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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1972

Page

2

Deaths Mrs Jeanie Ready 1883 8 Biddeford

Mrs Jeanie Ready 8 died after brief illness at a Biddeford nursing home. Born in Glasgow September 28 1883 she moved to Biddeford as a girl and was a St Mary Church parishioner. Survived by six sons two daughters and 15 grandchildren. services Wednesday at 9 am from St Mary Church with burial at St Mary Cemetery. Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home today and tomorrow.

Jeanie Ready State St Biddeford Glasgow Scotland Daniel Ellen (Cunningham) Sinclair St. Mary Church Donald Edward Sylvester Roland Ready Harold Cleveland Ohio Jerome Ready Long Beach Calif Rita Abbott Arlene Libby St. Mary Cemetery Cosgrove Funeral Home Elm St

Curtis Decrees Emergency For Livestock Feed

Maine Governor Kenneth M Curtis declared an emergency livestock feed situation due to excessive rains and a poor growing season. He asked the U S Agriculture Department for aid and proposed an emergency program letting farmers buy feed at 75 percent of the usual price.

Augusta Maine Kenneth M Curtis US Agriculture Department Agriculture Earl Butz Curtis

McGovern Campaign Gains Steam Across Coast Rallies

McGovern supporters report strong crowds at weekend rallies in San Francisco San Diego and Los Angeles as he tapes a policy speech in Washington for a Friday telecast. aides note older voters turning out more and Texas support efforts target Democratic fencesitters with Barefoot Sanders also active. Former President Johnson may speak by phone as health limits public appearances and some officials seek McGovern aid in upcoming elections. An odd octopus fact interrupts the political brief.

Washington San Franco San Diego Los Anges Glovers California Midwest McGovern Texas Barefoot Sanders John G. Tower Lyndon E.nson Johnson

Card of Thanks from Mrs. Blanche Grenier Lariviere

Mrs Blanche Grenier Lariviere expresses sincere thanks to Reverend Fathers Carrier and Roux Dr Patane and Webber Hospital nursing staff for their thoughtfulness during her husband Joseph Edgar Lariviere illness She also thanks friends relatives and neighbors for cards and sympathy.

Carrier and Roux Patane Webber Hospital Joseph Edgar Lariviere Blanche Grenier Lariviere

Funeral directors listed for Saco Maine area services

Funeral notices name Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring Street and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco along with Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511. Frank X Emond and J P Conroy are mentioned in association with services.

Shumway and Gross I Funeral Service Spring St Saco Dennett & Craig Maine Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy

Portland Weather Quietly Cloudy With Showers

Tonight is cloudy with snow flurries likely in the north and a chance of showers elsewhere. Lows range from the 30s in the north to the 40s in the south. Tuesday remains cloudy with showers or snow flurries likely in the north and variable cloudiness with a chance of showers elsewhere, highs in the 40s to 50s.

Portland

Church Youth Groups Schedule Across Saco Area

The schedule lists youth fellowships and services from multiple churches including Saco United Methodist Goodwins Mills United Methodist Faith Pentecostal Old Orchard Beach Advent Christian Kennebunkport South Congregational Ly man Baptist Ogunquit Bible Baptist and others with meeting times ranging from 3 to 7 p m and various locations. Also notes junior choir rehearsals and training unions at Bible Baptist.

Methodist Youth Fellowship of The Goodwins Mills Lyman Baptist Church Youth Fellowship of the Advent Christian Church

Saigon Highways Unsafe Amid Communist Harassment

Saigon reported two of four major highways unsafe due to harassment by Communist forces with U S troops told to avoid them. A third highway was reopened by South Vietnamese police late in the day, allowing only a few vehicles before darkness. The air war saw a helicopter and a Phantom jet fighter lost to enemy fire as US Command reported.

Saigon U.S

Saco Ward 2 Republicans Meet At Mayor Braley Home

A Saco Ward 2 Republican Committee meeting occurs tonight at 7 30 at 329 North Street the mayor Berton K Braley hosts. Owen-Davis Post American Legion of Saco convenes tomorrow at 8 at the post home Beach Street with refreshments after.

Saco Ward 2 Republican Committee Berton K. Braley North St Owen-Davis American Legion of Post Beach Street Biddeford Parley Owen-Davis American Legion Auxiliary of Esther Booth Mechanic Street Nee Nah Council Pocahontas Odd Fellows Hall Old Orchard Street

Beatrice Gallant A Surgical Patient At Webber Hospital

Mrs Beatrice Gallant of 2 Ferry Road Saco is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital Peter P Truman of 7 Pool Street Biddeford has received a letter from President Nixon thanking him for a perma card Truman said he designed one for Nixon s Social Security number Mrs Roland Potheir of 42 Acorn Street Biddeford is a surgical

Beatrice Gallant Ferry Road Saco Webber Hospital Peter P. Truman Pool St Biddeford Nixon Truman Roland Potheir Acorn Street

Red tide may aid Gulf ecology say Florida scientist

Florida chief marine scientist Ed Joyce says red tide, while causing fish kills, occurs naturally every two to four years and may stabilize Gulf ecology. He notes research costs exceed 2 million over 20 years and that subsequent shrimp and blue crab catches often rise, as the bloom selects for certain predators.

