Death of Clement Attlee, Father of the Welfare State
Former British prime minister Clement Attlee dies at 84 in a London hospital. Ashes to be placed in Westminster Abbey with a service tentatively set for November 3. Tributes pour in from world leaders including India’s Zakir Husain, Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and President Johnson. Attlee led Labor 1945 1951, created the NHS and nationalized key industries. He will be buried as an Earl in the Lords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clement Attlee
Westminster Abbey
Attlee
India
Zakir Husain
Elizabeth II
Commonwealth
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Labor
Britain
Bank of England
Churchill
House of Lords
Earl Attlee
Atta
Mrs. Herminie LaPlante Dies at 71 in Old Orchard Beach
Mrs Herminie E LaPlante 71 of Summer Street Old Orchard Beach died Saturday night in a Biddeford hospital after a short illness. She was born April 2 1896 in Canada. Survived by one nephew Jof frey Sicard Providence RI Funeral services set for 8 pm tomorrow at St Margaret s Church Interment at St Joseph s Cemetery Biddeford Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Herminie E. LaPlante
Summer Street
Biddeford
Canada
Simeon and
Herminie Girard Bouthillette
Joffrey Sicard
Providence
R.I
St. Margaret's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Sansoucy
Stone St
Mrs Flora Sawyer Dies at 84 in Biddeford Hospital
Mrs Flora May Sawyer 84 of 242 Bradley St Saco widow of Fred A Sawyer died yesterday in a Biddeford hospital. She was born Oct 10 1882 in Lyman daughter of Edmund and Abigail Kimball Sawyer and had lived in Saco over 50 years. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco at 2 pm tomorrow with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call at the funeral home 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora May Sawyer
Bradley St
Saco
Fred A. Sawyer
Biddeford
Lyman
Edmund
Abigail Kimball Sawyer
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
York County Bar Racks and Auxiliary Plan Prayer Service
Members of York County Bar Racks and the World War I Auxiliary meet at 7 tonight at Sansoucy Funeral Home in Biddeford to say prayers for Mrs. Herminie La Plante.
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York County
Sansoucy
Stone St
Biddeford
Herminie la Plante
Alexander MacMillan
Royal Canadian Legion and Auxiliary
Sarah Metcalf
Oak St
Firefighters Contain Multiple Small House Fires Around Biddeford
The Biddeford Fire Department answered several minor blaze calls this weekend quickly bringing under control fires at residences of Urbain Paquette on 29 Crescent Street Leopold Anger at 25 Western Avenue and Joseph Longer on 33 Taylor Street all reported as minor incidents with no injuries.
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Biddeford
Urbain Paquette
Crescent St
Leopold Anger
Western Ave
Joseph Loranger
Taylor St
Fire crews battle smoke at 41 Hall Ave residence
Saco firefighters were alerted shortly after 2 a.m. today to smoke filling a home at 41 Hall Ave the house of Ernest F. Birtles. An overheated pan on the kitchen stove was deemed the apparent cause of the incident.
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Ernest F. Birtles
Hall Ave
Saco
Shumway Funeral Service Ad In Saco Maine
Deniett Craig and Shumway Funeral Service advertise in Saco Maine with contact numbers 284 5611 and 282 0562. Philip H Gross Sr serves as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Funeral rites for Mrs. Rose St. Onge held in Biddeford
Funeral services conducted at 10 AM from St. Andre’s Church Biddeford for Mrs Rose St Onge with a solemn high mass by Rev Roland Sirois Rev Maurice Morin as deacon and Rev Donald La Branche as subdeacon The St Andre’s Church choir sang with organist Mrs Laura Proulx Bearers were nephews Paul Roland Camire Maurice Duross Alfred and Robert Fournier Burial followed in St Joseph’s Cemetery graveside prayers by Father Sirois
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Rose St. Onge
St. Andre's Church
Biddeford
Roland Sirois
Maurice Morin
Donald la Branche
St. Andre’s Church
Laura Proulx
Paul
Roland Camire
Maurice Duross
Alfred
Robert Fournier
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Sirois
Funeral Services for Eugene P Boilard Biddeford
Funeral services for Eugene P Boilard of 21 High Street Biddeford were held at 9 AM at St Andre's Church. A solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev Maurice Morin with Deacon Rev Roland Sirois and Subdeacon Rev Don ald LaBranche. The St Andre's Church choir performed under Charles Proulx. organist Mrs Laura Proulx. Bearers included Joseph Viger Alberte Danis Roland Mercier and Roland Letourneau of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Eugene Neault and Joseph Plourde of Le Foyer. Burial followed in Notre Dame section of St Joseph's Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Morin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene P. Boilard
High St
Biddeford
St. Andre’s Church
Maurice Morin
Roland Sirois
Donald LaBranche
Charles Proulx
Laura Proulx
Joseph Viger
Alberte Danis
Roland Mercier
Roland Letourneau
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Eugene Neault
Joseph Plourde
le Foyer
Notre Dame
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Morin
Infant graveside services held for Paulhus child
Graveside services for Pame la Carol Ann Paulhus infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Paulhus were held Saturday at 2 p m at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Prayers were offered by Rev Roland Sirrois of St Andre Church and the godfather Charles Guillette acted as bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Carol Ann Paulhus
Joseph Paulhus
Harvey St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Roland Sirois
St. Andre’s Church
Charles Guillette
White Star Sets New Record At Buxton Track
White Star owned by P. Plummer and R. Bolton set a new Green Acres Raceway record at Buxton yesterday. Official results show multiple races with times from 2:01 to 2:26 and a list of horses and drivers including R. Bolton, D. Souliere, W Foster, A. Neault, and J. Malier.
