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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1973
Page
3
A Dear Abby reader shares concern over aging nursing home residents and the joy of sending greeting cards. A second letter asks how to handle a paternity doubt on a birth certificate. A third considers reuniting with a violent ex-husband, and a fourth reveals an illegitimate pregnancy with uncertainty about the baby's father.
Two Westbrook teenagers Mark Lemay and Anthony Morelli 17 and 18 plead guilty to single larceny for stealing religious vessels from St Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church. Twenty three vessels were recovered Jan 19 and valued in the thousands though described priceless by officials. Judge Glassman suppressed evidence against Jerome Morelli parent of one suspect due to illegal seizure from a truck in a city lot.
BERWICK The farmers home administration approves a $1.5 million loan to the Berwick Sewer District to build a sanitary sewer system serving 424 homes and 20 commercial establishments including a large tannery. The project aims to abate pollution in the Salmon Falls and Piscataqua Rivers through community industry cooperation.
Sherman Skolnick accuses sabotage of the United Airlines Boeing 737 crash at Midway Airport last December killing 45. He seeks to present evidence to the National Transportation Safety Board, while United vice president E. O. Fennell says such claims lack factual basis and were not substantiated by the investigation. One victim was the wife of Watergate conspirator E Howard Hunt. Skolnick vows public testimony but faces deferral.
In Providence, Family Court refused permission to adopt out a three month old girl, citing lack of baptism. Judge Michael DeCiantis demanded immediate baptism or he would block the agency. The 19 year old mother said the child had no name and no religion was specified for adoptive parents. The case raised the judge’s concern that the infant might die unbaptized, noting Catholic beliefs. The fostered infant remains in care under a religion-agnostic plan.
Old Orchard Beach plans a Memorial Day parade Sunday with formation at 12 15 PM in front of the Knights of Columbus Hall. March proceeds from Union Avenue to Washington Avenue Saco Avenue Old Orchard Street and Veterans Park. No grand marshal due to missing in action Vietnam servicemen. units include Naval ROTC VFW AMVETS American Legion Little Town League BCHD Fire Dept Drum and Bugle Corps Scouts Loranger School Band Camp Fire Girls and the high school band.
The Saco Memorial Day parade will form at 10 a.m. with units at assembly areas, marching from Pepperell Square down Main Street to Laurel Hill Cemetery for ceremonies. In case of rain services move to City Hall. Units include Grand Marshall Edmund Rowell and divisions featuring Saco Jets, AM VETS, Boy and Girl Scouts, and local veterans groups.
A schedule lists activities across Kennebunkport and Arundel including SPEBSQSA meetings at 7 30 p m at the Community House, TOPS Maine Chapter 69 weigh in at 6 30 p m, a Fire House open house and bike and canoe races, Yankee Belles Chorus rehearsals, chess at Myrtle Lodge, a transcendental meditation lecture, Senior Community Club meeting, Duplicate Bridge at Webhannet Clubhouse, Fifty Plus Club games, Rotary and Odd Fellows gatherings, and a Newcomers Club clam bake at Bill Foster’s in York.
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