Two Involved in Biddeford Snow Crashes Hit Poles
Two people were injured in separate Biddeford crashes on snowy roads as vehicles skidded into utility poles. Margaret Hoff, 48, of Kennebunkport, sustained knee lacerations and RC Milliken, 28, of 573 Pool Road, Biddeford, suffered facial cuts. Both were treated at Webber Hospital and released. Police noted additional minor crashes with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Margaret Hoff
Kennebunk
Elm Street
South Street
Westmore Avenue
Robert Milliken
Pool Road
Milliken
Nuns Continue May Field Day Plans Leader Roles
A local school nun and physical education teacher heads the annual May Field Day and assists in music. She previously taught in Woonsocket Rhode Island Manchester New Hampshire and Gardner Massachusetts. The two sisters joined the order in Hudson New Hampshire in 1940 and made first religious vows on March 2 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. I
Manchester
N.H
Gardner
Mass
Hudson
Draft dodger tally high as California tops states list
National story notes rising draft law violations with California leading. Sen Hart questions Congress' inaction as Auto Workers leader Reuther plans talks with other unions over AFL-CIO leadership. Social Security checks increase for over 20 million Americans. Rockefeller declines primaries but leaves open potential nomination. Nixon dismisses draft. Johnson tours Space Center in Houston defending Vietnam policy. Florida teacher strike hopes fade amid reopenings. Riots flare in San Francisco while Pittsburgh considers court action. Romania threatens further quarrels with communists. Kennedy tariff talks could drain gold and dollars from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Johnson
Space Center
Houston
Vietnam
Florida
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Funeral directors and services listed in Saco Maine
Funeral Home contacts and directors Frank X. Emond J P Conroy Shumway Funeral Service Philip H Gross Sr Dennett and Craig listed with addresses in Saco Maine and telephone numbers for each establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Card of Thanks for Webber Hospital Care
Mrs Sandra Benvie thanks doctors and nurses at Webber Hospital for excellent care and friends for gifts, cards and flowers during illness. Mrs Rose Pelletier thanks family and friends for cards and flowers during illness and doctors and nurses at Webber Hospital. Rosario J Demers also thanks Webber Hospital staff and Dr Lafond for care and nurse Lennox at Saco Lowell Shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Webber Hospital
Dr. Lafond
Lennox
Saco Lowell
Rosario J. Demers
Funeral rites for Leroy E Emery held at St Margarets
Funeral services for Leroy E Emery of Pineland Avenue were held Friday morning at St Margarets Church. Rev John H Clancy officiated the requiem high mass with the church choir and organist Mrs Antonio Bois vert. Interment followed in St Marys Cemetery Biddeford. Bearers named as David Dennis James, Robert, James, and Richard Gerard and Thomas Emery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Leroy E. Emery
Pineland Ave
St. Margarets Church
John H. Clancy
Antonio Boisvert
St. Mary's Cemetery
Biddeford
Father Clancy
David
Robert
James Dennis
Richard Gerard
Thomas Emery
Funeral service for Harold H Hanson in Saco
Harold Howard Hanson aged 27 of 27 Tasker Street Saco passed away recently. Funeral services were held yesterday at Shumway Funeral Home in Saco with Rev. Stanley A Bennett officiating. Burial followed in Laurel Hill Cemetery with bearers Avon Wilcox Llewellyn Crowley Daniel Murray Paul Cartcart Robert Lester and Arthur Smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Howard Hanson
Tasker
Global turmoil and political shifts dominate press in February
Riots at Khe Sanh draw heavy North Vietnamese fire while U S casualty tolls surge with 1 829 killed in four weeks ending Feb 24 surpassing earlier years. Romney quits GOP race. Rockefeller moves closer to potential draft. McNamara exits Defense for World Bank. Cuba asylum bids on ship 26 de Julio lead to coast guard stand off. Living costs rise with 0 3 percent CPI jump signaling tougher budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khe Sanh
U.S. Command
Vietnam
U.S
Romney
Rockefeller
George Romney
New Hampshire
Michigan
Richard Nixon
Wisconsin
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S. Coast Guard
Virginia
Cape Henry
Coast
Cuba
United States
Allied troops and raids target Haiphong and Hanoi area
Allied forces reported enemy movements two miles north of Con Thien as U S air raids targeted Haiphong with an all weather Navy intruder campaign. The strikes hit a Haiphong bridge near the city center, a cargo complex on the Red River, and a railroad yard on the Hanoi route. Churchill called Britain's Battle of Britain its finest hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Thien
North Vietnam
Navy
Haiphong
Red River
Hanoi
Patient Armand Ledoux at Webber Hospital Biddeford
Armand Ledoux of Shadagee Road Saco is listed as a patient at Webber Hospital Biddeford. The notice places him in the medical category and identifies his residence in Saco, with the hospital in Biddeford as the care location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Ledoux
Shadagee Road
Saco
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
SNES Division One Meeting Set for Hibernian Hall Biddeford
The SNES Division One of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will meet Sunday night at 7 30 in Hibernian Hall at the corner of Main Street and Elm Street in Biddeford.
