Sicilian born Salvatore Alasantra dies in Revere at 74
Salvatore Alasantra 74 of 65 Union St Revere Mass died yesterday. He was born in Sicily and lived in Biddeford Maine where he operated a truck farm. Survived by three daughters Mrs John Orio Josephine Santa, two sons Ernest and Michel. Funeral prayers Friday from Cutillo Funeral Home then Mass at St Anthony's. interment in St Mary’s Cemetery Biddeford.
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Revere
Mass
Salvatore Alasantro
Union St
Biddeford
Maine
Sicily
Agalaria Brackett Battalogia
John Orio
Josephine
Santa Alasantra
Ernest
Maryland
Michel
California
Cutillo
Broadway
St. Anthony's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Silsby presses open meetings in Ellsworth
Ellsworth new city council chairman Herbert T. Silsby II called for open meetings and full support of Maine's right to know law in his inaugural speech. He noted past criticism of excessive executive sessions and stressed actions must occur in open sessions.
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Ellsworth
Herbert T. Silsby II
Maine
Silsby
Superior Court
William S. Silsby
Maine House
Strike Ends At Ohio University
Ohio University nonteaching employees returned to work after an 11 day strike won union dues checkoff and protections from discipline. The school recognized the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL CIO as bargaining agent and approved payroll deduction of dues and a grievance procedure.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Rifle Fire Strikes U.S. Merchant Ship Conqueror
The American merchant ship Conqueror was struck by six Viet Cong recoilless rifle rounds in the Saigon shipping channel. The ship reached the capital after the attack. a civilian sailor and a U.S. military policeman were wounded aboard the vessel.
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Saigon
U.S
Funeral Homes Listed with Directors in Saco Maine
A directory snippet lists Dennett & Craig at 368 Main Street and Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street in Saco Maine with phone numbers 282 0562 and 284 5611 respectively. Philip H. Gross Sr. is named as director and Emond's Funeral Home appears with phone 284 5511 and J P Conroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Lawe and Wood Obituaries From Biddeford Saco Area
Mrs Leone Marion Lawe 79 formerly of 48 Middle St Saco widow of Alfred Lawe funeral 2 p m Friday Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco interment Laurel Hill Cemetery friends may call Thursday 2 4 and 7 9 Ada G Wood 47 of 68 Maple St Saco funeral Friday 3 p m Shumway Funeral Home entomb Greenwood cemetery friends may call this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow morning 9 to 11 Arrangements by Philip H Gross Sr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawe
Biddeford
Leone Marion Lawe
Middle St
Saco
Alfred Lawe
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Laurel Hill
Funeral services for Edgar J Leroy Berry held in Saco
Funeral services for Edgar J Leroy Berry of Timber Point Fortunes Rocks Biddeford were conducted yesterday afternoon at Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett pastor of the Saco United Baptist Church officiated. Interment was in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Bearers were Philip Pelletier Sr Philip Pelletier Jr Robert Pelletier William Pelletier Roger Cote and Wayne Thurston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar J Leroy Berry
Timber Point
Fortunes ‘Rocks
Biddeford
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
Stanley A Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philip Pelletier Sr
Philip Pelletier Jr
Robert Pelletier
William Pelletier
Roger Cote
Wayne Thurston
Several Traffic Accidents Listed In Saco
Saco police reported multiple traffic accidents across yesterday afternoon and early this morning. The four car collision at Elm and Pleasant involved Gerard D. Belanger Robert A. Dubuc Thomas W. Burns and Maureen E. Nolette with minor damage to all but Nolette’s vehicle.
