Death of Arundel Man While Scuba Diving Near Biddeford
Patrick Repinge 37 of Arundel died in a scuba diving incident in the Saco River near Rumery's Boat Yard Biddeford. The medical examiner ruled accidental drowning. Survivors include Irene Bordage and three children. funeral arrangements pending.
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Patrick Repinge
Arundel
Saco
Biddeford
Bordage
Rumery
Cleaves Street
Thomas Anton
Webber Hospital
Joe Saucier
Saucier
Components Inc
St. Andre Church
Irene
Cantara) Bordage
Cherry Bordage
Jay
John Bordage
George Harry
Michael Guay
Meriden
Conn
Sansoucy-Blais
Stone Gt
Police Cruiser Shot At For Second Time In Biddeford
A Biddeford police car was struck by a bullet on Hills Beach Road during a patrol. Patrolman Ronald Adeau drove the vehicle while Patrolman Gerard Jacques rode in the passenger seat. the shot narrowly missed him. Authorities searched the area with no gun found. Last month a Biddeford lire car in Saco was shot at, barely missing Patrolman Norman Duguay.
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Biddeford
Hills Beach
Ronald Adeau
Gerard Jacques
Jacques
Biddeford Lire
Maintreet
Saco
Norman Duguay
Skeletons Found on Wood Island Near Kittery Harbor
Two skeletons were found by a Dover man on Wood Island near Kittery, Maine. Federal authorities planned to examine the remains likely left on the island for some time. The site hosts a former Coast Guard station unused since 1946 and once offered for sale, now held by federal agencies amid jurisdiction questions.
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Kittery
Dover
N.H
Wood Island
Perleston Pert
Kittery Harbor
Coast Guard
General Services Administration
FBI
Local Funeral Homes Advertise Services in Saco
Funeral directors Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street in Saco Maine list Emond's Funeral Home and Shumway and Gross Funeral Service with phone numbers 282 EMOND S 284 5511 and 284 5611. Notable names Frank X Emond J P Conroy appear among the listings. The ad consolidates regional funeral service options with contact details.
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Dennett & Craig
Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring &T
Portland Weather Tonight and Saturday Forecast
Tonight most likely cloudy with a chance of showers elsewhere. Lows range from the 40s in the north to the 50s in the south. Saturday brings clearing in the southwest and a chance of showers elsewhere, then partial clearing with highs from the 50s in the north to the 60s in the south.
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Portland
Insurance Agent Attends Regional Conference in Miami Beach
Alec J. Duhamel of 4 Greenacre Road Old Orchard Beach attended Prudential Insurance regional business conference for the Northeastern region at the Carillon Hotel in Miami Beach Florida. Duhamel serves as an agent for the Biddeford District.
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Alec J. Duhamel
Greenacre Road
Old Orchard Beach
Prudential Insurance Company
Carillon Hotel
Miami Beach
Fla
Saco Rebekah Lodge to Meet and Supper Planned
The Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Odd Fellows Hall on Main Street in Saco. A baked bean and cassarole supper runs 5 to 7 p m tomorrow at Cousens School Route 35 in Lyman to raise funds for local girls and boys baseball teams.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Cousens
Route 35
Lyman
Local Residents Reported as Patients at Webber Hospital
Mrs. Eva Lachance of 80 Bacon Street Biddeford undergoes surgery at Webber Hospital. Mrs. Bertha Allard of 114 South Street Biddeford is listed as a patient at Webber Hospital.
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Eva Lachance
Bacon St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Bertha Allard
South St
Nine Bottles Are Not For Baby
New London Connecticut AP Patrolman Harry Chiappone saw a teenage boy pushing a baby buggy along Main Street at 4 15 a m The youth Aaron Baldwin 16 of New London admitted he was bringing something home to mother The officer found nine bottles of liquor in the buggy and Baldwin was charged with larceny larceny in the third degree and burglary in the third degree
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New London
Vehicles Collide In Biddeford
Two vehicles collided at the Main and Water streets junction in Biddeford late last night. David P. Peck of El Paso Texas and Linda J. Fifield of 30 George Street were involved. Peck's car was struck in the rear, police reported.
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David P. Peck
el Paso
Tex
Linda J. Fifield
George St
Biddeford
Main
Water Streets
Peck
Medicare expansion aids 1.5 million disabled under health protection
A congressional committee moves to extend Medicare to many prescription drugs taken at home for the elderly, with the government covering about 700 million of the 1 billion annual cost, while omitting about 1.4 billion of other drugs used for short term illnesses.
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Medicare Health Protection
City Hall venue to host Carson Kyros debate
The Portland City Hall auditorium will host a public debate next Wednesday between Democratic hopeful Everett B. Carson and Rep. Peter N. Kyros. Carson shifted the debate from a South Portland union hall to ensure general public access. Kyros was in Washington and not immediately reachable for comment.
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Associated Press
Portland City Hall
Everett B. Carson
Peter N. Kyros
Maine
Carson
Kyros
South Portland Union Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Washington
Old Orchard Beach
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
L. Robert Porteous Jr
Portland
Porteous
Maine Municipal Association
Council Fails To Reach Agreement With Union
Old Orchard Beach town council fails to conclude a contract with AFSCME Local 16 at a special meeting. A pre trial hearing on the union’s complaint against the council and the council’s counter claim is set for Tuesday morning in York County Superior Court.
