Death of Martin Dies Sr former HUAC chief at 71
Martin Dies Sr. longtime Texas congressman and first chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee died at 71 in Lufkin after a heart attack. He led the Dies Committee from 1938 and faced opposition from President Roosevelt and cabinet members, gaining support amid prewar tensions. He left Congress in 1944 due to health, later served again as a Texas congressman at large before a 1956 Senate bid defeat. He leaves widow and three sons. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Lufkin
Tex
Martin Dies Sr
House UN- American Activities Committee
Dies
Congress
Martin Dies Jr
Beaumont
Texas
Robert M
Jack Dies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
East Texas
United States
House
Senate
UN- American Activities Committee
House Rules
Ralph Yarborough
U.S. Senate
Price Daniel
Robert Murphy 73 Biddeford resident dies after illness
Robert Murphy 73 of the Columbia Hotel Biddeford died Tuesday evening after a lengthy illness. He was born August 16 1899 in Biddeford son of Patrick and Margaret Murphy. He worked in the shipping department of the Pepperell Manufacturing Co and served as a Biddeford City Councilman. Survived by two brothers Patrick H Murphy and William D Murphy and three sisters Eva Roberge Perley Ladd and Mrs Richard Rowe. Private funeral services will be Thursday with interment in St Marys Cemetery Biddeford.
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Robert Murphy
Columbia
Biddeford
Patrick
Margaret Carry Murphy
Peppere! Mig. Co
William D. Murphy
Stratham
N.H
Patrick H. Murphy
Deaths in the News Edward N Allen and Robert L Meyer
Edward N Allen 81 former lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1954 and Hartford mayor died Tuesday in West Hartford. Robert L Meyer 49 former U S attorney in Los Angeles died Tuesday in Santa Ana apparently of a heart attack after resigning under Nixon over philosophical differences.
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Edward N. Allen
West
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Robert L. Meyer
Santa Ana
Calif
Nixon
U.S
Los Angeles
Africans Score Votes At UN Amid Anti Portugal Moves
Africans claim a record year in U N politics with a General Assembly vote to censure Portugal and recognize rebels as authentic representatives of Portuguese Guinea Mozambique and Angola. They also secured a Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa and other probes into Portuguese actions in Africa.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U.N. Environment Agency
Nairobi
Kenya
General Assembly
Portugal
Portu
Guinea
Mozambique
Angola
Security Council
Organization of African Unity
Africa
OAU
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
New York
Amilcar Cabral
Portuguese Guinea
Senegal
Kurt Waldheim
South-West Africa
South Africa
Card of Thanks to Dr Anton and Webber Hospital Staff
Mrs Flora Hodga expresses gratitude to Dr Anton and the nurses at Webber Hospital for care during her husband’s illness, and thanks those who sent flowers cards and provided cars at his funeral.
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Anton
Webber Hospital
Flora Hodga
Funeral Directors and Establishments in Saco Maine
Funeral service firms listed include Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St and Dennett & Craig at 365 Main St with local phone numbers. Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 is also named along with Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy as associated contacts.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J P Conroy
Old Town Double Slaying Ruled Homicide
In Old Town Maine autopsies were set for William Grounder 84 and his niece Rose Marie Pearson 44 after they were found dead at a Hildreth Street home. State police call it a double homicide with no weapon found in the one and a half story wooden house.
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Old Town, Maine
Old Town
Hildreth Street
Penobscot
William Grounder
Rose Marie Pearson
Anghte Reserved 197 by Lee Angeles Twee
A cryptic note suggests a reserved amount of 197 by Lee Angeles Twee. The fragmentary text implies a financial or property context but lacks clear details or dates. Further readable content is needed to determine the event, parties, and stakes.
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Fey UL
Lee Angeles
Portland Weather Outlook for Tonight and Thursday
Snow flurries likely in the north with gradual clearing south tonight. Lows dip into the teens north and into the 20s south. Thursday brings mostly sunny skies, with highs in the 20s north and around 30s south.
