Deaths Mrs Georgia Perkins West Kennebunk
Mrs Georgia G Perkins 92 of West Kennebunk died last night in a Kennebunk nursing home. Widow of Samuel W Perkins born March 20 1876 at Kennebunk Landing daughter of Thomas and Mary Goodwin attended West Kennebunk High School and the Unitarian Church. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev Robert Ross officiating. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery West Kennebunk. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. tomorrow.
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West Kennebunk
Georgia G. Perkins
Kennebunk
Samuel W. Perkins
Perkins
Kennebunk Landing
Thomas
Mary Goodwin
Gore
West Kennebunkigh
Unitarian Church
Alliance
Daughters of the American Revolution
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Robert Ross
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Pine Grove
Food for Peace extension signed by President Johnson
President Johnson signed a two year extension of the Food for Peace program saying it will aid the world’s poor and U.S. farmers. He noted increased resources for family planning abroad and cited the program’s 14 year impact and $2.5 billion export increase from 1960 to 1967.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Congress
Tax Court rules against Hunt in $898,985 IRS collection
The Internal Revenue Service loses its bid to collect $898,985 from Texas oilman Harrelson L Hunt after a U S Tax Court decision. The ruling says Hunt deductions for 1958 1959 and 1960 were allowable. President Johnson names Perrin and Simpich for key Commerce and OEO posts.
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Internal Revenue Service
Texas
Harrelson L. Hunt
U.S. Tax Court
Hunt
Johnson
Charles Robert Perrin
Office of Economic Opportunity
Frederick Simpich
Commerce Department
Perrin
Detroit
Simpich
Honolulu
Thieves Crucified With Christ and Acre Measure
Traditions assign the penitent thief as Dismas and the other as Gestas. The hyena is noted as the bone cruncher of the animal kingdom. An acre originally equaled the land a man with a yoke of oxen could plow in one day.
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Christ
Dismas
Gestas
Animal Kingdom
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Funeral Services Held for Miss Elsie F Wormwood
Miss Elsie F. Wormwood of 465 Main St Biddeford died recently. Funeral services were held at St Marys Church with Rev Lawrence DeBlois presiding. Interment followed in St Marys Cemetery with Rev Maurice Goan reciting graveside prayers. Bearers were Angelo Ventresca Louis Ventresca Philip Tracey and John Sullivan.
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Elsie F. Wormwood
Main St
Biddeford
St. Mary’s Church
Lawrence DeBlois
William Cleary
Louise Welch
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Maurice Goan
Angelo Ventresca
Louis Ventresca
Philip Tracey
John Sullivan
Papal Encyclical Draws Mixed Reactions Worldwide
Catholic and non Catholic leaders react to the Pope's encyclical on birth control with criticism and support. Housewife Mary Louise Birmingham calls the papacy outmoded while Billy Graham argues birth control within marriage. Anglican bishops fear harm to relations with Rome and others deem it too remote from daily life.
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Mary Louise Birmingham
Hackensack, N.J
Maryann Napolie
Manhattan
Vatican
Evangelist Billy Graham
New York
Paris
Graham
United States
Lambeth
London
Father Delapierre
Father Audibert Advocates Military Training For Youth
A Church World editorial by Father Audibert urges universal school military training to prepare for national emergencies. He promotes nonviolence alongside readiness, cites Dr Spock and Martin Luther King, and compares modern aims to historical crusades and Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Audibert
Church World
Dr. Spock
Christ
Martin Luther King
Vietnam
Francis of
Assisi
Holy Land
Local Biddeford Residents Serve and Heal Across National Posts
Personal notices list Biddeford residents at Webber Hospital and Maine Medical Center in Portland with patients including Roger Ayotte Mary Sim and Rose Camire. Families note Suffolk University dean’s list student Robert Caret and service members in Vietnam aboard USS Boston and in other units. Attendees and delegates from Biddeford areas attend national conventions while Metcalf anniversary contributors are named along with a Thai stationed grand son.
