Maine Rep Henry Hodgdon Dies at 60 in Portsmouth
State Rep. Henry W. Hodgdon R Kittery died today at a Portsmouth New Hampshire hospital at age 60. A retired Portsmouth Naval Shipyard machinist he served a second term in the Maine House and sat on the County Government Committee. He also had three years on Kittery town council. Survivors include widow Louise Robbins of Bath. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Kittery
Henry W. Hodgdon
Portsmouth
N.H
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Hodgdon
Maine
Legislative County
Louise Robbins
Bath
Travelogue by Mrs Yvonne Fidalgo at WEIU Saco
The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Saco will hear a travel talk titled Let’s Go to Bavaria and the Passion Play by Mrs Yvonne Fidalgo. The meeting is Friday at 1 30 p m in Hamilton Memorial Hall Beach Street Saco. Hostess is Mrs Melvin E Wilbur and tea chairs are Mrs Clinton Underwood.
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Bavaria
Yvonne Fidalgo
Women's Educational and Industrial Union of
Saco
Sarah Fairfield Hamilton
Beach St
Aires
Clinton Underwood
York County Savings Bank names Leo B. Shevenell VP and treasurer
Leo B. Shevenell, a Biddeford native and longtime York County Savings Bank officer, was named vice president and treasurer at a board meeting announced by bank President Edward A. Harriman. He has served with the bank since 1930 and as treasurer since 1940, and he also played violin with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and belonged to the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club.
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Leo B. Shevenell
York County Savings Bank
Edward A. Harriman
Biddeford
Shevenell
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Biddeford-Saco
Rotary Club
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Gifts and Care
A thank you note expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for cards letters and flowers after a bereavement. It also thanks doctors and nurses at the Osteopathic Hospital in Portland nurses at Leech Nursing Home and Bibbers ambulance service. Mr and Mrs Halstead Pillsbury Mr and Mrs Sydney Hooper Mr and Mrs Verner Hooper.
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Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Leech Nursing Home
Bibbers Ambulance Service
Halstead
Los Angeles Times Rights Note Highlights
Rights and bylines from the Los Angeles Times note framing ownership and publication permissions. The fragment references the paper’s broad rights policy and attribution honoring use of its material.
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Los Angeles Times
Portland Area Forecast Report
Cloudy in Portland with rain likely in the southwest and southeast tonight. Lows mainly in the 20s to 30s, with rain chances increasing north and occasional rain south. Thursday expects highs in the 40s across the region.
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Portland
House Fire in Saco Damages Home on Old Orchard Road
Saco firefighters responded early this morning to a house fire at 40 Old Orchard Road in a home occupied by Harvey MacLeod. Fire near the chimney caused flames in floor areas. Separately, a car fire at Spring and Temple streets involved Edward Lovejoy's vehicle.
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Saco
Old Orchard Road
Harvey MacLeod
Fire Department
Spring
Temple Streets
Edward Lovejoy
Deaf men mistaken for bank robbers in Florida
In Largo Florida a teen in white cutoff shorts passed a note to a teller asking for a zipper bag to obtain coins. The teller sounded an alarm and two deaf men, Robert Pokorny and Howard Shuping, were detained. They were later released with no charges filed.
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Howard E. Shuping
Akron
Ohio
FBI
Clearwater
Bobby
Elsie Pokorny
Tampa
George Luger
Chrysler Questions Readiness of Catalytic Exhaust Converters
In Washington Chrysler Corp official Ss L Terry told EPA hearings that chemically activated catalytic converters are not ready for production on cars. He cited downtuned tests and insufficient performance for normal use and urged Congress to extend 1975 emission standards to 1977. Ford and General Motors likewise advocate legislative action to resolve the dispute.
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Washington
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford
Detroit
Ss. L. Terry
Environmental Protection Agency
Terry
EPA
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chrysler
Congress
Biddeford Firefighter Caron Emphasizes Community Fire Safety
Arthur Caron, 45, a Biddeford fireman and son of long time firefighter George Pinky Caron, describes daily duties from truck cleaning to building upkeep and electrical work. He urges public awareness, ongoing training, and visits to the firehouse to prevent fires and uphold the department’s reputation.
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Arthur Caron
George
Pinky
Caron
Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Trask Named Project Forester for Coastal York District
James Trask an RC and D Threshold to Maine project forester covering Cumberland Oxford and York Counties is appointed lead forester for the Coastal York County District. He will continue as RC and D project forester and holds degrees from UNH and Penn State. He has served with the Maine Forestry Department for two years.
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James _ Trask
Threshold To
Maine
Rc&d
Cumberland
Oxford
York Counties
Coastal Forestry
York County
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Biddeford
Arundel
Kennebunk Kennebunkport
Wells
York
Kittery
Eliot
Trask
RC & D
University of New Hampshire
Pennsylvania State University
Maine Forestry Department
Square Dance Demo at Ross Community Center in Biddeford
A square dance demonstration is scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Abraham E. and Fannie J. Ross Community Center on Washington Street Biddeford per Senio Citizens Club director Jacques Millette. Additional club meetings are set for Thursday evening at various homes in Biddeford and Kennedy.
