Death of Rudolph J Thibodeau Biddeford Man
Rudolph J Thibodeau 70 of 114 Cleaves St Biddeford died after long illness in local hospital He was born Sept 22 1897 in Biddeford son of Adolph and Sara LeClerc Thibodeau He worked 40 years at Pepperell Mfg Co He belonged to Sacred Heart League St Andre s Church Survivors include brothers Richard of Boston and O2zin ce of Biddeford Funeral from 9 am Thursday at Sacred Heart Church burial in St Joseph s Cemetery Friends may call Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford tonight 7 9 and tomorrow 2 4 and 7 9 p m
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Rudolph J. Thibodeau
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Adolph
Sara LeClerc Thibodeau
St. Andre’s School
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Sacred Heart League
St. Andre's Church
Richard
Boston
O2zince
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone St
Eagles to honor Alfred Richard at Biddeford funeral home
Members of the Biddeford Saco Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles meet at Birch Street hall at 7 to night and then proceed as a group to Emond Funeral Home at 72 Hill Street Biddeford to pay respects to Alfred Richard a lodge member.
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Biddeford
Saco Aerie
Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Biddeford Hall
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Alfred Richard
Lodge
Richard
Alfred J
Pool St
St. Joseph’s Church
Hill Street
Vietnam War actions and casualties reported across multiple fronts
The report details U S and South Vietnamese actions in Vietnam including one American death in combat, three hundred plus enemy casualties in Binh Dinh Province, and heavy shelling near the DMZ. B 52 strikes and 450000 pounds of bombs added to prior totals target supply caches and bunkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namese
U.S
Binh Dinh
Dmz
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
South
Saigon
Plane crash tragedy ends hopeful two month struggle
The article recounts a family effort to survive a crash on a snow covered California mountain before a freight train collides with a school bus driven by teacher Thomas McMahon, killing four children. It notes broader political and international context with mentions of Wilson, Myrdal, and Nixon in various frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Thomas McMahon
Johnson
Washington
Gunnar Myrdal
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Sponge Cake Roll Prep Tip
Break up the jelly with a fork before spreading it on the sponge cake roll to ensure even texture and easier rolling.
Funeral services for Charles Peverill in Saco
Funeral services for Charles Peverill aged 70 of Casco Avenue Ocean Park were held yesterday afternoon at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Officiating were Rev. Percy Clark of Billerica Massachusetts and Rev. Stanley A. Bennett of Saco United Baptist Church. Interment occurred this morning at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco with prayers by Rev. Mr. Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Peverill
Casco Ave
Ocean Park
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Percy Clark
Billerica
Mass
Stanley A. Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill
Mr. Bennett
Jaycees Explore Junior Club Feasibility in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Jaycees held a meeting at Sanford Parker’s home with Arthur Guerin Jr. presiding. Roles were assigned for posters, a mimeograph purchase, and a committee to study a junior Jaycee club. A play ground committee was named and Roger Roscoe became secretary after David Campbell resigned. The next meeting is October 23 with location TBA.
