Deaths Mrs Eugenie Vir Biddeford
Mrs Eugenie Vir 86 of 17 Middle St Biddeford died Jan 18 after short illness Born in St Narcisse Quebec March 10 1885 daughter of Napoleon and Florida Gregoire educated there Worked at Pepperell Manufacturing Co a communicant of St Andre's Church Her husband David Vir died in 1969 Survived by one brother four sisters three step daughters one step son several step grandchildren nieces and nephews Funeral mass will be at St Andre's Church Saturday at 10 30 a.m. Interment in St Joseph Cemetery Friends may call Emond Funeral Home Biddeford this evening and Friday evening.
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Eugenie Vir
Middle St
Biddeford
St. Narcisse
Que
Napoleon and
Florida (Beland) Gregoire
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
St. Andre’s Church
David Vir
Survey Core Committee Starts Tally
Biddeford School Core Committee met at John F Kennedy School to review early survey results. More than 4 000 forms were available and 1 528 returned with 624 from parochial parents and 904 from public elementary parents.
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Robert Hodge
Biddeford
John F .Kennedy
Hodge
Dennis Plant
Riddeford
IBM Systems 3
Albert Carrier
West Point Pepperell
Thieu’s Daughter to Marry in Saigon Catholic Cathedral
President Nguyen Van Thieu plans a lavish Independence Palace reception on Friday after the wedding of his daughter Nguyen Thuan Anh, 18, to Nguyen Tan Trieu, 28, son of Air Vietnam’s director. The ceremony will be at Saigon’s Catholic cathedral with Archbishop Nguyen Van Binh presiding. The couple will study in the United States at the University of Pittsburgh after the wedding.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Nguyen Tan Trieu
Air Vietnam
Thieu
Nguyen Th Tuan Anh
Trieu
Nguyen van Binh
Tuan Anh
Tri
Card of Thanks for Amanda Jacques Boisvert
The family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for aid sympathy and beautiful floral tributes mass cards and cars for the funeral during their bereavement for Mrs Amanda Jacques Boisvert.
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Amanda Jacques Boisvert
Memorial service and burial for John Higgenbottom
John Higgenbottom age 66 of 133 Hill Street Biddeford will receive a Requiem Eucharist and burial at Christ Episcopal Church Crescent Street Biddeford Friday morning at 1 o clock with spring interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and evening 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Christ Episcopal Chapel. Arrangements by Dennett and Craig Funeral Home.
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Higgenbottom
John
Hill St
Biddeford
Christ Episcopal Church
Crescent St
Woodlawn
Christ Episcopal Chapel
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Funeral Directors Listed for Saco Maine Area
Funeral service listings for Shumway and Gross at 85 Spring Street Saco with 284 5611 Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine and Emond's Funeral Home at 264 5511 note Frank X Emond and J P Conroy among providers.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Maine
Tel
Emond’s
Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Philip H. Gross
Gary Gross
Biddeford
Portland Weather Forecast Teeters Between Rain and Snow
Rain possible in Portland with teens to near 30s in the north and into the 50s in the south. Friday mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers mainly in the far north and highs ranging from the upper 30s to low 50s.
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Portland
Maine Leaders React to Nixon Oil Decision
Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis and Senator Edmund Muskie welcomed Nixon’s suspension of home heating oil import controls for 120 days and higher quotas but criticized the timing. Curtis warned of price increases and urged state officials to coordinate petroleum supplies through Civil Defense Director Emilien Levesque while dealers with shortages contact him. Republican Rep. William Cohen said he would co sponsor legislation to abolish the oil import quota system and repeal the Connolly Act limiting state oil production.