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Old Orchard Beach
Public Works Department
York County Superior Court
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Robert York
Stephen Sunlenblick
Union
George Baggs
Leslie Wyman
Thomas Sullivan
Lunenblick
Wyman
Joseph Mokarzel
Sullivan
Charles Beaudoin
Mokarzel
Norman Lessard
Lessard
Beaudoin
Baggs
Murphy
Council
Wallace in Hospital As Chisholm Seeks Common Ground
Rep. Shirley Chisholm visited Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland where he recovers from May 15 wounds. She said they share concerns about corporate power taxes and government responsiveness but cannot work with him on school integration. She added he might be acceptable as a Democratic vice presidential candidate if he moderates.
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Shirley Chisholm
Wallace
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring
Chisholm
Democratic Party
McGovern
Woonsocket Club
Woonsocket
S.D
Eleanor
Bob Morett
California State Assembly
France Assailed For Testing Nuclear Bombs
New Zealand environment minister Duncan MacIntyre condemned France for intolerable Pacific nuclear tests. He urged the U N environment conference to condemn the blasts and pledged regional action to pressure Paris for a halt.
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Stockholm
New Zealand
France
Pacific
U.N. Environment Conference
Duncan MacIntyre
New
Town to bid junk vehicles removal program approved
Kennebunkport selectmen authorize Police Chief Sherman Bonney to seek permits and contract a firm to remove used and junk vehicles for disposal at the town dump. Owners will be contacted for voluntary removal. no cost to town or vehicle owners.
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Kennebunkport Selectmen
David Walley
Ivan Wildes
Sherman Bonney
Eansbuskport Police Commission
Boston
Walley
Selectmen’s
Maine Environment Improvement Commission
Goose Rocks
Cape Porpoise
Kyros Campaign Hits Back Over Franking Mail
Senior Steve Perkins reports Kyros faced questions over a newsletter mailed under Congressional franking. Kyros claims the mailing was printed at his expense and focused on health care, not campaign literature. Four women coordinated voter calls urging support for Peter Kyros on June 19 from Biddeford offices.
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Steve Perkins
Kyros
Congressional Frank
Washington
Journal
House of Representatives
Carson
Aera
Union Eadquarters
Franklin St
Biddeford
Nixon committee approves 5.1 percent wage hike for construction
The Construction Industry Stabilization Committee approved average annual wage increases of 5.1 percent under Phase 2 controls. In 117 contracts covering 72,185 workers, first-year wages rose 48 cents per hour and second-year raises 49 cents. The panel, created before the 1971 wage-price freeze, operates independently of the Pay Board.
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Washington
Nixon
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Pay Board
Fish killed in Prestile Stream blamed on faulty monitor
Federal officials say a defective pollution monitoring system electrocuted up to 150 fish in the Prestile Stream which crosses from Maine into New Brunswick. Biologist J R MacDonald identified the event as an underwater cable break near the border site.
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Centreville
N.B
Maine
New Brunswick
Wahlsing, Inc
Easton
J.R. MacDonald
Federal Environmental Protection Service
Halifax
N.S
MacDonald
Congress approves $21.3 billion education bill with delay rider
Washington AP reports Congress sent President Nixon a 21.3 billion omnibus education bill carrying an antibusing rider opposed by liberals and conservatives. The House passed it 218 to 180 after Senate approval by 63 to 15. The measure funds diverse programs and blocks federal desegregation orders for 18 months pending appeal exhaustion.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Joan Cote Weds David Lonsdale In Biddeford Ceremony
Miss Joan Cote and Mr David Michael Lonsdale were married at St. Joseph Church Biddeford with Rev Donald Lonsdale and Rev Richard Lonsdale officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Cote of 518 Alfred Road Biddeford and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Cornelius Lonsdale of 174 Graham Street Biddeford.
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St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
David Michael Lonsdale
Donald Lonsdale
Richard Lonsdale
Diana Rousselle
Jean Marie Cote
Roger ‘Cote
Alfred Road
Cornelius Lonsdale
Graham St
Ronald Bergeron
Mary Lonsdale
Susan Cote
Priscille Labbe
Donna Reed
Saco
Richard Cote
Gordon Lonsdale
Douglas Gaines
Peter Moison
Rochambeau Club
South Street
Nancy
Lu-Ann LaSante
Massachusetts
Newtown Road
Cote
Lonsdale
Biddeford High School
Components Inc. Biddeford
Rochester
N.H
Sears Roebuck and Company
Maine Mall
South Portland
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LOS Angeles Times
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Robert A.G. Monks
Monks
Margaret Chase Smith
GOP
America
Cape Elizabeth
Secretary of State
By Michael Spath
Muskie
California
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Young Americans For Freedom
Humphrey
Minnesota
Guv
Wendell Anderson
Kennebunk River
Cecil Wentworth
Army Corps of Engineers
David Rolfe
Conservation Commission
Rolfe
Canada
Balzac
York County Savings Bank
F.d.lc
Joan Cote
David Lonsdale
David M. Lonsdale
Anastasoff
Rene’s Florist
Main St
Marcel Lizotte
Evanthia Drive
Biddeford, Maine
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