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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1973
Page
2
Mrs Dorothy Oddy of 4 Main Street Biddeford Pool died July 31 in a Portland hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Shumway Gross Funeral Home 35 Spring Street Saco.
The Rev. Raymond Courchesne, 57, pastor of St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Parish, died Monday at the church rectory where he had been recuperating from a heart attack suffered about a month earlier. A native of Weedon Quebec, he was ordained in Portland in 1943 and had served parishes in Rockland Sanford Augusta Fort Kent Waterville Westbrook Springvale Auburn Lewiston Lincoln and Danforth.
Police report the newly opened Laverdiere's Super Drug Store at Five Points Shopping Center was broken into after closing Sunday night. Intruders entered from an adjoining unfinished building, removed cement blocks, breached walls, and pried open a safe containing keys. Missing merchandise amount and items suspected include cameras watches stereo tapes and drugs. Police compare it to a past Scarborough incident and continue investigation.
The SAD 71 Board of Directors meets at Kennebunkport Consolidated School at 6 pm with an executive session beforehand. On the agenda are the Kennebunk High School head football coach appointment, teaching staff appointments, a Science Curriculum Study Committee report, and bids for paving the school parking lot and driveway.
DEP spokesman David Leake said the Goosefare estuary shows the high bacteria counts not the Maremont Corp. Saco facility or Old Orchard Beach Sewage Plant. Water samples at the plant outfall showed low bacteria, with two small estuary brooks now considered suspects as DEP tests continue.
The family of the late Eugene Houde and Miss Linda Fenderson express gratitude for the sympathy cards spiritual tributes and flowers from friends and relatives. Thanks are extended to doctors nurses hospital staff and all who showed kindness during bereavement and stay at Webber Hospital.
Funeral directors in Saco Maine listed with firms Shumway and Gross 35 Spring Street Saco 284 5611 Dennet and Craig 865 Main Saco 282 Emond and Conroy Frank X Emond J P Conroy 284 5511 282 1818
A fragmented line mentions Lee Angelos Tomer as a revered righty figure amid unclear context. No date place or organization is readable.
Weather update: increasing cloudiness and fog tonight with drizzle or showers possible. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s, Wednesday showers likely in the north and possible elsewhere, highs in the 70s to low 80s.
Winds from Eastport to Merrimack River run five to 15 knots through Wednesday. Widespread fog tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers. Visibility near zero in fog tonight and improving slightly Wednesday.
FAIRHAVEN MASS The Andrea Doria salvage team works repairs and secures new gear for a second dive aimed at recovering up to 4 million in cash jewels and valuables from the sunken liner. The next trip to the site 60 miles south of Nantucket is planned for late Wednesday.
The KKA food cooperative in York relies on shared leadership and 100 members, drawing young people and locals from Wells, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Arundel, and even Holland. Produce comes from organic gardens and Boston wholesalers, with weekly deliveries and a $122 deficit last week. Members must work 4 hours monthly, packing, driving, and cleaning, while accounting reforms aim to curb unpaid balances and spoilage.
A Monday night rescue off Cape Porpoise saved three sailboats stranded near Folly Island. The Glen Eagle, Anna Il, and Genesis were led to harbor by Fire Chief Douglas Emmons and crewmembers Peter Eaton Dale Nunnan and George Lush. The crews, three vessels racing Monhegan Island, spent the night aboard safe boats.
A New England hearing on Goose Rocks Beach parking ends with no plan agreed. Officials considered temp measures and seasonal restrictions as temperatures rose toward morning, but no final policy emerged.
At Goose Rocks Beach Community Building a two hour meeting produced no final solution to parking problems. Residents voiced support for lowering speed limit widening a road and parking permits while opposing an off street lot. Final rules to be proposed by Kennebunkport selectmen after a public hearing.
In Halifax and Montreal, a regional contest saw teams score 70 to 0 at one point and 82 to 62 at another, reflecting a tight and fluctuating scoring pattern across the proceedings.
Waycott Waycott leads three firms named as defendants in a suit by the Board of Environmental Protection. The complaint says DEP told Waycott on May 29 he failed to seek Site Law approval and urged action within a week. The case involves Pinegrove and Sherwood Development and awaits a Monday court ruling on disputed filings.
Dean testified that a September 15 meeting marked his first indication Nixon knew of the cover-up as indictments were issued against seven defendants. He quoted the President praising his work and noting the case had halted with convict G. Gordon Liddy. Haldeman disputed that the meeting opened with any praise from the President.
The Saco City Council approves a 68 hour work week for the fire department effective Aug 6 and 56 hours from Dec 25, adding three new firefighters. Taxes are due Sept 1 with eight percent interest after Oct 5. A $15 million bond for a new junior high school is approved with completion targeted for fall 1974. The council also backs a Cardiac Capers banner and tables Henry Townsend’s appointment as assistant street commissioner.
Old Orchard Beach School Committee plans a Wednesday session with Asaot deputy commissioner from the state department to discuss removing Superintendent David Majercik. Louis DeAngelis says they will first ask Gordon about action, and may urge Gov Curtis to order an investigation into the School Union 8 handling.
Saco police report a two car collision on Main Street Monday afternoon causing $250 damage to Robert Larochelle’s vehicle. James J. Owens, 70, was the other driver. Firefighters from Biddeford Engine Six responded to a blaze at St Francis College dump area after 2 PM, remaining two hours.
Augusta AP Maine has 25 communities already adopting shoreland zoning and about 60 percent of remaining towns are drafting ordinances. Municipalities must adopt by July 1 1974. The Ford Foundation funded project will end in August with the State Planning Office taking lead.
Washington AP The clash over the farm bill continues as conferees head to a sixth session with Secretary Earl Butz signaling a veto if the bill deviates from a tight budget and full national agricultural policy. House conferees warn of potential back-and-forth for instruction amid a split on food stamp provisions and farmer support pricing.
Justice Thurgood Marshall considers a bid to reinstate a federal court order calling for an immediate halt to bombing in Cambodia. The request seeks to overrule a New York Circuit stay delaying Judge Judd’s bombing halt set for August 13. Plaintiffs include Rep Elizabeth Holtzman and three Air Force pilots.
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws backed decriminalizing private marijuana use and possible private sale up to one ounce. Public possession or use would stay illegal. home gardens would remain unlawful.
Police report two stop signs at a four way intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and 10th Street in OLD ORCHARD BEACH were stolen sometime between Sunday evening and this morning.
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