White Star Laundry Expansion Underway in Biddeford
Fifty six years after the Biddeford shop opened as a wet wash family business, owner Ronald P. Larochelle notes repeated additions to the Prospect Street building. The operation began with Pierre Larochelle his father an uncle and a cousin plus one employee and a horse drawn van.
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Pierre Larochelle
Prospect Street
Larochelle
Ronald P. Larochelle
Pierre
Lage 15
Boisvert
Harvey
Rudy Des Roberts
Howard Street
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Washington
Gypsy Rose Lee
Ann Corio
New York
Scollay Square Recall Shows Sailors Night Life Vanishing
Boston nostalgia piece recalls Scollay Square once a hive of sailors and burlesque dominated by the Old Howard and Crawford House. The area is gone for a civic center and federal buildings after fires and demolition, with Sally Keith and Gypsy Rose Lee among remembered figures.
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San Francisco
Scollay Square
Navy Yards
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Broadway
North Beach
John F. Kennedy
Naeum
The
Old Howard
Crawford House
Sally Keith
Howard
Legislature approves pay raise for 105th Maine Senate
The Maine Senate gave second reading to a bill increasing pay from 2000 to 2500 for the 105th Legislature after rejecting a motion to defeat it. Debate featured Sen. Katz urging passage and Sen. Martin opposing indefinite postpone ment. The bill now heads to the House where it previously won approval.
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Augusta
Senate Today
Bennett D. Katz
James Martin
Guilford
Wakine G. Tanous
East Millinocket
Martin
Frank Whitehouse Anderson
Ellsworth
Carl E. Clanchette
Pittsfield
Richard L. Dunn
Denmark
Richard W. Logan
York
Robert E. Moore
Casco
Joseph Sewall
Old Town
Senate
House
Legislative Research Committee
Sen
Peter Mills
R-Farming
Ton
Katz
Maine group seeks Portugese speakers in state
Augusta Maine August The Maine Partners of the Alliance ask if any residents in Maine speak Portugese and request responses for a broader outreach initiative. The item notes continuation on page two.
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Maine
The
Alliance
Portugese
Aladdin and his Magic Lamp touring Maine schools
The play Aladdin and his Magic Lamp will be presented to over 4 000 area school children in Thornton on Tuesday May 27 at Linnell Symneson. Thornton Academy ace The traveling show by Rockefeller Productions will perform at 10 a.m. and 12 45 p.m. The program is coordinated by the State Touring Theatre Foundation of Maine and presented by the American Association University Women of Saco.
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American Association University Women of
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Traveling Playhouse
Rockefeller Productions, Inc
Aladdin
Maine
State Touring Theatre Foundation of
Chuckle Sign On Truck Reads Please Don’t Hug Me
A roadside sign on a truck tongue in cheek warns passersby not to hug the vehicle. The message jokes about the driver going steady and aims to elicit a smile from readers.
Random Draft Selection Asked
President Nixon urged Congress to authorize a random lottery draft system aiming to minimize disruption and move toward an all volunteer force. He proposed youngest first calls and kept deferments for undergraduates while allowing graduates to complete the current academic year.
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Nixon
Congress
National Security Council
Selective Service
MTA Eyes Professional Alert in Biddeford School Row
Augusta Maine The Maine Teachers Association announced a professional alert will go into effect in Biddeford unless a settlement is reached by Friday The alert would advise MTA members not to accept positions in Biddeford pending a settlement The action follows a request for assistance from the Biddeford Teachers Association and an investigation by the MTA executive committee The dispute centers on salary scale with the association seeking 6100 starting pay to attract teachers while the school board has offered 5850 officials say negotiations stalled on economic terms but progress was reported on teacher evaluation and procedures
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Augusta
Maine Teachers’ Association
Biddeford
David W. Bustin
MTA
Bustin
Biddeford Teachers’ Association
International Flavor Amid Webber Hospital Pathology Staff
Dr. Badi-Uz-Zaman M. Haq from Pakistan and Dr. Carmel Davy of London join Dr. Irvin Dorfman in pathology at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Haq, 34, arrived in 1960 and has worked since 1967. the trio also serves Henrietta Goodall in Sanford and Notre Dame in town.
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Badi-Uz-Zaman M. Haq
Pakistan
Carmel Davy
London
Irvin Dorfman
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Iesland
la Oratory
Badi
Buddy) Haq
States
New Jersey
Webber
Davy
Henrietta Goodall Hospital
Sanford and Notre Dame Hospital
Kennebunk Beach
Portland
New England
Maine House Enacts Bill Extending Liquor Chief Murphy
The Maine House approved a bill to extend Liquor Enforcement Chief Timothy Murphy’s retirement age to 70 despite opposition. The 52 to 87 roll call largely opposed the measure’s defeat and sent the bill to the Senate where it previously faced rejection and reconsideration. If approved by the Senate and signed by Governor Curtis, Murphy would continue in office beyond the current 65 limit.
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House
Liquor Commission
Timothy J. Murphy
Senate
Curtis
Murphy
Emilien A. Levesque
D. Madawaska
Minorit
Maine
William E. Dennett
Kittery
Levesque
Dennett
Odilon J. Bernier
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Kennebunkport
Ing
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J. Hollis Wyman
R-Milbridge
Value House
Apply Lund Mfg. Co
Lundee Road
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Edward Radin
Tor
BTA
Biddeford Hospital
Dr. Haq
Sweden
Hay
Westbrook
Maine Dry Cleaners
Albert N. Carbee
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