Mrs. Helen M. Dow 86 Dies. Rites Monday in Saco
Mrs. Helen M. Dow formerly of 71 Middle St Saco died Friday in a Sanford hospital aged 86. Born May 3 1890 in Hollis she was a Buxton High School graduate and longtime Wardwell Home employee. Survived by four sons a daughter eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 2-4 and 7-9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Dow
Middle St
Saco
Sanford
Hollis
James Edward and
Mary Ella (Fields) Eaton
Buxton High School
E. Hyman
Ernest H. Dow
Enfield, Conn
Selden Dow
East Hartford
Conn
Edward
Beulah) Green
Lancaster
Ohio
Ned Dow
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral Home
Head Start Parents Plan Fall Meeting at Old Orchard Beach
Parents of Head Start participants held their first Fall meeting at Old Orchard Beach center. Officers were elected with Terry Phillipps as chairperson and Donna Bolduc as vice-chairperson. A second meeting on volunteering and a dental health session were announced for Oct 20 at the Saco Head Start center with a Biddeford dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Terry Phillipps
Donna Bolduc
Lucille Smith
Betty Fuller
Marsha Plummer
Rita Simpson
Joyce McKee
Nancy Garnier
Debbie Rummery
Deborah Guimont
Earlene Westcott
Saco
Biddeford Dental Health Clinic
Ann Barker
Coast Star wins top weekly prize at national awards
Newspapers across states win National Newspaper Association honors. York County Coast Star Kennebunk Maine leads over 10,000 circulation in weekly general excellence, with Birmingham Michigan Centric and Livingston County Press among top finishers. Other categories crown papers from Newman Georgia to Pac if Palisades California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Geneva
Wis
Northampton
Mass
Kennebunk
Maine
National Newspaper Association
St. Petersburg
Fla
Evening Independent
Florida
Naples Daily News
Eugene, Ore
Register-Guard
Hampshire Gazette
Alamance News
Graham
N.C
Somerset, Ky
Commonwealth Journal
Ridgewood
N.J
York County Coast Star
Birmingam
Mich
Observer and Eccentric
Livingston County Press
Howell
Newman, Ga
Times-Herald
Brighton
Placquemine Post
Placquemine
Lawrence County Record
Mount Vernon
Selma
Calif
Enterprise
Norman County Index
Ada
Saco Fire Department Monthly Call Totals
Saco firefighters responded to 31 fire calls last month with rubbish fires leading at six. The tally includes 2 box alarms 4 false alarms 1 silent alarm 3 car accidents 3 car fires 1 chair fire 1 gas odor 1 smoke check 1 electrical fire 1 grass fire 1 lawnmower fire 1 oil burner fire 1 telephone pole fire 1 wall fire and 2 woods fires. Ambulance calls totaled 58 for burns 7 for car accidents 1 dead on arrival 6 department business 1 fire alarm 2 heart attack 12 illness 12 injury 3 needless runs 1 overdose 1 training and 9 transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Funeral Directors and Contacts in Saco Biddeford Area
Listing of funeral homes with addresses and phone numbers including Dennett & Craig Saco Emond & Conroy John P Conroy Jr 72 Hill Biddeford Sansoucy Blais Stone Biddeford R Martel Shumway and Gross 35 Spring Saco 284 5611 283 3653 282 1818 284 5511 282 3653
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Castro reveals Cuban double-agent on CIA payroll
In a Havana broadcast, Fidel Castro says a Cuban double agent has worked for the CIA for a decade and received a CIA message about his travel next month. He cites past CIA assassination attempts and says Havana will retaliate by renouncing the 1973 antihijacking pact.
