Cubbers Build Musical Instrument Theme Night
Old Orchard Beach Cub Scout Pack No. 324 sponsored by United Methodist Church met at Loranger School Cafeteria to present a program on Musical Instruments. Awards included Bear Badges to Jim Tarbox Sam Clemens Tom Blake and One Year Pins to Sam Clemens Craig Tarbox Scott Crown Shawn Tierney with additional recognitions for Tim Crown and others.
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Old Orchard Beach
United Methodist Church
Loranger School
Alan Hybers
Denner
Chris Smith
Mike Jenkins
Anthony Collins
Mike Doherty
Jim Tarbox
Sam Clemens
Tom Blake
Craig Tarbox
Scott Crown
Shawn Tierney
Den
Craig Tar
Webelos Pack Invites Public to Winter Carnival
Tim Drouin joins Webelos as the pack hosts a winter carnival at Old Orchard Beach School football field on Saturday at 12 30 p m Weather permitting activities include Snowball Throw Soccer Races Ski Relay Snow Sculpture and a Snowmobile ride
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Tim Drouin
Webelos
Old Orchard Beach
Retail Complex At Beach Breaks Ground In Milliken Street
Construction starts on a 160 by 50 foot two story building on Milliken Street to house five retail shops on the first floor and 10 apartments above. Leo Larochelle, developer, targets a summer opening. Portland firms William O. Armitage and bert Armitage design. R G Audet serves as chief contractor with Foss Plumbing Service of Saco. Fill from Judy Ann Stables supports a $200,000 project.
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Old Orchard Beach
Milliken Street
Leo Larochelle
Sect
William O
Bert Armitage
Portland
R.G. Audet
Foss Plumbing Service
Saco
Larochelle
Judy Ann Stables
Kerosene Reserve Gains Support From Oil Firms
Gov Curtis appeals for an emergency kerosene reserve as Getty Oil and Shell Oil contribute 20 000 and 6 000 gallons. Muskie says Maine will receive limited Canadian imports, easing heat fuel shortages until domestic supplies rebound. Cohen notes White House meeting produced no new action beyond the 120 day import suspension.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. J.curtis
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Canada
Nixon
New England
Col
Samuel S. Yeaton
Civil Defense Department
Getty Oil Co
Shell Oil Co
Civil Defense
Emilien A. Levesque
Curtis
Gulf
Chevron
Muskie
Washington
Oil Import Administration
William S. Cohen
White House
Cohen
Bad Check Passed At First National Store
Biddeford police report a bad check for 115 dollars and 80 cents passed Tuesday at the Biddeford Shopping Center First National Store. The investigation is ongoing, per department officials.
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Biddeford
First National
Qantac
Department
Westward Move by Lancaster Mennonites for Cheaper Land
Lancaster Mennonite families headed to Missouri seek cheaper farms as land prices in Pennsylvania soar. About 30 families have settled near central Missouri with a dozen more planning to move, led by Graffdale Conference members from eastern Lancaster County. A bishop says numbers won’t drop. Reuben L. Zimmerman aims for a 160 acre Missouri farm, calling it a land venture.
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Lancaster
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Graffdale Conference
Horse and Bugy Mennonites
Earl
East Earl
Brecknock
Lancaster County
Aaron
Mis
Weaverland Mennonite Conference
Berks County
Martin
Reuben Zimmerman
Vietnam War Toll and Costs Across the United States
The Pentagon cites 45 928 American KIA and over 300 000 wounded 1961 to 1972. South Vietnamese losses total 180 676 troops while 921 350 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed in the same period. Civilian casualties in South Vietnam reach 415 000 killed or wounded 1965 to 1972. The war cost U S taxpayers about 137 billion dollars with 2.6 million service members and 700 000 others in Southeast Asia. Refugees exceed 6 million in South Vietnam with further displacement in Laos Cambodia and North Vietnam. U.S. aircraft losses include 4900 helicopters and 3700 fixed wing planes. About 7.1 million tons of bombs and rockets were dropped in Indochina, triple World War II tonnage and ten times Korean War total.
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Pentagon
U.S. Senate Subcommittee On
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Edward Kennedy, D'Mass
Senate
Subcommittee On
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
United States
Indochina
Life For Blind Is Hard in Philadelphia
Walter McCormick, 63, blind since a lye attack, sells pencils in a cigar box and relies on a small pension plus welfare for his disabled son. The piece notes dwindling blind workshops nationwide, debates over welfare versus work, and argues for mandatory federal orders to blind labor programs while describing bleak wages and limited options for the blind.
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Philadelphia
Walter McCormick
McCormick
David LaCrosse
Philadelphia Workshop
New York City
Martin Strahs
Vietnam
LaCrosse
Lighthouse Workshop
New York
Strahs
la Crosse
George Majors
U.S. Office For the Blind
Alaska
California
South Carolina
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Ted Young
Harold Richterman
National Industries of the
Strahl
TV Comedian Flip Wilson Named In Paternity Suit
Los Angeles AP reports comedian Flip Wilson named in paternity case. Case continued to February after closed conference. Suit alleges Wilson fathered child Joseph born last May. court kept portions sealed to protect the child's privacy.
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Los Angeles
Flip Wilson
Aeudge
Harry App
Wilson
Mabel Robinson
Joseph
Hupp
Star’s mother arrested over heap of sand clash
Anne Hamilton Spalding mother of actor George Hamilton faces arres t on a charge of destroying a sand dune in front of her beachfront home in Palm Beach Florida. She is to be arraigned Friday in Municipal Court. The case echoes a December arrest of her gardener Lawrence Wilson for bulldozing a 2 foot dune to improve the ocean view. Spalding says she acted to protect her property and notes George Hamilton is abroad.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Anne Hamilton Spalding
George Hamilton
Spalding
Gardner
Lawrence Wilson
Wilson
Ts. Spaldin
Duplicate Bridge Event At Beach Seeks North American Team
A beach bridge club sponsored a January 22 1973 event at 8 15 p.m. to raise funds for North American representatives in an international world title competition. Dozens of similar games occurred across the U S and Canada on the same night with identical hands generated by computers. A tie for fifth place involved Robert Whelan and Alice Fecteau with Avis Briggs. Mr and Mrs Alden Twinning led top results.
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Seaatacute Bridge Club
Stars Car
North America
United States
Canada
Alden Twinning
Plese
Robert Whelan
Alice Fecteau
Avis Briggs
Three Minutes A Day
An 80-year-old Los Angeles woman tracked a pickpocket who targeted her purse after the thief feigned concern over a white spot on the dress. She linked other victims, enabling police to arrest the suspect weeks later, illustrating community aid in crime prevention.
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Los Angeles
Realty Notes On Saco Couple Purchase Ranch Home
Mr and Mrs Joseph Gonya of Saco bought a new ranch home on Rem Lane built by Twig and Turf Corp of Lyman. The sale was negotiated by Ed R Morin Real Estate Agency Biddeford and Sotir Agency with broker Jean R Lamb.
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Joseph Gonya
Saco
Rm . Lane Lyman
Twig and Turf Corp
Lyman Ioe
Dick Sotir
Lyman
Ed R. Morin
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Hawaii
Fred Clark
Brad Swanson
University of Maine At Orone
Honolulu
Cubbers
Youland’s
Youland
Kennebunk
U. S
Jackets & Coats
Suedes From
Star
Realty News
York County
Donald L. Chretien
St., Saco
Cyclone
Downeast Distributors
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