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Saco
Elm
Pleasant Streets
Gerard D. Belanger
Ocean Park Road
Robert A. Dubuc
West St
Biddeford
Thomas W. Burns
Portland
Maureen E. Nolette
Ross Road
Nolette
Helene Whelan
Franklin St
Mary T. Marines
Locke St
Middle Street
Diana Moreau
Storer St. Saco
Maurice W. Pontbriant
Forest St
North
Franklin Streets
Pontbriant
Raoul V. Roy
Bradley St
Charles K. Sherman
First St
Old Orchard Beach
Spring
Bradley Streets
Roy Routo
Sherman
Harry P. MacLeod
Old Orchard Road
Paul FE
LaCourse
Gove St
Beach Street
MacLeod
Bronx Public School Sees Minority Majority in City History
Officials report for the first time a 50.2 percent nonwhite pupil majority city wide, with Manhattan leading at 70 percent and the Bronx at 45.6 percent. At 98 Bronx, enrollment nears 2,000 with 126 staff, while principal Dr James L Mandell notes rising assaults and rising substitute shortages fueling teacher burnout and calls for contract enforcement.
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Nathan Brown
Manhattan
Bronx
James L. Mandell
United ‘Federation of Teachers
AFL.’ Cio
Local Health Updates Highlight Biddeford Residents
Charles Cohen of 12 Porter St and Donat Beaudoin of 406 Main St are listed as medical patients at Webber Hospital and Maine Medical Center in Portland. Oscar Peloquin at 71 Green St is also at Webber Hospital. Sgt Earl J Jamieson Jr of Saco Police is a patient at Webber Hospital. Seaman Ret Donald A Rumery of Granite Point Fortunes Rocks Biddeford has completed a 10 week Naval Training Center course after graduating Biddeford High School last year.
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Charles Cohen
Porter St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Donat Beaudoin
Main St
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Oscar Peloquin
Green St
Earl J. Jamieson Jr
Saco
Donald P. Rumery
Granite Point
Fortunes Rocks
Naval Training Center
Ll. Rumery
Whist Party in Biddeford Sponsored by VFW Auxiliary
A whist party sponsored by the Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary will begin at 7 30 tonight at Biddeford City Building and the affair will be open to the public. Installation of officers follows a stated meeting of Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star at Odd Fellows Hall Alfred Street Biddeford. Past Matrons Association members will serve refreshments after ceremonies.
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Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Biddeford City
Adah Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Hall
Alfred Street
Church notes unveil Friday services across Biddeford area
Full Gospel Assembly holds evangelistic service Friday at 7 30 p m in American Legion Hall Biddeford 508 Elm St Pioneer Girls meet Friday 6 30 p m at Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills Ladies Prayer meeting Friday 10 a m at Lyman Baptist parsonage Goodwins Mills Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes at St Monica s Kennebunk Grades 1 5 Saturday 9 30 a m Grades 6 8 Friday after school.
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Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
Guam Meeting Expands Into Full Vietnam Conference
A Guam gathering with President Johnson will broaden into a full scale Vietnam conference. Eight top South Vietnamese officials will attend, including Ky and Thieu, plus ministers, a bank governor, and the ambassador to the United States. Topics will cover military, civic action, psychological warfare, economics, and aid relations.
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Saigon
Johnson
Guam
Vietnam
Honolulu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Cao van Vien
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Thieu
Washington
Hinman Wins $600000 Portland Area Highway Contract
Westbrook's Hinman Inc. secured a 600000 contract for embankments and sand drains on the planned Interstate highway near Barck Cove and Portland and Long Creek, South Portland. The piece notes the project’s role in the Greater Portland expressway effort. A separate quoted speech condemns disruptive students and school overcrowding, with Bernard Donovan urging teachers back to work.
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Augusta
Westbrook
Hinman, Inc
Greater Portland
Hinman
Barck Cove
Portland
Long Creek
South Portland
Weather and Ski Maine snow reports from Portland
Gale warnings along the coast give way to clearing and colder conditions. Small flurries follow in the mountains with subfreezing lows in the north and teens in the south. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies in the mountains and continued cold weather. The Ski Maine Association reports fresh snow across several resorts led by Mt. Abram and Sugarloaf with good to excellent conditions overall.
