Deaths John H. Bell 85 Westbrook farmer and woodsman
John H. Bell 85 longtime Westbrook resident died March 1 at a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness. Born February 15 1908 in Westbrook he was a son of Hugh S and Mary Bell. He moved to this community 40 years ago was a farmer and woodsman. Surviving brothers and nephews are listed. Funeral services set for Saturday at Hay Funeral Home Westbrook with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery Westbrook.
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Bar Mills
John H. Bell
Portland
Westbrook
Hugh S
Mary (Murray) Bell
William S. Beil
Franklin Emery
John Edwards
Chatsworth
Calif
Hugh Edwards
Los Angeles
Hay Funeral Home
Main St
Woodlawn Cemetery
Love is a Secret No More Revealed in LA Court
A court in Los Angeles ruled on a high profile case involving a figure known as Tomer. The proceeding centered on claims of fealty and public affection presented by a party described as Bee. The ruling concluded with a formal determination and potential implications for future filings.
Margie G Knight of Arundel 80 dies after illness
Margie G Morrill Knight 80 of Sinnott Road Arundel dies March 2 in a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness. Born June 18 1892 in North Berwick she taught in Maine and Vermont. Survived by widower Archie Knight son Joseph Archer Knight sister Madeleine Bartlett several nieces and nephews. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with Rev. Robert Stewart. Interment Hope Cemetery Kennebunk. Friends may call Saturday 2-4 7-9 p.m.
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Arundel
Margie G. Knight
Sinnott Road
Portland
North Berwick
William
Laura (Ricker) Morrill
Maine
Vermont
Archie B. Knight
Joseph Archer Knight
Madeleine Bartlett
Kennebu
Freshman York County Members Praised by Veteran Maine Legislator
In Augusta Rep. Edward Kelleher singles out York County freshmen Barry Hobbins of Saco and James McMahon of Kennebunk as two of four “outstanding” new lawmakers. He notes their cautious speaking style and Hobbins’s sponsorship of “concerned legislation” benefiting statewide and York County interests. Kelleher, in his third term, has served on the Ways and Means, Veterans Affairs, County Government and Reapportionment committees.
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Ias
Augusta
Edward Kelleher
Dbanger
House
York County
Barry Hobbins
Saco
James McMahon
Kennebunk
Patricia Knight
Scarborough
Lawrence
Skip” Greenlaw
Stonington
Hobbins
McMahon
Kelleher
Percy Cohen to hold Augusta press conference and fund drive
Senator Charles H. M. Percy and Congressman William Cohen schedule a joint press conference at the Holiday Inn Augusta at 4 p.m. Monday. Media invited. Percy plans a fundraising event at the Civic Center Monday at 7 p.m. to support Cohen.
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Augusta
Charles HM. Percy
William Cohen
Holiday Inn
Percy
Cohen
Civic Center
Radio Call In Shows Overload Portland Stations
New England Telephone reports their switching network was not built for the surge of simultaneous calls to three Portland stations WGAN WLOB and WPOR during call in programs. WGAN will change its Maxi Mini Money show to call out listeners instead of asking for inbound calls to ease line overloads.
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Portland
The
New England Telephone Co
WGAN
WLOB
WPOR
Funeral homes and directors listed in Maine notices
Funeral service firms Shumway and Gross and Dennett and Craig share listings with Emond's Funeral Home and J P Conroy. Contact details include Spring Street Saco Maine 284 5611 and 365 Water Street Saco with phone numbers 282 and 5511 respectively.
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Dennett & Craig
Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Ski Conditions Across New England Areas In Brief
New England ski reports list fresh snow inches, surface types, base depths, and conditions today. Notable openings include Bald Mountain Mount Abram Sugarloaf Sunday River and many New Hampshire districts with varied bases and surface grades.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Bald
Mt. Pdr
Lower
Cranmore
Dundee
Mrs Phoebe Legare Patient at Webber Hospital
Mrs. Phoebe Legare of 15 St. Mary Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Phoebe Legare
St. Mary St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Birthday Banquet Highlights 40th Cub Scout Year
Cub Pack 371 of Saco celebrated the 40th birthday of Cub Scouts at Most Holy Trinity Church parish hall with over 180 attendees. Awards went to Cubs and den leaders including David Shackford Roland Shackford Steven Ledoux Christopher Reay Richard Hevey Daniel Paquin. Wolf badges to Lance Bilodeau John Romprey Lloyd Holman Timothy Strickland. Bear badges to Paul Nolette Daniel Jamieson Vincent Sampo Peter Turgeon and Robert Belanger. Arrow Points earned by Lance Bilodeau and Robert Belanger. Special Award Certificates for Cub Scouting were presented to Rosalie Turgeon Den 1 Dorothy DeNaples Den 3 Meredith Bilodeau Den 2 Robert Sampo Den Chief. Bernard Fogarty Troop 371 scoutmaster gave the talk.