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Old Orchard
Robert Wells
Barkers Pond
DeRocher
Roger Roscoe
Old Orchard Beach
Donald Pratt
Bud Hertz
Sanford Parker
Frederick DeRocher
Robert Hall
Frederick de Rocher
Biddeford Youth Rams Parked Car Collision
Police say a car driven by Louis D. Janson, 31, of South Portland, parked in Pepperell Square, sustained about 150 damage after being struck by a vehicle driven by Donald A. Ouellette, 19, of Biddeford. Ouellette backed up without looking and caused the collision. his car was undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sace
Louis D. Janson
South Portland
Pepperell Square
Janson
Donald A. Ouellette
Oak Ridge Road
Biddeford
Ouellette
Local Pagers and Military Army News Summary
Personal notices list Arthur Dube a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Gordon Murray and wife return home after a 40th wedding anniversary in Saco. Seaman Stephen Plaisted visits Minorca aboard USS Richard E. Kraus. Dennis Fairweather trains for Job Corps at Camp Kilmer New Jersey. James Murphy Jr. returns to Newport after four months in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean aboard USS Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dube
Sheltra Ave
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Gordon Murray
Flag Pond Road
Saco
Canadian Northwest
Stephen D. Plaisted
USNR
Walter A. Plaisted
Locke St
Port Mahon
Minorca
Mediterranean
Richard E. Kraus
Dennis S. Fairweather
Robert Fairweather
West Kennebunk
Job Corps
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Kennebunk
Commissaryman
James H. Murphy Jr
Gilberte A. Murphy
Summer St
Newport
R.I
Europe
Lester
DAR chapter to meet with conservation talk guest speaker
The Rebec ca Emery Chapter D A R holds a regular meeting Saturday at 2 p m at Mrs Gertrude Farwell's home in Biddeford Pool with Elmont S Tyndale of Kennebunkport as guest speaker on conservation. Other events include a Women's Educational and Industrial Union luncheon and Eastern Star visitation in Saco with Mrs Elizabeth B Hilton officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Gertrude Q. Farwell
Biddeford Pool
Elmont S. Tyndale
Kennebunkport
Ella Lyman
Bertha Parcher
Priscilla Austin
Bernice Wentworth
Dorothy Oddy
Marylee Culver
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Hamilton Hall
Beach Street
Saco
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Elizabeth B. Hilton
Grand Chapter
Maine
Isabelle Wilbur
Midweek church meetings listed across area houses of worship
A town wide note lists Wednesday gatherings for Girl Guards at Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach, Lyman Baptist Goodwins Mills, Biddeford United Baptist, Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach, Goodwins Mills Methodist Lyman, Christ Church Kennebunk, Christian Science Saco, Advent Christian Kennebunk, Ogunquit Baptist, Village Baptist Kennebunkport, Full Gospel Weils, and Kennebunkport Village Baptist. Sessions include prayer services Bible studies adult choir youth choir and vestry meetings with varied times from 6:30 to 7:45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Christ Church
Congregational Methodist
Dane Street
Kennebunk
Kennepunkport
NASA Advances Apollo Maiden Flight Amid Budget Cuts
NASA pushes ahead with an all-out maiden Apollo mission using three untried stages to reach 10,000 miles and return at lunar speed. Delays plague the lunar module and a January Saturn I liftoff is planned, as budget cuts threaten unmanned Mars probes and the Apollo applications program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Webb
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Halt Continued from Page One Leader and Observer Renew Opposition
A continued halt story notes the observer at the Vietnam elections reiterating opposition to the ongoing process. The report emphasizes persistent dissent and the observer’s stance amid post election developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Debating Vietnam Halt Fails to Slow War Effort
A Monday dispute among President supporters and dissenters over halting bombing offers no clear direction. The debate centered on U.S. entry in Vietnam, de escalation versus escalation, and potential UN action, stalling action on the antipoverty bill for 54 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Vietnam
United Nations
Portland Weather: Cloudy and Cooling Tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a drop in temperatures. North areas may fall to the 40s while southern zones stay around the 50s with cooler, variable skies on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Church and lodge meetings scheduled in Old Orchard Beach