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White Star
Buxton
P. Plummer
R. Bolton
Greenacres
Mr. Stewart
D. Souliere
Miss Tammy
Sweetie Pie
W Foster
Mr. Sandman
L. Nason
Saucy
E. Dawley
Mr. Sambo
W. Foster
Greyhound
Sunnyacres
A. Neault
MitEone
J. Sturgeon
Golden Nuggett
Danny Boy M
J. Malier
Tiny Tim
F. Dawley
Appin Challenge
C. Nelson
Adah Chapter Schedules Guest Officer Night
Twin City Night by Adah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star met at Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall in Biddeford. Hazel E. Noble and Llewellyn B. Crowley presided as Annette Chapter officers conferred degree work. A memorial for Mary Anderson was given. a Community Chest donation was approved. next meeting is Guest Officers Night October 20 and officers will confer degrees.
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Twin City
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Odd Fellows
Masonic Hall
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Hazel E. Noble
Llewellyn B. Crowley
Annette
Saco
Mary Anderson
Community Chest
Guy Goodwin
Biddeford Resident Charged By Police
Richard Cote aged 18 of 53 Center Street was charged by Biddeford police with leaving the scene of an accident after an incident on Green Street early Saturday morning. The other driver, John Pare of 37 Green Street, reported the collision about 3 a m Saturday.
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Richard Cote
Center St
Biddeford
Green Street
John Pare
Strike Continues Amid Freight Fee Dispute Across Mills
The strike, centered at Gary Indiana, drew 10 000 to 20 000 owner operators who demand 79 percent of freight charges and 15 dollars an hour for idle waiting time beyond two hours. Police report calm roads after 40 incidents on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last week as the conflict disrupts steel production.
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Page One
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Gary
Ind
Local Personal Notices From Saco and Biddeford and Marine Promotion
Mrs. Harold Hill of 301 Main St Saco is hospitalized at Webber Hospital Biddeford Augste Laverriere of 20 King St Biddeford is a patient at Webber Hospital Mrs Rosanna Fontaine of 204 Pool St Biddeford is a patient at Webber Hospital Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Dwight P Boucher USN son of Mr and Mrs Edward P Boucher Shore Road Ogunquit is serving at U S Naval Training Command in Kenitra Morocco Marine Pvt J C Robert W Reid son of Mr and Mrs Wallace E Reid The Arundel Ocean Avenue Kennebunkport and husband of Miss Sarah S Crosby Winston Salem NC was named Outstanding Member of his platoon and promoted on completion of basic training at Parris Island SC
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Harold Hill
Main St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Auguste Laverriere
King St
Rosanna Fontaine
Pool St
Aviation
Dwight P. Boucher
USN
Edward P. Boucher
Shore Road
Ogunquit
Sunbeams to Meet at Salvation Army Hall Old Orchard Beach
The Sunbeams girls age 6 to 10 gather Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the Salvation Army hall 91 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach. The Ladies Home League meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the same hall. A prayer meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Full Gospel church Route 9A Wells.
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the Sunbeams
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ladies Home League
Full Gospel
Wells
Biddeford Firemen State Open House
Biddeford Fire Chief Arthur King announced National Fire Prevention Week and said the Washington Street Fire Station will hold an open house for all Biddeford residents.
