Obituary: Rev Msgr Daniel J Honan Dies in Portland
Portland obituary notes the death of Rev Msgr Daniel J Honan at age 61 after a long priesthood. A concelebrated Mass of Resurrection will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Honan was a Dante scholar and translator of Augustine's City of God. Born in Portland he studied at Holy Cross College and the North American College in Rome and was ordained in 1936. He served in Portland and Houston before leading St Joseph's Parishes in Ellsworth and Brewer.
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Portland
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Daniel J. Honan
Monsignor Honan
Holy Cross College
North American College
Rome
Houston
St. Joseph’s
Ellsworth
St. Joseph's Church
Brewer
Biddeford Woman 90 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Alexina Simard of 13 Simard Ave Biddeford aged 90 died after a long illness in a local nursing home. Born February 6 1882 she was daughter of Joseph and Angelina Moulin and a St Andre Church communicant. Survived by daughter Lorraine Casavant sister Emma Mullen three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral from St Andre Friday at 8 am with interment at St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at Emond Funeral Home.
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Alexina Simard
Simard
Biddeford
Joseph and
Angelina (Tanguay) Moulin
St. Andre Church
George Simard
Belmont
Lorraine) Casavant
Emma Mullen
Old Orchard Beach
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond
Hill St
Mrs Bessie Bascom dies in Biddeford after long illness
Mrs Bessie H Bascom 94 of Fortunes Rocks Biddeford died at home after a lengthy illness. Born in 1878 in Thorndike to Josiah F and Elzora Mason Hamilton she taught in North Adams Mass. Widowed from Charles Bascom she settled in Fortunes Rocks in 1903. A member of First Baptist Lowell DAR Betsy Ross chapter she is survived by Miss Virginia Hamilton Bascom. Funeral from Dennett and Craig Saco with Rev Gordon Adamson to officiate and burial at Edson Cemetery Lowell Mass.
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Bessie H. Bascom
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Bven
Thorndike
Josiah F
Elzora (Mason) Hamilton
Lowells
Mass
North Adams
Charles Bascom
First Baptist Church
Betsy Ross
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lowell
Virginia Hamelton Bascom
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Gordon Adamson
Edson Cemetery
Obituary of Peter T. Johnson of Biddeford
Peter T. Johnson 67 of 7 Wentworth St. Biddeford died after a lengthy illness. Born June 13 1905 in Biddeford son of George A. and Susan Quinn Johnson he worked 43 years at West Point Pepperell Biddeford retiring last year. Survived by brother Quentin P. Johnson Arundel and sister Evelyn Johnson Biddeford with several nieces and nephews. Visitation tonight 7 to 9 at Cote Funeral Home Saco. funeral from St Mary Church Saturday at 9 a.m. interment in St Mary Cemetery.
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Peter T. Johnson
Wentworth St
Biddeford
George A
Susan (Quinn) Johnson
Biddeford High School
West Point Pepperell
St. Mary Church
Quentin P. Johnson
Arundel
Evelyn Johnson
St. Mary Cemetery
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Saco
Funeral Service for Shumway and Gross at Saco
Funeral service information lists Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring Street in Saco with contact 284-5611 for arrangements.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Biddeford
Portland Snow Tonight With 2 to 5 Inch Accumulation
Snow possible tonight in Portland with 2 to 5 inches of accumulation. Lows will be in the 20s. Friday brings a chance of flurries followed by clearing in southwest portions and snow tapering to flurries elsewhere. Highs reach the 30s.
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Portland
Saco area church notes outline weekly gatherings
Senior Choir rehearsals in the Saco United Baptist Church choir room tomorrow at 7 30 pm. Royal Rangers and Missionettes service for 12 to 17 year olds at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Friday. Full Gospel Assembly evangelistic service Friday at 7 30 pm in Biddeford American Legion Hall. Pioneer Girls meet Friday 6 30 pm at Lyman Baptist Church Goodwill Mills. Ladies Prayer meeting Friday 10 am parsonage Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses hosts Ministry School Friday 7 30 pm and Ministry Development Class at 8 35 pm.
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Saco United Ba Church
Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwil Mills
Lyman Paotist
Goodwins Mills
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco
Ministry
Ministry Development
Writer Robert L. Duffus Dies at 84 in Palo Alto
Robert L. Duffus, longtime New York Times editorial writer and author of 33 books, died at 84 in Palo Alto, California from apparent heart failure. A Waterbury, Vermont native, he graduated Stanford, worked at the San Francisco Bulletin, New York Globe, and joined the Times in 1927. He served on the Times editorial board from 1937 until retirement in 1962. He is survived by his widow Iah Louise, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. Memorial services are set for December 9 in Palo Alto.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Robert L. Duffus
New York Times
Duffus
Waterbury
Stanford University
San Francisco Bulletin
The
Bulletin
New York
New York Globe
Times
the Times
Santa Fe Trail
Stanford
Iah-Louise
British Reject IRA Cease-Fire Pleas Amid Northern Ireland Violence
In Dublin AP reports the Provisional IRA sought a two week cease-fire in Northern Ireland three times in two weeks but Whitelaw refused each bid. Violence escalates with rocket grenade attacks, a Belfast taxi murder, and protests outside Parliament over anti TRA legislation in Dublin.
