Firefighters Honor Longtime Biddeford Chief Arthur King
Firefighters from Biddeford and Maine communities gathered at Sansoucy Funeral Home and St Marys Church to pay respects to Fire Chief Arthur King who served with Biddeford since 1927 and led as chief from 1949. Mourners lined Main Street and Washington Street as Engine 5 carried the casket and bells rang at the Biddeford Fire Station. Chiefs from Lewiston Rumford Brunswick Rochester NH Arundel Scarborough Westbrook Saco Old Orchard Beach Portland South Portland Windham Sanford and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard joined the procession and services at St Marys Cemetery on Elm Street.
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Biddeford
Lewiston
Rumford
Brunswick
Rochester
N. H
Arundel
Scarborough
Westbrook
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Portland
South Portland
Windham
Sanford
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
King
St. Mary's Cemetery
Elm Street
Saco preps ordinance change on mobile home zoning
A possible revision to Saco's zoning rules may affect trailer locations in the C-1 Conservation District after a meeting among the Tremblays, Zoning Board, assessor, planning board, and city council. Mrs. Joan Tremblay had appealed a ruling denying a trailer on her land to York County Superior Court, claiming constitutional rights were violated. The outcome depends on the pending superior court case and the proposed meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
C-1 Conservation District
Joan Tremblay
York County Superior Court
Zoning Board
James Cartier
Tremblays
Assessor's Office
Planning Board
City Council
Superior Court
Baker Divorce Case Seeks Half of Earnings
Carroll Baker and husband Jack Garfein faced a divorce trial in Hollywood with Garfein claiming he promoted her career and seeks half of all past and future earnings and custody of their two children Blanch and Herschel. Baker filed a cross suit alleging cruelty. They separated two years ago.
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Associated Press Hollywood
Carroll Baker
Jack Garfein
Superior Court
William E. McFadden
Miss Baker
Garfein
Blanch
Herschel
EEOC Chairman Clifton Alexander to join Arnold and Porter
Washington AP Clifton L. Alexander, who resigned as EEOC chairman amid criticism of President Nixon, plans to join Arnold and Porter as a partner in Washington. He will resign from the commission upon joining. If confirmed, he will be the first Black partner at a major U.S. law firm. Alexander cites Nixon administration’s crippling lack of support as a major problem for the agency. Abe Fortas was previously a partner at the firm before his Supreme Court service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clifford L. Alexander
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Nixon
Arnold and Porter
Alexander
Commission
Caens
EEOC
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
LeMans Disaster Claims 83 Lives in Racing Tragedy
A historic LeMans crash sent a car into the stands after a collision, killing 83 spectators and shocking the racing world. Investigators probe track safety and official responses amid mourning crowds.
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LeMans
France
Funeral Directors Names and Addresses in Saco Maine
Funeral service firms in Saco Maine are listed with addresses and phone numbers including Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street and Dennett & Craig at 365 Main Street. Contacts Philip H. Gross Sr., Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy are noted as directors.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco, Maine
Card of Thanks and dental milestone note
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to Webber Hospital nurses and doctors for care and sympathy after a loss. Marshall E. Bean notes Van has 20 deciduous teeth and 32 permanent teeth.
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Webber Hospital
Wolfahrt
Johnston
Dr. Cuneo
Marshall E. Bean
Van
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Emma Arel of Biddeford
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Arel 66 Wentworth Street Biddeford were held at St Joseph Church Biddeford with Rev Sgt Vio Levesque celebrating a solemn requiem high mass assisted by Rev Joseph Carrier deacon and Rev Roger Bolduc sub deacon. Interment followed at St Joseph Cemetery bids. Bearers named include Myriah Caouette Armand Arel Ronald Henri Rene Lacroix Richard Lacroix and John Surran.
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Emma Arel
Wentworth St. Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Vio Levesque
Joseph Carrier
Roger Bolduc
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Levesque
Myriah Caouette
Armand Arel
Ronald Henri
Rene
Richard Lacroix
John Surran
Funeral Service Held for Bertha D Hight in Biddeford
Bertha D Hight of Thorndike Lane Fortunes Rocks Biddeford was held yesterday morning at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Biddeford Officiating was Rev Robert Rand minister of Foss Street United Methodist Church Biddeford who also offered prayers at the graveside in Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha D. Hight
Thorndike Lane
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Laco
Robert Rand
Foss Street United Methodist Church
Bid. Rd
Woodlawn Cemetery
Apollo 11 moon rocks mission draws closer to Earth return
NASA scientists at Houston and the Manned Spacecraft Center prepare to quarantine Apollo 11 astronauts after their moon mission. Seismology readings spark debate on moonquakes vs meteor impacts, while a 15-person medical team ensures astronauts’ health before reentry and lab analyses of lunar samples.
