Deaths in Kennebunk Ruth M. Cole 49
Ruth M. Cole of Heath Road Kennebunk died in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born September 7 1923 in Kennebunkport she was the daughter of Raymond E and Mary Cheney Welch. Survived by widower Charles F a son Peter R a daughter Charlene R Jackson her mother and several siblings. Funeral Thursday at Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer St with Reverend Robert Hewitt officiating. Interment Evergreen Cemetery Visiting hours Thursday 2 4 and 7 9 pm.
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Kennebunk
Ruth M. Cole
Heath Road
Portland
Kennebunkport
Raymond E
Mary (Cheney) Welch
Cole
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Charles F
Peter R
Charlene R. Jackson
Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs Beatrice Libby Rites Set At Portland Funeral Home
Mrs Beatrice Mae Libby 69 of 284 Danforth Street died yesterday in a local hospital. Widow of Philip V Libby born May 26 1903 in Island Pond Vermont she was educated there and in Portland. Survived by four sons eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services Thursday at 2 PM from Hay and Peabody Funeral Home with interment Forest City Cemetery.
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Portland
Beatrice Mae Libby
Danforth St
Hay and Peabody Funeral Home
Congress St
Forest City Cemetery
Funeral
Tougher Fines Facing Peace Demonstrators
Westover Air Force Base protests lead Judge James J. Landers to raise first offense fines to 25 dollars with doubles for repeats. About 44 arrested at gates bring total to 1 250 since last spring. Chicopee officials cite 50 000 dollars in overtime and bus hires as costs of demonstrations.
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Chicopee
Mass
James J. Landers
Westover Air Force Base
Landers
North Vietnam
Ziemba
Westover
Washington
Jeremiah Dickinson
Amherst College
Funeral Homes Named in Saco Directory Listing
Funeral directors Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring Street operate in Saco Maine along with Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street and Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511. Frank X Emond and J P Conroy are noted 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
Portland Weather Change Into Fair Night
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with low temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies in the north and fair weather in the south with highs around 60 in the north and in the 60s in the south.
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Portland
Fremont Club Biddeford to Meet Thursday Night
Local Fremont Club members from Biddeford gather Thursday at 8 p.m. for a regular meeting. Community notices list several appointments including DAR chapter events and union meetings with guest speakers and hostesses.
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Fremont Club
Biddeford
Gendrons Return Home From Minnesota Visit
Mr and Mrs Henry Gendron of 6 Graham St Biddeford have returned from a week with their son Harold and family in Minneapolis Minnesota. Copenhagen AP Danes voted nearly two to one Monday to join the European Common Market. The decision was followed by eased bank credit to boost industry and soaring bond prices at the Copenhagen stock exchange. Youthful opponents demonstrated on Copenhagen streets.
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Henry Gendron
Graham St
Biddeford
Harold
Minneapolis
Minn
Copenhagen
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
Denmark
Maine LURC Adopts Temporary Wildlands Zoning Plan
The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission adopts interim standards dividing wildlands into four districts protection management development and holding. The rules affect about 10 million of Maine 17 million acres and take effect October 10 1972 with maps due by next July 1 and permanent rules within three years.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission
James Haskell
LURC
Commission
John Martin
Eagle Lake
FTC probes flammability of plastic home insulation materials
The Federal Trade Commission announced an investigation into fire hazards from plastic foam polyurethane and polystyrene used in home and building insulation. They cite potential hazards when exposed to air, note rising use and sales volumes, and will assess industry flammability standards. Commissioner Mary Gardiner Jones urges public hearings to inform ongoing fact gathering.
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Washington
The
Federal Trade Commission Today
FTC
Commission
Mary Gardiner Jones
House Passes Highway Care Bill With 225 Million Authorization
The House approved the highway care bill 244 122 to speed emergency medical services. Speaker Carl Albert cast the pivotal vote under special rules. The measure authorizes 225 million over three years for community programs planning coordination and a research training grant system. Rep. Paul G. Rogers said it aims to save 15 000 highway lives annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Fed Meat Inspector Fined For Kickback
Anton Koker, 45, of Stoughton, a federal meat inspector, received a six month suspended sentence and a $1000 fine for accepting about 200 pounds of free meat from companies he inspected. He pleaded guilty in federal court. Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. placed him on probation for three years and gave six weeks to raise the penalty.
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Boston
Anton Koker
Stoughton
Koker
U.S. District Court
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Colonial Provision Co
North American Packing Co
Maine Press Radio TV Women tour Marine Lab in Walpole
The Maine Press Radio TV Women group toured the C Darling Center for Research, Teaching and Service at the University of Maine Marine Laboratory in Walpole. Edward A. Myers narrated a slide show while Paul Ring led a tour of the Aquaculture Building and discussed Marine Advisory Services aims.
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Mprtvw
Lillian F. Potter
Portland
Elaine §S. LaPierre
Wells
Nancy Link
South Portland
Bulletin
Mildred Stewart
East Brunswick
Patricia Brennan
Augusta
Gertrude Jones
Washington
Cochairmen
Rockland
J. Frances Hapgood
Rose Pearl Danforth
Constance Hunting
University of Maine
Orono
Hunting
Dee Fearon
Bangor
Maine
Indiana
Council bans subterranean work after gas blast in Portland
Portland City Council approved an emergency ordinance banning all below ground work until underground utilities are located. The unanimous action follows a gas explosion on Sherwood Street two weeks after a street dig ruptured a main, injuring three. Councilor Edward Bernstein said the measure protects the city and shifts line terminations outside buildings.
