Obituaries list John Murphy and two Gonneville burials
Obituary notices report the death of John Gardner Murphy 4B of Quincy Massachusetts formerly of Biddeford born May 27 1929 and son Sean Murphy survive as widow and cousin. Denis Gonneville 25 of Saco died after illness at Portland hospital with funeral in Biddeford and burial at St Joseph Cemetery. Edgar G Drown 83 of Kennebunk died at home with services in Kennebunk and burial in Arundel Cemetery.
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Ward
John Gardner Murphy
Quincy
Mass
Biddeford
John M
Alice (O'Connor) Murphy
U.S. Marine Corps
Massachusetts Transit Authority
Boston
Josephine (Masters) Murphy
Sean Murphy
Milton
Denis Gonneville
Loudon Road
Saco
Portland
Paul H
Mary Jane (Picard) Gonneville
Thornton Academy
Biddeford Textile Co
Cheryl (Nadeau) Gonneville
Paul
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Kennebunk
Edgar G. Drown
High Street
Israel
Lizzie (Brown) Drown
Georgianna Drown
Arundel
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Robert M
Belly Dancing Classes Set for Biddeford Start May 5
Biddeford Parks and Recreation to sponsor a seven week belly dancing for beginners session. Classes run Mondays 7 to 9 pm at Ross Community Center Washington Street beginning May 5 under Pauline Wilson. Pre registration required with Sandra Girard. a small fee will be charged.
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Biddeford
River Zoning Session Set With Corridor Commission
Carl Laws, executive director of the Saco River Corridor Commission, will attend the Biddeford Building Inspector's office Friday from 1 30 to 3 30 p m to answer questions review parcels and provide information on the commission
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Carl Laws
Saco River Corridor Commission
Biddeford
Corridor Commission
Average income per person rises above 1940s level
The text notes that average income per person in a region or group, once about 100 dollars in the late 1940s, has climbed to 4375 dollars, compared with 7250 dollars for the United States overall. The comparison highlights a substantial gap between the local figure and the national average.
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U.S
Obituary Notice for Conroy and Sansoucy Blais Homes
Emond Conroy Funeral Home directs John P. Conroy Jr. at 72 Hill Street Biddeford telephone 284-5511 or 282-1818. Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home on Stone Street Biddeford telephone 283 3653. R Martel is director.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Sansoucy — Blais
Maine House votes to soften hitchhiking ban
The Maine House approved a bill by 110 to 25 to repeal the general hitchhiking prohibition and allow daylight hitchhiking off main roadways, with the state and towns designating off limits areas on the Maine Turnpike. The measure, already near final Senate approval, would keep restrictions and offer safer zones while current law bans all hitchhiking statewide.
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Augusta
House
Maine
Department of Transportation
Senate
Richard Davies
Orono
Judiciary Committee
Davies
University of Maine
West Coast
Georgia
Lottery numbers report from Augusta draw
Augusta AP report says the Main Lottery Commission announced this week’s winning numbers 286 and 849 with the doubling number two.
Hard-line Protestants set to win Northern Ireland convention
In Belfast unrest shadows elections for a 78-seat convention to draft a new governing setup. Militant Protestant groups were expected to secure a majority, threatening any prospect of a power-sharing accord with Catholics as Britain flags continued direct rule.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
Ulster
United Ulster Unionist Council
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Alliance Party
Brian Faulkner
Northern Ireland Labor Party
Irish Republican Army
Tom Donnally
Donnally
Fire and accidents sweep Old Orchard Beach area
Firefighters extinguished an oven fire at 2L Waterman Drive injuring one sneaker. Grass fires burned on Ross Road and near Camp Ellis with acres affected. Twelve windows broken at VFW post. Two-vehicle crash at Temple and Runnells. damages $500 total. April inspection stickers renewal reminder issued. Coast Guard reports fishing vessel capsized near Southwest Harbor. one missing, three rescued.
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Old Orchard Beach
William Rogers
Waterman Drive
Saco
Ross Road
Old Orchard
Forestry Department
Camp Ellis
Lower Ferry Road
Ba View Avenue
Ferry Beac
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Atlantic Avenue
Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Walter Moulton
Northeast Harbor
Delta
Moulton
Plane Search Continues for Missing Maine Flight
The search along the Maine coast for a light aircraft missing since Sunday continued with seven aboard. The plane, en route to Canada from Lawrence Massachusetts, was last heard near Boothbay Harbor amid uncertain weather. Civil Air Patrol in Augusta said crews would sweep the coast again to ensure nothing was missed.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Canada
Lawrence
Mass
Civil Air Patrol
Augusta
SAD 71 Survey Underway to Map Adult Education Needs
Kennebunk district wonks launch extensive voluntary survey as Adult Education Week approaches April 27. Director James W. Kellett says results will guide more relevant planning and diversified programs for residents of Kennebunk West Kennebunk Kennebunkport Goose Rocks and Cape Porpoise with 75 volunteers contacting locals.
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Kennebunk
James W. Kellett
California Doctors Threaten To Quit
San Francisco AP report says dozens of Northern California physicians closed doors over rising malpractice insurance costs. Hospitals curtailed surgeries as Argonaut Insurance raised rates, forcing many to suspend nonemergency operations amid a broader national crisis.
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San Francisco
California
Joseph Hoffman
San Francisco Medical Society
San Francisco Bay Area
Argonaut Isurance Co
Argonaut
Menlo Park
Aronaut
California Hospital Association
Salmcass
Memon
Massachusetts House Overrides Dukakis Veto on Capital Punishment
The Massachusetts House voted 156 to 68 to override Gov. Dukakis. The measure imposes the death penalty for nine categories of murder including killings of law officers, hijackings, kidnappings, rapes, and armed robberies. The Senate was expected to sustain the veto. The case is under U S Supreme Court review on constitutionality.
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Boston
Massachusetts House
Michael S. Dukakis
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Laurence R. Buxbaum
D-Sharon
Richard McGrath
Watertown
The
U.S. Supreme Court
Port Official Backs LD 1485 in Augusta Hearing
Suzanne Albrecht Kennebunkport recreation director testified at a Legal Affairs hearing in Augusta on LD 1485 to assist small communities in developing recreation services. She endorsed the bill saying it could earmark 25 percent of state Municipal Recreation Fund money for small communities, adding about $1,000 to Kennebunkport’s programs at no extra cost to state or residents.
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Kennebunkport
Suzanne Albrecht
Augusta
Committee of Legal Affairs
L.D
Recreation Commission
Albrecht
Municipal Recreation Fund
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