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Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Hibernian Hall
Main Street
Elm Street
Biddeford
Church Youth Groups Gather Across Kennebunkport Area
A Friday through Sunday schedule lists youth services and youth fellowships at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Kennebunkport Wells Beach and Ogunquit. Activities include evening evangelistic services Sunday school classes and junior and senior high youth meetings across churches in these communities and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School of Religion
St. Martha's Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s Kennebunk
St. Mary’s, Wells Beach
St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
Rehearsals Begin for Cantata Seven Last Words
Rehearsals for the cantata Seven Last Words of Christ to be presented Sunday March 31 at Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford continue. Conductor Donald Hamalaian invites more singers. over 40 have registered from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunk. Soloists include Peter Harvey Gorham and Albert Packard Scarborough. participating churches span Saco Biddeford and nearby towns.
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Christ
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Donald Hamalainen
Biddeford Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunk
Peter Harvey
Gorham
Albert Packard
Scarborough
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Saco
Trinity Episcopal
Organizations Engage Doctor In Kennebunk
Kennebunk Rotary Club and the Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce announced they secured a physician to practice in the Kennebunk area. Executive Secretary Henry B. Twombly and chamber representative Hiram Clifford led the effort with cooperative Rotary Club support. Details will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Rotary Club
Henry B. Twombly
Kennebunk- Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Rotary Club
Hiram Clifford
Cold wave grips Portland with frigid Sunday outlook
A cold wave hits Portland with night skies partly cloudy and a chance of scattered mountain snow flurries. Severe cold follows, with low temperatures from zero to five above in the north and teens in the south. Sunday turns fair to partly cloudy but much colder, signaling record-like lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Saco Jaycees Postal Match Plans Finalized
Final plans for the Saco Jaycees State B B Gun Postal Match were laid out after York County Fish and Game Association members agreed to serve as impartial scorers. Invitations were sent to 51 Maine chapters to join the program, with a April 10 target-return deadline. Prizes include ribbons for top team members, a trophy for the top team, plaques for second and third, and display at King's Fly Shop in Saco.
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Saco Jaycee
York County Fish and Game Association
Jaycee
Maine
de Saco Jaycees
Caribou
King's Fly Shop
Main Street
Saco
Waghy String Quartet To Play At St Francis College
The Waghy String Quartet of Portland performs the second of four concerts at St Francis College gym on Wednesday March 6 at 8 p.m. Mozart and Dvorak quartets featured, Prokofiev quartet also on program. Open to the public with admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis
Waghy String Quartet of
Portland
St. Francis College
He Chamber Company
Mozart
Prokofiev
Dvorak
Maine
Nassau
Gorham State
Bowdoin
St. Joseph's
the Sepian
Waghy Strin
Greensboro man sought on fugitive harboring and stolen goods charges
Earl G. Kirkman of Greensboro is sought on a fugitive from justice warrant for harboring an escapee and on charges of buying and receiving stolen goods. The Guilford superior court clerk has issued the warrant as Kirkon has been called for jury duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Earl G. Kirkman
Guilford Superior Court
Kirkon
Friendship Class Meets In Saco Vestry
The Friendship Class of the Saco United Baptist Church held its monthly meeting in the vestry with 40 members present. Eugene Hill presided in the absence of President Lionel Cartwright. reports were read by Mrs. Isabelle Wilbur and Raymond Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco United Baptist Church
Eugene Hill
Lionel Cartwright
Isabelle Wilbur
Raymond Taylor
Sunshine Committee
Florence Johnson
Carroll Condict
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Ruby Brown
George Renell
Harley Scammon Jr
Fernand Audie
Malaysia
Johnson
Myrtle Watson
Waveland King
Alice Hayford
Edna Curran
Frank Whitten
Two Fires Damage New England Apartment Blocks
Two fires within 34 minutes heavily damaged two large apartment blocks in Nashua New Hampshire. 36 people were evacuated from a Pine Street block after a single-alarm blaze. A two-alarm fire damaged a five story Chestnut Street building. No injuries reported. In Fall River Massachusetts skaters at Kennedy Park found quiet nights as police quit playing records saying they were not hired as disc jockeys.
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Associa
Nashua
N.H
Pine Street
Chestnut Street
Fall River
Mass
Kennedy Park
New England men indicted in Syracuse extortion plot
Three men from New Hampshire and Massachusetts were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Utica on charges of extorting Frank J. Malvasi. They allegedly threatened to implicate him in a stolen car ring in April and May 1967 to demand money. Ralph Howard of North Hampton, Robert E. Jones of Somerville, and Charles H. Smith Jr. of Exeter were named in the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N.Y
New England
Syracuse
Ralph Howard
North Hampton
N.H
Robert E. Jones
Somerville
Mass
Charles H. Smith, Jr
Exeter
Frank J. Malvasi
Birthday Cheers and Civic Jokes Highlight Busy Day
Dancing Howard Whitehead of Bay View Laco and Mrs Lot Quealy of Westbrook join seven grandnieces and nephews and 12 great grand nieces and nephews in celebrating Auntie Mame. The Journal photographer and Miss Nolan add playful notes as birthday wishes flow in. In Washington, Deputy Mayor Fletcher marked his 44th birthday then warned officials he would fire the first singer, but Mayor Washington still led a birthday chorus.
