Harold S. Wharff dies after long illness at 75
Harold S. Wharff 75 of 7 Carleton Ave Old Orchard Beach died in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness. He ran a trucking business started by his father with offices in Old Orchard Beach and Portland. He was born Sept 2 1897 in Bangor and educated in Bangor Saco and Gray's Business College. He belonged to multiple lodges and Shrine groups and attended Washington Avenue Methodist Church. He is survived by Lena Wickett widow a daughter Helene Noble of Scarborough two brothers Louis and Robert four grandchildren one niece and two nephews. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery Westbrook. Visiting hours are Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Harold S. Wharff
Carleton Ave
Biddeford
Portland
Bangor
George and
Gertrude (Rice) Wharff
Saco
Gray’s Business College
Wharff
Atlantic Lodge
Koof
Orchard Masonic Lodge
the Valley
Lewiston
York County
Louis R. Wharff
This Town
Robert FE. Wharff
Los Angeles
Calif
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Frederick Bailey
School Street United Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Westbrook
Mrs Emma Emerson Kennebunk dies after long illness
Emma R D Emerson 84 a resident of Country Field Circle Kennebunk died at a Biddeford hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Montreal Oct 27 1887 she was the daughter of Frank G Day and Jennie T Bar ney Day. Surviving are three sons Hugh of Wells Chester A Jr and Robert of Long Beach Calif eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 p m at Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with Rev Clifford Geiger of St David s Episcopal Church officiating and interment in Hope Cemetery Kennebunk.
Mrs Lyda Greene Kennebunk Beach dies at 76
Mrs Lydia Green 76 resident of Kennebunk Beach since 1959 died yesterday in a Biddeford hospital. Born in New Brunswick Canada February 7 1896 she was survived by widower Howard E Greene. Funeral from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk Wednesday at 2 pm Rev E Lamar Robinson officiating. Interment in Hope Cemetery Kennebunk. Friends may call Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Nixon IMF meeting opens for monetary reform debate.
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Kennebunk Beach
Lydia Green
Brighton
Mass
Biddeford
New Brunswick
Canada
Howard E. Greene
Angell Funeral
Dane St
Kennebunk
E. Lamar Robinson
Christ Church
Here
Hope Cemetery
Funeral Directors in Saco Maine Firms and Contacts
Funeral service firms listed include Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco with phone 284 5611 Dennett and Craig at 365 Main St Saco Maine 282 Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 and Frank X Emond J P Conroy mentioned among local mortuary contacts for Saco Maine with phone numbers provided.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St. Saco
Dennett & Craig
Mainean
Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J P Conroy
Portland Weather Showers Likely Tonight and Thursday
Tonight in Portland expect considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers. Lows in the 50s. Thursday will be cloudy with showers likely and highs in the 60s to low 70s.
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Portland
Labonte Transfer From Togus to Boston VA Hospital
Leopold Labonte of 23 West Street Biddeford has been transferred from the Veterans Administration Hospital at Togus to the VA Hospital at 150 Hunting Avenue Boston.
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Leopold Labonte
West St
Biddeford
Veterans Administration
Togus
Hunting Ave
Boston
Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Cars Meeting
Members of the Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Cars of Saco will meet tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in GAR Hall Cutts Avenue for luncheon. The regular meeting will begin at 1:30.
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Fred S. Gurney Women’s Relief Cars
Saco
Gar Hall
Cutts Avenue
Deaths in the News: Fordyce and Christofilos Die
Allman Grant Fordyce 72 an architect designer of the Forrestal Building Washington and 1939 World's Fair exhibits died of cancer. Nicholas C Christofilos 56 a leading nuclear scientist died of a heart attack in Livermore Calif heading the Astronomy Project at UC. Valentine Charles Parnell 78 head of a British show business empire and Palladium owner-donor died in London.
