museum
Mona
Desert tourism blooms in the Middle East attracts record visitors
The piece surveys growing Middle East travel including Petra Baghdad Jerusalem and Nazareth as Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan and Israel push campaigns to lure tourists. It notes Jordan’s surge to 210000 visitors to Holy Land sites and Israel’s rising Christian pilgrimage and Israel’s 185000 expected visitors. It highlights Lebanon’s attractions but limited resort development.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Lawrence of Arabia
Jordan
Petra
Pyramids
Egypt
Palmyra
Rome
Middle East
Europe
Iraq
Babylon
Baghdad
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Israel
Bethlehem
Dead Sea
Hebron
Christ's Birthplace
Amman
Hussein
Nazareth
Byblos
Cedars
AMVETS Auxiliary To Sponsor Room
The Merton Ira Staples post AMVETS auxiliary met last night at the post home in Biddeford. President Mrs Simonne Grenier resigned. Mrs Ruth Nickerson will serve as acting president until March elections. The group plans to furnish a second room at the Sweetser Children's Home in Saco and donated to the National Memorial Fellowship Fund. Members enrolled in a medical self help program with Iddeford Civil Defense and dues were reminded for renewal.
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Merton Ira Staples
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Simonne Grenier
Ruth Nickerson
Sweetser Children’s
Saco
National Memorial Fellowship Fund
Ida Wolf
National Sergeant At Arms
Wisconsin
Iddeford Civil Defense
Maine contractor group gains new president
Fred I. Merrill was elected to succeed Paul D. McClellan as president of the Associated General Contractors of Maine at a meeting Thursday night in Augusta.
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Augusta
Portland
Associated General Contractors of Maine
Fred I. Merrill
Paul D. McClellan
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Wells Junior High
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