Deaths Arthur E Gagne veteran and family man
Arthur E Gagne 75 of Biddeford died June 12 after a long illness in a local nursing home. Born June 30 1897 in Biddeford he worked 30 years at the Saco Lowell Shop retiring 11 years ago. A World War I Navy veteran he belonged to Notre Dame de Lourdes Church and the Sacred Heart League. Survived by widow Florence two daughters Muriel Forest and Mrs Romeo Gagne and two sons Arthur E Gagne Jr and Charlies Gagne a sister and nine grandchildren. Mass Friday at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church burial in St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home Saco today and tomorrow.
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Arthur E. Gagne
Mabel Street
Biddeford
Charles and
Philomene (Cote) Gagne
Saco- Lowell
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Sacred Heart League
U.S. Navy
York County Barracks
Florence (Bourassa) Gagne
Romeo
Muriel) Forest
Arthur E. Gagne Jr
Charlies Gagne
Clarina Lottinville
Severa
Christian Buria
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
St Joseph Cemetery
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Father Of Former Senator Is Dead 97
Michael J. McCarthy aged 97, father of former U.S. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota, died Tuesday in Willmar.
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Michael J. McCarthy Willmar
Minn
Michael J. McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Firefighters Train With Their Own Equipment at Saco Session
About 40 firemen from Camp Ellis North Saco and Saco gathered behind Burns School in Saco Monday evening for a training session. The drill focused on proper hose handling and usage using each department's equipment.
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Camp Ellis
North Saco
Saco
Burns School
Saco firemen report false alarms at Trudeau's Club
Saco firemen rushed to Trudeau's Club on the Port land Road on Tuesday twice for a reported fire. A fire department spokesman said both alarms were caused by a reflection through a vent pipe, not a blaze.
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Saco
Trudeau
Portland Road
Fire Department
Biddeford Woman Injured After Door Collision on Main Street
Biddeford Police say Elaine Chmura 19 of Newington Conn was treated and released at Webber Hospital after riding a bike that struck the open driver side door of a parked car outside Laconia Federal Credit Union on Main Street. Albert W Cookson 87 Graham St Biddeford was exiting his vehicle when the collision occurred Tuesday at 7:20 PM.
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Biddeford
Elaine Chmura
Newington Conn
Webber Hospital
Main Street
Laconia Federal Credit Union
Albert W Cookson
Graham St. Biddeford
Watergate memo details and questions on June 24 meeting
The text notes Dick Whitney and a Stans aide to explain a memorandum. It reports a possible June 24 meeting with Mitchell after the Watergate break in and whether their talks involved others beyond the five men arrested inside Democratic headquarters.
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Dick) Whitney
Stans
Mitchell
Democratic
St Ann Sodality Meeting in Saco for Gagne tribute
The St Ann Sodality of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cote Funeral Home 87 James Street to pay respects to Arthur E. Gagne husband of a member and parishioner.
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St. Ann Sodality
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
Arthur E. Gagne
Sacred Heart League to Offer Prayers for Arthur Gagne
Members of the Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco will gather Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cote Funeral Home on James Street to offer prayers for Arthur E. Gagne, a league member.
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Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Arthur E. Gagne
Mass for Frank Laverriere at St Joseph Biddeford
A Mass of Christian Burial for Frank A. Laverriere will be sung June 14 at 9 a.m. from St. Joseph Church in Biddeford. Calling hours are today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home, 72 Hill Street, Biddeford.
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St. Joseph Church
Biddeford
Frank A. Laverriere
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Funeral Directors and Services Listed in Saco Maine
Funeral home listings show Emond and Conroy at 284-5511 and 282-1818, Shumway and Gross at 85 Spring Street in Saco 284-5611, and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine 282-.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring S&j
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Maine
Kennebunk Selectmen Approve Park Playground Plan
Kennebunk is moving ahead with a recreation project on town land in West Kennebunk a combined playground baseball diamond and picnic area. The plan includes seeking National Guard assistance for initial site work and potential federal funds matching town money.