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Agency
Saturn
Columbia
Eagle
EMU
Lunar
Aldrin
Armstrong
Moon
Earth
Nixon
Joanin
Manned Spacecraft Center
ASA
Houston
Charles A. Berry
Biddeford Personal Notes Highlight Local Patients
Donald Poirier aged 94 at May Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Claire Campbell of 16 Person's Lane Biddeford has returned home after treatment at Mercy Hospital Portland. Seaman Apprentice Donald N Laflamme USN son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Laflamme of 474 Alfred Road Biddeford is serving in Vietnam with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven.
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Donald Poirier
May St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Claire Campbell
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Donald N. Laflamme
USN
Ralph Laflalame
Alfred Road
Vietnam
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven
American Legion Post Meets Tonight in Biddeford
Cous EWS Tighe Beaudoin Arley Post and members of the American Legion will meet tonight at 8 at the Post home on Elm Street in Biddeford.
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Tighe Beaudoin
Arley Post
American Legion
Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Bible Club members plan study and choir rehearsal
Members of the Junior Bible Club at Bible Baptist Church Ferry Road Saco will meet tomorrow night at 6:45 for Bible study and choir rehearsal.
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Junior Bible Club
The
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Royal Rangers and Missionettes Service Friday
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle in Old Orchard Beach will host a Friday service for boys and girls ages 12 to 17. The Assembly of God church sits at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street.
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Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly Evangelistic Service Friday
The Full Gospel Assembly will hold an evangelistic service Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Legion Hall Elm Street Biddeford.
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Full Gospel Assembly
Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls Meeting Friday Evening at Ly man Church
The Pioneer Girls will meet Friday at 6 30 p m in the Ly man Baptist Church Good wins Mills.
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Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ladies Prayer Meeting Friday at Lyman Parsonage
A Ladies Prayer meeting will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the parsonage of the Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills.
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Lyman Paotist Church
Goodwins Mills
Confraternity CCD Classes Scheduled at St Monica’s Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for students in grades five and younger will be held at St Monica's Church in Kennepunk on Saturday at 9 30 a m. Grades six through eight will meet on Friday directly after school.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Monica's Church
Kennel Punk
Kingdom Hall schedule in Saco for Friday evening programs
At 107 Main St Saco Kingdom Hall hosts a weekly Bible study at 7 30 p m followed by a Ministry Development Class at 8 35 p m per the community notices.
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco Istry School
Water Safety Classes For Children Start In Old Orchard Beach
The York County Chapter of the American Red Cross announces a two week water safety program for children in Old Orchard Beach. Starting Monday July 28, lessons run 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday through Friday at Ambassador Pool Ocean Park. No advance registration required. Children aged six or older may participate under the direction of Mrs Howard Shaffer.
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Old Orchard Beach
York County
American Red Cross
Ambassador Pool
Ocean Park
Howard Shaffer
Red Cross
Saco Adults Name Delegates to County Council
Delegates to the York County Council on Aging were elected at the Saco Adult Center meeting at Saco Trinity Episcopal Church. Doris Downing will be the delegate with Hester Hooper as alternate. The meeting included a box lunch, a piano gift acknowledgment, bus trip reminders, and plans for a social gathering at Lester Black’s home with a day-long event hosted by a hospitality committee.
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York County Council On Aging
Alfred
Saco Adult Center
Saco Trinity Episcopal Church
Cleveland Street
Doris Downing
Hester Hooper
Lester Black
Peter Caouette
Biddeford
Bessie Moulton
Ruth Scammon
Shertha Stranck
Annie Phillips
Aleen Kessler
North St
Saco
Black
Emily Keithley
Catherine Lennox
Arteline Daly
Lillian O’brien
Ambassador Shriver Holds First Call With Pompidou
Ambassador Sargent Shriver met French President Pompidou for a long friendly first call on the new French administration. He described the Wednesday discussion as a broad briefing on American relations and the general state of affairs in France.
