Deaths cause of Willie Guerrette Biddeford resident dies at 72
Willie Guerrette 72 of 61 Offord Street Biddeford died June 1 after a brief illness. Born March 9, 1901 in Frenchville, son of Felix and Celine Guerrette he worked at Pepperell Manufacturing Saco Lowell Shops and Westland Shoe Corp. He is survived by his widow Trene Neveux Guerrette a sister and a half sister and several nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday 8 am at St Andre Church with interment at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford tonight and tomorrow.
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Willie Guerrette
Offord S
Biddeford
Frenchville
Felix
Celine
Dionne) Guerrette
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Saco Lowel
Westland Shoe Corp
Emond and
Conroy Funera
Hill St
Obituary: J Otis Clapp of Kennebunkport Dies at 72
J Otis Clapp 72 of Wallace Lane Kennebunkport died June 9 after a brief illness. Born September 19 1900 in Boston he attended Boston schools and Harvard and worked at the Saco Lowell Shop. He was active in York Lodge AF and AM Mousam Lodge IOOF and the Grange. Survived by a brother John S Clapp and sister Katherine Tap of Englewood Fla. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with Rev Robert Smart officiating. Interment Mt Pleasant Cemetery North Berwick. Chapel hours today 2–4 and 7–9 pm.
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Kennebunkport
J. Otis Clapp
Wallace Lane
Boston
Mass
Joseph and
Maude H. (Barnes) Clapp
Harvard University
Kennebunk
Saco Lowell
Saco
York Lodge
Mousam Lodge
IOOF
Odd Fellows Lodge
The
Grange
John S. Clapp
Virgin Island
Katherine Tapp
Englewood
Fla
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Robert Smart
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
North Berwick
Playwright William Inge Reported Dead in Apparent Suicide
LOS ANGELES AP William Inge 60 Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of Picnic and Come Back Little Sheba died Sunday in an apparent suicide. He won an Academy Award in 1962 for Splendor in the Grass screenplay.
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Los Angeles
William Inge
Little Sheba
Funeral set for Cecil Munson in Kennebunk church
Cecil Munson and his two daughters Dawn and Darcy are named in the obituary. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from Christ Church Kennebunk with ministers Rev. Lamar Robinson and Rev. Robert Howes officiating. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Bibber Memorial Chapel in Kennebunk. Masonic services will follow at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dunlap Lodge, AE A.M. Biddeford.
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Dawn
Darcy
Christ Church, Kennebunk
Lamar Robinson
Robert Howes
Bibber Memorial Chanel Kennebunk
Dunlap Lodge
Biddeford
Ritualistic Services by Mousam IOOF Kennebunk 8 PM
Members of Mousam Lodge IOOF of Kennebunk will conduct ritualistic services tonight at 8 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel. The services honor J Otis Clapp, a member, who is noted in the obituary line.
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Mousam Lodge Ioof
Kennebunk
Bibber Memorial Chapel
J. Otis Clapp
Memorial services for J Otis Clapp in Kennebunk tonight
Memorial services conducted by York Lodge AF and AM of Kennebunk will be held at Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer Street Kennebunk tonight at 7 30 for J Otis Clapp two members involved in the lodge will participate as officiants and attendees to honor the deceased.
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York Lodge AF
AM of
Kennebunk
Bibber Memorial
Summer St
J. Otis Clapp
Funeral Directors Emond and Conroy Services Listed
Funeral home contact details for Emond and Conroy 284 5511 and 282 1818. Shumway and Gross Funeral Service at 35 Spring St Saco 284 5611. Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine 282 0562.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Portland Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers or thundershowers through Tuesday. Highs Tuesday expected in the 70s to mid 80s. Lows tonight in the 50s to mid 60s. Joe Basen reports from Portland.
Weather forecast for Eastport to Merrimack River area
Winds southwest five to fifteen knots through Tuesday with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Fog will form tonight and become widespread, especially east of Rockland, reducing visibility to less than one mile in rain and fog.
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Eastport
Merrimack River
Rockland
June Tides Report Snapshot
A fragment shows tide times for June with high and low values listed in morning and evening slots. Several entries appear garbled or misordered, including irregular punctuation and stray characters.
New England Temperatures Overview
Readout lists 24 hour temperatures to 7 a.m. across Massachusetts. Weather brief notes fluctuating values, regional variations, and sunrise context for early morning planning.
Clean Air Upset Delays Ruckelshaus Decision
Environmentalists sued in 1972 to prevent degradation of air quality beyond federal standards. Chief Justice Burger blocked lower court effect on November 30 awaiting the Supreme Court ruling, while the EPA maintains two standards set by the 1970 act, one health based with 1975 deadline and a stricter one protecting animals plants and environment.
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Administrator
Circuit Court
Warren E. Burger
High Court
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Card of Thanks For thanks to doctors and nurses at Webber Hospital
Mathieu Angers thanks Dr Viger Dr Scott and third floor nurses for care during hospital stay and thanks friends relatives for gifts cards. The Dubey family thanks relatives friends the Senior Citizens Club for help with time and sympathy mass cards flowers and messages. God bless.