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Kennebunk
Recreation Commission
Land Commission
National Guard
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Alewive’s
Richard Oliver
Liver
Arundel
Herman Cohen
Oliver
Gooch's Beach
Army Corps of Engineers
Cianbre Co
Middle Beach
Middle
Department of Sea and Shore F Sheries
Boothby Road
Beach
Maguire Road
Old Fal's Road
Parsons Street
Cohen
David Shields
Harris Lane
Kennebunk Beach
Sanford
Hartigan
Thompson Road
Lillian Hartigan
New Hampshire
Neghbors
Simpson Hits Tax Relief Bills in Maine House Tug of War
Augusta AP The House majority leader Rep Larry FE Simpson Standish withdrew an order sending four tax relief bills to the Taxation Committee after strong objections from GOP and Democratic colleagues. He argues delaying tax relief allows full financial review while proponents claim funds exist without new taxes and fear political motives amid 1974 gubernatorial plans. Katz as chief spokesman chairs a bill endorsed by the Education Committee.
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Augusta
House
Larry FE. Simpson
Taxation Committee
Simpson
Harrison L. Richardson
Rcumberland
Bennett D. Katz
Raugusta
Katz
Education
Massachusetts Tops Nation With 100 Degree Heat Break
The highest temperature Tuesday reached 100 degrees in Westfield Massachusetts as a four day heat wave eased after a northeast storm line. Thunder squalls brought heavy rain, hail, and damaging winds causing power outages and downed trees and poles across New England. Tornadoes were reported in Watertown Connecticut and in parts of New York. A youth died from a falling tree in Fishkill and injuries occurred from lightning in Athol Massachusetts and Vestal New York. Vermont towns reported quarter-sized hail and road closures from flooding while Maine coast finally moved the storm away.
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Associated Press
Westfield
Mass
Watertown
Conn
Essex and
Chemung Counties
New York
Lebanon
N.H
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Fishkill
N.Y
Athol
Vestal
Vermont
Burlington
U.S. 7
Rutland
Waterbury
Montpelier
Barre
Maine
Temple
Biddeford to pick new police chief next week
Biddeford Police Commission narrows chief candidates to four and seeks salary guidelines from the finance committee and city council ahead of a July 20 retirement by Chief Edgar Sevigny. A council meeting Monday will decide on a new communications system a police car for beach areas and new uniforms funded by 1973 revenue sharing. Negotiations with the police union are pending after a June 1 meeting was postponed due to scheduling confusion.
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Biddeford
Ment
Charles Sherbourne
Police Commission
Hugh McMahon
Portland
Sherbourne
McMahon
Seven Die In Latest Violence In Ulster
In Belfast a British army sentry shot and killed a man who jumped a barrier outside a joint police and military post in a Catholic area after threats and ignored warnings. The death follows a car bomb Tuesday that killed six, raising the toll to nine in three days and 823 in nearly four years of violence. The Coleraine blast killed four women and two men, ripping front walls from shops and sparking a flash fire. Thirty three were wounded, including a mother and her baby.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Army
Coleraine
Londonderry
Maine State Workers Get Immediate Pay Raises
Two emergency measures pass the Maine Legislature granting most state employees a raise of either eight dollars or five percent, whichever is higher. Senate approval was unanimous with House backing and the bills go to Governor Curtis for signature. The action follows speculation of a Nixon wage freeze.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Senate
Encoun
House
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
University of Maine
Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Magruder says Mitchell approved Watergate actions
Jeb Stuart Magruder plans to testify that former Attorney General John N. Mitchell approved the Watergate bugging and burglary plans at a March 1972 meeting in Key Biscayne Florida. He is not expected to claim Nixon knew of the original plan or the cover up.
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Chicago
Jeb Stuart Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Chicago Tribune
Magruder
Nixon
Tribune
Mitchell
Ing
Key Biscayne
Fla
the Tribune
Senate
White House
Weather outlook for Portland clears tonight
The forecast shows clearing conditions across Portland tonight with lows in the 40s to low 50s elsewhere. Thursday brings sunny skies with highs from the lower 60s in the north to the mid 70s in the south.
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Portland
Marine Forecast Eastport to Merrimack Air
Northwest to north winds 5 to 15 knots tonight and Thursday. Tonight clearing. Thursday fair.
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Marine Forecast
Eastport
Merrimack
New England Temperatures Across Cities
Readings show varied temperatures across New England and nearby areas with cities like Boston Nantucket Pittsfield Worcester Providence Hartford Concord Mount Washington Burlington Eastport Portland Rumford Halifax Montreal and more. Numbers range from the 40s to the mid nineties with several locations in the 60s and 70s.
