Death of Biddeford resident John T. Sullivan at 55
John T. Sullivan 55 of 137 South St Biddeford died unexpectedly at home after a life rooted in Biddeford and community service. Born August 27 1917 he owned Sullivan's American Service Station and was a St Mary Church communicant and Knights of Columbus member. Funeral slated Saturday at St Mary Church with calling hours Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Sullivan
South St
Biddeford
Timothy and
Delia (Twomey) Sullivan
Cheverus High School
Portland
Sullivan
Elm Street
St. Mary Church
Lake E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus of
Delia Sullivan
Edward M
Rita) Reilly
Harry Sullivan
Saco
St. Mary Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Notable Early Journalists and Writers Die Across U S
An AP obituary roundup notes Luke Greene 56 former Atlanta Journal editor and TV community affairs director, Ruth McKenney 60 author of My Sister Eileen and Wonderful Town, Lee Anderson 76 poet and educator, and Joseph Pulitzer McCarthy 58 former New York Journal American news editor, all dying in recent days in Atlanta New York Potosi and St Simons Island with brief illness or long illness cited.
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Atlanta, Ga
Luke Greene
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Greene
The
Atlanta Constitution
West Point News
Chattahoochee Valley Times
New York
Ruth McKenney
Eileen
Town
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
ST. Simons Island, Ga
Joseph Pulitzer McCarthy
Chicago
New York Journal American
Descoteaux Rejoins Biddeford High School Hoop Charge
Arthur Descoteaux, former Biddeford High School head basketball coach, will resume the Tigers job after resigning as varsity baseball coach to comply with district policy. He previously coached 1951 to 1970 with seven of nine teams reaching the Western Maine Class A finals. He must resign as St Francis College freshman coach to take the Biddeford post.
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Arthur Descoteaux
Biddeford High School
Andrew C. Frechette
Descoteaux
Biddeford
Tigers
Weather report for Portland and Maine
Tonight and Friday forecast for Portland and Maine calls for fair conditions with lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. Winds from Eastport to Merrimack River North to northwest at 5 to 150 knots through Friday, with visibility above five miles and continued fair skies.
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Portland
Eastport
Merrimack River
Maine
Choir Rehearsals Stated for Local Churches
Members of the Senior Choir at Saco United Church plan rehearsal tomorrow night at 7 30. The Ogunguit Baptist Church Youth Fellowship rooms on Kore Road open Thursday evenings at 7 30 for junior and senior high youths. Bid geford Foss Street United Methodist Church holds junior choir at 6 30 and senior choir at 7 30 tomorrow. The Youth Choir of Saco United Methodist Church at School and Middle streets will rehearse Friday at 3 15.
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Saco United Church
Ogunguit Baptist Church
Kore Road
Bidgeford Foss Street United Methodist Church
Saco United Methodist Church
School and
Middle Streets
Saco
Brook Case set for Aug 3 and 4 in York County court
Civil actions brought by Captain's Landing and Bruce Robertson Dick against residents of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport will be heard August 3 and 4 at 9 30 a m in York County Superior Court Alfred. They challenge the selectmen's denial of a wharfing out permit to extend pilings about 16 feet into the S Brook. Attorneys Graustein Emmons for Kennebunkport and Wusthoff for Kennebunk. Smith Elliot and Wood for Captain's Landing and Robertson Dick.
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunk River
Bruce Robertson-Dick
Kennebunk
York County Superior Court
Alfred
Selectmen
Robertson- Dick
S Brook
Attys
John Graustein
David Emmons
John Wusthoff
Smith, Elliot and Wood
Captain's Landing
Robertson-Dick
Local personals update from Biddeford and Saco residents
Mrs Yvonne Drouin of 98 Green St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Joyce Walker Leclair of Saco has returned from Bangor where she taught a two week dance workshop at Husson. Miss Merrisoy Millette of Biddeford vacationing two weeks with her aunt and uncle in Long Island N Y. She had been a guest of her maternal grandparents in Manchester N H for ten days. Mrs Norma Berry of 31 Scammon St Saco is a medical patient at Webber. Mrs Martha Beaudoin and Mrs Florence Lewis of Saco have returned from a visit to Prince Edward Island Canada. Mrs Beaudoin's sister Mrs Katie Coughlin accompanied them home and is visiting the Darrell Farnham family on Middle Street in Saco.
