Levitt plans refined housing project in Kennebunk
Levitt spokesman Howard Watts says the smaller version follows a thorough re-evaluation in light of community concerns. The plan centers on empty nesters aged 45 to 60, with speculation about workforce needs and future mass transit to Boston. Planning board chair John Walker questions why Levitt returned.
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Levitt
Howard Watts
Watts
Levitt Company
Kennebunk
Gibbs Oil
Sanford
ITT
Boar
Boston
Portland
Planning Board
John Walker
Biddeford Seeks Trees For Holiday Decorations
Biddeford Fire Department seeks trees and greenery for city Christmas decorations. Five ten or twelve foot trees are usually used, but this year supplies are hard to find. A spokesman asks citizens to report where trees could be obtained.
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Biddeford
Fire Department
Liment
Legion ritualistic services for Ronald J Bedard
Members of Owen-Davis Post American Legion Saco will hold ritualistic services Thursday night at 7 at Cote Funeral Home 87 James St Saco for Ronald J Bedard.
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Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Ronald J. Bedard
Knights of Columbus to Offer Prayers for Ronald Bedard
Members of the Third and Fourth Degree Assemblies of Lake E. Hart Council Knights of Columbus Biddeford will gather Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cote Funeral Home Saco to offer prayers for Ronald J Bedard a member. In Louisiana the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway bridge is listed as 126055 feet long.
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Lake E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus
Biddeford
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Saco
Ronald J. Bedard
Lake Ponthcartrain Causeway
Louisiana
Card of Thanks from the Labbe Family
The family of the late Richard Labbe extends gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness during their bereavement. They thank for floral tributes mass cards and for car assistance to the funeral. Dorothy Guignard Carl Pearl Linda and Arthur among others.
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Dorothy Guignard Carl
Pearl
Linda
Arthur
Richard Labbe
Earl H. Curtis funeral in Saco November 5
Funeral services for Earl H. Curtis of Saco will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM from Shumway Gross Funeral Home. Interment in Hope Cemetery Kennebunk. Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Arrangements by Philip H. Gross Sr Director.
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Curtis
Earl H
Saco
Shumway
Gross Funeral Home
Spring S
Hope Cemetery
Kennebunk
Philip H. Gross Sr
Emond Conroy and Shumway Gross Funeral Notices
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home at 284 5511 and 282 181s. Shumway and Gross Funeral Service located at 35 Spring St Saco with contact 284 5611.
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Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Portland Weather: Variable Clouds and Fringes of Snow
Variable cloudiness graces Portland with northerly pockets of flurries possible. Lows dip to the teens to low 20s with northern areas cooler, while southern sections edge toward the upper 30s to near 40. Thursday sees similar cloudiness and a chance of flurries in the north.
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Portland
Grass blaze near Garfield and Bradley streets extinguished
Saco firemen put out a grass fire at Garfield and Bradley streets at 6 45 p m Tuesday per fire officials. Biddeford crews responded to two apartment burner incidents with CO2 extinguishment at 45 Foss St and 51 Graham St shortly after 8 p m.
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Saco
Garfield
Bradley Streets
Biddeford
Foss St
Graham St
Future Events Set By Dames Of Rochambeau
Dames Rochambeau and Dames Rochambeau Club members met at the Biddeford club rooms to plan upcoming activities. Officers reported on meetings in Lewiston and announced snowshoe season openings in Rumford and Lewiston events. Cecile Salvas named as queen candidate for the International Snowshoe Convention in Lewiston.
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Dames Rochambeau
South Street
Biddeford
Therese Frechette
Mary Jane Labelle
Carol Doyon
Aline Boucher
Janet Ucge
Frechette
Maine
Lewiston
Rumford
Club Passe Temps
Cascade Inn
Saco
Rita
DOJ pushes antitrust suits against CBS NBC and ABC
The Justice Department pursues major antitrust lawsuits against the three networks over entertainment program production. A federal judge denied dismissal, clearing the way to inspect records. The action focuses on in house production and ownership ties, not news or sports.