Tallahassee Fla Florida Gulf Coast Ed Joyce State Bureau of Marine Research Florida Joyce Gulf Atlantic

First Funds To Chest In Biddeford Saco Drive

Donald E. Scribner announced 17.4 percent of the Biddeford Saco Community Chest goal has been reached in the 1972-73 drive. Pledges total $11,652.96 of $67,004 with divisions listing $8,618.20 manufacturing $1,550 division A $1,160.76 division B and $324 public. The second report meeting is Friday at 11 a.m. at Community Chest headquarters 13 Adams St Biddeford.

Donald E. Scribner Biddeford Saco Scribner Community Chest Adams St Biddeford

Chicago gang De Mau Mau targets nine white victims

Elrod said Sunday that nine white victims, from two separate families, were apparently randomly selected by a Chicago street gang calling itself De Mau Mau.

Elrod Chicago

Deaths Tied to De Mau Mau Gang in Chicago Area

Chicago authorities linked eight killings to the De Mau Mau organization founded by Vietnam veterans. Six suspects are jailed without bond while two remain at large. The slayings include a Barrington Hills insurance family, a Monee farm family, an Army specialist killed on the Edens Expressway, and a Southern Illinois University student found near Carbondale. Investigators pursued a South Side dragnet as the case broadened.

Chicago Richard J. Elrod Elrod Cook County Barrington Hills Paul Corbett Marion Dorothy Derry Corbett Barbara Boand Army William E. Richter Edens Expressway Highland Park Michael Gerchenson Southern Illinois University Carbondale James B. Conlish Edward V. Hanrahan South Side

Posse Recaptures Escaped Inmates Near Thomaston Camp

Two inmates from Maine State Prison were recaptured after fleeing during a work release. Barry Brann and Gary Staples were reported missing Saturday. Staples was caught at the camp in Franklin County while Brann hid briefly in the woods before being flushed out and captured.

Jay Maine State Franklin County Barry Brann East Wilton Gary Staples Livermore Falls Thomaston Staples Brann

Baby Doctor Warns Women Against Drug

A Boston neonatologist Dr John Scanlon warned pregnant women against using products containing hexachlorophene saying the effects on the developing fetus are unknown. He cited FDA reversal and concerns about prolonged exposure from deodorant sprays soaps and shampoos.

Boston John Scanlon Boston Hospital For Women U.S. Food and Drug Administration Scanlon

Peace Corps shifts toward skilled volunteers marks new era

In Dahomey and global posts, seasoned workers replace generalists as Peace Corps expands skilled assignments. Ljubomir Ivanovich a 60 year old Yugoslav now American citizen leads a river valley project in Dahomey while Beth McCammon, 26, from Hawthorne CA starts an animal husbandry program. Both illustrate the corps new emphasis under Blatchford after the program merged into ACTION in 1971.

Washington Ljubomir Ivanovich Beth McCammon Peace Corps Dahomey Ivanovich Yugoslavia Lower Oueme River Stefanie Miss McCammon Los Angeles Hawthorne United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization Venezuela Cameroons Ecuador Brazil Morocco Sargent Shriver Blatchford New Directions Action

Philanthropy Groups Scored For Torpor

A two year study of 33 U S wealthiest foundations with assets above 100 million finds widespread complacency and conflicts of interest on boards. It labels nine foundations as independent and calls for divesting donor-linked ties while praising timely charitable disbursements.

New York Waldemar A. Nielsen Ford Foundation Ford Rockefeller Carnegie Kellogg Danforth Ford, Astor Commonwealth Fleischmann, Vettering Rockefeller Recketelier Brothers Fund

Foundations gain vigor as independent public purpose bodies

A historical statement envisions foundations remaining in their roles if there is a serious possibility that they can become more vigorous and fully devoted to public purposes as independent institutions.

Hawaii Course on Carlessness Aims to Ditch Campus Cars

University of Hawaii introduces a two credit no car course in the survival plus program. About 150 students enrolled as they record journal experiences on commuting without a vehicle to show campuses can operate with fewer cars.

Honolulu University of Hawaii Hawaii College of Arts and Sciences Tony Hodges Hodges

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Jeanie Ready Les Angeiog Times GLM P.M. A.M. P.M Saco United Methodist Church Bible Club the Bible Baptist Church Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God Atlantic Avenue Third Street Old Orchard Beach Christ's Ambassadors Route 35 Kennebunk South Congregational Church Temple Street Kennebunkport St. Mary’s Church Wells Beach Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Kennebunk Methodist Church Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Ogunquit Ladies Bible Fellowship of Bible Baptist Church QSA Ht Ag Women’s Educational and Industrial Union E & I Union) of Shaw’s Market Saco Valley Shopping Center Saco Extension Gar Hall Cutts Avenue Scientist Lands Red Tide Dee Toyota Kings Motor Sales U. S Arundel Firemen Steve White Raymond Gagne Firemen’s Benefit Association Woodruff Foundation Avanta Pew Memorial Trust Philadelphia Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek Michigan Hartford Foundation Surdna Foundation Yonkers N.Y Pew Memorial Sale St. Vincent Society St. Joseph’s Church Merare Carlessness D. S. Jordan York County Savings Bank F.d.1.c Robert Pate N.F.D.A Dennett Craig St. Saco
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