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Viger
Scott
Webber Hospital
Senior Citizens Club
Clementine Dubey
Biddeford Fire Units Respond to Ocean Avenue Boat Distress
Public safety report notes Biddeford firemen responded to a reported boat in trouble on Ocean Avenue Hills Beach Sunday at about 8 30 p m. Engine 6 car eight and rescue unit one stood by but were not needed. In the morning firemen checked 203 Elm St for a tenant fireplace complaint and Ladder two replaced a bulb at Main and Elm.
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Biddeford
Ocean Avenue
Hills Beach
Elm St
Mary Boucher
Main Street
Main and
Elm
Saco Police Visit Sweetser Home To Build Relations
Four Saco policemen including Acting Chief Alfred Cote toured Sweetser Home for 22 hours to improve ties with the facility and its programs. Cote said the group was impressed and plans future small-group visits, amid ongoing strain from a prior alleged assault case now before York County Superior Court.
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Saco
Sweetser
Police Department
Alfred Cote
Cote
Alberic Martin
Earl Jamieson Jr
Roger Tardiff
Saco District Court
York County Superior Court
Pole
Old Orchard Beach
Azarie C. Roy
Portland Ave
Weekend Traffic Crashes Reported In Saco
Saco police logged two weekend crashes. William Chute, 23, of 5 Stuart St, Saco, and Libbie F Remar, 52, of 15 Lamothe Ave Biddeford, collided on North Street at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, with damages of 900 to Chute’s car and 599 to Remar’s. Shirley A Buttana, 52, of 26 Nye St, Saco, and Elizabeth H O Meara, 65, of 9 Mi Pleasant St, Biddeford, were in a second accident on Scammon Street at 2:40 p.m. Saturday.
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Saco
Wiliam Chute
Stuart St
Libbie F. Remar
Lamothe Ave
Biddeford
North Street
Chute
Shirley A. Buttana
Elizabeth H. O'Meara
Pleasant St
Scammon Street
Saco Fire Responds to Lockout and Smoker at Center
Saco firemen assisted a woman locked out at 54 Scammon Street on Sunday afternoon and responded to a smoky motor in a furnace at Zayre's in the Saco Valley Shopping Center Saturday at 11 35 AM.
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Saco
Scammon St
Zayre’s
Saco Valley
Thieves Steal Nineteen Tapes From Saco Car
Saco police report nineteen country and western tapes valued at about 95 dollars were taken from a car owned by Robert Lambert of 204 Main St. They failed to steal a tape deck during the break in, which occurred Saturday night.
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Robert Lambert
Main St
Saco
Bicycles stolen from Colleen Young's Saco garage
Saco police report two ten speed bicycles missing from Colleen Young at 294 Main St Saco Friday night. One bike valued at 112 dollars and the other at 64 dollars were taken.
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Colleen Young
Main St
Saco
Turnpike Accident Kills 65 Year Old Maiden Man
FALMOUTH Maine AP A Maiden Mass man Reino Helin 65 died when the van he rode in struck the median guard rail on the Maine Turnpike in rural Falmouth Sunday. Driver Jalar Sten 53 New York City was asleep at the wheel and survived with minor injuries.
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Falmouth
Maine
Mass
Reino Helin
Jalar Sten
New York City
Sten
Ordination Anniversary Honors Rev Carrier in Saco
Rev Joseph Carrier, pastor of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Saco, marked the 40th anniversary of his ordination. The concelebrated mass at Notre Dame de Lourdes featured his brothers Fathers Herve and Norman Carrier as celebrants.
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Cordelia Carrier
Stanislas Carrier
St. Peter School
St Hyacinthe Seminary
Father Carrier
Joseph S. Carrier
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Saco
Watergate funds linked to White House project
Washington AP report states attorney Herbert W. Kalmbach said payments to Watergate defendants and lawyers were a White House project. He solicited 75,000 from the Finance Committee to Re-elect the President on June 29, 1972, with 210,000 total for the purpose, and 75,000 from Maurice Stans.
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Washington
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Nixon
Watergate
White House
Kalmbach
Finance Committee
General Accounting Office
GAO
Fom Maurice H. Stans
Viser
John D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Nixon Committee
Stans
Democratic Party
Teacher Resignation Faces OOB Board
Old Orchard Beach School Committee set an agenda for Friday night as Naval ROTC Commander William Kelly plans to resign to take a civil aviation flying job he has long pursued. Kelly denies pressure from the board and cites a once in a lifetime opportunity. The 15 item list includes Project Pride update, approval of four new teaching positions, and an aviation education mini grant.
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Old Orchard Beach
Naval Rotc
William Kelly
Old Orchard, Beach
Loranger Schoo
Kelly
Old Orchard Beach Teachers Association
Louis DeAngelis
DeAngelis
Pride
Crossfire Kills Belfast Driver In Irish Conflict
A Belfast bus driver was killed in a crossfire between British troops and Protestant extremists at night. A senior Ulster Defence Association officer was also hit. Police arrested a dozen for questioning at the group’s headquarters. A Catholic man was shot dead earlier, raising violence toll to 816. Irish Republican supporters marched on Dublin from Bodenstown to Wolfe Tone’s grave as arrests and clashes continued.