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Paris
Sargent Shriver
aAmetas Damnidou
Shriver
Pompidou
Portland Weather Forecast Slightly Cloudy Tonight
Portland region sees partly cloudy skies tonight with lows in the 50s to 60s. Friday brings more clouds with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and little change to temperatures.
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Portland
Get Together For Masons Set At Beach
A Masonic get-together for Masons from Canada Ocean Park and vicinity will be held Friday July 31 at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue. A buffet supper will start at 6 30 p.m. Reservations by July 29 with H B Fohlin at the Ocean Park Gift Shop.
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Canada
Ocean Park and
Viciity
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Robert Corliss
H. B. Fohlin
Ocean Park
Temple Avenue
Seaside Avenue
Fohlin
C. S. Bacon
Albert Denio
Robert Frazier
Orchard Lodge
A.F
A.M
Old Orchard Beach
Lawn Party Plans by Chagnon Group
Chagnon Group outlines annual la party for Aug 9 during council meeting at Adams Biddeford hall. Event on club grounds includes 6 pm supper and dancing to Muriel's Orchestra. reservations via hall or club officers. Treasurers Piette and Kretien presented report. trustees' report by Ernest Lapointe. roof repairs authorized. Richard Charbonneau won attendance prize.
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Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Bae
Adams Biddeford
Muriel
Henry Piette
Leo Kretien
House Committee
Ernest Lapointe
Club
Richard Charbonneau
Stock Market Opens Mixed as Gains Edge Losses
New York stocks opened with a slight upside tone as gains led by Hausaille Industries, Chrysler and Gillette mixed with declines in North American Rockwell and Parke Davis. The Dow fell 6.07 to 827.95, a new yearly low, while the AP 60-stock average slid 2.2 to 294.1 amid mixed prices on the American exchange.
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NEW York
Hausaille Industries
New York Stock Exchange
Chrysler
Great Western Financial
Parke, Davis
Rockwell
Gillette
Dow Jones
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Alamera
Cinerama
Falcon Seaboard
Brezhnev and Podgorny Return From Poland Anniversary
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and President Nikolai Podgorny returned to Moscow after a trip to Warsaw to observe the 25th anniversary of Poland's communist regime. The leaders attended ceremonies in the Polish capital marking the milestone.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Warsaw
Brezhnev
Podgorny
Poland
Kennebunkport Playhouse to Open This Summer
Disappointed locals and Cape Elizabeth enthusiasts revive Kennebunkport area theatre. Downcast Players open July 29 at 8 30 p m with Oklahoma and rotating acts for four weeks led by Weymouth Crocker. Stars Diane Vega Snow and Jay McAuliffe join the company. tickets 3 to 4 dollars at local venues.
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Cape Elizabeth
Kennebunkport
Kennebunks
Millicent Monks
Jim Dobbins
Kennebunkport County Playhouse
Oklahoma
Diane Vega Snow
Boston
Jay McAuliffe
New Jersey
Weymouth Crocker
Downeasters
Kenne County Playhouse
Griston Shawmut Inn
Narraganset
Pine Cone Motel
Richard Spitz Jr Named To Managerial Position
Richard Spitz Jr son of Atty Richard Spitz and Mrs of Granite Point Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Maine is named manager of Obrig Laboratories new Washington DC sales and service branch He has served since 1967 as Obrig rep in DC area and earlier with Doyle Denmark Corp In his new post he oversees sales consultation and service with on the spot adjustments and express lens orders He rose to top regional status within two years earning national, state and district awards and will direct sales public relations and displays across a four state area
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Sarasota, Fla
Obrig Laboratories Inc
Richard Spitz Jr
Atty
Richard Spitz
Granite Point
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Maine
Obrig
Washington, D.C
Obrig Laboratories
Spitz
Newark
N.J
Doyle Denmark Corp
Washington, D. C
Express
Masonic Building Rebuild Under Way on Main Street
Lawrence Staples and Raymond Allie, buyers of the five story Masonic building on Main Street Biddeford, began reconstruction this week. Allie, the contractor, plans to rebuild the entire structure except for a small portion to be torn down for expansion of the Biddeford Savings Bank. Future occupants are not yet known. The top floor was gutted by a December 1968 fire.
