Motels Brace for Holiday Weekend In Busy Coastal Area
The Sleepy Hollow Motel in Biddeford and the Oak Ledge in Saco report strong bookings as Labour Day nears. Americana Mount Royal and Regency motels in Old Orchard Beach, with Canadian and New York clients, also see high occupancy and continued demand through the coming holidays. The Royal Anchor Motel near East Grand Avenue reports ongoing fill.
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Bill Casavant
Sleepy Hollow
Route 1
Biddeford
Arnold Calderwood
Calderwood
New England
Oak Ledge
Saco
Laurette
Gerard Vermette
Atlantic States
First and
Heath Streets
Old Orchard Beach
Sidney Sclare
West Grand Ave
Sclares
New York
Connecticut
Mount Royal
Regency
Royal Anchor Motor Lodge
East Grand Avenue
Montreal
New Jersey
North Vietnam to release three POWs on Independence Day
North Vietnam announced it will release three American prisoners to honor American Independence Day and will allow other POWs to receive gifts from families as the Nixon administration weighs signs of reduced combat and infiltration. AFL-CIO accuses the Defense Department of acting as a massive scab by endorsing a labor boycott of California table grapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Garcons
North Vietnam
Washington
Afl-Cio
Defense Department
California
Nationalists Raid Red Supply Boats
Nationalist Chinese commandos sank two Red Chinese supply boats and one gunboat and damaged another gunboat in a raid on a Communist naval base on the Min River Fukien Province. The Sea Guerrilla Force of the Anti-Communist National Salvation Corps conducted the operation and returned to base safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Min River
Fukien
National Salvation Corps
Central
Formosa Strait
Officials Move To Close After Hours Club In Old Orchard Beach
Town officials act on residents complaints about The Speak Easy on Lawn Avenue run by Eugene Pecararo in a Donald Briggs building near Central Park Avenue. The club operates without an occupancy permit and violates zoning rules, starting around midnight and ending near 4 a.m. Residents say action is slow but likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Houston
Old Orchard Beach
Lawn Avenue
Speak Easy
Eugene Pecararo
Westbrook
Donald Briggs
Central Park Avenue
Briggs
International Trio From Australia Visits The Beach
Three Irish Australian sisters living in Montreal Doreen 28 Margot 20 and Mary Blood 23 visit Ocean House Old Orchard Beach for a week after learning of the town from a Montreal paper They drove from Canada with friends Mr and Mrs Charles Headland The sisters plan to travel the United States and Europe before returning to Australia They work as a secretary typist and medical secretary and enjoy tennis swimming and squash The piece notes warm water in Australia and praises Ocean House hosts Mr and Mrs Alfred Paul
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grampa
Ireland
Daddy
Montreal
Old Orchard Beach
Margot
Mary
Doreen Blood
Ocean House
Springbank
Australia
Peg Hendrick
Doreen
Mary Blood
Canada
Charles Headland
Melbourne
America
States
Europe
Old Orchard
Alfred Paul
Ballarat
Sacred Heart College
Montreal General Hospital
Petition to amend Biddeford mobile home zoning presented
Mrs. William Hutchins presented a 250 signer petition to the Biddeford planning board seeking to amend zoning to allow mobile homes in the RF zone. The plan would align mobile home rules with single family dwellings and require standard city and state codes, with the board to decide within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford City Hall
William Hutchins
Biddeford
R. F
Seem
Planning Board
Carmen D'Amico
Biddeford City
Gunfire Rattles Santo Domingo During Rockefeller Visit
Prolonged machine gun fire echoed through downtown Santo Domingo as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller began talks with Dominican leaders. Unknown groups reportedly fired on patrols. no casualties reported. Streets were empty and security tight as Rockefeller headed to Kingston to continue Latin America tour.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Nixon
Professional Boxing Set at Central in Biddeford
Promoter Al Lampron announced a weekly boxing card at the Central Theatre Biddeford with five bouts each Wednesday at 8 30 p m The first show will open July 9 seating exceeds 1200 with six rows removed General admission 3 ringside 5 Tickets on sale at the Varsity Club Central Theatre Men s Laco and Wishin We Lounge Local Maine fighters and top Canadian contenders expected in main event and undercard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree State Sport Enterprise
al Lampron
Central Theatre
Biddeford
Varsity Club
Laco
Wishin We
Old Orcha Beach
Rcard
Maine
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Ferry Beach
Camp Ellis
Stieg
Perreault
Saco River
Camp Ellis Fire Barn
Majestic Flower Shop
Hill Street
FBI
Nucleau Insurance Agency Inc
Carroll
Main ST
South
Hanoi
After Hours Club
George Washington Avenue
Rockefeller
Raymond Noiseux
Richard Sweeney
Henry Tartre
American Discount
Main Street
G.E
Whirlpool
The
B. F. Emery Company
B. F. Emery CO
Biddeford, Maine
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