Death of Amos and Andy co star Charles Correll at 82
Charles Correll, half of the Amos and Andy duo, died at 82 after a heart attack. The Chicago native helped launch the radio hit in 1929 with Freeman Gosden, portraying Andy and shaping a national stereotype in the decades before television drew audiences away.
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Amos 'N Andy
Charles Correll
Chicago
Howdy Amos
Howdy
Andy
Amos and Andy
Freeman Gosden
Correll
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Gosden
Wells Beach honors longtime captain and benefactor
Capt James J Enwoldsen 80 a retired sea captain and town benefactor died yesterday in a York hospital after a brief illness Born April 21 1892 in England he sailed from age 15 on clipper steam and diesel ships commanding vessels transporting oil He retired from Socony Oil in 1939 He donated the first ambulance to the Wells Beach Fire Company and supported Wells Grange Ocean View Cemetery and other groups Surviving is his widow Marcella Enwoldsen Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk with interment at Ocean View Cemetery Friends may visit today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Wells
James J. Enwoldsen
York
England
John
Adelaide Enwoldsen
Socony Oil Company
Wells Beach Fire Company
Wells Grange
Ocean View Cemetery
Marcella (Smith) Enwoldsen
Bibber
St. David Episcopal Church
Kennebunk
Richard D. Haskell, Kennebunk Officer and Businessman Dies
Richard D. Haskell 46 of 5 York St Kennebunk died yesterday in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born April 13 1926 in Auburn son of Weston B and Pauline Derby Haskell he was a Hebron Academy and Tabor Academy and University of Maine graduate class of 1949. He was a Beta Theta Pi member and Acacia Masonic Lodge member a World War II veteran and Unitarian Church member. He served as Northeast area manager of Amalie Refining Co a division of Wilco Chemical Corp. Surviving are his widow Patricia Davis Haskell three sons Cary Bradford and Richard D two daughters Georgianna and Zoe M a brother Weston B Haskell Jr and a sister Helena Marsh and several nieces and nephews. The funeral is tomorrow at 2 p m from First Parish Unitarian Church Kennebunk Rev Edna Bruner will officiate with interment in Hope Cemetery Bibber Memorial Chapel handling arrangements.
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Kennebunk
Richard D. Haskell
York St
Portland
Auburn
Weston, B
Pauline
Derby) Haskell
Hebron Academy
Tabor Academy
Marrion
Mass
University of Maine
Beta Theta Phi Fraternity
Acacia Masonic Lodge
AF and
AM of
Durham
Unitarian Church
Amalie Refining Co
Wilco Chemical Corp
Bradford
Patricia (Davis) Haskell
Cary B
Bradford D
Richard D
Georgianna
Zoe M
Weston B. Haskell Jr
West Simsbury
Conn
Helena Marsh
Dover
First Parish Unitarian Church
Edna Bruner
Hope Cemetery
Bibber
Spain Keeps Enclaves After Ceding Ifni to Morocco
Spain cedes Ifni a 579 square mile territory to Morocco but retains two enclaves Ceuta and Melilla. Ceuta sits opposite Gibraltar as a fortified city and Melilla serves as an export center.
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Spain
Ifni
Morocco
Ceuta
Gibraltar
Melina
Arthur R. Gannon Funeral Notice in Biddeford
Arthur R. Gannon 65 of 164 Bradley St Saco died in Biddeford September 26. Funeral services Thursday at 2 P.M. from Shumway Gross Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Friends may call this afternoon and evening 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Arrangements by Philip H Gross Sr Director
Funeral Homes and Directors List for Saco Maine
Funeral directors Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco Maine provide service options. Also listed are Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco and Emond's Funeral Home 284 5511 with contacts Frank X Emond and J P Conroy.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Mrs Vera Eadon Led Local Garden Center Founder
Vera Mellissa Eadon 77 a resident of 55 Lake Ave Old Orchard Beach died at home Born Amesbury Mass Dec 15 1894 daughter of Jonas D and Cora P Young Resident since 1948 she ran Eadons Gardens Survived by widower Lester R Eadon son Herman C Merrill Sr four grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and a nephew Services Friday at 1 pm from Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Interment Oak Hill Cemetery Auburn Funeral home hours listed
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Old Orchard Beach
Vera Mellissa Eadon
Lake Ave
Amesbury
Mass
Jonas D
Cora P. (Piper) Young
Lester R. Eadon
Herman C. Merrill Sr
Dayton
Portland Ave
Oak Hill Cemetery
Auburn
Deaths In The News George Grobicki And Logan Ramsey
Polish Gen. George Grobicki, 83, who led a Polish cavalry brigade in 1939 and survived Katyn, died in Toronto where he had settled after the war. Retired Rear Adm. Logan C. Ramsey, 74, who sounded the first official air raid alarm at Pearl Harbor and later commanded the USS Block Island, died at Philadelphia Naval Hospital.