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Howard Whitehead
Bay View Laco
Lot Quealy
Westbrook
Mame
Journal
Miss Nolan
Mary Nolan
Washington (Ap
Thomas W. Fletcher
Walter E. Washington
Fletcher
Elvin Hayes Named Basketball Player Of The Year
Elvin Hayes, a 6-8 senior from the University of Houston Cougars, wins the 1968 Associated Press college basketball player of the year with 22,242 votes. He overcame a high school coaching cut for a coordination issue, led Houston to multiple historic feats, and stands as a top NBA prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Elvin Hayes
Hayes
University of Houston Cougars
Lew Alcindor
UCLA
Associated Press
Alcindor
Pete Maravach
Louisiana State
Big E
Rayville
Cougars
Astrodome
Valparaiso
Melvin Rogers
Eula Britton High School
Louisiana
Rogers
Britton
Hays
Pressure Builds Over Boycott of Olympic Games
The looming threat of a Mexico City boycott over South Africa's Olympic participation prompts IOC president Avery Brundage to consider a nine member executive board meeting in Suzanne Switzerland. He said a full IOC vote may follow and action could stretch to eight weeks before the October Games.
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Chicago
Mexico City
South Africa
Tokyo
International Olympic Committee
Cuba
Malaysia
India
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria
Russia
Avery Brundage
IOC
Pedro Ramirez Vasquez
Jose de Jesus Clark Flores
Marte R. Gomez
Brundage
Suzanne
Switzerland
France
Mexico
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Great Britain
Lebanon
Italy
Ireland
Immunization Clinic to be Held in Town Hall
Old Orchard Beach schedules a March 5 immunization clinic at Town Hall starting 9 30 a m with vaccines for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus smallpox and measles. Dr Herbert Hopkins will be attending physician. Fr Sands of Washington Avenue was rushed to Mercy Hospital Portland after a heart attack at home on Thursday. Miniwanca Chapter Order of the Eastern Star to hold annual meeting Monday at Robinson Memorial Hall with a 6 30 p m pot luck supper. officers to wear street dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hopkins
Sands
Washington Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson
Olive Rebekah Lodge to Hold March Meeting in Kennebunk
Schuler Colfax Night will be observed at the Monday March 4 meeting at 7 45 p m in the Olive Rebekah Lodge hall Main Street with a degree rehearsal. Refreshments to be provided by Mrs Beverly True and Mrs Thelma Warner. Speakers Mrs Helen Turcotte and Mrs Lena Mollen will present slides on WABAN at 1 30 p m Monday.
Community notices from Kennebunk area events and updates
Day events include the Webhan net Woman's Club meeting at Fletcher Street club house with Mrs John Grieve in charge of refreshments. Harvey Bible Class annual meeting at West Kennebunk Methodist Church Monday evening with pot luck supper at 6 30 led by Mrs Zella Tibbetts. Job Corps Parents meeting at Kennebunk Unitarian Church Monday 7 30. School canceled Friday due to storm. Donna Wentworth and fiancé Thomas Smith visiting Elm Street parents.
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Webhannet Woman's Club
Fletcher Street
John Grieve
Harvey Bible Class
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Church Ag
Zella Tibbetts
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Donna Wentworth
Southbury
Southbury Conn
Thomas Smith
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Richard M. Nixon
Romania
Sandra Benvie
Mrs. Rose Pelletier
Memoriam
Bertha C. Goodwin
Helen D. Parks
Jennifer A. Pierpan
Harold H. Hanson
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
World Bank
Clark Clifford
Winston Churchill
Battle of
Britain
Snes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Christ's Ambassadors
Youth Fellowship of the
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Unitarian Universalist Church
Portland Road
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Methodist Youth Fellowship
School Street Methodist Church
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the
Ogunquit
Saco United Baptist
Senior High Youth Fellowship
United — Church
Doctor
Saco Jaycees
Saco Vestry
St. Joseph’s Parish Hall
Green Street
St. Louis
Doris Rocray
Carol Goulet
Bernard Guerin
Patricia Croteau
Thomas Rousselle
Jeanne Allie
J. M. H. of Maine Federal Credit Union
Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co
Biddeford-Saco
Guson
Maine Credit Union League
Kenneth Gray
Ernest Libby Jr
Robert Allen
Walter Greenleaf
Laurid Lauridsen
Clement P. Wight Dial
Carry Bros
Jewelers Thacher Building
Arthur Gilbert
Porterhouse
Beach Street
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