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Biddeford
Firemen
Bideford
Arthur King
Toay
Washington Street
Portland Forecast Clouds Rain and Fog Shaping Week
Tonight through Tuesday cloudy with occasional rain or drizzle and widespread fog, especially at night. Temperatures little changed with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds from the south to southeast at 5 to 15 mph.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather for Northern New England
The five day forecast from the Weather Bureau calls for much below normal temperatures Tuesday through Saturday in northern areas and Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs will be around the low to mid 50s northward and upper 50s to lower 60s in MA and RI. nights in the 30s, lower 40s in eastern MA and RI. Cooler conditions begin Tuesday or Wednesday with unsettled showery weather and total precipitation over half an inch for the period.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Officer Halts For Vamoosing Bull Moose
Kennebunk Police Officer Arnold Pike stopped on Maguire Road near Eben Cook residence to let a large bull moose cross. The animal wandered into the woods and was last seen heading toward Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Arnold Pike
Maguire Road
Eben ‘Cook
Wells
Moose Decides City Life Not For Him
A moose wandering through Saco on Saturday night jumped a fence at Goderick Martins home denting a car fender and stepping on a parked vehicle windshield. The animal then headed back into the woods as bystanders watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Goderick Martin
Thornton Ave
Martin
Pleasant Street
Dorothy Gould
Rowley
Mass
Community urged to remove fire hazards and stay cautious
Through Saturday October 14 officials urged residents to remove fire hazards from their homes and exercise extreme caution indoors and outdoors.
Waight Gibson Lead Fund Campaign Divisions
Harold P. Waight of Saco president heads the 1967 Biddeford Saco Community Chest campaign public division with 7 PM start for the Twin City parade. John R. Gibson leads the professional solicitation team. weather plans include a no school signal via Station WIDE.
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Harold P. Waight
Saco
Biddeford
Community Chest
Twin City
John R. Gibson
Butler’s
Waight
Lowell Innes
Mark B. Black
Col
T. B. Gillette
Bryce Milne
Ernest Woodworth
Leon Libby
Urbain Roberge
Lioyd Anderson
Fernand M. X. Cote
J. Ralph Laroichelle
Timothy J. Crowley
Maxine Waight
Harvey St. Armand
J. Edward Whelan
Donald Doyle
Leo le
U S Planes Bomb North Vietnamese Airfields
U S planes strike another North Vietnamese MIG airfield and leave two bases capable of handling Red jets untouched. The report notes actions amid broader Vietnam policy support from Senator Hugh Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hugh Scott
Johnson
Vietnam
Bombers Report Heaviest Fighting as Paratroopers Battle North Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with North Vietnamese troops in Quang Tin Province and the Mekong Delta. Reports indicate 10 U S planes shot down per Chinese agency, three planes missing per U S Command, 17 dead and four wounded in jungle fighting, and significant mortar strikes on Dong Tam base.
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New China
U.S
North Vietnam
U. S
Mekong
Dong Tam
1011St Airborne Division
Quang Tin Province
Saigon
2Nd Division
Mekong River
1St Air Cavalry Division
1St Corps
17Th Parallel
Three Churches Affiliate Pentecostal Holiness Denomination
Greensboro New York AP report notes leaders of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in North America join with two South American denominations to form a broader Pentecostal alliance. The move aligns church governance and missionary work across continents as discussions outline shared doctrine and cooperative programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro, N.Y
Pentecostal Holiness Church
North America
Pentecostal
Drive-In Break Nets Thieves Over $400
Saco police investigate a Sunday morning break at the Saco Drive-In Theatre. Thieves forced the snack bar door with a bar, entered the office through a window, and looted the safe for over $400 while rifling the snack bar. The office and snack bar were ransacked and items scattered. details on cigarettes or machine takings are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco Drive-In
Biddeford Juveniles Admit Break-Ins At Paper Company
Police report three juveniles confessed to two break ins at the Biddeford Saco Paper Company last week. They took blank checks and 18 cartons of cigarettes, with some checks negotiated and only part of the cigarettes recovered. Entry gained through a side window on both occasions.
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Biddefor
Bideford Saco Paper Company
Pravda Critiques Governor on Vietnam War Roles and Reagan Link
The article notes an Army captain turned Hollywood documentary maker, questions a California governor's hawkish Vietnam stance, and claims California became America's largest arms producer. It also alleges Republicans pivoted to Reagan after 1964 when Goldwater could not run again.
