Former Calais mayor Guy Lester Thomas dies at 72
Guy Lester Thomas of New Salt Road died at home last night at age 72 He served five years as Calais mayor and lived in the community 25 years He was an electrician by trade and held positions in the Maine Municipal Association He is survived by his widow two daughters two sons a sister 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Monday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with burial in Calais Cemetery calls from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow
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Ocean Park
Calais
Guy Lester Thomas
New Salt Road
John Wellington
Mary Hulda Thomas
Thomas
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
Maine Municipal Association
Laura Adams Thomas
Lois Lansing
Scarborough
Elizabeth Stigeman
East Patchogue
N.Y
Roland
Cresskill
N.J
John
Colt’s Neck
N. J
John Mahan
Westward
Mass
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Funeral
Wells Chamber of Commerce Holds Banquet
The Wells Chamber of Commerce held its annual spring banquet at Forbes Dining Room Wells Beach with about 40 members attending. Outgoing president Edward R. Jellison announced the new president John A. Crabtree and listed 1967 68 officers. New directors elected to three year terms include Byron Higgins John Newell Thomas OConnell and John Trafton. Crabtree introduced guest speaker Richard Woodbury chair of Keep Maine Scenic who outlined the program history and showed a film explaining its aims.
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Wells
Wells Chamber of Commerce
Forbes
Wells Beach
Edward R. Jellison
John A. Crabtree
Kai Suhr
John Trafton
Betty Fellman
Gloria Lizotte
Moslem group offers 5000 volunteers for Israel fight
Jamiaul Ulemae Islam in Pakistan says it told Nasser it is ready to send 5 000 volunteers. evacuations continued as American Embassy families left Cairo for Athens and 118 foreigners in Israel moved to Rome. State Department ordered about 500 dependents to depart Egypt and Israel as Beirut police broke up a student protest against U S support for Israel.
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Jamiaul Ulemae Islam
Pakistan
Nasser
Israel
Cairo
Athens
Rome
U.S
Tell Aviv
State Department
Egypt
Beirut
United States
India
M.c.chagla
Gulf of Aqaba
Chagla
Arabia
France
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Britain
Damascus
Syria
Middle East
Des Moines
Iowa
Dean Rusk
Butody
Washington
al Ahram
Strait of Tiran
Funeral directors listed in Saco Maine directory
Funeral service firms in Saco Maine include Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street with Philip H Gross Sr as director Emond s Funeral Home at 284 5511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy Dennett and Craig at 368 Main Street with dial 282 0562.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Funeral Services for Normand R. Cote
Funeral services for Normand R. Cote 29 of 33 George St Biddeford will be at St Andre's Church Monday at 9 a.m. He was born Aug 30 1937 in Biddeford son of Philip and Fedora Picard Cote and formerly worked for the Biddeford Street Department. He leaves his parents a brother Lionel and a sister Mrs Yvette Thibeault. Friends may call Emond Funeral Home today and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Normand R. Cote
George St. Biddeford
Camp Ellis
St. Andre’s Church
Biddeford
Philip and
Fedora Picard Cote
Biddeford Street
St. Andre's Church
Lionel
Yvette Thibeault
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Youth group schedules across Kennebunkport and region
Multiple church youth groups and religious classes from Kennebunk to Biddeford meet Sundays and Mondays. Activities include junior and senior youth fellowships, school of religion classes, and prayer services at St. Martha's Kennebunkport, Trinity Saco, and other local churches. one Sunday worship service is cancelled to permit attending an ordination in Danvers Massachusetts.
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Youth Fellowship of the
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Kennebunkport
St. Martha’s Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s Kennebunk
St. Mary's, Wells Beach
St. Martha’s Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Episcopal Young Churchmen
Christ Church
Biddeford
Trinity Church
United Church
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
The
Saco United Baptist Church
United Baptist Church
Danvers
Mass.) Baptist Church
Robert C. Cecire
Cub Scouts Tour Biddeford Police Station
Cub Scout Den 1 of Biddeford Pack 309 sponsored by Luke E Hart Knights of Columbus held a meeting at Den Mother Ruth Travers home before a guided tour of Biddeford Police Station. Night Desk man Lorenzo Lavallee explained radio operations as Patrolman Roger Fecteau escorted the Cubs in the patrol car. Cubs present included Brian Adams Larry Crosby Mark Perreault John Perreault Michael Travers Daniel Viger and James Travers.
