Beach Chamber Seeks Use of Loranger Gym for Social Events
The Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce urged the school board to open Loranger School gym to large social gatherings arguing tourism and business ties require a facility for 300 plus attendees. Executive Director Despres cited Canadian interest and noted past Biddeford usage while opponents blamed antiquated rules and alcohol concerns.
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Old Orchard
Chamber
Despres
Quebec
Biddeford
Howard Slaney
Katheleen Lee
Faye Harding
Saco recount preserves council results in close races
In a Friday night recount for Saco City Council, Van Psomiades leads Ward 3 with 407 votes to Harold Waight's 402, up from 395 to 389. 36 disputed ballots excluded. Ward 4 sees James Ward III prevail 366 to 306 for Raymond Gannon and 49 for Muriel Perreault, with legal actions unresolved.
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James Ward UI
van Psomiades
Saco
Harold Waight
Psomiades
Wail
James Ward III
Deuisera
Raymond Gannon
Muriel Perreault
Ward
Gannon
Perreault
Waight
Peter Danton
Atty
Rod Potter
Inside The Journal The Mini Page Obituaries Movies Sports
Inside The Journal feature recaps obituaries films and sports bits from the 4 14 edition with light entertainment notes and a playful mini page insert offering quick glimpses of notable people and upcoming TV offerings.
Fire guts four story Biddeford tenement at Alfred and Washington
A late Friday night blaze leveled a four story tenement at Alfred and Washington streets. About 45 people including 28 children were left homeless from two affected buildings, with two firefighters injured and no other serious casualties. Over 150 firefighters from Biddeford and nearby towns battled the fire, which spread to adjacent structures and knocked out power downtown. Investigators labeled the blaze suspicious as they searched for its origin while two unidentified boys aided in evacuations.
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Washington and
Alfred Streets
Alfred and
Washington Streets
Red Cross
Bryce Milne
Biddeford
Emile Bergeron
Webber Hospital
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Scarborough
South Portland
Washington Street
Alfred Street
Foss
Birch
Emery
Lawrence Dolby
Bergeron
Richard Moody
Nixon Plans Tough Energy Policy Address Sunday
President Nixon announced a national TV address at 7 p.m. EST Sunday to outline tough action on the energy crisis. He said general agreement exists on steps but gave no specifics, with hints of possible Sunday gasoline sales ban and home heating fuel rationing. He met with energy chief John A. Love and adviser Melvin R. Laird.
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Washington
Nixon
John A. Love
Melvin R. Laird
Biddeford Primary Heralds Thinning Candidate Field
Voters head to polls Monday for Biddeford Democratic and Republican primaries shaping the Dec. 3 city election. Democratic mayor candidate Guibert Boucher faces Lucien Dutremble while Republicans run unopposed. Incumbent Boucher touts fiscal gains, Dutremble pushes youth center and tax restraint. Eight more races include school board and city council contests with multiple independents and party tickets.
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Biddeford
Police Commission
Guibert R. Boucher
Lucien A
Babe” Dutremble
Boucher
Dutremble
Pool Beach Association
Democratic Party
Harrison Grover
Earl Goodwin
Christo Anton
Wilfred Pombriant
Amedeg Miniutti
Richard Jacques
Paul Truman
Guy Farrell
Robert Nolette
Alan St. Amand
Bouchers
Roger Frechette
Norman Poirier
L. Paul Poissani
Richard Potvin
Claire Malasnik
Daniel Perreault
Thanksgiving weekend highway deaths rise to 297
The nationwide traffic toll for the holiday weekend reached 297 as fog cloaked much of the East and rain fell along the Northwest coast and in the Midwest. Snow slowed travel in the Southwest and interior Northwest. The count started at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at midnight Sunday.
Population boom tests Kennebunk animal shelter
The Kennebunk Animal Shelter faces overcrowding as 33 cages struggle to house stray kittens and dogs, prompting calls for a stricter spaying program. Shelter manager Mrs. Ralph Boston stresses euthanasia only as a last resort when space runs out and urges widespread neutering to curb future overpopulation.
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West Kennebunk
Kennebunk Animal Shelter
Ralph Boston
United States
South
Portland
York
The
Animal Welfare Society Inc
Boston
Mrs. Boston
Douglas Hutchins
Springvale
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