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Laurence Staples
Raymond Allie
Main Street
Biddeford
Allie
Biddeford Savings Bank
Saco Girl Hurt In Backing Accident
Thirteen month-old Patricia St Onge escaped serious injury when struck by a car backing from the driveway at 31 Wood Ave Saco. Dorothy R Guay of Hills Beach Biddeford drove the car. the child was checked at Webber Hospital Biddeford and held for observation.
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Patricia St. Onge
Wood Ave
Saco
Dorothy R. Guay
Hills Beach
Biddeford
Guay
Roland J. Onge
Webber Hospital
U S Ambassador Presents Credentials in Mexico City
U S Ambassador Henry McBride presented his credentials to Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and declared no major political problems exist between the United States and Mexico. Diaz Ordaz called Mexican American relations in excellent state during the news conference after the ceremony.
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Mexico City
U.S
Henry McBride
G Vo Diaz Ordaz
McBride
Grenade hits Manila U S supply compound during Nixon visit
A grenade fired from a moving vehicle exploded inside a U S military supply compound in Manila. It was the third blast around U S property in 24 hours, heightening security worries during President Nixon's weekend visit. A U S official said officials are concerned though not alarmed.
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Associated Press
Manila
U.S
Nixon
Vatican encyclical rule stands firm on birth control
Vatican official says Pope Paul VI will not revise Humanae Vitae and successors remain bound by it. Fr Ermenegildo Lio argues dissenters are not worthy church members. The Osservatore Romano column marks the encyclical anniversary amid renewed controversy. In Indonesia, Fakfak regency delegates decide the territory should stay with Indonesia under the act of free choice.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Ermenegildo Lio
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican
Father Lio
Congregation of the Faith
Holy Office
Father Lie
Jakarta
Indonesia
West Irian
Home Affairs Ministry
Fakfak
Indonesian Government Officials Reach Agreement
Indonesian government officials said a breakthrough was achieved in talks with foreign partners. The statement outlined a framework for cooperation and noted progress on key economic and security issues. Neither side disclosed specific concessions or date of any formal accord.
Mexico city airliner crash kills 79 including Osuna
The Mexican Communications and Transportation Ministry reports human error caused the June 4 crash near Monterrey. The plane was landing too fast and steep, outside the authorized instrument approach, and struck a mountain in bad weather, killing all 79 aboard including tennis star Rafael Osuna.
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Mexico City
Rafael Osuna
Mexican Communications and Transportation Ministry
Monterrey
Social Democrats stay in Kiesinger coalition in Germany
West Germany's Social Democratic party will remain in Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger's coalition until national elections on September 28 to avoid a minority government. Socialist leaders say the party will hold the Christian Democrats responsible for economic stability and growth. The cabinet, dominated by the Christian Democrats, rejected proposals by Socialist Economics Minister Karl Schiller to restrain the current economic boom.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Social Democratic Party
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kiesinger
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Karl Schiller
Apollo 11 Moon Mission Returns Home
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Apollo 11 moon expedition races toward home amid a historic welcome for returning heroes aboard USS Arlington AP President Nixon, convinced the moon mission lifted global spirits, travels to witness the astronauts’ return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Space Center
Houston
Uss
Arlington
Nixon
Edward Ye Auto Crash Probe Not Nearing End
Ed ward Ye investigation into a car crash in Edgartown Mass remains far from completion according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. In Washington AP reports indicate Senate colleagues show unusual restraint about the life of a woman in the senator's car during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
Mass
Edward M. Ye
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Isor
Washington
Democratic leaders push plan for surtax extension bill
Democratic leaders are reworking a plan to extend the surtax, aiming for quick action on the measure. The move reflects urgency to finalize legislation amid ongoing negotiations and potential political risks for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tax Increase At Old Orchard From 49 Per Thousand
Old Orchard sees a tax rate of 49 per thousand based on 40 percent valuation up from last year. Chief Assessor Jerome G. Plante notes a 9.46 percent annual rate growth over eight years and a 15 percent budget rise to about 1.31 million. Building boom lifted valuations by 44 percent to 13.4 million, boosting assessments by 564000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome G. Plante
Plante
Biddeford
Saco
Tax reformers target tax avoidance by the wealthy
Washington officials report that House reformers drafted a provision to block billionaires from escaping income taxes via tax free investments or special loss and deduction allowances.
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Washington
House
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