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Roger Ayotte
Clifford St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Rose Camire
Cleaves St
Maine Medical
Portland
Mary B. Sim
Maplewood Ve
Webber Hostal
Robert L. Caret
Laurent Caret
Mason St
Suffolk University
Boston
Marine P.F.C
Roger R. Bernier
Joseph Bernier
Main St
Marine Fifth Communication Battalion
Force Logistic Command
Vietnam
Navy
Roland A. Guillereault
Norma Belanger
St. Mary’s St
Raymond E. Grenier
Pool St
Raymond G. Gagnon
Lessard Ave
Miami Beach
Fla
International Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries
Americana Hotel
Gagnon
Saco
Sanford Barbers
Richard R. Turnage
USN
Irene B. Turnage
Nye St
Jeanne C. Povidio
Wellesley Road
Arlington
Mass
William Metcalf
Oak St
Richard ‘Vy. Gobeil
Santa Monica
Calif
Kenneth Libby
North Kennebunk
Hilda Price
Old Orchard Beach
Adrian Brown
George Mahoney
Ted Schaffer
Adam
Winifred Wilson
Oscar Janson
Erd
Clifton Horsfield
Raymond Houlden
Lillian Horsfield
Elizabeth Horsfield
Emma Pembriant
Beatrice Gallant
David E. Patry
Thailand
Weekly midweek church activities listed across area congregations
Biddeford and surrounding towns report a busy schedule of Wednesday gatherings. Choir rehearsals, prayer meetings, Bible studies, and youth events span United Church of Christ, Advent Christian, Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle, Salvation Army, Lyman Baptist, Goodwins Mills Methodist, and Village Baptist churches along with Christ Church and other faith groups in Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunkport. Several locations note specific times from 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm.
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United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Army adopts olive drab uniforms replacing blue
The U S Army discarded traditional blue uniforms in favor of olive drab after lessons from the Spanish American War showed blue uniforms were too conspicuous a target.
Portland Weather Tonight Then Cloudy Skies
Fair and cool tonight with lows upper 40s to mid 50s. Wednesday will be fair then turn cloudy with no significant temperature change expected.
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Portland
Soviet Czechoslovakia tensions widen with press curbs
Kosygin and Podgorny push a minimal program in Czechoslovakia to curb press freedom and expel anti socialist elements from power. Soviet military maneuvers extend from Ukraine toward Poland and East Germany as tank movements are seen near Czechoslovakia. Pravda asserts no tolerance for revisions to Marxist principles.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Poland
East Germany
Pravda
Communist Party
Kremlin
Eisenhower warns against unilateral Vietnam withdrawal
The platform opposes unilateral U S pullout and pressuring South Vietnam toward a coalition. It rejects escalation for a quick victory while stressing patient U S determination for security in the South and warns that retreat would erode the American peace framework.
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United States
South Vietnam
Burning ban enacted at Old Orchard Beach
Fire Chief Louis R Wharff announced a statewide fire ban on all outdoor fires at Old Orchard Beach. The ban remains until rain reduces the dry weather fire danger and no burning permits will be issued while it is in effect.
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Old Orchard Beach
Louis R. Wharff
Wharff
State Forest Service
Violence erupt at Mexico City as students clash with police
Rioters totalling 1500 to 2000 surged toward Zocalo while police blocked access near the National Palace. Later thousands gathered near the square with rooftops anger and fires, as federal troops moved on the National University preparatory school and seized several demonstrators including Mika Seeger.
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Vietnam
Latin America
New Zealand
Stoen
Zocalo
National Palace
Old National
National University Preparatory School
National University H
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Fidel Castro
Mika Seeger
Pete Seeger
Miss Seeger
Lecumberru
Congress Hearing Hears Wide Range of Economic Proposals
The hearing featured appeals from 150 witnesses across American life. The U S Chamber urged a federal budget surplus, freer trade, and abolition of the electoral college. An insurance spokesman called for Social Security review while veterans pressed higher disability payments. Proposals also covered aid to private schools tax credits for college education and air traffic funding to fix the jam and travel slowdown.