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Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
Girls
Cubs
Den
David Shackford
Roland Shackford
Steven Ledoux
Christopher Reay
Richard Hevey
Daniel Paquin
Lance Bilodeau
John Romprey
Lloyd Holman
Timothy Strickland
Paul Nolette
Daniel Jamieson
Vincent
Sampo
Peter Turgeon
Robert Belanger
Rosalie Turgeon
Dorothy DeNaples
Meredith Bilodeau
Robert Roberts
A Ae Sampo
Bernie Fogarty
Uest
Maine Senate passes anti abortion resolution amid rights debate
The Maine Senate approved an anti abortion resolution by a 24-7 vote to amend the federal constitution to protect life at all stages. The chamber will revisit ratification of the equal rights amendment on Monday as debate continues over two major changes.
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Dave Swearingen
Associated Press
Whitre
Augusta
Maine
Senate
Richard N. Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Berry
Louis Jalbert
Lewiston
York County Legislators Back Anti-Abortion Resolution
In Augusta the York County delegation supported a bill urging Congress to overturn the Supreme Court abortion ruling. In the House 15 of 16 voted yes with Henry Hodgdon absent. all nine Democrats supported. In the Senate all four York County state senators backed the measure.
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Augusta
York County
U.S. Congress
Supreme Court
Henry Hodgdon
Rkittery
MacMahon
Kennebunk
Tyndale
Kennebunkport
Chick Sanford
Cressey
North Berwick
Stillings
Berwick
Pratt
Parsonfield
House
Sheltra
Farley
Fecteau
Biddeford
Hobbins
Saco
Morin
Old Orchard Beach
Rolde
York
Berry
Buxton
Goodwin
South Berwick
Gauthier
Sanford
Senate
John Roberts
Walter Hichens
Eliot
Guy Marcotte
Peter Danton
Powers Finds Stage Fright Flying Low Over Freeways
Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot, now reports Los Angeles freeway traffic from 3,000 feet for KGIL. He says speaking before thousands feels smaller than facing a CIA mission, though he admits a touch of stage fright when piloting his Cessna Cardinal amid Southern California gridlock.
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U.S
Russia
California
Francis Gary Powers
Central Intelligence Agen
KGIL
Powers
CIA
Vote Watcher Declares ERA Dead In State House
Veteran lawmaker Rep. Louis Jalbert predicts the Senate will accept the minority report to kill the Equal Rights Amendment. Supporters of the Gros amendment vow to press senators over the weekend as a second identical bill could be brought later if Monday’s vote fails. The House passed the amendment by a slim ten vote margin.
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Augusta
Louis Jalbert
Lewiston
Journal
Jalbert
Senate
Kathleen Goodwin
D. Bath
Three Youths Wound Officer In Belfast Theft
In Belfast three teenagers including a girl around 13 tried to hijack a policeman’s car. The officer was wounded in the face and arm but his gunfire drove the youths away and his injuries were not serious.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Meat Import Quotas Studied
Rising meat prices spark consumer protest moves in Congress to repeal the 1964 meat import quota law. Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal pushes a repeal bill as imports rise and Nixon pauses quotas to allow more foreign beef into U.S. markets. Beef consumption has doubled in a generation amid growing supermarket demand.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Australia
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.y
Rosenthal
Retter
Con
Milkman May Follow Iceman
Boston report on the shift from home milk deliveries to cut-rate dairy stores and open all night retailers. Industry figures cite delivery costs and labor as the main drivers, noting a long decline from 80 percent of homes in the 1950s to about 15 percent now with limited future use expected.
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Boston
Cery
Fisher
Stewart Johnson
Conomist
University of Connecticut
Johnson
Nixon vows no ransom in Palestinian diplomat seizure
President Nixon said the United States will not pay blackmail to Palestinian guerrillas who seized the new American ambassador and other diplomats in Kharton. He also addressed wage controls, noting few 5.5 percent increases occurred during Phase 2 and predicting 1973 settlements will vary, with some higher and some lower.
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United States
Kharton
Nixon
Casco Bank Chairman Resigns to Join UMaine Role
Halsey Smith resigns as Casco Bank board chairman to devote time to a new UMaine post. He had already stepped down as Casco president in 1971 and plans to sever all ties with the Portland bank, following his June appointment at the University of Maine Center for Research and Advanced Study on the Portland Gorham campus.
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Portland
Halsey Smith
Casco Bank & Trust Co
University of Maine
Smith
Casco
Portland Bank
Center For Research and Advanced Study
University
Portland-Gorham
City Parks Plans Face Funding Test and Future Upgrades
Recreation director Moody outlines projects for Saco parks including a pocket park on King Street and an Eastman Park facelift. He notes maintenance would fall to the parks department with a new control policy if funds are approved. Ed Switzer and Moody discuss summer floral signs and other plots, but Youth Corps and EEA personnel cuts threaten staff for upkeep.
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Moody
Parks and Recreation Department
Switzer
King Street
Eastman Park
Beach and
Main Streets
Saco
Youth Corps and Emergency Employment Act
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Yankee Milk, Inc
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Yankee Milk
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P. A. Sys
Steve White
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Shirley Hawker Universal Shoe Corp
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Marcel Lizotte
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Host Rent-A-Car Corporation OF America
Rent-A-Car Corporation OF America
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