Deaths Lawmaker Willis Dies Battler Of KKK
Former Congressman Edwin Willis aged 68 known as chairman of the former House Committee on Un American Activities battled the Ku Klux Klan. Services set at St Martin of Tours Church in Willis’s birth community in St Martin Parish Louisiana. Willis served 20 years in the House and was defeated in 1968. He stated I am a thorn in the side of the Communists reflecting his anti Communist work. The Klan prosecution led to Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton jailed for contempt of Congress. Civil rights activists and antiwar groups were among Willis targets.
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ST. Martinville
Edwin Willis
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Ku Klux Klan
St. Martin of Tours
South Louisiana
Willis
House
Robert Shelton
Stokely Carmichael
Rap Brown
Longtime Wells teacher Martha Horne Wells dies in Portland
Martha Horne Wells 63 of Wells formerly Decatur born July 18 1909 in Berwick died after a brief illness in a Portland hospital. She taught at Eliot and Berwick High Schools retiring in 1954 and was a member of the Maine Teachers Association Wells Congregational Church and Wells Extension. Survived by her father Lorenzo E Decatur widow Cecil W. Horne daughter Carol S. Horne brother Carleton Decatur and several nieces and nephews. Funeral tomorrow at 1 30 p m from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk Rev. Neil Iverson to officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Berwick. Friends may call today 2 4 and 7 9 p m.
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Wells
Martha Horne
Sanford Road
Portland
Berwick
Lorenzo E
Lizzie Coffin
Decatur
Horne
Maine School of Commerce
Eliot
Maine Teachers Association
Wells Branch
Wells Congregational Church
Lorenzo E. Decatur
Cecil W. Horne
Carol S. Horne
Carleton Decatur
York
Angell Funeral Oine
Dane St
Kennebunk
Neil Iverson
Los Angeles Times Rights Reserved Feature
A brief Los Angeles Times notice notes reserved rights and publication terms for the U S edition, indicating copyright protections and distribution scope within the newspaper. The item emphasizes ownership while marking the standard set of rights retained by the LA Times.
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Los Angeles Times
Portland Weather Outlook Clears Tonight
The forecast calls for gradual clearing in Portland with overnight lows in the 20s to low 30s. Mostly sunny Thursday ahead with daytime highs in the 40s to low 50s.
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Portland
Church notices outline weekly church events
Senior Choir of Saco United Baptist Church rehearses in ear room tomorrow at 7 30. Royal Rangers and Missionettes service for 12 to 17 year olds at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Friday. Full Gospel Assembly evangelistic service Friday 7 30 p m at American Legion Hall Biddeford. Pioneer Girls meet Friday 6 30 p m at Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. Ladies Prayer meeting Friday 10 a m parsonage Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses Saco hosts Ministry School Friday 7 30 p m and Ministry Development Class at 8 35 p m.
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Saco United Baptist Church
Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls
Ly ‘Man Baptist Church
Good ‘Wins Mills
Lyman Paptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco
Ministry
Mrs Antonia Harquoil of Southbridge dies after brief illness
Antonia Harquoil 71 of 27 Coombs St Southbridge a former Old Orchard Beach Maine resident died after a brief illness at a local hospital. Born April 17 1901 she was the widow of Zepherin Harquoil and mother of Helen Sheldon Constance Bibeau. Services were held at Notre Dame Church with interment in Oakridge Cemetery conducted by Tetreault Funeral Home.
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Southbridge
Mass
Antonia (LePain)Harquoil
Coombs St
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Henry
Azelia
Charron) LePain
Zepherin Harquoil
C. Fayette Staples Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Neeah Council
Pocahontas
York County
Salon
Frank
Helen) Sheldon
Sturbridge
George
Constance) Bibeau
Notre Dame Church
Oakridge Cemetery
Tetreault Funeral Home
Hamilton St
Muskie Declares Nixon Term A Disaster At Rally
Maine Senator Edmund Muskie labeled President Nixon a disaster during a Memphis rally supporting 8th District hopeful J C Patterson Jr. The attack highlighted Muskie's claim that Nixon shows no end to deception as Patterson backs Rep. Dan Kuykendall seeking a third term.