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Portland
Maine
Nixon
Kenneth M. Curtis
Edmund S. Muskie
New England
New
Curtis
Emilien Levesque
Levesque
William S. Cohen
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Lewiston
Maine Atty Gen asked to rule on LURC land decisions
House leaders petition Maine Attorney General Jon Lund to review two conflicting LURC rulings made at the end of the Erwin administration. One says LURC has no power over Baxter State Park, while another says it does control the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
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Augusta
Jon Lund
Land Use Regulation Commission
LURC
Lund
House
John L. Martin
D-Eagle Lake
James S. Erwin
George C. West
LARC
Baxter State Park
Stephen A. Murray
Commission
Maine
Pete
Allagash
Aterway
Baxter Park
Erwin
State House
Martin
Maine Weighs Measles Threat Across Borders
Maine health officials warn of a possible measles outbreak with New Hampshire already in alert. In 1972 New Hampshire reported 859 cases, 67 percent in the last quarter, mostly affecting 6 to 9 year olds, as clinics expand statewide. Maine has 255 cases in 1972 and no cases yet this year. Cumberland and York counties were first hit before spread.
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Augusta
Maine
David P. Knorowski
Bureau of Health
New Hampshire
Heath
Knorowski
Cumberland
York
Newempeire
Eastern Star events outline community notices
Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will observe Sentinel Night at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Hall Main Street Saco with the Grand Sentinel of Maine and District One sentinels present Refreshments will be served Le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club sponsors a public bean supper Feb 3 from 5 to 7 p m at club rooms corner South and Elm Biddeford Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets tomorrow night at 7 30 at Odd Fellows Hall Alfred Street Biddeford
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Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Saco
Maine
District One
le Voltigeur Snowshoe Club
South
Elm Streets
Biddeford
Adah
Odd Fellows Hall
Alfred Street
Delta seeks dropping 18 New England cities from routes
Delta Air Lines asks the civil Aeronautics Board to drop 18 New England communities from its schedules due to insufficient facilities for its smallest jets. The list spans Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont and Connecticut. Delta notes continued service to select major cities after merging with Northeast Airlines.
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Delta
New England
Atlanta
Lebanon- White River
Northeast Airlines
Northeast
Delta-Northeast
Boston
Worcester
Springfield
Mass
Hartford
Red Sox Sign Cepeda For 1973 Season
Boston confirmed the veteran slugger Orlando Cepeda has signed a contract to play for the Red Sox in the 1973 season. The move adds a known power hitter to the roster as spring training opens.
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Red Sox
Cepeda
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Orlando Cepeda
Saco District Court lists multiple traffic and assault convictions
In Saco 10th District Court Judge Ralph H. Ross presided over cases including Edward H. O'Brien found innocent of DUI, Thomas J. Quinn guilty of speeding and dismissed for interfering with a fireman, Warren Huntington fined for speeding, and James Gates fined for stop sign and tires offenses. Additional filings include uninspected vehicles and dog ordinance violations, with other defendants convicted of traffic offenses and speeding violations, and Roger Elie fined for assault and battery.
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10Th District Court
Saco
Ralph H. Ross
Edward H. O’brien
Chepachet
R.L
Thomas J. Quinn
Lowell
Mass
Warren R. Huntington
Portland
Daniel A. Dubois
Ocean Park Road
R. Chase
Wells
William F. Stitphen Jr
Kennebunk
Edwin Berry
Kennebunkport
Glen Carlson
Ogunquit
Dale FP. Beatty
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Herman J. Tremblay
Main St
Biddeford
Daniel L. Paradis
Dyer St
Luanne Macomber
Park St
Bruce C. Rollins
Dover
N.H
Soldier Dies After Alleged Kicking at Ft. Dix
A Massachusetts private, John Ostergren, 22, collapsed during march at Ft. Dix and died of heart failure autopsy showed. A drill sergeant was accused of ordering soldiers to walk upon and ridicule him as he lay dying. Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman planned to meet with army officials to discuss the incident.
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FT. DIX
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Edwin D. Eshleman
Lancaster
Johnny Kreider
Lancaster New Era
Kreider
Pvt
John Ostergren
Norwood
Mass
Ider
Watson Army Hospital
Ostergren
Evening Times
Trenton
Eshleman
Note Left By Thieves For Camper Victim
Providence AP report says thieves ransacked Robert E. Scott's camper and left a note claiming they took only what they wanted and apologized for a broken window. They denied taking savings bonds and signed the message Local Hoods. Scott reported what items were stolen.