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Allman
Fordyce
NEW York
Allman Grant Fordyce
Forrestal
Washington, D.C
Nicholas C. Christofilos
Livermore
Calif
Christofilos
University of California
London
Valentine Charles Parnell
London Palladium
Palladium
Intruder Breaks into Biddeford Home. Ice Cream Destroyed
Police say Richard Corbeil home on Newtown Road Biddeford was broken into yesterday. Entry was through a back door with the lock broken. Ice cream was the only apparent item taken, scattered across the backyard as investigators review the incident.
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Richard Corbeil
Newtown Road
Biddeford
Scofflaw Battery Theft Reported in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach police report a battery stolen from a Spokane resident Clarence Bullard's car at the Waves Motel. A damaged but usable battery was left behind by the thief after the robbery.
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Old Orchard Beach
Clarence Bullard
Spokane, Wash
Bullard
Saco Candidate Pushes Shift in Maine Tax Funding
Barry J. Hobbins, Democratic candidate for the State Legislature in Saco, calls to end the Dedicated Revenue provision in Maine’s 1946 Constitution and move gasoline tax money into the General Fund. He argues funds should support mass transit, urban relief, health care for the aged, and a by pass for Saco, citing limited legislative control over highway spending. He urges public input on priorities and stresses a full‑time legislator as watchdog for Saco’s interests.
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Barry J. Hobbins
Saco
Hobbins
Maine
General Fund
State Highway Commission
SHC
Flooded Oil Burner Reported by Saco Fire Department
Saco firemen responded to a flooded oil burner at a home on Blueberry Lane in Saco. The structure is owned and occupied by George Francis, according to a department spokesman.
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Saco
Blueberry Lane
Department
George Francis
There Are 92 Classifieds In Want Ads. Why Not Use One
Classified page highlights 92 listings inviting readers to place ads for jobs, services, sales, and notices. Local merchants and residents showcase opportunities and announcements across categories, aiming to reach a broad audience.
Firemen Douse Weekend Fires In Biddeford
Two fires hit Biddeford this weekend. A cardboard box on 56 Summer St. started by children with matches spread to nearby area, requiring 300 feet of booster line. Owned property is Raymond Robida. An overflowed oil burner in 5 Bradbury St. apartment of Rose Laprise was also quelled by Biddeford firefighters. Equipment used was not stated.
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Biddeford
Summer St
Raymond Robida
Rose
FBI Recovers Loot From Nevada Casino Heist
Federal authorities recovered 126 280 of 178 500 stolen in Harrah s Casino Lake Tahoe robbery. Four men charged with interstate transportation of stolen property and armed robbery. Suspect escaped across California line with bag of cash. money found in Lake Tahoe area.
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Reno
Nev
Harrah's
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Vern Loetierle
FBI
Washoe County
Government crackdown vows sweeping reforms and bans
The government pledges a thorough reorganization to root out corruption incompetence and uselessness and to crack down on crime syndicates while banning all public demonstrations rallies and labor strikes.
Prominent Filipinos Arrested After Martial Law Proclaimed
Manila region arrests total fifty three including two governors six lawmakers and seven newspapermen. Palace press secretary confirmed arrests on national TV as authorities close most media outlets and censor news sent abroad.
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Manila
Congress
Tennessee Gas Tank Farm Fire Sends Flames Over Airport Area
A leaking gasoline spill triggered an explosion that set four 4 million gallon storage tanks ablaze in northeast Chattanooga near the airport. Seven injured, four serious as air traffic rerouted due to explosion risk amid tanks owned by Southern Facilities Inc and neighboring yards of Humble Shell Cities Service and American Oil Co.
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Chattanooga
Federal Aviation Administration
Southern Facilities Inc
Humble, Shell
Cities Service
American Oil Co
Tragic Shopping Center Plane Crash Attracts Crowds
Eyewitnesses describe shock as rescuers pulled debris and bodies from a store after a plane crashed into Farrell's. Firefighters cleared wreckage including burned toys and chairs while investigators removed aircraft parts. Children recalled visiting the popular site as families recalled last week’s memories.
