Obituaries from January 1975 include Buchanan infant burial and multiple memorials
Diana Lynn Buchanan infant daughter of John and Sandra Reed Buchanan died January 25 in a Portland hospital. She was born January 12, 1975 in Portland. Survivors include her parents two brothers and grandparents. Funeral services will be private at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Additional notices report Irmgard Romeike 69 of Buxton. Ruth Mary LeFebvre 73 of Catskill. Joshua Green 105 in Seattle. Very Rev William A Donaghy 65 in Worcester. Frank M McHale 84 in Miami. Emil Rieve 83 in New York, with brief biographical details and funeral arrangements.
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Diana Lynn Buchanan
John
Sandra
Reed) Buchanan
Portland
Robert J.C Buchanan III
John Edward Buchanan
Saco
Robert J.C. Buchanan Sr
Carlos Gadd
Streetsboro
Ohio
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Buxton
Irmgard Romeike
Omeike
Berlin
Germany
Karl
Kiara Hannon
Friedrich Romeike
Germain
Erika) Binette
Biddeford
Klaus Romeike
Beach Street
Emond and
Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
American Red Cross
Worcester
Mass
William A. Donaghy
Holy Cross College
Father Donaghy
Ang
New Bedford
America
Holy Cross
St. Joseph's Chapel
Community events and meetings across Maine calendar
Veterans counselor Harold M. Sanborn will be at the Civil Defense Office in Saco on Tuesday morning offering free state and federal benefits help to veterans dependents and widows. Other listings include VFW and Knights of Columbus meetings in Old Orchard Beach Biddeford and Kennebunk, a Sweetser Lecture in Saco, a Kennebunkport Historical Society talk, a Thornton Academy spaghetti supper, a Maine Lobstermen's Association meeting against IRS actions, a Wells Beach church dedication, Arundel senior club gathering, Lyman assessors session, Kennebunk newcomers fashion show planning, Yankee Belles meeting in Kennebunkport, Ogunquit senior social schedule, and a Maine Yankee nuclear plant shutdown affecting electric bills in spring with replacement power costs to be borne by consumers.
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Harold M. Sanborn
Civil Defense Office
Cutts Ave
Saco
State of Maine
Bureau of Veterans Services
VFW
Old Orchard Beach
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Atlantic Avenue
Knights OF Columbus
Historical Society
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
IRS
Holiday Inn
Ellsworth
Wells Beach
The
Baptist Church
Route 9A
Arundel
Mildred Day School
Lyman Assessors
LYMAN
Board of Assessors
Newcomers Club
Polly Weatherbee
Constitution Road
Yankee Belles
Wiscasset
Maine Yankee
John Randazza
Central Maine Power
New England
Lebanon seeks three month moratorium on raids from south Lebanon
Beirut reports the Lebanese government seeks a three month pause on Palestinian raids into Israel from south Lebanon and asks Libya for French missiles to defend against air attacks. Al Shaab also notes Arafat ordered guerrillas from populated areas in south Lebanon within 15 days as Arab defense ministers plan a Cairo conference on Feb 5.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Israel
Lebanon
Libya
Beirut
al Shaab
al Bayrak
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Cairo
United States withdraws from world bridge tourney over cheating row
The United States team planned to withdraw amid accusations Italy players Gianfranco Facchini and Sergio Zucchelli used foot signals. After an appeals committee disciplinary reprimand, Italy and US faced postponed matches, with Italy threatening to quit if suspensions occurred. The scandal follows a prior 1960s cheating episode involving Reese and Schapiro.
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Southampton
Bermuda
United States
World Bridge Federation
Gianfranco Facchini
Sergio Zucchelli
Italy
U.S
Facchini
Zucchelli
Buenos Aires
Terence Reese
Boris Schapiro
Bridge Federation
Reese
Schapiro
OPEC to Confer With Oil Users in Algiers
OPEC ministers from 13 member nations agreed to meet with customer countries and plan a summit within four to six weeks to unify their position. A communique indicated readiness for an international dialogue on raw materials and development, opposing a US restricted focus on the oil crisis.
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Algiers
Oil, Finance and Foreign
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
France
United States
Paris
Firefighters Busy at Beach in 1974
OLD ORCHARD BEACH firefighters reported 343 calls in 1974. Brush and dump fires led with 30 each, followed by 27 grass fires and 28 structural blazes. Auto accidents brought crews 21 times, 26 false alarms, 29 public service calls, and 24 gasoline spills cleaned. Two civilians and two department employees injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
SAD 71 Board Meets Tonight
Members of the SAD 71 School Board meet at 7 30 pm at the Consolidated School to review the finance committee’s budget report and committee updates. The finance panel needs another meeting this week before public recommendations. The session covers bids for the annual report printing, teaching staff appointments, and SAD 71’s CETA participation.
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Kennebunkport
SAD 71
Finance
Sanford Mills Store Fire Investigated
Arson is suspected in a weekend fire that destroyed the Sanford Mills Store in Sanford. Police found evidence of a robbery attempt and a small safe missing. Fire crews battled the blaze about 11:30 Saturday night for two hours. damage estimated at 00,000. The manager said no money was in the safe. Weekend Maine accidents claimed four lives on roads, and a New Hampshire crash killed another resident. A five week old Madison boy died in a head on collision in Anson.
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Sanford (Ap
Sanford Mills
Maine
New Hampshire
Madison
Anson
Weather Summary for Portland and Vicinity
Fair and cold with subfreezing lows near Portland tonight. North at Port ranges from 15 below to 15 above near the coast. Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness with highs in the teens to low 20s. Winds shift from eastport to Merrimack River Westerly 5 to 15 knots tonight, backing to southerly Tuesday. Visibility exceeds five miles and seas stay at two feet or less tonight.
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Portland
Eastport
Merrimack River
Ford tax cut under House scrutiny as hearings resume
Washington AP President Ford faces renewed Senate Ways and Means scrutiny as hearings resume on his 16 billion tax cut amid opposition to the anti recession package. The panel paused last week to vote a 90 day postponement of Ford's 3 tax on oil imports, tied to a 36 billion increase in Treasury borrowing. The House vote could come late this week or early next. Senator Henry M Jackson questioned rebates, criticizing the distribution as inequitable. Births reported in Portsmouth New Hampshire Sha Michael Berger born Jan 20 to Mr and Mrs Richard Bergeron.
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Washington
Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Portsmouth
N.H
Richard Berger
Hampton
Sha Michael
Portsmouth Hospital
M Bergeron
Ca Bailey
Mater
NM George Bailey
North Harton
Gra
M Roderique Bergeron
St., Saco
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Diana Buchanan
Ruth M. LeFebvre
Joshua Green
Seattle
Northwest Banking
la Conner Trading and Transportation Co
Puget Sound Navigation Co
People’s National Bank
Frank M. McHale
Miami, Fla
Indiana
Southern Indiana Railway
Florida
Emil Rieve
New York
Textile Workers Union of America
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Masonic Lodge No. 9
F. and
A.M. of
Lawrence Jordan
G. Patrick Shaw
Gary D. Gross
Dick Danforth
Luke E. Hart
Ogunquit
CMP
George Michael
the Lace Middle School
Buxton Road
Michael
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Tel
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Sansoucy — Blais
Stone St
R. Martel
Nicc Department
Maine Medical Center
Bruce Keidan
Philadelphia Inquirer
Keidan
Indonesia
Brazil
PEC
Algeria
Ecuador
Gabon
Iran
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Kuwait
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Venezuela
Sanford
Vic’s Appliance Center
York County
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