Deaths Eugene R. Berky
KENNEBUNK town manager Eugene R. Berky 64 died Oct 23 in a Portland hospital after a long illness. A WWII veteran and former advisor to the Maine National Guard, he led Isleboro and Bar Harbor as town manager and earned Silver Star and Purple Heart honors. Survived by his widow Geneva Renninger two daughters a brother a sister and five grandchildren. Funeral set for Saturday 2 pm Hobbs Funeral Home South Portland with interment in Augusta Veterans Cemetery on Oct 29. Calling hours tonight at home.
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Kennebunk
Eugene R. Berky
Portland
Berky
United States Army
National Guard
George Patton
Fourth Armored Division
Normandy
Czechoslovakia
Isleboro
Bar Harbor
Geneva Renninger
Emmets
Ronald Evans
Dallas
Texas
Richard Fortune Ill
Falmouth
Howard
Lansdale
Clyde Schelger
Allentown
Hobbs Funeral Home
Cottage St
South Portland
Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Augusta
Death notice for Bertha Butler of Saco
Bertha Butler, 80, of 43 Middle St. Saco died Oct 25 after a brief illness. Born Feb 20 1893 in Sheffield England she moved to Saco in 1908 and worked at Atkinson s Furniture. Survived by daughter Doris Horsfield brother George Butler and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Eucharist and burial Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church Biddeford.
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Bertha Butler
Middle St
Saco
Sheffield
England
James
Sarah (Bailey) Butler
Atkinson's
Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Bid
Ford UAW Contract Nears Expiration Across Plants
The bargaining talks cover Sunday and third Saturday off schedules with a 3 percent yearly wage rise, pension after 30 years, cost of living raises, and a company subsidized dental plan. Ford says its 97 UAW units in 28 states average $5.70 hourly and $248 weekly this year. The three year deal expired Sept. 14 and was extended. the union warns the agreement may end today. A separate extension exists with General Motors for 400,000 members while Chrysler and Ford negotiate new terms.
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Ford
UAW
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Jesse L. Smith dies after brief illness at 65
Jesse L. Smith 65 of Port Road Ogunquit died October 25 in a York hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Saco on September 27, 1908 and owned C. L. Maxwell’s Store in Ogunquit for 32 years. Surviving are his widow Mildred, two sons Edward and Stephen, a daughter Janet Guski, a sister Martha Baldwin, a step daughter Tanya Davis, nine grandchildren and two nephews. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk following visitation from noon to 2 p.m.
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Wells
Jesse L. Smith
Port Road
Ouit
York
Saco
Lewis M
Mabelle V. (Johnson) Smith
Thornton Academy
Burdette
Boston
C.L. Maxwell
Ogunquit
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Kennebunk
Portland Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Showers
The Portland area stays mostly cloudy with a chance of showers through Saturday. Highs reach the 50s Saturday while tonight’s lows dive into the 40s.
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Portland
Tides and Daylight Times for Late October
October dates list daylight saving and standard time tides with high and low measurements. Times illustrate morning and evening high and low tides for the 26th through 29th, including a price-like figure and a long timestamp fragment.
Truck Crash Over Bridge Kills Driver Near Thornton Academy
A truck collided with a car carrying four Thornton Academy students, sending the vehicle off a bridge seven miles upstream from the water intake. The driver died, students escaped serious injury, and the oil trailer was removed after cleanup. Central Maine Power and Wooster disputed notification timings as investigations continue.
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Wooster
the Journal
Central Maine
Thornton Academy
Rossignol Outlines City Reform Aims And Route 1 Lighting
Rossignol, a longtime business owner on Portland Road in Saco, pledges to study city departments, pursue fixes for Route 1 lighting from Cascades Road to Ocean Park Road, and address a business district visibility issue. He notes eight to nine years of effort without success and outlines his civic ties and family.
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Rossignol
Portland Road
Cascades Road
Ocean Park Road
M. Rossignol
Saco Teansenvisien Co
Saco
Fort Kent
General Motors
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Memorial services for Mrs Elsie Libbo in Wells
Memorial services for Mrs Elsie Libbo aged 101 will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Sum Way Gross Funeral Home 35 Spring St. in Saco. Interment details were not provided in the notice.
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Elsie Libbo
Wells
Sumway Gross
Spring St
Saco
Kennebunk Motel Project Faces Appeals Board Challenge
Michael and Sandra Severance sue York County Superior Court seeking to reverse Kennebunk Appeals Board after it denied their $57,000 motel restaurant complex near the Kennebunk River. They argue planning board had exclusive jurisdiction and appeals board overstepped.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Michael
Sandra Severance
York County
Planning Board
Appeals Board
Planning B Board
Boyer
Roger Eliot
The
Ee Tee Slowik
Lanning Board
Controversy Over Washington Avenue Apartment Project 1972
Citizens opposed a plan to build three apartment buildings on Washington Avenue. Building permits issued by Building Inspector Robert Atwood were revoked by the zoning board, a decision upheld by York County Superior Court, with an appeal to the Maine Supreme Court pending. Neighbors funded legal fees via dances and events as the case moved through courts.