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Portland
Church groups schedule services and meetings in local towns
The Senior Choir of Saco United Baptist Church will rehearse tomorrow at 7 30 p m. A Royal Rangers and Missionettes service for 12 to 17 year olds is Friday at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach. Full Gospel Assembly evangelistic service is Friday at 7 30 p m. in Biddeford American Legion Hall. Pioneer Girls meet Friday at 6 30 p m at Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. A Ladies Prayer meeting is Friday 10 a m at Lyman Baptist Church parsonage Goodwins Mills. Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses Saco hosts Ministry School 7 30 p m and Ministry Development Class 8 35 p m weekly.
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Saco United Baptist Church
Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Lyman Paotist
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco
Ministry School
Ministry Development
St Andre Auxiliary to finalize Christmas fair plans tonight
The St Andre Home Auxiliary will finalize plans for a Christmas fair scheduled for December 3. The meeting to finalize the plans starts at 7 30 this evening.
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St. Andre
Local Personal Notes From Biddeford and Saco
Joseph LaSante of 461 Elm Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence Hooper of 64 James Street Saco returned home from Maine Medical Center Portland where she was a cardiac surgical patient. Gerard Rossignol of 10 State Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Joseph LaSante
Elm St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Lawrence Hooper
James St
Saco
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Gerard Rossignol
State St
Winter Parking Ban Takes Effect in Biddeford
Biddeford imposes a winter parking ban from midnight, with tagged vehicles towed at owner expense during snow events. Chief Edgar Sevigny urged residents to park off streets until further notice.
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Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Sevigny
Saco Conferences Postponed to Tomorrow
Saco Superintendent Howard Cushman announced that today’s parent teacher conferences will be rescheduled for tomorrow at the same times. Tonight sessions remain as planned and will occur as scheduled.
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Saco
Howard Cushman
Fire at Plant Damages Storage Area Suspicious in Probe
Footwear continued coverage notes a blaze damaging the plant's fifth floor and another storage area. The fire is described as suspicious and a thorough investigation is underway with no arrests reported.
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Page One
Directors Hear Hichens On Children Center Plan
Senator Walter Hichens outlined a plan to create a York County treatment center for mentally retarded children under five. He proposes tapping $1 million from state surplus funds to buy and renovate Tri County Hospital in Kittery for Maine residents from Augusta to Kittery, with York Hospital nearby as a plus. Initial staffing would come from Sweetser Children’s Home and other New Hampshire institutions if needed, with turnover July 1 and center occupancy October 1, 1973.
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Walter Hichens
Reliot
York County
Association For Retarded Children
Tri- County Hospital
Kittery
Maine
Augusta
Tri-County
York Hospital
Hichens
Albert Anderson Jr
Maine State Bureau of Mental Retardation
Sweetser Children’s Home
Saco
New Hampshire
Saco Valley
Biddeford
Andrew Frechette
Howard Cushman
William McKenney
Lois Houle
Claire Souliere
James Hussey
M. P. Houle
Marshall Bean
Ruth Allen
Raoul Souliere
Dolores Caron
Jean Michaud
Christine Savoy J
Madeliene Davenport
Timber Cutting Plan Near Baxter Park Draws Fire
Baxter State Park Authority and Great Northern Paper Co agreed to cut 110000 cords worth 600000 dollars in the northern park, shifting from 160000 cords in the southern zone. Gov Curtis voiced unhappiness with the compromise as GNPC has until April 1975 to finish removing the timber.
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Augusta
Maine
Baxter State Park Authority
Great Northern Paper Co
Kenneth M. Curtis
Great Northern
Curtis
iCurt
Percival Baxter
Mt. Katahdin
Fraging Trial Acquits Army Private In First US Case
Billy Dean Smith, 24, a Watts Los Angeles native, is cleared of two murder and one attempted murder charges in a fragging court martial tied to a Bien Hoa Vietnam grenade blast that killed two officers. He received a bad conduct discharge for assaulting a military police officer and a 30 day leave in family custody during discharge processing. his mother expressed relief and gratitude.
