Mystery surrounds death in Saco apartment
Mystery deepens over a badly decomposed 21 year old male found in bed at 331 Main Street Saco. Police refuse to identify or discuss details while investigators pursue leads about the tenant reported missing for two weeks and a Pennsylvania license plated car found nearby. Landlords and tenants provide fragmented clues as the case unfolds.
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Saco
Main Street
Maine
Olice
Bruce Rafnell
Rafnell
Det
James Smith
Ferry
Journal
Smith
Pennsylvania
Maine Medical Center
Portland
The
State
Feline or raccoon cat enters glamour contest regional winner
Dimitri the cat, living in Old Orchard Beach, was named a regional winner in a national All American Glamour Kitty Contest after Tammy Nieuwland entered a 100 word essay and photos. The feline candidate, found at a camping ground last year, was domesticated by Tammy and later judged for appearance and behavior in a contest that showcased 200 cats nationwide.
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Rudyard Kipling
Pet Products Company
Dimitri
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Tammy Nieuwland
Tammy
Jessie Hemphill
Rto. 1
Fontainebleau Hotel
Miami Beach
A very special Father's Day for this hard-working couple
Kennebunk report on Joyce and Dale Slowik marrying at 16 and 17, having a son Tony at 21 months while finishing high school and working part time. Dale and Joyce praise their parents support, describe their powerful bond, and claim their child is exceptional and brilliant.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Joyce
Dale Slowik
Kennebunk High School
Tony
Dale
Beacon on Stage Island Disaster Near Saco Bay 1825
Three Portland bricklayers under Issac Ilsley contract to erect a 60 foot granite beacon on Stage Island in Saco Bay in 1825. They dig a deep foundation but the overhanging wall fails at 54 feet as the gravel hard pan proves insufficient, causing collapse in the failed section.
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Dick Charles
Portland
Stage Island
Saco Bay
Issac Ilsley
Benjamin Bailey
John Leavitt
John Lowell
Beirut convoy delay and Ford talks amid Lebanon crisis
In Beirut Americans and foreigners waited as a planned convoy out of the city was postponed until Sunday after PLO assurances faded. President Ford scrapped a campaign trip to meet security advisers as a U S attack carrier nears Lebanon to cover the convoy following the slaying of Ambassador Meloy and aide Waring. See story on page 8.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ford
U.S
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Robert O. Waring
Today's chuckle from journal
A humorous line suggests a man is often midway between his wife's view of him and what his secretary realizes about him.
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Liverpool
Congress
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Jordan
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Syria
Abby
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