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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1975
Page
2
Winds shift to north to northwest tonight and Saturday with 15 to 25 knots late tonight. Fair tonight and Saturday. Visibility improving to over five miles. Seas from one to three feet tonight.
Paul R Boisvert 64 of 365 ey St Biddeford died Thursday at a local hospital after a long illness He was born January 10 1911 in Biddeford to Alexander T and Marie Daudier Boisvert He was a self employed public accountant and a St Joseph Church parishioner He survived by his mother and several cousins Funeral mass Saturday 830 am at St Josephs Church Interment in St Josephs Cemetery Calling hours 2-4 and 7-9 pm today at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford Also Marie Louise Labrecque 80 of 47 Adams St Biddeford died at a local hospital Funeral arrangements incomplete by Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Biddeford
Wesley Ackerman Jr., 21, of Old Orchard Beach, was summoned for operating after suspension, failure to stop and reckless driving after a Wednesday night pursuit by Saco and Old Orchard Beach police from Common Street to Cumberland Avenue. He is due in Saco District Court Thursday. A separate report cites a fire at Old Orchard Beach High School where a wastebasket fire in a restroom was extinguished, and sewer gas escaping from a drain in a shower room. Public works cleaned the drain.
Biddeford seniors met at the Ross Community Center on Tuesday with President Adelina Plante presiding. A weekly whist party was announced for Sunday at 1 30 p m, and Cora LeProhon was named Mother of the Year at the previous dance.
The family thanks relatives friends neighbors and Emond and Conroy Funeral Parlor for sympathy kindness during bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes from the family of the late Mrs. Alexina John.
Funeral service firms Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco and Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco Maine plus Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford listed with contact numbers. R Martel listed as Director.
Saco Planning Board voted to hold a public hearing on Frank Gaziano's request to extend the B-1 business zone 150 feet from North Street to the street edge, currently R-3. Gaziano aims to locate self service gas pumps as part of a larger complex with Cumberland Farms and Trustworthy Hardware, contingent on the zone change and a special exception.
St Francis College held its annual Honors Convocation with Dr Gaetano Santa Lucia as master of ceremonies and named the year's outstanding students across fields such as political science English and marine science. Faculty awards honored Poissant Nowotny Fink Warner Hennedy Beaudry Parenteau Downs with Downs receiving a Teacher of the Year citation.
Nasson College marks Alumni Day with dedication ceremonies for the 130 acre Russell Environmental Study Tract and five acre Holdsworth Park on the Mousam River. Ribbon cutting for the Canadian Studies Area Government Documents Room and a new student reading area in the Anderson Learning Center follow.
Area residents hear about a two day craft fair at the National Guard Armory in Brunswick to benefit the St Charles Roman Catholic Church building fund. Seventy artisans from Portsmouth to Bangor exhibit weaving leatherwork photography pottery and more with proceeds and ten percent of sales aiding the church complex under construction on McKeen Street.
York County Superior Court Justice Sumner Goffin upheld the appeals board denial of a proposed 50 unit Seaside Motor Inn at Gooch's Beach. The ruling rejects claims that planning board approval alone sufficed and notes wetlands, a 50 foot right of way, entrances spacing, and a proposed coffee shop as reasons for denial. The Severances plan further appeal may go to the State Supreme Court.
ALFRED Michael Coombs 18 of Biddeford was denied bail after a closed hearing on a murder charge in York County. Coombs pleaded innocent as Walter Davis Jr. 24 of Saco faces similar charges in the death of Troy Ballenger 30. Ballenger was found stabbed in a barn at Thibodeau's Dairy on Buxton Road in Saco.
The 8 percent boost raises monthly benefits for retirees and SSI recipients starting June and July respectively, adding about 16 dollars to the average retired man over 65 and 27 dollars to the average 65 plus. Disabled workers gain 17 dollars to 224 dollars, while SSI maximums rise to 157.70 for individuals and 356.60 for couples. Beef price forecasts by Gordon K. Van Vleck forecast higher meat costs before a cattle price drop next fall. the Agriculture Department expects broader food costs to rise this spring.
Federal figures from a computer study of 9,000 refugees show 38 percent are children and 61 percent are 25 or younger with 38 percent under 15 and only 5 percent older than 56. Among professionals are 107 doctors 10 dentists 90 pharmacists 223 teachers 11 assistant professors and 3 300 students.
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