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Washington
Cuba
Fidel Castro
CIA
Havana
Castro
Langley
Angola
Senate Intelligence Committee
Council of Ministers
United States
State Department
U.S
Prensa Latina
State cuts milk price nickel a gallon in November
Augusta Maine AP The Maine Milk Commission announced a nickel reduction in retail milk prices effective November 1. The minimum retail price for a gallon drops to 1.62 with quart 43 cents and half gallon 84 cents. Farmers receive 11.44 per hundredweight in November, reflecting state and New England market alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Commission
Milk Commission
Walter B. Steele Jr
Steele
New England
Soviet Soyuz-23 fails to dock with Salyut-5 station
Tass reports Soyuz-23 could not rendezvous with the Salyut-5 space lab due to an off design approach control system. The mission was completed and the crew of two rookies prepared to return to Earth as the station continued autonomous flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Tass
Soat
Space Lab
Salyut-5
Space Station
Traffic Up and Accidents Down on Maine Turnpike
The Maine Turnpike reports a 12 percent rise in traffic while accident rates declined. Kenneth J. Libby, acting executive director, noted the improvement after Maine State Police Lt. Robert Nichols brought the data to his attention.
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Portland
Maine
Kenneth J. Libby
Maine Turnpike Authority
Robert Nichols
Eastport refinery OK hinted at conference
Maine business leaders were asked to list economic advantages of the Eastport refinery as EPA input moves toward a draft impact report due next week. The final decision on a construction permit will follow, with potential conditions, after public response through mid December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Eastport
Maine
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Easport
Wallace Stickney
Boston
Stickney
New England Council For Economic Development
Howard Johnson's Motor
Industria
State Board of Environmental Protection
Pittston Company
Bay of Fundy
U.S
Canada
Ece
Maine towns push wastewater upgrades to win state grants
Saco and Sanford plan sewer and treatment upgrades to cut river pollution and qualify for federal and state construction funds. Both towns have submitted preliminary plans to DEP and EPA, with Kennebunk still preparing. Zoning Board of Appeals in Old Orchard Beach set for Oct 27 hearings on restaurant additions and building fronts.
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Saco
Sanford
Factory Island
Mousam
Estes Lake
U.svironmental Protection Agency
EPA
State Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Maine
Kennebunk
Old Orchard Beach
Richard G. Gabriele
Bikini Tavern
Anna Ostoposides
East Grand Avenue
Lula Ostoposides
Clarence L. Roberts
Zoning Board of Appeals
Biddeford High Band Plans Nine Maine City Tour
The Biddeford High School Band will tour Maine tomorrow in a nine-city trip organized by director Paul Phelan and the Music Boosters. The schedule includes Carthage Mexico Peru Paris Norway Poland Naples Sweden and Denmark as part of a Bicentennial celebration and to showcase America's diversity. The trip is funded by the school department Boosters and band members with hosts from churches civic groups and veterans organizations along the route. Departure is 7:30 a.m. with the first concert at 10 and a 7:30 p.m. expected return.
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Biddeford
Maine
Paul Phelan
Music Boosters Association
Carthage
Mexico
Peru
Paris
Norway
Poland
Naples
Sweden
Denmark
Les America
Athens
Moscow
China
Phelan
Saco River Canoe Trip With Legislators Planned
Public paddling event along the Saco River tomorrow will start at Skelton Dam Dayton and end at Homestead Campgrounds Biddeford after about two and a half hours. Participants include state representatives George Carroll Barry Hobbins Richard Spencer James McMahon and candidates Berton Braley and Robert Monks. The event is hosted by the Saco River Corridor Commission and Association with a 1 p.m. hot fish chowder lunch at Homestead Campgrounds.
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Saco River
Saco River Corridor Commission
Saco River Corridor Association
Skelton Dam
Dayton
Homestead Campgrounds
Biddeford
George Carroll
D-Limerick
Barry Hobbins
Dsaco
Richard Spencer
D Standish
James McMahon
Kennebunk
Senate
Berton Braley
U.S. Senate
Robert Monks
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Biddeford-Saco
Coast Star
Dennett & Craig
Mainga Saco
Geneva Litwinowich
Pool St
Webber Hospital
Ford
Dick Danforth
Brian Arbour
Cleaves St
Ferry Road
Arbour
John Lizotte
Elm Street
Eastport Refinery OK
Tiger Band
C. Arthur Hover
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalist Church
Mr. Hover
Sanford Unitarian Church
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Tempe
Ariz
Springvale
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