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Providence
Robert E. Scott
Scott
Color Television Stolen In Buxton
Saco police report a break in at a Buxton Road mobile home belonging to Mrs. Martha Clough. Thieves rifled every room but took only a $600 color television and a $6 clock. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon and an investigation continues.
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Saco
Buxton Road
Martha Clough
Giant 110 ton magnet yields field 36000 times Earth's
A superconducting magnet weighing 110 tons can generate a magnetic field 36 000 times stronger than the Earth's, showcasing remarkable science novelty and potential applications in research and industry.
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Earth
Man Wins Lottery Despite Breaks Leg at Celtics Game
Joseph T Bowen, 65, of Lynn won a state lottery million dollar drawing he could not attend due to a broken leg. The drawing occurred during halftime at the Boston Celtics game in Boston Garden, with his wife Josephine and family present. Other winners included Joseph Tozza of Winchester for 100000 and ten 10000 prizes to residents from Wareham to East Longmeadow.
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Boston
Joseph T. Bowen
Lynn
Josephine
Boston Garden
Rowan
Joseph Tozza
Winchester
Stanley Jackson
Wareham
Walter Coueen Jr
Alfred Salmon
Quincy
George W. Poulier
Amesbury
Edward C. Davis
Framingham
Edward J. Moore
East Longmeadow
Alphonse Chase
Mary R. Fernandez
Norton
Governor outlines minimal tax reform to aid Maine industry
The governor argues inventory tax hinders industrial and commercial growth and proposes replacing 15 million in annual lost revenue with 10.9 million from corporate tax adjustments 1.6 million from federal revenue sharing and remaining from increased state local revenue sharing. He calls his plan a modest start with eight options for lawmakers, including funding pupil transportation, eliminating the poll tax, aligning deductions with the IRS, exempting industrial machinery, tax credits for private school parents, and a 20 percent rent relief for seniors.
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Curtis
Maine
Internal Revenue Service
Scarborough Fire Destroys Unoccupied One Story House
A fire gutted an empty one story house on Dresser Road in Scarborough causing about 14000 dollars in damage. Deputy Chief Nason Snow said first alarm at 730 am triggered a second as firefighters from Scarborough Saco and Old Orchard Beach battled 40 firefighters and six trucks. The structure owned by Dr Ladd Hildenbrand and leased to Charles Collins was valued at about 10000 dollars with furnishings from the previous tenant estimated at 4000 dollars destroyed. Investigators planned to probe the fire likely caused by oil burners left burning to keep pipes from freezing. Collins noted the appliances were.
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Scarborough
Dresser Road
Nason Snow
Ladd Hildenbrand
South Portland
Charles Collins
Collins
Charles Acker
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford Board Considers Dropping Zoning Exceptions
Five residents attended a Biddeford Planning Board hearing on removing exceptions from the city zoning ordinance. Chairman Robert Collette said the board will urge the City Council to drop the exceptions and lift a recent moratorium. A public hearing on proposed changes is set for late February or early March.
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Biddeford
Collette
Bill would fine papers for altering letters to editor
Republican Rep. Richard B. Edwards of Stamford proposed a bill to impose a $500 fine on newspapers that edit or shorten letters to the editor without the author's permission. The measure seeks to protect an individual's right to full and accurate reporting of personal communications to media. The bill would require the guilty newspaper to publicly acknowledge the violation and print the letter in full.
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Hartford
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Wicellen
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Dix
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Webber Hospital
York County Medical Association
Jean Fontaine
Carlton Davis
Dianne Paquette
Robert F. Newcomb
York District
Kenneth Pinette
Peggy Wilson
Thomas Anton
Conner Moore
Jean Adams
Ari Nadeau
Buxton
Michael Spath
Planning Board
Woody Hayes
York County Savings Bank
Wagner & Son
MET
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