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George Grobicki
Toronto
Poland
Katyn
Logan C. Ramsey
Philadelphia
Logan C Ramsey
Pearl Harbor
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Midway
Block Island
Cox Defends Nixon Health Plan and EPA Record
Cox outlined the President's health plans covering part time and self employed workers and the unemployed under family formula while proposing more doctors and nurses, rural practice incentives, and para medical training with government loans. He credited Nixon with creating the EPA and expanding environmental funding by over 500 percent and said troop withdrawal includes bombing as well. Cox spoke in Maine after visiting the Cumberland Fair and planned fund raising in Delaware before the election.
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Cox
Ralph Nader
Federal Trade Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Portland
Maine
Cumberland Fair
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Weather forecast for Portland clears tonight and Thursday
The Portland region sees clear conditions tonight with lows in the 30s in the north to the mid 40s in the south. Mostly sunny Thursday brings highs mainly in the 60s.
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Portland
Canal Bank names Rouillard regional VP for York County
R L Rouillard elected regional vice president of Canal Bank for York County and named chairman of the Advisory Board for the bank's southern area. The bank operates 27 offices in Maine with six in York County including Saco and Ogunquit. Rouillard, a Babson and Stonier alum, brings extensive banking leadership and community involvement from New Rochelle New York.
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Widgery Thomas Jr
Canal National Bank
Robert L. Rouillard
York County
Canal Bank
Maine
Saco
Saco Valley
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Kennebunk
Ogunquit
Rouillard
Babson College
National Bank of Westchester
New Rochelle
N.Y
American Institute of Banking
Stonier School of Banking
New Rochelle Boys Club
New Rochelle Rotary Club
Saco booster club smoker and PTA meeting announce events
The Saco Athletic Boosters Club hosts a smoker at Burns School cafeteria at 7 30 p m with football game films. The Saco PTA meets tonight at Fairfield School at 8 00 p m with John Murphy as guest speaker. The Madisses of First Parish Church meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m on Beach Street with a swap party. The Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post 26 American Legion plans a Sept 28 meeting at Elm Street with American Legion Boy's State guests. Our Lady of Fatima Circle installs at St John Hall on Adams Street Biddeford with buffet and dancing afterward.
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Saco Athletic Boosters Club
Burns School
Saco Pta
Fairfield
John Murphy
Hingham, Mass
Madisses
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Beach Street
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
American Legion Boy
Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Personal notices for local surgical patients
Mr. Ernest Paul of 16 Wentworth Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs. Madeleine Foley Bowdoin of 57 Machigonne Street Portland is a surgical patient at Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland.
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Ernest Paul
Wentworth St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Madeleine Foley Bowdoin
Machigonne St
Portland
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Highway 1 in Vietnam Closed by Saboteurs
The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong pressed harassment on South Vietnam's northern coast while saboteurs blew two more culverts, keeping a key stretch of Highway 1 near Da Nang shut for a second day. Government forces later reopened a 15 mile segment from Quang Ngai City to Mo Duc, per Col. Tran Van Nhut of the 2nd Infantry Division.
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South Vietnam
da Nang
Quang Ngai City
Mo Duc
Tran van Nhut
Notable Passenger Mentioned in Coastal Tale
A fragment notes a Mrs J pene Skillin of New York City connected to a summer stay at Kennebunkport, highlighting a social detail from a larger coastal narrative.
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Kennebunkport
J. Pene Skillin
New York
Ford Suspends 1973 Mavericks Engine Amid EPA Rejection
Ford Motor Co suspended production of a 200 cubic inch engine slated for 1973 Mavericks and will retest for antipollution certification after the EPA refused to certify the engine. About 1,200 cars have shipped to dealers with 7,800 more in plants. other Ford engines in Mavericks, Mercury Comets, and Broncos remain uncertified until pass.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ford
Herbert L. Misch
Flooded Oil Burner Prompted Fire Department Call
Firefighters responded yesterday afternoon to a flooded oil burner at 22 School St. in the home of Gerald Butler. A fire department spokesman reported the malfunction prompted the call and the team arrived at 4 28 PM.
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Old Orchard Beach
Gerald Butler
School St
Special Meeting On Oct 4 In Kennebunk
Kennebunk town officials call a special meeting for Oct 4 at 7 30 p m to discuss implementing the recently passed zoning ordinance. It invites real estate dealers developers and other interested citizens to attend.
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Kennebunk
Campaign scene contrasts erupt as Nixon McGovern debate
President Nixon and Sen. McGovern pressed starkly different paths in the 1968 campaign. Nixon touted progress and a safe world if reelected while McGovern urged Americans to confront moral questions over Indochina. The pair spoke at separate fundraisers, Agnew defended secrecy in foreign policy, and Shriver labeled Nixon inconsistent. Martha Mitchell joined Nixon at a New York dinner.