The Abbott-Verville AMVETS Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Post Home Walnut Street. St Jétaaxet's Ladies Sodality meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the church with a Parish Hall business session at 8 p.m. The Women's Civic Group holds its first fall meeting Thursday at 7 45 p.m. at Mrs Bhima Sturtevant 47 Union Ave. Atlantic Lodge 10 1 C F installs officers Tuesday at 8 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall. Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge installs officers Wednesday at 8 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall Old Orchard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott-Verville Amvets
Walnut Street
Jétaaxet
Ladies Sodality
Old Orchard Beach
Bhima Sturtevant
Union Ave
Atlantic Lodge 1
C.F
Odd Fellows Hall
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Old Orchard Street
Biddeford Traffic Collision Reported
A collision at Elm and Lincoln Streets Biddeford involved an automobile driven by Annette Blown of Old Orchard and a motor scooter ridden by John Paul Cauchon of Megantic Que. Cauchon was thrown from the scooter and transported to Webber Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm
Lincoln Streets
Biddeford
Annette Blown
Smithwheel Road
Old Orchard
John Paul Cauchon
Megantic Que
Cauchon
Webber Hospital
Maine bond package advances with mixed measures
The Maine legislature approved several bills without debate, including a 1.4 million mental health and correctional facilities bond and a referendum action requirement for one bill. Other measures expand farm crop lending, fund a special session, empower Indian housing authorities for water and sewer systems, and adjust juror notification. The University of Maine bond package totals 7.3 million for education facilities and related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Carlton Littlefield
R-Hampden
University of Maine
Orono
Augusta
Portland
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Walpole
Miniwanca Chapter Hosts Guest Officers Night
Last night at Robinson Memorial Hall East Grand Ave Miniwanca Chapter hosted guest officers from several chapters led by Mrs Elizabeth Briggs and Miss Susan LeGallee as they conferred degrees. Invitations and greetings poured in from North Carolina to Maine chapters with plans for future events and officer nights as rehearsals were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Grand Avenue
Jean Mooers
Elizabeth Briggs
Gerald Briggs
Fadette
York
Alice Hurd
Aurora
Kennebunkport
Kenneth Johnson
Annettte
Saco
Susan LeGallee
Adah
Biddeford
June Pitts
Beulah
Cumberland Mills
Shirley Schmidt
Virginia Sheehaux
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Marion Dexheimer
Alice Serotick Clover
Sanford
Loraine Russell
Miniwanea
Muriel Stanhope
Mizpah
Westbrook
Leonard Pitts
Violet Rand
Priscilla
North Carolina
Anne R. Horsman
Charity
Betty Jean Braley
Union
Sarah Orne Jewett
D.D.G.M
Ruth
Madonna
W.G.M
Deering
M. Daniel Gardner
Grand Lodge of Maine
Iona
Clover
Casco
Grand Family
Esther
Longfellow
Skow
Farmington
Minivanca
Helen Smith
Gertrude Leonard
Costance Warren
Leonard Slaney
Electa
Lucille Moores
Sentinel
Charles Mooers
Leonard Gray
Marshal Ellen Clark
Navy
Star Club
Phyllis and
Clayton Sargent
Janice Staples
James Simonson
John Bradeen
Walter Wuth
Warren Harmon
Helen Cummings
George Noel
Local Residents Hospitalized In Auto Mishap
Four Biddeford Maine residents were hospitalized after a two car collision on Dover Point Road Sunday. Urbain Desrochers 55 with a knee fracture Yvonne Desrochers 52 with a fractured leg and broken ribs Marguerite Cote 19 with a head injury were treated at Wentworth Douglass Hospital. Desrochers son Robert 19 was held for observation. Kenneth Featherstone 21 and Linda Featherstone 19 of Portsmouth were treated at Naval Hospital in Portsmouth for head and facial injuries. Police said traffic was tied up about 25 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N.H
Biddeford
Maine
Dover Point
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Urbain E. Desrochers
Prospect St
Yvonne
Marguerite Cote
Elm Street
Desrocher
Robert
Delta Alpha Club Elects Officers In Biddeford Meeting
The Delta Alpha Club opened a new season with a meeting at 1 Maplewood Ave Biddeford led by vice president Dorothy Tarbox in the absence of President Geraldine Hutchins. Officers elected are president Geraldine Hutchins vice president Tarbox secretary Mae Hurrell treasurer Ruby Packard and Sunshine Chairman Marion Dow. Memorial service honored deceased members Bertha Sylvester and Ethel Gowen. Next meeting set for Oct 16 with venue to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Alpha Club
Edith Hutchins
Maplewood Ave
Biddeford
Geraldine Hutchins
Dorothy Tarbox
Mae Hurrell
Ruby Packard
Sunshine
Marion Dow
Tarbox
Bertha Sylvester
Ethel Gowen
Luella Graham
Ethel Roberts
Flossie Scammon
Edna Emerson
Ethel Cobb
Charlotte Whitehurst
Mildred MelIntire
City Clerk Announces Absentee Ballot Pickups For Referendum
City Clerk Norman Racine announced that absentee ballots for the October 17 special referendum may be picked up at the City Clerk’s office today. The article notes the photographic industry as the largest single commercial consumer of silver.