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Yvonne Drouin
Green St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Joyce Walker Leclair
Saco
Bangor
Husson College
Merrisoy Millette
Norman Millette
South St
Manuel Casas
Long Island
N.Y
Walter Pratt
Manchester
N.H
Norma Berry
Scammon St. Saco
Martha Beaudoin
Florence Lewis
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Biddeford Residents Injured In Accident
Two Biddeford residents were injured in a collision at Elm and Amherst streets. They were treated and released from Webber Hospital. Napoleon L. Nadeau and Francis Nadeau, both from Biddeford, sustained minor injuries. Joy Clark of Saco drove the other vehicle. The Nadeau car was struck from behind. police did not provide damage estimates. Paris (AP) reports the U.S. urged a cease fire in Vietnam.
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Elm
Amherst
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Napoleon L. Nadeau
Hill
Nadeau
Francis Nadeau
Hill St
Joy Clark
Ferry Lane
Saco
Funeral Homes in Saco Maine Directory Listing
Funeral directors Dennett and Cra Craig at 365 Main in Saco Maine Emond's Funeral Home at 284 and 5511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy Shumway and Gross Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco with contact numbers 284 5611.
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Dennett & Cra Craig
Mainee Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Saco Youth Treated At Hospital After Crash
Donald A. Perrault, 18, of Shadagee Road Saco, was treated at Webber Hospital in good condition for cuts and abrasions from a car motorcycle collision on Buxton Road in Saco yesterday. Cath Welch, 18, of Main Street Saco, drove the other vehicle.
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Donald A. Perrault
Shadagee Road
Saco
Webber Hospital
Hospita
Perrault
Cath Welch
Main St
Buxton
Kebek Motel Fire Tenders Respond To Flooded Oil Burner
Old Orchard Beach firefighters Engines 1 and 2 rushed to a flooded oil burner at the Kebek Motel on Walnut Street last night, according to a fire department spokesman. Saco police and firefighters also responded to a car fire on Main Street with damage about $1,000 to a vehicle owned by the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Bay View.
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Old Orchard Beach
Kebek
Walnut Street
Saco
Main Street
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Bay View
Intensive probe into Maine fish kills near hatchery
Augusta AP reports the Maine Fish and Game Department is conducting an intensive investigation after more than half of the brook trout at a Washington County hatchery were wiped out or rendered disabled. Spraying near blueberry fields on the same day is not confirmed as the direct cause, as officials analyze water and fish samples for insecticide residues and await pesticide board findings.
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State Board of Pesticides Control
War Casualties For The Week Announced
Saigon says American weekly toll shows 10 killed in action, 1 dead from nonhostile causes, 9 wounded, with 2 missing likely from an air crash. South Vietnamese losses reach 630 killed and 2,373 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths drop to 1,949 with 79 captured. Allied totals: Americans 45,828 killed, 303,244 wounded. South Vietnamese 150,993 killed, 389,139 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 866 killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Nowhos
Saco Boy Treated After Bicycle Collision
Randy Lavar eight of 78 Franklin Street Saco was treated and released at Webber Hospital after his bicycle struck a car on Franklin Street in Saco. The vehicle was driven by Joseph Maloney twenty two of 424 Main Street Saco, according to police.
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Randy Lavar
Franklin St
Saco
Webber Hospitals
Franklin Street
Joseph Maloney
Main St
More Stenos Adopt Gregg Shorthand Nationwide
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that John Robert Gregg introduced Gregg shorthand in 1888 and that more schools and stenographers in the United States now teach and practice this system than any other note taking method.
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Gregg
John Robert Gregg
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Saco Adult Center Enjoys Shore Day With Ocean Park Group
The Saco Adult Center hosted 43 members at Ocean Park for a day at the shore. Activities included porch games, visits to the ocean front, a noon picnic, and birthday tributes for July born participants.