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Hollywood
California
America
Pravda
Goldwater
Reagan
Methodist and Pentecostal Churches in Chile Affiliate
The Methodist Church and the Pentecostal Church of Chile agreed to affiliate for cooperative work. The agreement, concluded in mid August after a year of discussion, brings together three bodies with a total 815 members, 92 000 of them in the North American Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Pentecostal Church of
Chile
Rebecca Emery DAR program hosts Heary Tyndale guest
Elmont Tyndale former Kennebunkport state representative spoke on conservation to the Rebecca Emery Chapter DAR at the Biddeford Pool home of Mrs. Dorothy Oddy. Discussion followed the lecture with reports on national defense and state events and plans for a Nov 4 Thanksgiving banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
Rebecca Emery
Daughters of American Revolution
Biddeford Pool
Dorothy Oddy
Tyndale
Frank E. Irish
Elvira Lord
Mildred Coleman
Arnold Ballard
Annie Ellingwood
Rye
N.H
John Tarbox
Gardiner
Laura Carpenter
Robert Lee Crane
Paul Cobb
Ways and Means
Ferry Road
Saco
Cobb
Annie Lord
Greenville S.C
Maine
NSCAR
John Fairfield Society
C.A.R
Ella Luman
Thea Dennett
Fellowship Hall
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church Fof Christ
Irish
Tarbox
Gertrude Pease
Dorothy Grant
Nellie Haley
Elizabeth Garland
Hazel Emmons
Alice Hurd
Supreme Court to rule if chronic alcoholics can be punished for public drunkenness
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether chronic alcoholics can be convicted of public drunkenness as cruel and unusual punishment under the 18th Amendment. The Texas case from Austin involves Leroy Powell, a 67 year old shoeshine earning about 12 dollars weekly, appealing a 1966 conviction and 350 dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
California
U.S
Richmond
District of Columbia
Leroy Powell
Austin
Powell
Wallace Butts
University of Georgia
Curtis Publishing Co
Attor
Court upholds ad firm award over Post story on football fix
The court’s 5 to 4 ruling centers on a 1963 Saturday Evening Post item titled The Story of a Football Fix detailing Georgia’s plays to Paul Bear Bryant eight days before the 1962 Georgia Alabama game. Alabama won 35 to 0. The decision also reaffirms denying a move to resee a $500000 AP judgment in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neys
Saturday Evening Post
Butts
Georgia
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Alabama
Supreme Court
Edwin A. Walker
Associated Press
Texas
Walker
Lone Bandit Takes $600 In Beach Theft
In Old Orchard Beach a lone robber entered Drouin's Market on Saco Avenue about 9 40 p m Sunday jumped the counter and grabbed a bank bag containing about 600 dollars Miss Elizabeth Drouin who was in the rear of the store struck the thief with a large jar of candy but could not prevent his escape Police Chief John H Clark said the robbery was at 9 40 p m and the bandit fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Drouin
Saco Avenue
John H. Clark
Elizabeth Drouin
Chief Clark
Miss Drouin
Lutheran Theologian Urges End to State Church in Stockholm
The Rev. Dr. Krister Stendahl of Harvard Divinity School called for ending Sweden's state church system. He argued that society is no longer Christian and cannot be re Christianized by legislation or church privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Church
Stockholm
Krister Stendahl
Harvard Divinity School
Stationery Biddeford Dearborn Street Notice
A brief item from Alfred Street 62 and 4 addresses notes stationery requests and a Dearborn street listing in Biddeford. The readable fragment mentions the location and item category without further context.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clement Attee
Mrs. Hermenie LaPlante
Mrs. Flora Sawyer
Emonds Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Dial
Mrs. Rose ST. Onge
Paulhaus Infant
Biddeford Civil Defense
Biddefor City
Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ (Congregational
O. M. Trask Jr
Beach St
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
le Voltigeur Club
South Street
O'Neil Desrochers
Sunrise
Phillippe
Luke E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus
Beach Streets
Saco Grange
North Street
Wardwell
Middle St
E. and
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Mildred Harris
Shadagee Road
Moose
Pablo Pedrosa
New York
S. Henry Cho
Little Pablo
Paulie
Cho
Gibson
THE
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Philadelphia
Miss
Tommy Manville
Playboy
Wymberley D. Coerr
Ecuador
Alliance For ‘Progress
Clement Attree
Westminster’ Abbey
Chicago
Dar
Shuttlesworth
Cincinnati
Maine Dry Cleaners
Jack & Larry’s
Cor. Alfred—Main Sts
Metropolitan
Roland A, Rioux
Robert D. Pate
Dennett & Craig Funeral Home
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