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Norman Racine
Barracks Nominate Officers For Coming Election In Biddeford
York County Barracks and Auxiliary nominate officers at St. Johns Hall Biddeford for upcoming election on Nov 6. Nominations include Tarbox as commander and Poissant presiding. Auxiliary selects Tarbox wife and Frechette as treasurer among others. meetings feature an auction and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
St. John’s Hall
Elm
Main Streets
Biddeford
Richard Tarbox
Everett Allen
John Flood
George H. ‘Boutin
Napolleon Frechette
Thomas MecGarrity
Adren Poissant
George Souliere
Walter Reardon
Rodolphe Vanasse
Notre Dame Hospital
Harold Alexander
Webber Hospital
Togus Veterans Hospital
Arthur Lambert
Peter Nedeau
Joseph Hanusek
Raymond Cook
Paul Melefant
Pine Point Manor
Scarborough
Donald Cote
Cumberland Ave
Brunswick
Joseph Mullen
School Street
Old Orchard Beach
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley American Legion
Veterans Council
American Legion
Upper Elm Street
Poissant
Lambert
Togus
Thomas McGarrity
District 1
Sanford
Legion Home
June Tarbox
Delvina Mathurin
Florence Hooper
Anna Normand
Diana Moulin
Bernadette Poissant
Delcia Frechette
Blanche Small
Small
Frechette
Florence Gagne
Vandals Damage Four Monuments in Biddeford
The supervisor of Vermont Monumental Works reported one monument broken and three scratched by vandals. Proprietor G. J. Provost put losses over 900 dollars. Biddeford police are investigating the incident, which happened late last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Monumental Works
Biddeford
A. Elwell
G. J. Provost
Maine track star Earle Gowell dies from gunshot wound
Cumberland authorities report Earle Gowell 60 a rug manufacturer and former University of Maine track star died from a personal safety related gunshot wound at his home. A .22 rifle was found nearby and an autopsy confirmed the cause. Gowell owned Sparhawk Mills in Yarmouth and held discus records since 1930.
Maine House Honors Late Rep. Herbert Payson Jr
The Maine House passed a memorial for the late Rep. Herbert Payson Jr. of Falmouth who died August 5, honoring his service after the regular session. A special election to fill the vacancy is set for November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Herbert Payson Jr
Former UN Head Speaks At Colby
Charles Malik former president of the United Nations General Assembly spoke at Colby College in Waterville on Monday. He said Americans appear relaxed by the Vietnam war but are pre occupied with Far Eastern affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
United Nations General Assembly
Charles Malik
biddeford council hires firm to update comprehensive plan
The Biddeford City Council voted to hire the James W. Sewall Company of Old Town to update the city's Comprehensive Plan to meet HUD requirements for recertification of the Workable Program. The update will cover capital improvements, zoning and subdivision regulation review, and neighborhood analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
James W. Sewall Company
Old Town
John Lord
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Summer St
Edward Breen
Norman Racine
Roberts St
J. Haley Booth
Janice Booth
Ledgemere Drive
Booth
Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
VFW Post
Porter
Foss
Joseph Serpico
Ferry Lane
Former diplomat notes South Vietnamese election hopes
Malik, a former foreign minister, urged that elections in South Vietnam could yield an honorable settlement to the war. He warned the U S should not become so preoccupied with the Far East that it neglects other global responsibilities at Colby College night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
United States
Far East
Malik
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News At
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Harold Wilson
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Dial
Jaycees
Biddeford Youth Rams
Eous
Council Notre Dame
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Salvation Army Hall
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Village Baptist Church
Full Gospel
Weils
Apollo
Clement P. Wight Dial
Edward A. Birmingham
Rutland
Duc Pho
Old Jerusalem
Omar
Mohammed
Middle East
Barracks
Colby
For All
Saco Democrats
Dearborn
Alfred Street
Robert G. Grondin
Metropolitan Life
Ane
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