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Biddeford
Luke E. Hart Knights of Columbus Council
Ruth Travers
Night
Lorenzo Lavallee
Roger Fecteau
Brian Adams
Larry Crosby
Mark Perreault
John Perreault
Michael Travers
Daniel Viger
James Travers
Man Held For Vehicle Theft In Biddeford
Herbert L. Worrey is held on a charge of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The Biddeford police identified Worrey at his Biddeford address after a complaint by Dr. George H. Berube of 170 Graham St. The description bulletin led Portland police to apprehend Worrey, who was returned to Biddeford by Sgt. Normand Arbour and Officer Alphone Faulcher.
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Biddeford
Herbert L. Worrey
Worrey
George H. Berube
Graham St
Portland
Normand Arbour
Alphonse Faulcher
Weather forecast clearing cool tonight with mild Sunday
The forecast calls for clearing skies and cooler air tonight with lows in the 30s to low 40s. Sunday will be partly cloudy with a chance of a few showers in the north portion and variable cloudiness in the south, with continued mild conditions.
Cemetery Memorial Day exercises slated in Biddeford
A Memorial Day program for Woodlawn Cemetery in Biddeford is announced by chairman Herbert W. Buzzell Sr. with speakers Rev. Robert Cecke and Richard Gillis, readings of Lincoln and Gen Logan orders, student musical performances, Civil War graves decorating, a firing squad from Company A, Taps by buglers, and the National Anthem by Painchand's Band. In rain, events move to Biddeford City Theater at 1 p.m.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Biddeford
Emery School
Lawrence Davis
Lincoln
Richard Gillis
Biddeford High School
Sons of the Union Veterans Group
Company A
Maine National Guard
J. L. Murphy
Frank Perkins Jr
Paul Ladakakos
Painchand
Egypt Says Ready for Total War Amid Crisis
President Gamal Abdel Nasser vows total war to destroy Israel, while Al Abram contends war would start only if Israel initiates. Experts note Egyptian mines could menace Israeli ships in the Gulf opening, easing other traffic. U S diplomats seek UN action as Israel avoids Strait of Hormuz confrontation and the Middle East crisis grows.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israel
al Abram
Gulf of Aqaba
Abba Eban
U.S
United Nations
Middle East
Strait
Iran
United States
Syria
Vietnam
SMVTI Crew To Conduct Research Mission
A 48 member crew from Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute will depart Washington to aboard the 135 foot Phykos research vessel on loan from the Smithsonian. The Phykos will undertake a five day trip to conduct a dozen oceanographic projects under George Upper.
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South Portland
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
SMVTI
Washington, D.C
Phykos
Navy
Smithsonian Institution
Arthur Smith
George Upper
Ssmvti
Marine Technology Department
Saco Boys Return Found Cash To Police
Two eight to ten year old boys in Saco found sixteen dollars behind a Main Street drug store and brought it to the Police Department. The owner, Roger Boisvert of 32 Elm Street, later claimed the money.
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Saco
David Blais
High St
Richard Perreault
High Street
Main Street
Roger Boisvert
Elm St
Curtis Proposes Compromise Plan Amid GOP Budget Clash
Gov Curtis offers a tentative financing compromise adding about 5 million to the 226.8 million budget while rejecting a sales tax increase. Republicans call it a patchwork tax plan aimed to save the sales tax in two years. Major differences include education subsidies and university funding. Minimum wage rises to 1.40 by Oct 15 and 1.50 a year later. Senate rejects bonds for the Maine School Building Authority and luxury tax proposal.
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Augusta
Curtis
GOP
Senate
Joseph B. Campell
Campbell
University of Maine
Maine
Health & Welfare Department
Maine School Building Authority
Freight Train Derails Blocking Route 11 at Masardis
Four cars of a 78 car Bangor and Aroostook freight train derailed Friday near Masardis tying up traffic on Rt 11 for hours. No injuries were reported and officials said a station agent noticed a car rolling off the tracks as the train left the station.
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Masardis
Bangor & Aroostook
Rt. 11
Kittery Lawyer Found Guilty Of Speeding Count
In York County court James H. Dineen of Kittery was found guilty of speeding 65 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 236. He paid a $35 fine after radar measurement. Dineen contested radar accuracy with a submariner witness.
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Alfred — Patrick E. Doyle
Acton
York County
Sanford
James H. Dineen
Kittery
Charles A. Pomeroy
Dineen
Robert Hayden
James Sutton
Rochester
N.H
Navy Yard
Superior Court
Walter R. Vennell
William C. Leary
Saco
New County Road
Leonard R. Bonnet
Riverside
R.I
Donald Marcotte
Biddeford
Nancy Marcotte
Baptist Pastor Welcomed to Biddeford in church reception
Robert C. Cecke, pastor of the United Baptist Church Biddeford was honored at a reception on Jefferson Street. The program featured a prayer by Deacon Michael Hall czuk a welcome by Earley Lewis a men s chorus and remarks by Rev. John H. Miller and Dr. Eugene Cram. The event closed with song and refreshments served by local church members.