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Ord
Calif
Billy Dean Smith
United States
Watts
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Smith
Bien Hoa Air Base
Thomas A. Dellno
Chateau, Mont
Richard Harlan
Dallas
Tex
Peter B. Higgins
Harrison
N.J
Dellno
E-2
E-1
Rawls H. Frazier
Hazel Smith
Wetlands Hearing Opens on Kennebunkport Bulkhead Plan
The Wetlands Hearing on Robert E. Marier’s proposed riverfront dominimums near Colony Beach in Kennebunkport began with on site inspection. Marier said Army Corps guidance allowed a bulkhead above mean high water and that further inland work has been completed, while locals and the conservation commission voiced opposition.
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Kennebunkport
Robert E. Marier
Colony Beach
Kennebunk
Marier
David Walley
Board of Selectmen
Army Corps of Engineers
Thomas Reagan
Wage hike blocked for New York papers by Pay Board
The Pay Board ordered four New York City area papers to roll back wage increases for more than 12,000 employees who are members of craft unions and The Newspaper Guild. The order, announced Tuesday, targets The New York Times The New York Daily News The New York Post and The Long Island Press.
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Washington
New York City
New York Times
New York Daily News
New York Post
Long Island Press
Constellation Skipper Defends Mass Shore Transfer
Captain J. D. Ward, commanding officer of the carrier Constellation, says he ordered 130 mostly Black dissidents ashore to avert violence and possible sabotage amid tensions during a Vietnam deployment. Nearly 1,000 crewmen signed a petition backing Ward while a Black servicemen's group pushes for disciplinary action.
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San Diego
Calif
Constellation
J. D. Ward
Navy
Afair
Ward
Sik
Vietnam
Jake Colbert
Black Servicemen's Caucus
Argentina Braces for Peron Return Amid Ban and Parades
Argentina's military government shuts public life to curb disorder as exiled former dictator Juan Peron plans to land amid security bans and mass follower gatherings. Peron, 77, travels from Madrid to Rome then back to Buenos Aires with hopes of easing tensions before March elections.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Madrid
Rome
Alenandro Lanusse
Lanusse
Peronist
Old Soldiers Haunt West Point Cadet Barracks
At the U S Military Academy in West Point cadets report a ghost in a fourth regiment room seen by two plebes and officer witnesses. The room was emptied due to persistent phenomena and cadets continued bringing cameras to the area.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
4Th Regiment
Academy
Storm prompts multiple crashes injuring two in Saco
Police reported five separate weather related crashes yesterday as snow fell. In Ferry Road incidents Helen Leach and Ruth Halley of Biddeford were treated for injuries and released. George Baillargeon of Biddeford was treated and discharged. A second collision on Ocean Park Road injured Marion Bank of Saco minor, with damages estimated at 300 for Perrin and 900 for Berube.
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Saco
Helen J. Leach
Roundhill St
Biddeford
Ferry Road
Webber Hospital
Ruth Halley
George Baillargeon
Pool St
Leach
Baillargeon
Ocean Park Road
Ronald B. Perrin
Old Orchard Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Leo P. Berube
Cascade Road
Marion Gordon Bank
Berube
Perrin
Berube Auto
Dow closes above 1000 points for first time
New York stocks surged as the Dow Jones industrial average finished above 1,000 for the first time in history and the New York Stock Exchange Index also hit a new record. The Dow figure is calculated from the highs of the 30 components even if reached at different times.
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New York
We Don't Holler But Fellar Want Ads Is What It’s About
A brief notice describes a local want ad feature focusing on discreet classifieds. It notes community members seeking services and items for sale through a quiet, low profile ads column. The item reads as a small town listing with concise entries.
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HUAC
Martin
Memoriam
Sister Pauline Via Reny
Bella
Soos
Children Center
Baxter State Park
Banparaoma
Hope Kubiak
C. O. Beach Lions’ Club
Turkey
Oic Hall
Union Ave
Jand
Keith Bakken
Bakken
Henry Ward Beecher
York County Savings Bank
F.d.lc
McCalis
Ultressa
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