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Farrell's
POWs publican fund raising dinner in Washington
POWs publican fund raising dinner then will leave Wednesday for San Francisco and Los Angeles to address dinners there. He worked on speeches at his Camp David retreat Sunday. Vice President Spiro Agnew begins a week long campaign swing with an address before the National Defense Transportation Association in San Antonio, then Illinois Florida Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Kentucky. Sargent Shriver visited an ethnic picnic in Pittsburgh and urged pride in origins while pledging to visit Texas today.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Camp David
Spiro Agnew
National Defense Transportation Association
San Antonio
Texas
Illinois
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Sargent Shriver
Pittsburgh
Carngie
Mellon
Shriver
Augusta Showdown Looms On Labor Post
Gov. Curtis calls a special meeting of the all Republican Executive Council at 10 a.m. Tuesday to consider his nomination of James C. Schoenthaler as Maine manpower affairs commissioner. The council, citing adverse reports on Schoenthaler from business leaders, has tabled the nomination while Curtis weighs options if the council rejects him. Schoenthaler remains chairman of the three member Employment Security Commission as criticism of a "one man show" persists. Curtis urged using proper channels for Pineland Hospital complaints and urged strengthening rather than abolishing state authorities in Maine.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
all-Republican
Executive Council
James C. Schoenthaler
Maine
Tne
Schoenthaler
The
Maine Employment Security
Curtis
Pineland Hospital & Training Center
Maine Industrial Building Authority
Maine Recreational Authority
Rodney E. Ross Jr
R-Bath
Maine Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Academy
Old
Thomas College
Waterville
York Village Elementary School Destroyed by Fire
Flames leveled York Village Elementary School and damaged a nearby annex in a four alarm blaze discovered just before midnight. Firefighters from York Beach Kittery Point Ogunquit Wells Beach and Kittery aided the local department as heat blew out windows and utilities were cut, with about 600 pupils affected by the loss of the two buildings and records believed lost. The cause remains under investigation and the new annex cannot be used until utilities are restored.
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York Village
York Beach
Kittery Point
Ogunquit
Wells Beach
Kittery
York ‘Village
Elderidge M. Elkhorn
Elkhorn
Subcommittee Probes Alien Fishing Off New England
A Congressional subcommittee will hold hearings in Stonington October 6 and 7 on alleged illegal activity by foreign-flag fishing vessels in New England waters. Rep. Robert H. Steele cites violations of the 12 mile fishing zone and reports by U.S. lobstermen of gear destruction and egg-bearing lobsters seized by foreign boats.
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Stonington, Conn
Congressional
Stonington
New England
U.S
Robert H. Steele
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
United States
Steele
Soviet and East German Intrusions Impact New England Fisheries
Seele cites incidents of Soviet and East German vessels harming American crews and stealing gear, including an East German trawler sinking an anchored US boat and a Japanese vessel found with stolen lobster traps. He notes hearings urged by the Atlantic Offshore Fish and Lobster Association. By 1969 Soviet fleets claimed over half of the catch, US fishermen about 25 percent. 1952 40 percent in New England waters.
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Seele
U.S
Atlantic
North Vietnamese Leader Touts Peace Plan in Hanoi
Prime Minister Pham Van Dong told American delegates in Hanoi that a peace framework exists in the Viet Cong seven point plan and that U S prisoners would be freed only after a settlement is reached. He claimed President Nixon knew of the need for settlement but pursued a policy that keeps pilots in North Vietnamese custody.
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Hanoi
Pham van Dong
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Dong
Nixon
Ulster Parties Meet Amid Bombings and Protests
In Ulster the Unionist party led by ex PM Brian Faulkner navigates direct rule as Britain takes over. A Newry court house bombing injures no one as three men abandon a 60 pound explosive device. Belfast sees a 1000 strong protest parade over internment and special courts.
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Thon
Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner
Britain
Alliance Party
Northern Ireland Labor Party
Ulster
Newry
Irish Republic
Belfast
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Gilbert R. Boucher
Boucher
Barry Hobbins
Marie Joseph Day Care Center
Biddeford Pool
Robert Cote
Pool Road
Marie Joseph
Art Nadeau
Tennessee Gas Tank
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Matson’s, Inc
Main Street
York County Savings Bank
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R. GC
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