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Nixon
America
George McGovern
McGovern
Ner
New York City
Los Angeles
Washington
San Francisco
Spiro T. Agnew
Chicago
Agnew
Greenville Residents Plan Car Gift for POW Navy Flier
Mark Gartley and Greenville residents aim to raise 2000 for a red white and blue car to honor the released Navy flier of four years in North Vietnam. Gerald Gartley plans to meet his son in New York City before the return to the United States. The elder Gartley’s wife Minnie teaches in Greenville and will accompany them on the flight home to Florida. The hospital stop at Jacksonville Naval Air Station near Dunedin is planned for the arrival.
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McGovern
Nixon
North Vietnam
Indochina
Greenville
Mark Gartley
Navy
Greenville High School
Gartley
Gerald Gartley
Maine
New York City
Garney
Minnie
China
Russia
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Station Hospital
United States
Dunedin
Leading Insurers Sign Pact to Reduce Auto Insurance Costs
Twenty four leading auto insurers signed a program aiming to curb premium rises and widen accessibility while seeking authority to raise rates. The pact calls for industry efforts with manufacturers shops and government bodies to cut accidents and costs, noting factors like higher medical costs and newer car damage. The agreement was signed at the New York Hilton during the NAIA convention.
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New York
Harry C. Parrish
National Association of Insurance Agents
Insurance Association
New York Hilton
Association
KHS Students Disciplined For Shoplifting at Strawberry Bank Tour
Kennebunkport High School Principal Robert Perkins reports ten freshmen violated rules during a tour of Strawberry Bank in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Items went missing but later were returned and students received probation until semester end with social activities revoked. SAD 71 praised the handling of the incident.
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Kennebunkport
Robert Perkins
Portsmouth
N.H
Perkins
SAD 71
David Sutter
Myrtle Lodge Friday Meeting and Boston Trip
Myrtle Lodge No. 19 held a Friday evening meeting at the Knights of Pythias Hall. Halstead Pillsbury drew the weekly attendance award but was absent to claim it. On Sunday the lodge took its baseball team to Boston to see the Red Sox play.
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Kennebunk
Myrtle Lodge No
Knights of Pythias Hall
Halstead Pillsbury
Boston
Red Sox
Tigers Triumph as Red Sox Win 7 to 2
The Red Sox defeated the Tigers 7 to 2. Thirty five people attended the trip. Myrtle Lodge will hold Friday meetings at the Knights of Pythias Hall and all Knights are urged to attend.
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the Tigers
Red Sox
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Knights
Fire Call Boxes Considered For Industrial Park
A Biddeford meeting between Solid State Inc and industry officials discussed installing fire call boxes in the Industrial Park. Roger R. Johnson of the Economic Improvement Commission cited potential lower insurance rates. Attendees included Fiber Materials, New England Homes, Vork Packaging and FEastern Travel Trailer.
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Solid State Inc
Biddeford
Roger R. Johnson
Economic Improvement Commission
Fiber Materials
New England Homes
Vork Packaging
Feastern
Johnson
Fish And Game Plane Crashes Near Winthrop
Richard Varney a 41 year old Fish And Game Department warden pilot from Readfield was killed when his helicopter crashed into Lake Maranacook near Winthrop at 7 am. Varney a 16 year veteran was alone in the craft and his body was recovered in shallow water near the wreck after witnesses reported an unusual sound.
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Readfield
Fish & Game Department
Lake Maranacook
Richard Varney
Varney
Department
William Mincher
William Shaw
John Arata
Mincher
Land Tests In Kennebunk Backed By Board Of Selectmen
Selectmen approved soil borings near Kennebunk High School to evaluate Punky Swamp land for a potential SAD 71 25 acre site for a new school. The move follows tension over costs and site choice with votes to delay until spring to reveal water table implications.
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KENNEBUNK— _ Selectmen
SAD 71
David Sutter
Kennebunk High School
Punky Swamp
School Building Committee
Phil ‘Hussey
Kennebunk Conservation Commission
Alexander Brook
SAD
Leach
John Seekins
Brook
Herman Cohen
Cohen
Lloyd Robinson
Fred Holmberg
Reconditioned helicopters bolster department search efforts
The department purchased two refurbished helicopters in the past year to support search and rescue missions, wildlife management involving deer, and fish stocking operations.
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Department
Nixon campaign tour pledges victory for America
New York AP reports President Nixon on his broad campaign swing declares he seeks not just victory but victory for America.
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New York
Nixon
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WGN
Sam ‘N’ Henry
Handy Andy
Amos
James Enwoldsen
Vera M. Eadon
Caro
Te Beg UD
Pat
Low Angeles Times
Ted
R. L. Rouillard Regional Veep
R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Sargent Shriver
Fort Worth
Tex
White House
Democratic National Committee
Martha Mitchell
Atty
John Mitchell
KHS
By Cecil B. Munson
The
Winthrop
Truman
Pool Street
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
Dan Florist
Piddeford
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