Fire destroys Saco apartment house. loss about 15000
About 35 firefighters fought a two alarm blaze at the Pleasant and Elm streets apartment house in Saco. James Smith owned the building with seven units. two families were displaced. Damage estimate set at 15000. cause suspected to involve bags of rubbish in a second floor storage area. No injuries. a frightened rabbit was rescued.
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Saco
Bernard Paquette
Elm and
Pleasant Streets
Dave
Margaret Kimball
Davey
Pleasant
Elm Streets
James Smith
Red Cross Disaster
Bryce Milne
Kenneth Pendleton
Pendleton
Lawrence Dolby
Sandra Harris
Biddeford
Elm Street
George Gagnon
Scarborough
Saco Station
Old Orchard Beach Plans 10 Store Shopping Mall Near High School
Developers led by Dr. R. J. Becin and Thomas Fregeau with Nedia Development propose a 10 store, 38 000 square foot mall on 74 acres at Saco Avenue across from the high school. The plan calls for inward facing shops, 181 parking spaces, a buffer from Saco Avenue, and landscaped interior with benches. Aim is a fall groundbreaking and opening around April 15, 1974 with space for a supermarket and various shops and offices. zoning change to business zone already approved. Additional land may host an apartment complex with a tennis court on a smaller portion.
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Saco Avenue
R. J. Becin
Thomas Fregeau
Nedia Development Corp
Scarborough
Philip Smith
Nedia
Smith
Dr. Begin
Planning Board
McMahon Proposes Mortgage Bill to Reform Foreclosure Procedures
Maine Republican Rep. James McMahon introduces LD 1960 to redefine foreclosure law. The measure adds formal borrower notice and hearings, sets sale methods, returns surplus to borrowers, and halves the post foreclose holding period to six months. The bill aims to attract more mortgage money and ease lending.
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Augusta
Kennebunk
Maine
James McMahon
Senate
McMahon
Arundel Pair Visit in Columbia Maine
Mrs. Marion Bedard and Miss Jeanette Welch spent the weekend with Mrs. Bedard's son Richard and his family in Columbia Maine.
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Arundel
Marion Bedard
Jeanette Welch
Minisub carbon dioxide poisoning kills two ocean researchers
In Key West Florida two men Clayton Link 31 and Albert Stover 51 died from carbon dioxide poisoning aboard the Sea Link minisub after four hours before the vessel was raised from the Atlantic seabed. Two other crewmen survived the 31 hour ordeal and a Smithsonian review board will examine the accident with lawmakers urging investigation.
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Key West
Fla
Clayton Link
Albert Stover
Monroe County
A.F. Fernandez
David Youngblood
Smithsonian Institution
Oceanographers
Archibald ‘Jock’ Menzies
Link
Edwin Link
Stover
Vero Beach
Atlantic
Here
Smithsonian
U.S
Richard Fulton
Dtenn
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
T.W. Cuddy
Key West Naval Base
Kennebunk Olive Rebekah Lodge Holds Memorial Service
At the Olive Rebekah Lodge in Kennebunk a memorial service was led by Noble Grand Priscilla Ladd with Flora Ricker and Pauline Hayes for Sovereign Grand Officers and deceased members. The charter was draped for Otis Clapp and Harvey Blois was initiated. Lillian Berry won the mystery prize. Refreshments were served by Mildred Ridlon and Donna Ladd, with officer nominations and a mystery ride planned after the meeting.
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Kennebunk
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Priscilla Ladd
Flora Ricker
Pauline Hayes
Sovereign
Otis Clapp
Harvey Blois
Lillian Berry
Mildred Ridlon
Donna Ladd
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Penny McKay
Kimball
Michael Spath
David Casavant
OOB
Old Orchard Beach
Cockie
Oceanview
West Grand Ave
Joseph and
Mariette Dussault
Rep. McMahon
Kennebunk Lodge
John R. Lapointe
Water Street
Birch Avenue
Oakhurst
Luma
Ashigim
Blazers
Bermudas
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