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Dublin
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Jack Lynch
William Whitelaw
Britain
Whitelaw
Ulster
Ireland
Israel
Belfast
Lynch
Bernadette Devlin
Night Parking Ban Begins Friday in Old Orchard Beach
Police Chief Jean-Paul Lacroix reminds motorists that the town’s winter overnight parking ban starts Friday. Vehicles must be off town streets by midnight or face towing and impoundment at the owner’s expense.
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Old Orchard Beach
Jean-Paul Lacroix
Night of Eastern Star Observance Planned in Biddeford
Esther Night will be observed by Adah Chapter Order of the Eastern Star tomorrow night at Odd Fellows Hall Alfred Street Biddeford Mrs Mary Clopper chosen refreshment chairman and past matron Mrs Nancy Lowell entertainment chairman
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Esther
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Hall
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Mary Clopper
Nancy Lowell
Sixth State Prison Escapee Captured
Joseph Martel, 31, of Athol Mass was arrested in downtown Concord three minutes after fleeing in a stolen car he had seized from a man he had held captive. He is the sixth inmate captured from the Concord Massachusetts prison escape of November 21.
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Concord
N.H
Mass
Joseph Martel
Athol
Norman Simmons
Martel
Women Fire Rescue Sparks Rooftop Evacuation at City Hall
Fire tore through the 15th and 16th floors as tar-smoked smoke filled the area. A helicopter evacuated six people in two trips and another saved two more before the roof collapsed. Lamplighter Club on the top floor housed about 100 people. arson is suspected due to an earlier cloakroom fire.
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Lockwood
City Hall
San Salvador
Boat Season Is Here Buy Or Sell With Want Ad Section 53
Local classified page promotes the boat season with a want ad section labeled 53 inviting readers to buy sell and trade vessels and related gear this season. The notice emphasizes accessibility for hobbyists and prospective sellers seeking quick listings.
Nixon and Duc Hold Second Vietnam Peace Talks at White House
President Nixon arranged a second White House meeting with South Vietnam envoy Nguyen Phu Duc to press peace talks. Duc also met Henry Kissinger, while a separate session with the Joint Chiefs was clarified as a long-standing review of the South Vietnam situation.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
White House
Vietnam
Duc
Henry A. Kissinger
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Gerald L. Warren
Two Armed Bandits Rob Boston Store
Two gunmen storm a Kenmore Square clothing shop injure a guard and terrorize 15 people. The attackers, one with a knife and one with a pistol, bound customers and employees for over 20 minutes and escaped on foot along Commonwealth Avenue with the security guard’s gun.
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Boston
Kenmore Square
Anthony Cooney
East Boston
General Alarm Co
Paris
United Cooney
Beth States
Press- Israel Hospital
de Nixon
Vietnam
North Viet Concessions Revealed in Paris Talks
The New York Times cites administration sources saying North Vietnam made concessions in the Paris talks. A demilitarized buffer zone along the 17th Parallel is to be reestablished. The cease-fire will apply to Laos and Cambodia with foreign troops withdrawn. Weapons supply promises are noted, but prisoner releases and truce supervisory procedures remain disputed.
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New York
The
New York Times Today
Paris
the Times
17Th Parallel
North
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Times
Peace talks loom as U.S. troops plan withdrawal from Vietnam
About 100000 U S service members remain at bases around Vietnam while 27000 stay in country. Paris talks resume with Kis singer and Le Duc Tho as negotiators push for a 60 day troop withdrawal after signing. Saigon demands full North Vietnamese withdrawal. Nixon weighs final agreement and possible partial pullout. U S strength peaked at 543000 in April 1969 before Vietnamization.
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Thailand
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
St Andre Home Auxiliary Nuns Host Christmas Fair
In Biddeford Saco area the St Andre Home Auxiliary and nuns plan a Christmas fair and tea at the Home on Pool Road Sunday December 3 beginning at 1 p.m. Mrs Helena Cookson leads tea pourers and Mrs Joan Simard heads tea table prep with wives of Biddeford and Saco mayors among the pourers.
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St. Andre Home
Pool Road
Biddeford
Rita Grondin
Saco
St. Andre Home Auxiliary
Helena Cookson
Joan Simard
Gilbert Boucher
Berton Braley
Henry P. Rose
St. Francis College Guild
Robert Dion
Notre Dame Unit Guild
Wilbrod Bedard
Gilbert Domingue
Raymond Audre
Marc Simard
Constance Fleurent
Terry Bineau
Marie Jeanne Pelletier
George
Local Personal Notice Encourages Section 6A Celebrations
Community board invites residents to file joyous notices under Section 6A. The format requests concise declarations of happy events with clear names and dates where applicable. Submitters should follow guidelines to share milestones with neighbors.
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Daniel Honan
Bessie Bascom
Maine
Dr. O'Sullivan
Webber Hospital
Yvonne Laverriere
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Tel
Los Angeles
Tomes
Land Manufacturing Co
Wendell Land
Land
Michael Spath
Theresa Tremblay
Constance Fleurant
Marielyne Pelletier
Arteau
Pentagon
Matson’s, Inc
Maine Street
Steve White
ODD Couple
Biddeford Athletic Assoc
Wroadkwyveanrtin SC i al Christmas Open House
Robbins’ Nest
Biddeford Pool
Chandler & Anne Robbins
Crowley
Nuns Planning Fair
Flattery
Jonathan Swift
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
J, Thoms
Kenduskeag Plaza
Bangor
Philip H. Gross JR
Gary Gross
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