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Robert C. Cecke
United Baptist Church
Biddeford
Jefferson Street
Michael Hallczuk
Earley Lewis
Conrad Noel
Bruno Monaldo
Reed Pike
Michael Hallezuk Sr
Michael Hallezuk Jr
Norman McKeen
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Alva Cecke
Glenbrook
Conn
Lewis
Hallezuk
Louise Pike
Alice Noel
Elsie Butler
Irene Dweller
Hazel Clay
Adelpha McKeen
King Constantine Quote Emphasizes Duty to Fatherland
In Mideast coverage the Greek king urges citizens to set aside personal feelings to serve the fatherland for the good of all. The remark frames regional policy as a shared national duty under wartime pressures.
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King Constantine of
Greece
The Volga River’s Remark on European Geography
The Volga is Europe’s longest river and it flows entirely within the Soviet Union.
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Volga
Europe
Soviet Union
Aluminum’s rise from rarity to common metal
The World Almanac notes aluminum once valued by royalty with Napoleon III using aluminum spoons and his child with an aluminum rattle. It was called the silver from clay and sold for about 545 dollars per pound. Today a pound sells for about 25 cents.
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World Almanac
Napoleon III
France
Tent Repaired In Time For Graduation At St Francis
Weathered winds knocked down nearly half the white tent on the soccer field behind the Academic Building at St Francis College in Biddeford. Crews repaired it in time for this afternoon's 2 pm graduation ceremonies with about 90 graduates and 250 attendees expected.
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St. Francis College
Biddeford College
Dog Survives House Blaze In Kennebunk
A Kennebunk house on Bernard Street suffered extensive damage in a fire that burned for over an hour before a neighbor spotted flames and alerted crews. Fire Chief Lewis H. Burr said the home was unoccupied by Edward Arsenault and his daughter at the time, but a basement dog survived as firefighters prevented the fire from reaching an attached barn.
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Kennebunk
Bernard Street
Edward Arsenault
Lewis H. Burr
Archie Turner
Arsenault
Sugar Vessel Delayed by Storm at Easton Refinery
A Mexican ship Campeche carrying 2600 tons of raw cane sugar to Maine’s Easton refinery was delayed two days by Friday’s storm. It will dock Sunday afternoon at the Seaport pier as 410 refinery workers convert the cargo into refined sugar over a one week period.
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Searsport
Maine
Easton
Campeche
Education Panel Backs Coordinating Super Board
The State Board of Education endorses a coordinating board for Maine higher learning, rejecting a single University for the State of Maine. The two plans remain before the Legislature's Education Committee for action.
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Augusta
State Board of Education
Advisory Commission On Higher Education
Maine
Legislative Education Committee
Traffic mishap on Hills Beach Road in Biddeford
Police report two Biddeford men Arthur Gagne 28 and George Goulet 25 drove their vehicles after stopping on Hills Beach Road. Gagne driving a Street Department truck backed into Goulet s car. No injuries were reported.
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Biddeford
Arthur R. Gagne
Summer St
George A. Goulet
Acorn St
Gagne
Renovation Grants and Projects From Washington to Maine
A 19538 grant to renovate Alumnae Hall at Westbrook Junior College in Portland was approved by Education officials. Sen. Muskie reported Army engineers will clear rock from Narraguagus River in Milbridge and a new sewerage treatment system is set for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Harvey Construction Co. of Manchester NH won a $1,283,000 Navy contract for the project.
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Washington
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Office of Education
Cat Locks High Life in Himalayan Snow Leopard
The snow leopard or ounce, also called iris, is described as a medium sized big cat living in the Himalayas of India per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Himalayas
India
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Davy Crockett Served Three Terms as Tennessee Representative
Davy Crockett was a politician who served as a U.S. representative from Tennessee for three terms, highlighting his early political career and lasting influence in American history.
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Davy Crockett
Tennessee
Civic Oration Contest At St Joseph's Biddeford
A Civic Oration Contest held at St Joseph's School Biddeford under Modern Woodmen of America. Pupils from grades five to eight spoke on The Challenge of the Scientific Age with two contestants per class making 18 in total. A plaque was presented to Sister St Mathida by Allen Thurston of the Rock Island Illinois home office for a five year permanent trophy bearing names.
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St. Joseph’s School
Biddeford
Modern Woodmen of America
St. Mathida
Allen Thurston
Fraternal Life Insurance Society
Rock Island
Iit
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