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Washington
Justice Department
CBS
NBC
ABC
FCC
White House
Nixon
Antitrust Division
William P. Rogers
Nicholas B. Katzenbach
Richard W. McLaren
John N Mitchell
Mitchell
Spiro T.agnew
Cape Porpoise Harbor Clearing Issue Persists
Cape Porpoise Harbor faces continued pressure from the Coast Guard to clear the entrance of lobster traps. Selectmen favor a joint solution with fishermen and harbor committee, possibly an ordinance, while Coast Guard delays lighting the Falley Island beacon until a town bargain is met. The Harbor Committee works on a 50 to 60 foot channel and designated anchorage, plus plans for a new bait house with concrete floor and air conditioning funded from pier repair funds.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Coast Guard
Cape Porpoise Harbor
Harbor Committee
David Walley
Falley Island
Walley
Selectmen
Locked Doors and Missing Signs Hamper Biddeford Voters
New Biddeford residents faced chaotic polling amid locked doors and hidden entrances across five wards. Officials cited last minute setup and confusing street access as voters wandered to find proper polling locations and register before voting at the designated sites.
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Biddeford
Albert R. Carrier
Emery School
Saco Elects Winners in Ward Races and Approves Referenda
Saco voters backed incumbents in several wards with Cassette Ward 1 and Ward 2 Bruce Taylor winning by wide margins. Ward 3 saw Harold Waight lose to James Wardell, Ward 4 saw Democrat Wardell win large, Ward 5 Michael Searles defeated Lawrence Dey, Ward 6 Lula Armstrong and Ward 7 Patricia Reay led. Referenda favored parks bonds and constitutional amendments while Power Authority and state lottery proposals were rejected. Turnout reached seventy one percent with ward 2 totals pending.
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Robert Cassette
Albert Kabel Jr
Bruce Taylor Hus
David Rossignol
Stanley Koxloff
van Psomiades
Harold Waight
James Wardell
A. Raymond Gannon
Muriel Perreault
Michael Searles
Lawrence Dey
Lula Armstrong
Richard McLoy
Patricia Reay
J. Haley Booth
Gerard J. Doyon
Carol A
Aioe
Saco
Lottery Seen as Nonissue by Local Bookmaker
A local bookmaker says state lottery passage will not affect his business. He expects private sales to dominate again, arguing Maine's population is too small to sustain a state run lottery and that high setup costs will kill it off. He requested anonymity.
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Maine
New Hunting Law Available at Clerk's Office
The new hunting and trapping law summary booklets are now at Biddeford City Clerk's office in city hall for public access and reference.
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New Hunting Law
Biddeford
City Hall
Saco Council Will Check Vote Returns
A special meeting of the Saco City Council will be held tonight at 7 30 to canvas the election returns. Also on the agenda are Dow and Coulombe's proposed fee for designing the Cleveland Street storm drains and one tax abatement.
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Saco City
Dow and Coulombe
Cleveland Street
Maine county jail project clears county vote after lengthy fight
In York County Maine the old Alfred jail project finally passed by a narrow margin after two prior failures. Voters in 27 of 28 towns supported the plan with Lebanon the lone nay by three votes. Sheriff Dutremble credited open houses drawing about 2000 residents as decisive.
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Reny
Lucien Dutremble
Leonard Levasseur
Liause
Maine
Alfred
Guy Marcotte
Lebanon
York County
Richard Dutremble
Dayton
Christian Civil League of
Eliot
Berwick
South Berwick
League
Walter Hichens
Limington
Newfield
Village smithy to witness Princess Anne wedding at Westminster
Blacksmith Bert Tidmarsh will attend Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips wedding in Westminster Abbey. Diplomatic guests may be limited as officials note Commonwealth nations only invited, with many ambassadors hearing the event second hand. The guest list includes 23 foreign royals and 13 relatives of Anne.
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London
Wiltshire
Great Somerford
England
Tidmarsh
Phillips
Anne
Energy Guides oilfields held in reserve for military use
The article reports authorities may require increases in commercial oil production beyond the usual efficiency rate to conserve oil for long term military emergencies. It notes the Cohen Egg Co. of Dayton clearing land in Saco Industrial Park for a $250,000 grain storage facility, to store grain for livestock, with two weeks of planning and general agreement on the need for such authority.
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Cohen Egg Co
Dayton
Saco
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Paul Fannon
Arizona
With Love
Tration
Thority
Local election results and council salary changes reported
Voters approved a councilors salary increase to 500 dollars a year and 600 for the chairman. A 1972 reduction to 1 dollar per councilor was noted. State referendum results matched county trends with Public Power and Park Bonds passing, while direct initiative failed. York County jail bonds also passed 1146 to 517.
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York County
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van Street
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Arline T. Bryant
Jean Letendre
Marion Kirby
Charlene Donahue
Phyllis Larivierie
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Lorraine Toussaint
Margaret Morrison
Hortense Keith
Euphemia Ladd
Winifred Clegg
Power Authority of Maine
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North Street
Saco Council
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Martin’s Foods
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