Maine gas station games outlawed by new law
The article reports a Maine law, effective Oct 1, banning all gas station games offering chance prizes. Saco and Biddeford owners like Armand Hamel and Nemet recall costs, limited prizes, and mixed business effects. several stations discontinue games citing expense and pressure.
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Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford
Jubi
Nemet
Lance
Maine
Armand Hamel
Five Points Shell Station
Hamel
Chevron
Water Street
New England
R. E. Adjutant
Adjutant
Main St
Saco
Frost Complete Report On Page Two
A complete Frost report appears on page two of volume 85 number 216. The feature outlines weather patterns and seasonal impacts with regional notes.
North Korean disguised boat sinks South Korean police craft
The Defense Ministry reports North Korean gunboats attacked a South Korean police vessel ten miles south of Wando island, killing two officers and five civilians. The attackers used machine guns before fleeing, as details continue on page two.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Defense Ministry
Wando
Sland
Kco
Army to prosecute eight Green Berets in Saigon case
The U S Army will prosecute some of eight Green Berets charged with murder in Vietnam. First trial outcomes may influence whether charges are pressed against the others. Names listed include Col Robert B Rheault Maj David E Crew Maj Thomas C Middleton Jr Capt Leland J Brumley Capt Robert F Marasco Capt Budge E Williams Chief WO2 Edward M Boyle and Sgt Alvin L Smith Jr. Trials likely closed with open sessions only if no classified material is disclosed.
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Saigon
Green Berets
Ormants
Stanley Resor
Robert B. Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Vietnam
David E. Crew
Celar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Robert F._Maras
Bloomfield
N.J
Budge E. Williams
Athens
Edward M. Boyle
New York City
Alvin L. Smith Jr
Naples
Fla
Mass Planned for People Unable to Attend Feeney Funeral
Biddeford Saco area priests will concelebrate a funeral mass this evening at St. Joseph's Church for locals who cannot attend Bishop Daniel J. Feeney's funeral in Portland tomorrow Monsigneur Elie Hevey pastor of St. Joseph's Parish invites the surrounding parishes and families. The service starts at 7 tonight at St. Joseph's Church.
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Saco
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Elie Hevey
St. Joseph’s
Cne
Ae Joe Feeney
St. Joseph’s Church
Community Chest Officers Named
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest elected officers and directors for terms starting January 1. E Raymond Noiseux was named president and Thomas M Armstrong vice president. Wayne B Hutchins became treasurer with a slate of directors and members at large announced.
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Biddeford-Saco Community Chest
Journal
E. Raymond Noiseux
Thomas M. Armstrong
Wayne B. Hutchins
Arthur J. Peloquin
Richard J. Spath
Martin J. Rielly
Archie Maxwell
Joseph S. Audie
Raymond P. Bonang
Albert V .Cote
Pauline Larochelle
Gerard Neault
Committees Chosen By Beach Chamber 1970 Old Orchard Beach
The Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce set committees for 1970 at Josephs By The Sea Restaurant with President Melvin Wilbur presiding. Plans for a ladies auxiliary were formed to handle all special events. Committees include Membership chaired by Joseph Mokarzel with Adelbert Jakeman Sr and others. By laws and planning chaired by Adelbert Jakeman Sr with C Russell Durant and others. Finance Auditing and Planning includes John ONeil as chairman with Norman Guzette and others. Town Meeting Representatives led by Gerard Janelle with Norman Gurette and others. Emblem Committee led by Ernest Brousseau with Norman Gurette and Jeffery.
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Old Orchard Beach
Russell Durant
Theodore Manduca
John Wolfman
Jeffrey Thompson
John O’neil
Norman Guzette
Sidney Sclare
Andre Bureau
Gerard Janelle
Ervin Jalbert
John Bedell
William Mullen
John White
Norman Gurette
John O'Neil
Joseph Mokarzel
Hiram V. Parish
Donald Zares
Ernest Brousseau
Jeffery
Nixon urges UN aid in Vietnam peace talks at General Assembly
President Nixon, in his first UN General Assembly address, calls on all 126 UN members to actively press Hanoi to end the Paris stalemate. He offers cautious talks with the Soviet Union on Middle East issues and invites dialogue with China, emphasizing open world cooperation on issues from population control to aircraft hijackings.
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Nixon
United Nations, N.Y
Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Hanoi
Paris
United Nations
World Organization
Soviet Union
Middle East
China
SAD 71 vote yields narrow dissolution majority
In Kennebunk SAD 71 votes at Upper Ka Hall total 1603 with 927 for dissolution and 673 against it. Opponent Herman Cohen vows to keep fighting, noting a 5 percent swing since December 1968. About 250 voters engaged in zoning amendments for mobile homes during the meeting.
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Kennebunk
Upper Ka Hall
Herman Cohen
Experts Call End to Mandatory Sentences for Marijuana
Washington AP experts urge Congress to abolish all mandatory penalties for marijuana possession and use, proposing marijuana and LSD be treated as misdemeanors. Dr. Sidney Cohen of NIMH backs softer rules, while Dr. Stanley Yolles cites harsher outcomes from current laws. They seek probation options and note the need to fix misperceptions about marijuana risks.
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Washington
Congress
Sidney Cohen
National Institute of Mental Health
Stanley F. Yolles
Yolles
Yelles
Thomas J. Dodd
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Pleasant Streets
Leo Callahan
Peo
Otis Ran
Bud
Sunoco
Elm St
Randall
Omer Gregoire
Gregoire
Esso
Marcel Gonthier
Elm Street
Otis Randall
Frost
Yacht Club
Army
Wanten
Sneider’s Discount Foods
Andre
MR. Andre
Maremont
H. R. Courtois, JR
Lowell Maremont
North Street
Saco, Maine
Bishop Feeney
Community Chest
Lieva Andersim
Bernard Brady
Cartmill
Leandre Charest
Joseph Deering
Leo Lemire
Armand J. Mercier
Wendell B. Lund
George Love
Millard Neal
Paul Neithercut
Stephen Polackwich
Paul Reay
Roger Sherman
David Spear
Ernest Sturman
Henry A. Truslow
H. David Walley
Daniel Turkanis
Bertram Wolfson
Robert Pate
John KR. Gibson
Linwood Brown
William Niewkerk
Irving Dorfman
Beach Chamber
Cohen
Sion
Main ST. Biddeford
Ken
Pine Point
Maine Dry Cleaners
Wormwood's
Camp Ellis, Saco
A&w
Main Street
G.E
Whirlpool
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