Tragic Barrie Crash Kills 12 as Cars Melt in Fire
A blizzard crash seven miles south of Barrie on Highway 400 left at least 12 dead and many burned beyond recognition as over 30 vehicles collided. Ontario police identify eight bodies while more victims are hospitalized. driver Victor Heath aided passengers before escape with two broken legs. An Ontario government inquiry into the Lord's Day Act enforcement follows the transport trailer incident.
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Barrie
Ont
Here
William Farrington
Ontario Northbland
Toronto
Timmins
Victor Heath
Royal Victoria Hospital
George Kerr
Ontario
A. H. Bird
The
OPP
Rolly Trucken Trucking Ltd
Maddox Opposes U S Aid to Hanoi
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox told the Associated Retail Bakers of New York that America should not back a plan to aid North Vietnam. He called replacing the eagle with a cuckoo bird and urged voters to defeat Congressmen supporting the aid package amid wartime losses.
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Atlanta, Ga
United States
North Vietnam
Lester Maddox
Associated Retail Bakers of
America
Maddox
Sirhan’s Brother Indicted for Threat Against Meir
Sharif Bishara Sirhan, 39, brother of RFK assassin, indicted by a federal grand jury on threatening the life of Israeli Premier Golda Meir. He was held on 50,000 bond after FBI arrest at his Pasadena home. threat found in a letter to Secretary Rogers about a month earlier.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Golda Meir
Sharif Bishara Sirhan
FBI
Pasadena
Saco Ward Republicans Meeting At Whitten Home
Saco Ward Republicans will meet tonight at 7:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Whitten on Boom Road in Saco.
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Saco Ward
Ernest H. Whitten
Boom Road
Saco
POW Transcripts Life After North Vietnam Rescue
Lt. Cmdr. Dennis Moore, freed from seven years as a POW, describes life in San Diego after returning Feb. 15. He details debriefings, memory gaps, and his struggle to adapt to a new lifestyle while pursuing varied activities and reading Alvin Toffler.
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San Diego
Calif
Dennis Moore
North Vietnam
Alvin Toffler
Moore
Hanoi
Earth
Ter
San Diego Naval Hospital
iHand
Legislators Study Snowmobile Laws in Maine Hearing
A Maine Snowmobile Association representative urged action to regulate the sport at a legislative hearing. The proposed bill, backed by the association and a study committee, would cap horsepower, limit noise, restrict under 10 operators, and set fees for residents and out of staters while directing fuel tax proceeds to snowmobile facilities.
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Augusta
Maine Snowmobile Association
Yvonne Knight
Snowmobile Association
New Hampshire
Quebec
New Brunswick
Harry Bishop
Bath
New England
Snowmobile Distributor’s Association
Bishop
Wakine G. Tanous
East Millinocket
Legislative Legal Affairs Panel
Bels
Cartmill Elected Head of State Credit Bureaus in Maine
Clayton W. Cartmill, Biddeford Saco Credit Bureau manager and chamber executive, is elected to a second one year term as president of the Associated Credit Bureaus of Maine. Edward Thomas of Rockland is vice president, Eleanor Cummings of Augusta secretary, and Joseph N. Hanley of Portland treasurer, all re elected for another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton W. Cartmill
Biddeford-Saco Credit Bureau
Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce
Associated Cedit Bureaus
Maine
State Association
Edward Thomas
Rockland
Eleanor Cummings
Augusta
Joseph N. Hanley
Portland
Past Noble Grands Donate to Maine Special Olympics
Members of the Past Noble Grands Association of Saco Rebekah Lodge voted a donation to the Maine Special Olympics Program at a Monday night meeting hosted by Mrs. Aldie Palmer in Saco Old Orchard Road. Mrs. Eleanor Kennedy received the mystery ward. The next meeting is April 16 at Mrs. Louise Sanborns home.
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Maine
Noble Grands Association
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Aldie Palmer
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Virginia Maddox
Eleanor Kennedy
Louise Sanborn
Ferry Road
Elizabeth Hill
Ethel Day
Nancy Rumery
Marion McAuley
Georgianna Harriman
Phyllis Vining
Lucy Durgin
Adelpha McKeen
Helen Jamieson
Britain unveils proposals for Northern Ireland future
Britain releases a White Paper proposing Northern Ireland remain part of the United Kingdom with full civil rights for Catholics and a new 80 member assembly elected by proportional representation. The plan preserves British legislative authority while sharing power between Protestant and Catholic communities amid IRA opposition and troop deployments in Belfast.
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London
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Stormont
Britain
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
IRA
Adah Chapter installs Worthy Matron in Biddeford ceremony
Adah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held Friday night installation rites at Odd Fellows Hall Biddeford naming Mrs Margaret Binette as worthy matron with her mother Mrs Elsie J Potter and installing patron Gordon G Smith. Numerous officers were installed and guests from multiple chapters attended along with Rainbow Assembly and other affiliated groups. Funds will support Dunlap Lodge events as the chapter hosts a reception and roast beef supper dates were announced.