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Belfast
Ulster Defense Association
Befast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Bodenstown
Wolfe Tone
Londonderry
Final Registration For Sub Primary In Biddeford Schools
Robert Hodge, curriculum coordinator and acting superintendent, announced final registration for sub primary entrants. The sessions run Thursday and Friday at Emery School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children must be five on or before October 15, 1973 to be eligible. Parents already registered need not attend.
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Robert Hodge
Biddeford
Emery
Hodge
Tornadoes Rake Jefferson Maine Area Amid Damage and Rescue
A pair of tornadoes struck Jefferson between Augusta and Rockland causing mobile home damage and downed power lines but no injuries. Homes and trees were leveled or damaged, with a funnel lifting water 200 feet from Damarsicota Lake. Neighbors helped clear debris as crews worked overnight to restore services.
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Jefferson
David S. Boyd
Maine
Augusta
Rockland
Earl L. Maxcy Jr
Lincoln County Civil Defense
Damariscota Lake
Goose Hill Road
Route 126
Richard Hennessey
State Fish and Game Department
Frank Holmes Jr
Corey
Boyd
Jerome Brawn
Mars Hill
Westfield
Liberty Loan Co
Water Street
Cox Memorial United Methodist Church
Hallowell
Littleton
North Whitefield
Mary Goodwin
Windsor Construction Company
Central Maine Power Co
Maxcy
Civil Defense
Waldoboro
Maine Gas Use Rises 8.1 Percent in Four Months
The Maine Petroleum Association reports an 8.1 percent rise in Maine gasoline consumption for the first four months of 1973, totaling 157 million gallons. Milton F. Huntington notes motorists paid over $20 million in state and federal gasoline taxes, urging car pools or mass transit to reduce usage during the fuel shortage.
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Augusta
Maine Petroleum Association
Maine
Association
Milton F. Huntington
Ex Sanford Resident Killed by Police Car in Portland
A former Sanford, Maine resident Helen Webber, 3, was killed when a state police patrol car struck her on state highway 66 near her home in Portland Connecticut on a Saturday night. The accident occurred in central Connecticut near Middletown.
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Portland, Conn
Helen Webber
Sanford
Maine
Portland
Connecticut
Middletown
Conservation Panel To Meet In Kennebunkport
The Kennebunkport Conservation Commission will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the town offices to discuss acquiring a large Ocean Avenue parcel in front of the Lord mansion. The commission urges interested residents to attend.
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Conservation Commission
Ocean Avenue
E'D Lord
Comision
Old Orchard Beach woman returns home from hospital
Mrs. Yvonne Lariviere of 47 Adelaide Road in Old Orchard Beach has returned home after a stay at Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Lariviere
Adelaide Road
Old Orchard Beach
Webber Hospital
NOW Meeting in Kennebunk on Thursday Evening
The National Organization for Women will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Unitarian Church in Kennebunk. The group will discuss current and pending Maine legislation affecting women and plan a state conference to be held in Augusta on June 24.
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National Organization For Women (Now
Unitarian Church
Kennebunk
Maine
NOW
Augusta
Fire destroys 500 Club in Atlantic City
A Sunday general alarm fire gutted Atlantic City’s famous 500 Club, causing about 1.5 million in damage. Four people were injured, including three firefighters, with the blaze starting in the stage area around 12 30 p m and control reached by 3 p m. Owner Paul Skinny D Amato watched his club burn since 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Vernon S. Burner
Paul Skinny D'Amato
D'Amato
Right City But Wrong Airport Jet Goofs
Sixty two passengers on United Flight 475 landed at Opa Locka Airport in Miami-Dade County by mistake eight miles from their intended Miami International Airport. Officials cited perfect visibility as the landing was described as beautiful. two passengers were bused to the correct airport. The pilot declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
United Air Lines
United
Cleveland
Opa Locka
Coast Guard
Twe
Miami International
Reserve Gas Reserve May Be Set Up In Maine
Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis says a reserve gas supply could be created if shortages worsen to aid fishermen and farmers. He notes no near-term threat of widespread outages though some independent stations report rare shortages mainly south of Waterville. Civil Defense Director Emilien Levesque says Maine is relatively secure for gas with limited dealer-led gaps.
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Maine
Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Associated Press
Pine Tree
Curtis
Civil Defense
Emilien Levesque
Levesque
Waterville
Bank of Japan Sells Dollars as Fed Move Boosts Demand
In Tokyo the Bank of Japan again sold U.S. dollars in the foreign exchange market while dollar rates firmed. Dealers linked the stronger demand to the Federal Reserve Board's late Friday discount rate hike.
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Tokyo
Bank of Japan
U.S
U.S. Federal Reserves Board
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Kerry M. Anton
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Newport
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ANADA
Halfax
Montreal
Mathieu Angers
C & S Painting, Inc
High Street
Saco, Maine
Carrier
Lewiston
Robert Lacroix
Art Nadeau
CRP
OOB
Crossfire
K’port
Clement P. Wight Dial
Belvedere Hotel
D. A. Fogg, Jr., Inc
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