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Memphis
Funeral Directors Shumway and Gross
Funeral directors Shumway and Gross announce services from their office at 35 Spring Street and list Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine as contacts with telephone 282.
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Shumway and
Gross Fuee Ee
Spring St
Aco
Dennett & Craig
Saco
Maine
York County Fish and Game Flea Market and Sale
Members of the York County Fish and Game of Lyman host a flea market and sporting goods sale Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open to the public for buying swapping or selling. Contact Reynald Dussault 9 Maple Drive Saco or Joseph Beaulieu Bernard Avenue Biddeford for details.
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York County Fish and Game of
Lyman
Snowmobilers
Reynald Dussault
Maple Drive
Saco
Joseph Beaulieu
Bernard Avenue
Biddeford
Neighbor Charged With Maine Murder
In Hartland an elderly man named Edward Brown about 70 was shot to death at his Commercial Street home. Neighbor Lawrence J. Baillargeon 42 was arrested and charged with murder shortly after Brown’s body was found. Brown died from a shotgun wound in the back as he stood at his home before dying inside. Baillargeon was jailed at Somerset County. investigation ongoing.
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Hartland
Edward Brown
Lawrence J. Baillargeon
Brown
Commercial Street
Baillargeon
Somerset County
Skowhegan
Timberland Cut Proposed Near Baxter Park Authority
Representatives of Great Northern Paper Co and the Baxter Park Authority plan talks today over cutting 16 000 acres of timberland inside the park area. The agreement seeks to balance timber needs with park preservation while outlining harvest limits and management responsibilities.
Muskie Attacks Nixon On Four Year Promises
Senator Muskie criticized Richard Nixon during an AFL CIO Labor Council appearance accusing him of deceit. He cited Nixon pledges to end the war reduce pollution balance the budget and cut welfare rolls as evidence of broken promises. He claimed Humphrey remembers better than most and asserted Nixon’s capacity for deception remains unseen by some.
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Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Aflcio Labor Council
Panel Upholds Welfare Funds Of Needy Kids
A federal three judge panel rules that AFDC payments cannot be reduced when a mother remarries. The decision says the shelter needs for the children continue and that the stepfather has no legal obligation to support stepchildren. The ruling clarifies head of the family for AFDC purposes as the mother and guardian.
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Boston
Congress
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Dorina Boucher
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
DPW
Bailey Aldrich
The
Court of Appeals
Anthony Julian
Five Inmates Denied Voting Rights in Portland
US District Court Judge Ed ward T Gignoux ruled five Portland inmates denied voting rights due to late registration on Sept 22 and filing only three weeks before the Nov 7 election. The ruling covers state and federal offices amid absentee ballot limits for prisoners.
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Portland
Secretary of State
Bombs Rock Londonderry Night Amid Violent Unrest
A chain of blasts hit Londonderry within 15 minutes, damaging a rugby pavilion a post office an electrical transformer and a store. A sniper killed a British soldier and two stabbed men were found dead in a ditch near the Irish border. a later booby trap fatality raised the toll to at least 621. A civilian was wounded in Belfast as troops exchanged fire with a gunman who escaped.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Retired WLBZ Bangor manager elected to Nature Conservancy board
The retired WLBZ TV Bangor station manager wins a three year term on the Nature Conservatory board of governors, reflecting ongoing dedication to conservation and public service.
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Castine
Wlbz TV
Bangor
The
Nature Conservatory
Organic Foods Association Meeting Sets Kennebunk Agenda
York County Maine Organic Foods Association steering committee met at Joseph Joseph's Kennebunk farm to plan an open meeting on November 27 at 7 30 pm in Lower Town Hall. They named Joseph as Director and scheduled election of an alternate director and a secretary.
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Kennebunk
York County
Maine Organic Foods Association
Joseph Joseph
Lower Town Hall
Joseph
M.O.F.A
Kennebunk Lower Town Hall
Firefighters Quell Mattress Blaze in Biddeford Apt
Fire in an apartment at 96 Graham Street in Biddeford was caused by smoking in bed. Firefighters used a booster line to control the mattress blaze in the early hours, reported by Biddeford fire officials.