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Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Biddeford
Margaret Binette
Elsie J. Potter
Estella Pomeroy
Columbia Falls
Mont
Gordon G. Smith
Adah Chapter
Odd Fellows Hall
Alfred Street
Rene Provencer
Bernice Emmons
Shirley E. Parks
Helen W. Legallee
Hazel CC. Beety
Jennie Provencher
Evelyn Randall
S. Rooman
Carolyn Mullen
Helen DD. Parks
Susan Legalle
Katherine Lapierre
Ruth
Dawna S. Maguire
Esther
Maitland Davis
Martha
Nancy T. Lowell
Electa
George W. Rooman
Ralph Randall
Sentinel
Josephine Mahoney
Annette
Marshal
Nessee
Eleanor Hutchins
Manitoba
Canada
Pine Tree
Gorham
Iiseilla Wells
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Clover
Sanford
Madonna
Kennebunk
Fadette
York Village
Sarah Orne Jewett
South Berwick
Union
Lyman
Saco
Miniwanea
Old Orchard Beach
Aurora
Kennebunkport
Deering
Portland
Longfellow
South Portland
Friendship
Amesbury
Mass
Marion
Dunlap Lodge
Palestinians Desert the Black September on Khartoum killings
In Khartoum a PLO delegation says eight Black September militants who killed three diplomats in Khartoum should face charges separately. The PLO denies involvement, stating the crime was not organized by the PLO or Al Fatah and the eight must answer alone.
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Cairo
Palestine Guerrilla Command
Black September
Khartoum
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
al Fatah
Sudan
Gamal Sourani
Bangor grocer barred from selling milk under minimum
Bangor grocer Richard MacDonald was enjoined by Penobscot County Superior Court from selling milk below the Maine Milk Commission’s $1.32 per gallon minimum. The MMC had obtained a permanent injunction after MacDonald allegedly sold $1.30 per gallon and resisted the restraint order. He indicated possible appeals, up to the Maine Supreme Court if necessary.
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Bangor
Richard MacDonald
Maine Milk Commission
MMC
MacDonald
Penobscott County
Maine Supreme Court
Saco City Council Sets 15-Item Special Meeting Agenda
The 15 item agenda includes funding for a privately owned but public operated community center from the recreation building fund, a conservation commission report, and the city's moratorium on multi family dwellings. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night at 7 30 p m in the council chambers.
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Saco
The
Conservation Commission
How To Reach Your Legislator
Lists contact details for state senators and representatives in Biddeford Saco and surrounding towns. Includes addresses and phone numbers for Danton Marcotte Fecteau Farley Sheltra Hobbins McMahon Morin and Elmont Tyndale plus national contacts Hathaway Muskie Kyros.
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Guy Marcotte
May St
Biddeford
Armand Fecteau
Pool St
Robert Farley
Myrtle St
Carl Sheltra
Granite St
Ext
Saco
Barry Hobbins
Promenade Ave
Kennebunkport
Arundel- Elmont Tyndale
Beachwood Road
Kennebunk
James McMahon
Grove St
Old Orchard Beach
Leatrice Morin
Adelaide Road
State Senate
State House
Augusta
State Representatives
House of Representatives
William D. Hathaway
Edmund S. Muskie
c/o
Senate
Washington
D.C
Peter N. Kyros
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Sirhan
William P. Rogers
Meir
Lynda Janelle
Raymond Janelle
Lewis Ave
Webber Hospital
Saco Jaycee
Saco Val
Scottsdale
Arid
Littleton
Colo
Bobbie Ensign
Fashion Happening
Snowmobile Club
York County
Fish and Game
St. Joseph Parish Hall
Green Street
Bernie Dion
Carmen Robida
Louise Sut
New England Cape
N. P. Scontras Gallery of Homes
Portland Road
U. S
Cartmill
Seata
Dimitri
Diana Ross
Lady Sings the Blues
Ulster
Mother
Margaret W. Johnson
Elaine Lapierre
Priscilla
Agnes Johnson
Julia V. Crowley
Ruth E Bailey
Edna R. Woodman
Florence Edwards
Shirley Parks Junior
Gerard Binette
P.p
Arnold Calderwood
Joseph Lapierre
Norman Goldthwaite
Roy Edwards
Rooman and
Randall
Helen Parks
Beryl Bilderback
New Mexico
Annetta Ellis
Indiana
Ethel Hatch
Lucilee Jennison
Bangor Grocer
Saco City
Cynthia Breedlove
HawaIi
Trudeau
Beauty
Main Street
Peter Danton
Beach St
Brooeroro Savings Bank
Main ST
F.d.1.c. Biddeford
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