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Portland
Ski Maine Association
Big A
Mt. Abram
Enchanted Mt
Lost Valley
Pleasant Mt
Saddleback
Squaw Mt
Sugarloaf
Sunday River
March Tide Tables Show Morning and Evening Highs
The record lists daily dates with estimated morning and evening high and low tide times for March. Entries include precise hours and minutes for each day, indicating two tides per day with a single exclamation on the 18th.
Wells DeMolay Plans Car Wash and Scholarships
Wells Chapter of DeMolay reports nearly 85 sponsors contributing to a scholarship fund for a Wells High School graduate who is a member in good standing. A car wash is planned for March 26 at Brown's Sunoco to fund DeMolay activities and the State Conclave trip.
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WELLS
Highpine Chapter
Order of DeMolay
David P. Stevens
Highpine Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Brown
Sunoco
Wells Corner
Portland
Karl Dixon
Ronald Nickerson
Maine
Highpine
Dad
Roland H. Joy
Wallace Stevens Sr
Ansel Steivens Sr
Millard W. Adams
David
Mothers Circle
Charter Draped By Staples Post Post OLD ORCHARD BEACH
Commander Paul Remillard presided at a brief meeting of C Fayette Staples Post American Legion at the Legion Hall. Attendance was small due to the storm and poor roads. The charter was draped in memory of Harold Hutchinson. A candidate was voted for Boys State. The York and Cumberland County meeting noted four initiates. Auxiliary plans a March 25 supper for the post anniversary.
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Old Orchard Beach
Paul Remillard
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Harold Hutchinson
Boys State
York
Cumberland County
We Fayette Staples Post
Legion Post
Beach Sorority Rehearses Play
The Kappa Sigma Iota Sorority met yesterday afternoon at Audrey Davis’s Hillside Avenue home. Attendees included Barbara Menard Cathy Mullen Karen Brousseau Dianne Robida Bonnie Boyer Lynda Levesque Dawn Cronin and Marie Gagne. The opening ceremony was performed and the secretary’s report given.
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Old Orchard Beach
Kappa Sigma Iota
Audrey Davis
Hillside Avenue
Barbara Menard
Cathy Mullen
Karen Brousseau
Dianne Robida
Bonnie Boyer
Lynda Levesque
Dawn Cronin
Marie Gagne
Saco Police Arrest Youth At Gunpoint In Auto Theft Case
Saco police with Patrolman George Nutter and Chief Foran arrested an 18 year old Westbrook youth at Route One and Ocean Park Road after a Portland Westbrook crime spree. The suspect, Harry B Cragin a Westbrook High student, faced charges of armed robbery auto theft and assault with a deadly weapon. Police recovered a loaded automatic pistol from the glove compartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Robert Foran
George Nutter
Westbrook
Portland
Harry B. Cragin
Cragin
Route One
Ocean Park Road
Foran
Nutter
Brief Delay In Counting Votes Approved
Governor Curtis signed bills allowing a brief delay in counting referendum ballots if in the public interest and requiring completion within 24 hours. Other actions include boosting paid sick leave for teachers to 90 days, a highway bridge study for Route 1 over New Meadows River, and local community notes from Brunswick to Lewiston.
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Augusta
Curtis
State Highway Commission
New Meadows River
Brunswick
West Bath
New Meadows Lake
Transfer Proposal Moves Cranberry Isles to Bar Harbor Class
A new signed bill proposes reclassifying Cranberry Isles from Castine legislative district to Bar Harbor. The measure outlines governance changes and potential impacts on representation and funding.
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Castine
Bar Harbor
Skills Survey Moving Into Beach Next
Old Orchard Beach will host the next phase of the York County Regional Planning Commission survey funded by the Maine Employment Security Commission. The six month project at an estimated $36,500 follows prior work in Parsonsfield Cornwall Limington and currently in Limerick and Newfield.