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Boston
Chatham
Nantucket
Pittsfield
Worcester
Rhode Island
Providence
Connecticut
Hartford
NEW Hampshire Concord
Lebanon
Mt. Washington
Vermont
Burlington
Eastport
Greenvile
Portland
Rumford
Halifax
Montreal
New Hampshire Fisherman Case Delayed to July Without Plea
A New Hampshire lobster fisherman Edwin Capone, 40, Portsmouth police officer and part time fisherman, had his case continued to July 10 in District Court on charges of fishing in Maine waters without a license and using more than three traps on a line. His arrest in the disputed 340 acre zone near the Isle of Shoals rekindled the boundary question before the Supreme Court.
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New Hampshire
Maine
Edwin Capone
Portsmouth
Capone
Isle of Shoa
U.S. Supreme Court
2 200 People Line Up To Play Ape For A Day
In San Francisco AP reports about 2,200 fans formed a block long line for a one day showing at Warfield theater. The event featured all five Planet of the Apes films including Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Nine hours total, with tickets priced at $1. Fans expected strong concession sales as National General Theaters manager James Sutton marveled at turnout and predicted hot dog sales.
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a+N FRANCISCO
Warfield Theater
James Sutton
National General Theaters
Connecticut Pre-Retirement Office Aims to Ease Aging Workers
Hartford AP report notes the Connecticut Office of Pre-Retirement Education, first of its kind, opens with $50,000 funding to guide workers over 55 into retirement. The program stresses budgeting, health, and meaningful activities, urging couples to rethink relocating and to stay connected with family and community.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Thomas Meskill
Sholom Bloom
Department of Aging
Bloom
Florida
United Auto Workers Union
Seavill Manufacturing Co
Waterbury
Conn
Richard Renkin
UAW
New Police Fire Station Study Completed for Old Orchard Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A feasibility study on locating the new police and fire station behind the town hall has been completed by Boston architect Constantine L. Tsomides and will be presented to the site selection committee. Voters approved a 200000 bond for the complex last year, and no site decision has been made. Sarelas said the study was prepared at no cost and with no town remises, with other firms also pursuing the project.
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Boston
Constantine L. Tsomides
Louis Sarelas
Sarelas
QOB Launches Seaweed Fight Along Beaches
Old Orchard Beach acts to reduce heavy seaweed buildup along its shores. Town Manager Louis Savelas notes daily beach changes and erosion. Road Foreman Armand St Hilaire and Health Officer Dwight McLeod lead cleanup efforts. Students employed for the summer join the mechanical beach cleaner operating daily 4 a.m. to noon. Army Corps of Engineers to inspect the beach throughout the summer to assess sand and current cycles.
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Old Orchard Beach
Louis Savelas
Armand St. Hilaire
Dwight McLeod
Savelas
Army Corps of Engineers
Maine Hospital Association Has Eport Meeting
KENNEBUNKPORT AP An American Hospital Association official says hospital management and expenditures face tighter public scrutiny. Lee Block notes growing press involvement in board meetings as patients seek control over costs, while criticizing the cost of chart notes and limited choices in procedures.
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Kennebunkport
American Hospital Association
Lee F. Block
Chicago
Maine Hospital Association
Block
AHA
Maine
Saco Plans Public Hearing On Multidwelling Rules
The Saco Planning Board will hold a public hearing June 19 at 7 30 p m in the city council chambers to review 18 proposed provisions for multifamily dwellings. Rules cover lot size frontage unit limits sewer approval and subdivision status with a moratorium previously in effect. City officials anticipate a surge of applications after the moratorium ends.
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Saco Planning Board
Planning Board
Th Planning Board
Saco
Kora Shriners to Gather in Biddeford for Summer Ceremonial
More than 12 000 Shriners from Kora Temple Lewiston and 150 guest nobles will attend a Biddeford High School ceremony honoring J Edward Libby DMD longtime Potentate from York County. The day features golf at Biddeford Saco Country Club a parade toy displays a clambake and an 7 pm initiation by Bektash Temple followed by honors for Richard G Taylor of Alfred.
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Lewiston
Biddeford High School
J. Edward Libby
DMD
Saco
York County
Libby
Sacoge No 9
A.M
Bradford Commandery
R.T
Vermont
New Hampshire
New Brunswick
Noble Bill Foster
York
Bektash Temple
Concord
N.H
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New England
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Biddeford - Saco Journal
QOB
Richard G. Taylor
Alfred
Noble Taylor
Imperial Council of North America
Imperial Council of the Shrine of North America
Abou Saad Temple
Balboa
Canal Zone
Edwin Gage
Mount Sinai Shrine
Mount Belier
North America
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Bektash
Richard A. Delage
Hills Beach Rd
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Dan Gagne
Ray Guay
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