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Saco
Ocean Park Association
Agnes L. Park
Ocean Resort
Ocean Front
Ocean Park
Delia Blow
Ella Salvas
Ruby Packard
Ethel Roberts
Euaphemia Ladd
Eva Harper
Ella Luman
Robert Fenderson
Casco Bay
Saco Valley
Portland
Cape Elizabeth
Custom House Wharf
Harriet Fogg
Arteline Daly
Elsie Smith
Battle Continues as Marines Press in Vietnam Front
U S Marines with air and artillery support report 30 North Vietnamese troops killed. One Marine killed and wounded. Fighting described as light in Citadel area with new clashes in Hieu Thien district near the Cambodian border and in Mekong Delta provinces. U S B 52s conducted multiple strikes southwest of Saigon and an Army Cobra helicopter was shot down in Binh Dinh Province with one killed and one wounded.
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Jen
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Hieu Thien
Highway 1
Igon
Kien Tuong
Dinh Tuong
U.S
Binh Dinh
North Vietnam
Space shuttle to launch 30 to 50 missions yearly
NASA plans a reusable orbiter with a 65 000 pound cargo capacity and a 115 mile orbit. The system rides piggyback on a large expendable tank with two solid propellant rockets. It aims to carry civilian and military loads, deploy satellites, and support manned missions with Fletcher predicting 30 to 50 flights annually in the 1980s.
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U.S
James C. Fletcher
NASA
Earth
Curtis Warns Maine Yankee on Power Plant Operation
Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis warns the state nears a power shortage and may push Maine Yankee Power to run the Wiscasset plant if it operates safely. He accuses the company of prioritizing returns over the environment and vows action if environmental safeguards are not met. The 840 MW plant awaits multiple federal and state board reviews.
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Augusta
Maine
Wiscasset
Kenneth M.curtis
Maine Yankee Power Co
Curtis
Maine Yankee
Montreal Bay
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Trident Development Faces Senate Vote Today
The Senate weighs speeding up the $13.5 billion Trident submarine program as part of a $20.5 billion defense bill. An amendment by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen would cut $503 million from a $926 million Trident allocation, while a separate vote sunset money for CVN-70 carrier.
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Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtex
Trident
Bentsen
William Saxbe
Ohio
Saxbe
Four Selected To Attend Reading Course
Saco earns Right to Read site status from the state Department of Education. Three teachers and one para professional were chosen for a three week reading institute at the University of Maine Gorham to restablish adult literacy efforts in York County.
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Saco
State Department of Education
Supt
Howard Cushman
Robert Moody
Maine
Department of Education
University of Maine At Portland-Gorham
Saco Adult Education Learning Center
University of Maine At Gorham
Lorraine Whelan
Pauline Pollock
Linda Kershner
Lorraine Ketchum
York County
Senate to Vote on Speeding Up Trident Submarine Plan
Washington AP reports a stiff floor fight expected in the Senate today over accelerating development of the $13.5 billion Trident submarine program and related funding decisions.
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Washington
Senate
Two Biddeford Apartments Sold to New Owners
The two at 109 Bradbury St Biddeford owned by Mr and Mrs Conrad Bertrand were sold to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Oxton of 53 Cutts St Biddeford for home and investment. Purchase arranged by Gilberte Real Estate Agency with Shirley G Bartlett as broker.
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Bradbury St
Biddeford
Conrad Bertrand
Lawrence Oxton
Cutts St
Oxtons
Gilberte Real Estate Agency
Main St
Saco
Shirley G. Bartlett
Eagleton Eyes Victory Amid Honolulu Welcome
Senator Eagleton spoke confidently about the presidential bid during a Honolulu visit. Hundreds greeted him at the airport as he sought the Retail Clerks International Association endorsement. A top union official predicted delegates would back the Democratic ticket before his speech.
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National Committee
Honolulu International
President Eagleton
O’ Eagleton
Sen. McGovern
Organized Labor
Retail Clerks International Association
Afl-Cio
Eagleton
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Potosi
Lee Anderson
BHS
A. M
Paris
Vietnam
Kebek Motel
Saco Boy
Shore
Rotary Park
Biddeford-Saco
Rotary Club
Steve Aresenault
Thomas Haley
Winter Park
Fla
Barry Cartmill
Clayton Cartmill
John Taft
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Sir William Osler
York County Savings Bank
William “Bill” Willard
Shumway - Gross
Philip H. Gross SR
Gary Gross
Shummay
Gross
Grams
Biddeford Shopping Center
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