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Abraham E
Fannie J. Ross
Washington Street
Biddeford
Jacques Millette
Senio Citizens Club
York County
Effie Leach
Storer Street
Kennedy
Katherine Ambrose
Blanche Keithley
Adams St
Biddeford St. Andre’s
Audrey Allen Accepted At Hesser College In Manchester
Miss Audrey Ann Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald M Allen of Saco a Thornton Academy senior has been accepted at Hesser College in Manchester New Hampshire enrolled in the two year legal secretarial program beginning in September Mrs Cecile Parent of Williams Court has returned home after a surgical stay at Webber Hospital.
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Audrey Ann Allen
Donald M. Allen
South St
Saco
Thornton Academy
Hesser College
Manchester
N.H
Cecile Parent
Williams Court
Webber Hospital
Biddeford Construction Site Vandalized With Sugar
Biddeford police report vandalism at the Five Points Shopping Center site on Alfred Road. Equipment owned by Pelletier Construction was found with sugar in gas tanks. an empty five pound sugar bag was recovered. The investigation continues.
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Pelletier Construction Company
Biddeford
Five Points
Alfred Road
Cape Porpoise Pier Project Hearing Draws Proposals
George DesRoberts of DesRoberts and Henry Inc. outlined a plan for a preliminary design feasibility and cost study to fix the Cape Porpoise pier. The firm would handle fieldwork engineering design and cost analysis and seek funding avenues. National Guard may assist during summer training with crews volunteering labor. Town allocated 7400 for pilings cross members and materials to keep the pier safe for the season.
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Chatham and
Point Judith
Mass
George DesRoberts
DesRoberts and Henry Inc
Biddeford
DesRoberts
Desnoverts
National Guard
Lynch
Selectmen and Harbor Commission
Cape Pier
Kennebunk Selectmen Elect Trumbull as Chair and Plan 2024 Work
Fred Trumbull was chosen to chair the Kennebunk board with Rev. Fred Holmberg as vice chair and Heber Smith as secretary. David Shields and Herman Cohen were sworn in as Selectman at large and from the Middle District East. The board set March 27 for a site hearing on Robert Reid’s marine railway reconstruction and approved Route 35 Outer Fletcher Street work to begin in April.
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Heber Smith
David Shields
Middle District
Herman Cohen
Robert Reid
Fletchers Street
Ross Road
Upper Town Hall
Henry Swain
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk River
Kennebunk
Eugene Berky
Craig Ingvalson Talks To Dad In Philippines
In Sanford a 13 year old boy Craig Ingvalson spoke by phone with his prisoner of war father Lt. Col. Roger D. Ingvalson in the Philippines after years apart. The call followed a sleepless night awaiting his father’s arrival at Clark Air Base.
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Sanford
Craig Ingvalson
Roger D. Ingvalson
Philippines
Clark Air Force Base
Craig
C. Scott Hoar
Hoar
Ingvalson
Austin
Minn
Westover Air Force Base
Chicopee
Mass
Westover
Robert J. Legere
Ida Ingvalson
Burton
Kenneth
Bill Would Give State Workers Wage Increase
Maine legislators introduced a bill to grant 12 000 state employees a five percent cost of living raise starting in October. The plan requests a five million dollar appropriation over two years, boosting the average weekly pay by eight dollars. Senator Clifford filed two bills in response to three past gas explosions in Lewiston that killed four people. One measure would impose strict liability on gas firms for deaths injuries or property damage from explosions or fires caused by gas.
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Augusta
House
Maine
Richard Stillings
Berwick
Robert W. Clifford
Dlewiston
New Hampshire House backs Live Free or Die motto on plates
The New Hampshire House rejected a bill to allow motorists to opt out of the Live Free or Die motto on regular license plates for a $5 fee. The motto remains mandatory. The session also saw a territorial bounds bill withdrawn at Gov. Thomson's request and a pay-raise proposal for legislators killed. Senate action included killing a hunter orange clothing requirement for big game hunters.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Kathryn Cushman
Canterbury
House
Robert Lawton
Meredith
Charles H. Gay
Derry
Maine
Massachusetts
Ednapear Parr
Hampton
Meldrim Thomson Jr
David K. Patrick
Rcolebrook
Shirley Merrill
Lebanon
Eugene Daniels
DI Franklin
Senate
Social Projects May Get State Funds Support
The Appropriations Committee approved a bill to fund non-welfare social programs losing federal support. It seeks 391000 emergency funding through June and 2.6 million over the next two years, with 25 percent of non-state funds from local governments. Sewall indicated Senate introduction and rapid enactment were hoped for.
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Augusta
Appropriations Committee
Joseph Sewall
A-Old Town
Sewall
Senate
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Kittery Scion
E and I Union
Redmond
Dave Kerry
Kerry
Clark Air Base
Philipines
Clark Base
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Dennett & Craig
Ada G, Wood
Fla. Bank
Sandra Newcomb
Biddeford Company
Palace Playland
Cry
Michael Spath
Cape Porpoise
Trumbull
Kennebunk Solons
Fred Trumbull
Fred Holmberg
Dad
Dept. City Hall
Claude Dubois
CaIl
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