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Portland
Maine
Sherwood Street
Edward I. Bernstein
Social Security Checks Rise for New England Recipients
Social Security payments for 1.588 million New England recipients will grow by 525 million dollars annually after a 20 percent benefits increase. First checks reflecting the boost will arrive Tuesday. Massachusetts totals rise 253 million to 1.5 billion dollars in 1973.
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Boston
New England
Department of Health
Edupene
Welfare
HEW
Massachusetts
Anesthesia May Impair Immune Response During Surgery
NIH study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting reports that anesthesia can reduce white blood cell activity, potentially increasing infection risk and affecting cancer cell spread. Researchers from NIH and the University of Washington caution results are not definitive and call for further study while noting anesthesia remains essential in medicine.
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Boston
National Institutes of Health
Bruce F. Cullen
University of Washington
Seattle
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Cullen
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda
Paul B. Chretien
Roxane B. Hume
National Cancer Institute
Local Union Backs Kyros and Hathaway in Maine races
The Biddeford Saco TWUA COPE Committee urged Textile Workers Union of America members to support First District Congressman Peter Kyros for reelection and Congressman William Hathaway for the Senate. It cited labor voting records and endorsed McGovern-Shriver nationally while arguing Nixon policies hurt workers. Anastasoff stressed wage erosion and anti union actions, urging a labor aligned vote.
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Biddeford-Saco Joint Board
T.W.U.A
Afl—Cio
C.O.P.E
Textile Workers Union of America
Peter N. Kyros
Congress
William Hathaway
Margaret Chase Smith
Alexander Anastasoff
TWUA
Friends of
Labor
Kyros
Hathaway
Anastasoff
National Union of T.W.U.A
McGovern- Shriver
Nixon
McGovern
Eisenhower
America
October Masonic Lodge Schedule at Ocean Lodge Wells
Wells Philip P. Hatch presides as Worthy Master of Ocean Lodge AF and AM Wells outlines October events. Special meetings October 4 and 25 feature a roast turkey dinner by Priscilla Chapter and guest Haven F. McCrillis with R W McCrillis as Inspecting Officer. Regular Stated meeting October 18 covers lodge business.
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Philip P. Hatch
Ocean Lodge
AM of
Wells
W. M. Hatch
Priscilla Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Haven F. McCrillis
Maine
Masonic Hall
Sanford Road
Route 109
Wells Corner
Nixon hosts East Room ceremony to end Cold War arms race
President Nixon arranged a colorful East Room setting for a potential historic White House ceremony aimed at ending the Cold War arms race. The event signals diplomatic moves during the administration to seek a formal easing of tensions with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Denmark Joins the European Common Market
Denmark won approval by 2 to 1 to join the European Common Market. Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag announced his resignation as a personal decision while indicating continued governance, possibly to lead Denmark’s delegation to Brussels. Bond prices surged and bank credit was eased, countering street protests and bomb threats in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Stock Exchange
Jens Otto Krag
Krag
Folketing
Denmark
Brussels
Knud B. Andersen
Social Democratic Party
Socialist People’s
City Council approves firefighting gear and new pay scales
The council endorsed new firefighting equipment and a revised pay scale and classification for street department workers with longevity pay starting January 1 1973. Mayor Gilbert Boucher urged regional cooperation to tackle common issues. Other moves included accepting the auditor's resignation and delaying subdivision law talks, plus minor police contract changes accepted last June.
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Streets Department
Biddeford
Gilbert Boucher
Donald Linscott
Police Department Union
Biddeford City Deals Move on Assets and Franchise
The city sold 15 old fire boxes to Saco for 15 dollars each. The sewer truck was sold to Airport Auto for 188.50 dollars. Proposals for the Biddeford franchise were received and will be studied. Four acres in Biddeford Industrial Park sold to Fourth Business Development Corp at 4000 dollars per acre. Up to 4000 dollars was allocated for test borings at Biddeford Airport. Tax, building inspector, and auditors reports were accepted.
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Biddeford
Saco
Public Property Committee
Airport Auto
David P. Twomey
Twomey
Fourth Business Development Corp
Senate takes up near duplicate of Lavbor-HEW bill
Senate considers a bill nearly identical to the $30.5 billion La bor-HEW appropriation vetoed by President Nixon on August 16. The measure funds education health and welfare programs and faces likely political battles in the chamber.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Nixon and Gromyko announce nuclear accord at Camp David
Nixon and Gromyko unveil a two treaty framework to limit anti ballistic missile sites and curb offensive arsenals. They sign instruments of ratification and a five year restraint pact while praising peaceful coexistence and striving for a safer world.
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Nixon
Gromyko
William P. Rogers
United States
Soviet Union
Camp David
Termite Queen Lays Up To 30000 Eggs A Day
A prolific termite queen sustains her colony by producing as many as 30,000 eggs daily, illustrating the extraordinary reproductive capacity of termites and their social structure within the nest.
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Beatrice M. Libby
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Des
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Sarah Fairfield Hamilton Memorial
Beach St
Robert King
Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elvira Lord
Cleveland St
A. Glenn Starbird, Jr
Eaton House
River Road
Windham
Council St. Theresa
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Guild of
St. Francis College
Novellon
Decary
Pool Road
Auxiliary of
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Thornton Street
Luke E. Hart
Knights of Columbus Auxiliary
K of C
Pool Street
Fed
State Marine Lab
John F. Kennedy
U. S
Truman
AFL
ICIO
McGovern-Shriver
York County Savings Bank
F.d.lc
Khuitim
Patela
Majestic Flower Shop
Pool Streets
Nuclear
AnSco
Main St
Members
Pine State
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