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Page One
Washington Avenue
Kenneth
Donald Chretien
Robert Atwood
Zoning Appeals Board
Atwood
Keating
York County Superior Court
Zoning Board
Maine Supreme Court
Oover
Gaines
Kozloff Urges curb on City Services Spending
Kozloff says city funding has doubled and is misspent with favors to certain groups. He cites snowplowing private drives and property pickups at Haven Mobile Home Park as examples and advocates halting nonrequested services to curb waste. Ward 2 residents seek basic street upkeep, and he vows independent action if elected to rein in spending.
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Kozloff
Waser
Ue Haven
Independent
Nixon Kissinger walk to calm after Security Council vote
Four hours after the UN Security Council's unanimous call for a peacekeeping force in the Middle East without Soviet or American troops, Nixon and Kissinger appeared on the White House South Lawn. Their quiet talk followed a tense crisis as autumn light fell.
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Kissinger
Nixon
United Nations Security Council
Mideast
Soviet Union
United States
State Department
Oval Office
Citizens' Lobby Pushes Culver Bill for Independent Watergate Prober
Common Cause mobilizes over 1,000 Maine members to back the Culver bill creating a special prosecutor under Congress. The measure, debated in the Judiciary Committee, lists Rep. William Cohen and Rep. Peter Kyros as supporters.
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Common Cause
a_ citizens
Maine
Culver
Judiciary Committee
GOP
William Cohen
Peter Kyros
Taylor urges ward talks on Goosefare Brook and city issues
In Ward 2 candidate remarks Taylor cites Goosefare Brook pollution and a Flag Pond Road dumping area used by Saco Tanning Corp. He vows to visit residents, reflect their views as alderman, backs a full-time city head and supports the charter vote on November 6. He is married with two children and serves in the Army Reserve.
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Taylor
Goosefare
Flag Pond
Saco Tanning Corp
Biddeford High to Close Fall Play Tonight
Biddeford High School Theatre presents Teahouse of August Moon in a final three act performance at 7 p.m. Reservations are available and organizers anticipate a record turnout for the best fall production in memory as locals fill seats.
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Biddeford High School Theatre 73
BHS Theatre
SMRPC November Meetings Scheduled in Alfred
SMRPC and related meetings set for November across York County. RC&D steering committee gathers November 7 at the York County Extension Service office. November 13 offers planning assistance with groundwater and wetlands topics. November 20 covers trail development with co sponsors. November 27 hosts general SMRPC meeting with topics to be announced.
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Alfred— Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
SMRPC
Resource, Conservation and Development
RC. and
York County Extension Service Office
Ancl
Maine
Wetlands Permit Denial Sought by Town Council
Residents urged the council to deny the wetlands filling project. Letters from locals and the Ocean Park Conservation Society opposing the plan cited damage to aesthetics and the environment and possible flood risks. Councilor Mokarzel moved to deny based on conservation commission recommendations and other factors. Councilor Wyman concurred.
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Ocean Park Conservation Society
Joseph Mokarzel
Conserva Commission
Leslie Wyman
Saco Rebekah Lodge Meeting Planned for Saturday
The Saco Rebekah Lodge will meet Saturday at 7 30 p m at Fellows Hall on Main Street in Saco. The district president will make her deputy visitation and refreshments will be served.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Ae Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Fire crews extinguish dump fire at Francis College land
Biddeford firemen battled a dump fire Thursday afternoon on land owned by Francis College along Newtown Road. Engines six pool tank three and tank one responded to the call.
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Biddeford
Francis College
Newtown Road
VANDALISM DETECTED IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH SEVEN JUVENILES NAMED
Police report seven male suspects linked to a spree of vandalism in Old Orchard Beach. Officers Dana Kelley and Charles Trautz chased and apprehended the youths. Estimated damage totals about 2008 dollars over the past two weeks.
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Old Orchard Beach
Richard Lamb
Dana Kelley
Charles Trautz
Muskie Says U S Undivided Amid Middle East Tensions
Senator Edmund S Muskie of Maine warns against interpreting domestic strains as a sign of weakness. He affirms the United States stands united with Kissinger’s plan to seek a just peace in the Middle East and rejects any foreign adventuring at the nation’s expense.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Muskie
United States
Middle East
Henry Kissinger
Kennebunk to Fly Flags for Funeral of Town Manager
Town flags will be flown at half mast all day Saturday in honor of Eugene Berky who died Tuesday at a Portland hospital after a long illness. Berky, town manager since 1970, will have funeral services at Hobbs Funeral Home in South Portland starting at 2 p.m.
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Kennebunk
Eugene Berky
Portland
Berky
Hobbs Funeral Home
South
Democrats Release Marine Plank Paper
Saco Democrats publish a position paper on marine development as the third plank of their 10 point platform for the November 6 municipal elections. They urge clean up of pollution along the Saco River and promotion of recreation and commercial opportunities tied to water resources. The plan calls for locating pollution sources and ensuring responsible parties pay for preventive measures. It notes the river mouth as a fishing port and the need for modern docking and wharf facilities at Camp Brev and Camp Ellis amid space constraints.
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Saco Democrats
Saco
To Brook
Saco River
Camp Brev
Camp Ellis
Community theatre plans unveiled for Oliver and My Fair Lady
Old Orchard Beach impresario Mrs Smith announced two next year productions. Oliver will feature school children in March and My Fair Lady with an adult cast in April. Proceeds support the school system music program. Cast signups and tryouts will follow later.
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Old Orchard Beach
Marie m
Smith
Oliver
David Berthiaume
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