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Alfred
Old Orchard Beach
York County
Ae Commission
Maine
Bureau of Taxation
YCRPC
Arthur T. Lougee
Lougee
Biddeford High Student Council Earns Praise for Peace Corps Effort
Biddeford High School Principal Paul Stebbins praised the student council led by Samuel Zaitlin for organizing a School-to-school Peace Corps partnership. The drive on March 22 and 23 aims to raise 1 000 to fund materials for a foreign school with support from the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks, Biddeford Saco Journal, and radio WIDE.
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Biddeford High
Paul Stebbins
Samuel Zaitlin
Stebbins
Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks
Biddeford-Saco Journal
The
Elks
Biddeford
Firemen Are Called Twice In Biddeford
Biddeford Fire Department was called to two incidents yesterday during the storm. A short circuit in a two way radio wiring on a City Street Department truck triggered an alarm at Maine and Highland Streets prompting three engines and a ladder truck to respond. fire was out upon arrival and no equipment was used. Earlier, firefighters extinguished a blaze on the third floor at 152 Cleaves Street in a building owned by Mrs. Jennie Sandler. occupant is Mrs. Anna Lewis. Fire Chief Arthur Kine said the fire appeared set by playing children with no damage estimate available.
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Biddeford
Highland
Main Streets
Cleaves St
Maine
Highland Streets
Jennie Sandler
Graham St
Anna Lewis
Arthur Kine
Portland Firm Favored By Jury Verdict
Jurors ruled Stamulis Brothers Inc of Portland in favor after two damage suits arising from a two truck collision on Route 1 in Biddeford near the Arundel line on Dec 17 1964. Daniel McCue of North Woburn Mass sought 10000 and Charles A Doherty Inc of Woburn Mass sought 5450 for damages.
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Alfred
York County Superior Court
Traverse
Stamulis Brothers Inc
Portland
Route 1
Biddeford
Arundel
Daniel McCue
North Woburn
Mass
Charles A. Doherty
Doherty
Harold E. Prosser
McCue
Shrine Club of York County Plans Events
York County Shrine Club directors led by president Joseph Eberle Jr plan a Spring Smoker on April 10 at the Owen-Davis Post in Saco. The annual circus for handicapped children will run from April 17 in Portland and Lewiston with buses from Great Bay School Newington. Proceeds fund Shrine hospitals. Ladies Night is set for June 16 at the Shawmut Inn Keansburg. Raymond Eaton of Dover NH was elected to fill a board vacancy due to a death.
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Kennebunk
York County Shrine Club
Joseph Eberle Jr
Owen - Davis
American Legion
Beach Street
Saco
Shriners
Portland
Lewiston J
Great Bay School
Newington
Shrine Hospitals
Shawmut Inn
Keane Bunkport
Noble Raymond Eaton
Dover
N.H
DeMolay Conclave Donation Planned for Portland May
A vote allocated 50 to support the DeMolay Conclave set for Portland in May. The next planning meeting is scheduled for May 1 at Glen Mor Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Glen Mor
Consular Treaty Moves Toward Ratification in Senate
Washington AP The U S Soviet consular treaty is near ratification as four attempts to block it failed. Senators voted well over two thirds, allowing a final vote to proceed with Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield winning permission to move ahead. Mundt’s effort linking the pact to Vietnam was rejected 67 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Karl E. Mundt
Dickey Lincoln School Hydroelectric Project Favored
Rep. William D. Hathaway says a 94 page report backing the Dickey Lincoln School hydroelectric plan will aid its passage in Congress. The document, prepared for the House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee, could reduce legislative obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
William D. Hathaway
Hathaway
House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
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Notre Dame Hospital
Marie Michaud
Florida Tardif
Olan Mills Inc
Edgar L, Berry
Charles Shebar
English Land Social Studies
Drew
Bernard E. Donovan
Wells DeMolay
Staples Post
Beach Sorority
Lewiston
Union Avenue
Biddeford High Student Council
Air Step
Shrine Club of
Funeral Service
Shumway
Dickey Dam
Hin. Raed Two Deta
Fede Bask’ Ra
Youland
Jewelry Store
Boston Shoe Store
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