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Mittee
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Fire Grows as Children Start Car Blaze in Biddeford
Firefighters battled a junked car fire on South Street Biddeford with two booster lines. Officials blamed children for setting the blaze. Earlier a 1962 car owned by Robert Jacobs on Ferry Road Saco was doused with chemicals. A noon grass fire at 342 Pool Road Biddeford ended with three booster lines and a cigarette blamed for the blaze.
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South Street
Biddeford
Robert Jacobs
Ferry Road
Saco
West Street
Pool Road
Alfred L'Heureux
Doris L. Ruel Honored At Biddeford Bridal Shower
Miss Doris L. Ruel of 1 Victory Ave Biddeford was guest of honor at a bridal shower at Le Foyer Biddeford hosted by her mother Mrs Raymond Ruel. The event featured a buffet lunch a bridal cake by Mrs Theodore Seymour and a purse and canned goods gifting.
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Doris L. Ruel
Victory Ave
Biddeford
le Foyer
Pool Street
Foss Street
Raymond Ruel
Miss Ruel
Steven Gaumont
St. Joseph's Church
Theodore Seymour
Real Credit
Thomas Martin
Dianne Credit
Althea Gaumont
Althea Carson
Ruth Dineen
Mary Casson
Alma Gaumont
Laurie Fenderson
Fleurette Fenderson
Vera Benoit
Leila Auger
Daily celestial motions and ocean waves noted
The article states tidal waves travel at 450 miles an hour and more and that stars rise in the east and set in the west along with the sun, reflecting common astronomical and natural observations.
Davidson Rubber Co Raises Pay and Benefits in New Hampshire
Davidson Rubber Co announces a ten percent wage and fringe benefit increase affecting hourly workers in Dover and surrounding New England plants. The plan includes higher minimum pay for beginners at 1.80 per hour, a five cent service award at fifth anniversary, and an average rate of about 2.50 per hour. The package totals $2 million yearly, with expanded health, sickness, and vacation coverage, as the firm projects growth to become New Hampshire’s largest industrial employer within two years.
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Dover
N.H
Davidson Rubber Co
Robert T. Hupus
New Renee
Davidson Rubber
New England
Davidson
Hugus
McCord Corporation
Detroit
Mich
Farmington
Port Hope
Ontario
Canada
Dover - Farmington
New Hampshires
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Union Contract Sparks Rank and File Strike Vote
The right to approve contracts was granted by local presidents amid democracy demands in the union. At the convention President I W Abel backed a rank and file strike vote as part of the package. If the offer values at 78 cents per acre, the deal could set a pattern for about 450 000 steel workers and 100 000 in allied industries though operations cover 388 000 in the 11 largest steel companies.
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I. W. Abel
Tiienthane
Volcano Hits Rich Ranching Area North of San Jose
A volcanic eruption devastated grazing land and ruined rice and cotton crops in the ranching region about 45 miles northwest of San Jose, altering livelihoods and local agriculture.
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Arenas
Mt. Juzu
San Jose
Eisenhower urges GOP on camouflaged surrender platform
Former President Dwight Eisenhower urges Republican platform writers to oppose a camouflaged surrender. The article notes U.S. forces suffer setbacks in two ground battles in South Vietnam and an American pilot reports downing another MIG. Also mentions new credit card device to curb black market dollars in Vietnam and heavy security planned for the Democratic National Convention.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Dwigh.t. Eisenhower
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Employment Office Claims Rise In Biddeford Region
Unemployment claims at the Biddeford Maine Employment Security Commission office show 289 people registered last week versus 196 a year ago. Manager Francis Coughlin reported 64 new claims filed that week, down from 260 the previous year’s period.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Francis Coughlin
Thieves Break Into Nutshell Restaurant
Yeggs broke into the Nutshell Restaurant on Franklin Street Biddeford last night, forcing open a skylight but finding nothing of value as no money was left. Biddeford Police Lt. George Friary and Officer Alfred Guilmette investigated.
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Yeggs
Franklin Street
Biddeford
George Friary
Alfred Guilmette
Award Emblems On Hand At BJHS
Biddeford Junior High School distributes athletic award emblems for the 1967 1968 season. Principal Robert Hodge noted emblems are available weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for participating students.
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Biddeford Junior High School
Robert Hodge
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Emile Girard
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