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Leslie Hammond
Graham St
Biddeford
Biddeford Board of Education Announces Tonight Meetings
The Biddeford High School Building Committee will meet tonight at 8 in the conference room of the Biddeford Vocational School per the Superintendent of Biddeford Schools. After the Building Committee session the Board of Education will convene briefly.
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Board of Education
Biddeford
Beach School Committee To Confer Friday
Old Orchard Beach School Committee meets Friday October 27 at 7 p.m. in Loranger Junior High to consider cafeteria pay raises, appoint a secretary, transportation for Ryefield Drive students, bus monitors, building needs plans, Pride Training School student, Cerebral Palsied Children transport, and appointment of a freshman basketball coach.
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Old Orchard Beach
Loranger Jr High
Ryefield Drive
Pride Training School
Portland
Children's Center
Biddeford
LaDonna Advocates for Opportunity and Public Service
LaDonna works to promote opportunities for young Indians and sits on boards including the National Urban League Manpower Development Program Common Cause and the National Association for Mental Health She was named chairwoman of the Women s National Advisory Committee on Poverty in 1967 by Sargent Shriver and is active in public housing groups She and her husband have three children Kathryn Byron and Laura
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National Urban League
Manpower Development Program
Common Cause
National Association For Mental Health
National Health Council
Committee For National Health Insurance
Women’s National Advisory Committee
Sargent Shriver
Kathryn
Byron
Laura
Biddeford Man Arrested on Child Delinquency Charge
Biddeford police arrested Jacques Emile Poirier aged 19 of 17 West Myrtle Street yesterday afternoon on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The charge follows a report by the six year old boy’s parents and Poirier is being held.
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Biddeford
Jacques Emile Poirier
West Myrtle St
Poirier
No Leads Emerge In Boggs Search In Alaska
Alaska search for the missing Cessna 310 carrying House member Hale Boggs Nick Begich aide Russell Brown and pilot Don Jonz covers a 120 mile wide area. Debris sighted offshore near Yakutat sparked brief hope but later proved inconclusive as more than 40 sightings yielded no results.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Nick Begich
Begich
Russell Brown
Don E. Jonz
Fairbanks
Gulf of Alaska
Coast Guard
Yakutat
Midway Betwee Anchorage
Juneau
Henry Stocker
Mutual Fund Optimism Surges Despite Industry Woes
James Fullerton of the Capital Group voiced strong optimism at a fund conference noting a unique opportunity for mutual funds. He highlighted expanding advertising budgets from 400000 to 1 million plus annually and argued the industry remains in a favorable growth phase driven by universal demand and cost efficiency. Robert Parks of Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co. forecast a long, vigorous US recovery with momentum shown in leading indicators and consumer buying plans.
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Joan Cunniff
New York
Wall Street
James, Fullerton
Fullerton
Jerton
Capittal
Robert H. Parks
Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co
Parks
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic Ocean
Poirier to Appear in 10th District Court on Bail Set
Biddeford police said Poirier is held at York County Jail in Alfred with bail set at 500 dollars and is scheduled to appear in 10th District Court in Saco tomorrow.
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York County
Alfred
Poirier
10Th District Court
Saco
Biddeford
Wiswall Harness Leader Frank Wiswall Dies at 77
Frank L. Wiswall, renowned harness racing leader and former New York State senator, died at his Castine home at 77. A Watervliet native, he served in the Senate from 1920 to 1922 and later became a prominent amateur driver, owner, and breeder of standard-bred horses, making Castine his permanent home in 1958.
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Castine
New York
Frank L. Wiswall
Saratoga Harness
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Watervliet
Wiswall
Stolen Saco Auto Recovered In Portland
Portland police recovered a car stolen from Stanley Rawson of Saco and arrested the operator, an escapee from the Boy's Training Center. The vehicle contained a TV set and radio pilfered in a Scarborough break and was turned over to Training Center officials.
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Stanley Rawson
Park Ave
Ferry Beach
Saco
Portland
Scarborough
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Conroy
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LaDonna
Man
Maine Milk Committee
Boy Scouts
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Bar Mills
Dick Danforth
Boggs
Alaska Territory
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Confucius
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Chapter OF
Hadassah
Reliable Furniture Store
Main Street
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