Biddeford Man Killed In Auto Crash On Goodwins Mills Road
Emile O. Decelles 51 of 96 Foss St Biddeford died after his car left a soft shoulder struck a tree on Goodwins Mills Road The crash occurred around 6 45 p m He was pronounced dead at a Biddeford hospital The York County Medical Examiner cited a crushed chest as the cause of death Police found him in the right front of the vehicle and the ambulance transported him to the hospital He was a former employee of Davis Maintenance Co and was to join Pepperell Mfg Co He served as a lay member of St Andre church and belonged to the Fraternal Order of Eagles He is survived by his widow two daughters a son five sisters and three grandchildren Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a m from St Andre Church with visitations at Bolduc Funeral Home Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday evenings.
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Biddeford
Goodwins Mills
Upper South Street
Emile O. Decelles
Foss St
York County
Robert Downing
Kennebunk
Decelles
Albert Elwell
Lawrence Plante
Federal Tax Revenue Rises to 1965 High Despite Income Dip
Washington reports total federal tax collections for the year ending June 30, 1965 reached 114.4 billion, up 2.2 billion from 1964. Personal income tax fell about 930 million to 53.7 billion, offset by a 1.8 billion rise in corporate income tax to 26.1 billion and gains in excise and estate taxes.
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Washington
White House
Joan Crawford Prefers Humility Over Glamour in Miss America Judging
Actress Joan Crawford says she dislikes sophistication in 18 and 19 year olds and values humility while judging Miss America contestants. Kathy Blaikie Miss Nevada, 5 feet 10½, won Thursday’s swimsuit round. Nancy Moore Miss South Carolina followed with an original piano piece. Preliminary winners also include Elaine Smith Miss Indiana and Patsy Puckett Miss Mississippi. two more finalists will be chosen tonight as the pageant heads toward its Saturday finale and the $10,000 scholarship for the winner.
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N.J
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Miss Crawford
Kathy Blaikie
Nevada
Kathy
Miss Blaikie
South Carolina
Nancy Moore
Aiken
Miss
Indiana
Elaine Smith
Indianapolis
Mississippi
Patsy Puckett
Columbus
Vonda Kay van Dyke
Phoenix
Ariz
Principal Fired For Altering Student Grades
New Haven Connecticut AP reports Hillhouse High School principal Robert T. LeVine was ousted after charges of grade manipulation. A board investigation found 1000 grade misrepresentations across 459 transcripts, some sent to Yale Yale Harvard Brown Princeton and Smith. LeVine faced suspension with pay and later offered a school department administrator post.
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New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Princeton
Smith
Treasurers Night guests aid Miniwanca Chapter members
Mrs Esther Black treasurer of Miniwanca Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was a special guest at Treasurers Night in Piscataqua Chapter, Kittery, with Mrs Helen Smith. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs Arthur Park of Washington Avenue to Bangor to see their son-in-law and daughter, and Dr and Mrs Paul Pitman of Day's Ferry Woolwich as guests of Miss Ethel Wight in Fort Hill Avenue.
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Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Piscataqua
Kittery
Helen Smith
Arthur Park
Washington Avenue
Carleton Cook
Bangor
Barbara Park
Paul Pitman
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Ethel Wight
Fort Hill Avenue
Father Divine Dies in Philadelphia Church Leader at 100
Father Divine, self styled God and head of the worldwide Kingdom of Peace, died today in Philadelphia at about 100. The death was announced by his attorney Austin Norris. His life blended faith and superstition, with legal troubles and jailed episodes noted in accounts of his ministry.
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Father Divine
Worldwide Kingdom of Peace
Father
Austin Norris
Episcopal Services Curtailed by illness of Rev Burtt
Episcopal Church services are reduced at Trinity Church Saco and Christ Church Biddeford due to Rev Gerald Burtt illness. One 11 a.m. service at Trinity Saco this Sunday with Rev Jay J Dean. babysitting offered, no Sunday school. Sept 19 service at Trinity Biddeford canceled. Trinity School opens Sept 26 with 11 a.m. Eucharist and teacher dedication.
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Gerald Burtt
Trinity Episcopal
Trinity Church
Biddeford
Samuel G. Henderson
All Saints
Skowhegan
Antiaircraft Sites Around Hanoi Doubled Says Source
A source indicates North Vietnamese near Hanoi have more than doubled in recent weeks. Exact numbers were not disclosed, but a report cited by John Seals of ABC quoted Washington intelligence sources as saying 17 sites were present.
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John Seals
American Broadcasting Co
Washington
Johnson De Gaulle clash over NATO policy eyed
In Washington President Johnson and President de Gaulle clash over NATO. U.S. pledges neutrality in India Pakistan fighting while opposing Red China involvement. Republicans and Democrats unite to oppose Taft Hartley Act Section 14B repeal. Capital notes report education funding approved.
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Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
United States
U.S
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Pakistan
Red
China
Chou Enlai
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Jessie Clark Becomes Bride Of Beach Man
Miss Jessie Clark daughter of Mrs Walter Clark of Boom Road Saco and the late Walter Clark married Robert Whittemore of Old Orchard Beach on September 3 at 7 30 p m at Washington Avenue Methodist Church Rev John Dame officiated with Merrill Thompson as organist. The reception followed in the church vestry with 86 guests. The couple will reside at 16A Washington Ave after a wedding trip to the White Mountains and Green Mountains.
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Old Orchard Beach
Jessie Clark
Walter Clark
Boom Road
Saco
Robert Whittemore
Edward Whittemore
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
John Dame
Merrill Thompson
Janice Whittemore
Salem
N.H
Robert Monroe
Goodwins Mills
Raymond Monroe
Melvin Hussey
Biddeford
Priscille Doyon
Island for Sale in Casco Bay Portland Coast Guard Site
The General Services Administration notified Maine's two U.S. senators that Overset Island off Portland, Maine in Casco Bay will be sold as of Oct. 19. The 8.12 acre island formerly housed a Coast Guard light station.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Maine
Portland
Casco Bay
Coast Guard
New five cent stamp features Adlai E Stevenson
Committee for Economic Development urges poverty reduction through education job training and reduced discrimination. A commemorative five cent stamp honoring Adlai E Stevenson was unveiled and set for issue on October 23.
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Committee For Economic Development
Adlai E. Stevenson
Blood-Stained Trek Ends for Ex-Convict Boggs in West Killings
Donald Boggs 23, an ex convict, admitted to killing four men during a blood stained trek across the West. He and his 16 year old girlfriend Dixie Radcliff were captured in Flagstaff after a service station spotted their stolen car. Boggs waived a preliminary hearing and is held without bond. Radcliff sent to juvenile authorities. The victims were Halvor Johnson 28 and Robert Willis 23 of Newport New Hampshire Warren Lenker 25 of Provo Utah and H B Flory 59 of San Antonio Texas.
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Ariz
Cecil Richardson
Conconiono County
Donald Boggs
Texas
Utah
Boggs
Londonderry
Ohio
Dixie Rad Leliff
Amesville
Halvor Johnson
Newport
N.H
Robert Willis
Warren Lenker
Brigham Young University
Provo
Elizabeth
H.B. Flory
San Antonio
Tex
Sheriff's Office
Justice Court
Miss Radcliff
Biddeford Fire Douses Rubbish Blaze on 1947 Truck
Biddeford firefighters used a booster line to extinguish a rubbish fire in the damp body of a 1947 truck on upper Main Street. The owner is Carlos Goldthwait.
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Biddeford
Upper Main Street
Carlos Goldthwait
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