Daily Kennebec Journal (Newspaper) - October 6, 1972, Kennebec, Maine Established 1825 Vol. No. 240 October 6, 1972 Pages Maine Met plus supplement ask us J column Got a question or complaint of general public Write or telephone Ask after 2 p.m. and we'll try to tad the Please include full name and address as evidence of good faith although this information will not be printed unless you request it. j Unsigned letters or anonymous telephone calls be Gardiner fluoridation When is Gardiner water going to be C. Randolph Sheridan superintendent of the Gardiner Water Dis- said he expects to have fluoridated water by the first of the The equipment has been received anH he hopes to set it up within the next week or so. Then it must be tested and inspected by the He has promised to publish the news before actually running the fluoridation so users may stop using other means of Sign needed There is no sign at the Readfield intersection of 17 and 135 to show the way to There are signs at other intersections in the area without a sign a stranger might go miles to the northwest through Readfield before realizing his Can you stimulate action on this J. Belgrade Yes We called Albert traffic engineer at the Maine Department of and he promised to see that the Belgrade sign is installed in: the near Dead animals Nearly every day I travel Rte. 202 from Greene to Who is responsible for the disposal of small animals killed by I have watched so many of them deteriorate day by Coons and porcupines have been especially un- fortunate recently and I know of one large porcupine that has been beside the road for at least a It certainly does not enhance the M. Greene The State Dept. of Transportation is responsible for the dis- posal of these dead according to Martin neer of maintenance and state aid Rissel said when his men see them they picked they don't see them because they aren't traveling on that particular road so if someone notifies his department the animals will be disposed of. Noisy Gardiner street in Richmond is in bad condition and very What adjustment is Mrs. R. Richmond Richmond town manager Raynold Blanchette said he doesn't know anything about the noisy He said the road is in bad shape but there isn't money in the budget to do the Blanchette said he had hoped to take care of that street this summer and had asked for more funds at the March town meeting but was He said he hopes money available to rebuild Gardiner street next valuation How do the Chelsea assessors qualify for their jobs For no apparent reason our valuation doubled this year when our remained the same or What gives the assessor his E. Chelsea First Selectman William Coitrone said all elected are automatically Their authority is given them by the Coitrone said last year the valuation on all buildings doubled and this year land taxes He added that anyone with a complaint may come to the meeting any Tuesday night at If officials find that the property has been incorrectly assessed the dent will receive an Swimming ban I would like to know the reason behind the school policy of not allowing the football team to swim at Togus swimming Why can't the coach take the team to a pool to I can't understand the reasoning behind it. A. Augusta School Board chairman Dr. F. Langdon Davis explained there is no policy specifically against the football team ming or not swimming at Togus there has been an unwritten policy against swimming by all school This policy was adopted by many schools some years ago after a drowning occurred during a school outing in an- other Davis said the specific football team incident happened while the entire question was under study by the school He noted that the Togus swim was not but and added that the coach didn't feel the policy was intended to cover such an He also said the board has been unable to come up with a administrable policy on swimming and that the matter has been turned over to the school administrators for He felt a good swimming policy will be mended and acted upon by the school HUD halts soles by Belgrade Lakes claims violation of land laws By DONALD R. LARRABEE KJ Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Claiming violations of the new Federal Land Sales Disclosure the Housing and Urban ment Department Thursday suspended further sales of lots in the Lakes near Interstate Land Sales Administrator George K. stein said the company agreed to the suspension following a conference in his office and has promised to try to correct the pending a formal hearing Dec. 4. In addition to falling to file tain required data relating to sewer and water facilities and property owner the Maine company also allegedly failed to disclose the fact that the Maine Bureau of mental Protection had obtained an injunction against ment of lots in the Long Pond Acres and Long Pond Acres West sections of the overall grade Lakes Richard H. director of the administrative proceedings branch of the Inter- state Land said the BEP injunction involved provisions for septic tanks and other environmental The interstate land sales full disclosure law requires that potential lot users be given a certain amount of factual information to enable them to make informed stein developer who fails to toe the line will face either or both civil and criminal action by our he The Belgrade Lakes Colony suspension resulted from a notice similar to one sent recently to several hundred developers throughout the Bernstein said it will remain in effect and unless such time as the developer makes the necessary corrective with the act and its He said that during this period of all sales activities will be in a separate said the problem in the Belgrade Lakes case stemmed largely from changes in the isolations last which required new Agnew watching the model Vice Spiro and West ginia Republican Gov. Arch A. Moore watched Connie Carter of W. model in an art class at Ben Franklin Career and Technical Education Center during a campaign swing Thursday in W. Va. information to be filed by April 1. Under the new companies which market land across state lines must file property reports with the federal agency similar to the registration statements required by the SEC from panies issuing The Belgrade group has been marketing heavily -in Heidermann Among other he noted that the Belgrade Lakes Colony had not disclosed that it had a common ownership with a group known no Belgrade Development Co. is affliction By DON McLEOD AP Political Writer Democrat Georee McGovern said Thursday the Vietnam war remains central affliction of foreign but President Nixon said the presidential election campaign will not influence we do at the negotiating In a White House news con- Nixon said the Vietnam peace negotiations in a sensitive but he declined to predict when or if a ment will be McGovern centered on- the war in a major campaign speech outlining his foreign icy He said if Nixon is re-elected the war drag on for years until it either ex- hausts or the people of MORE JAIL The Democratic presidential nominee also said a Nixon re- election would mean four more years in jail for these prisoners of war in In a speech to Cleveland's City said on tricked millions of Americans into thinking that we are staying in Indochina in order to get our prisoners out of their cells in when the way get them out is to end the McGovern said his tration would concentrate on agriculture and technical sistance and the kind of reflex interventionism that has foolishly involved us in the in- Continued On Pace 4) Meany gathers labor support to sit out election By NEIL AP Labor Writer AFL-CIO President George Meany Thursday appeared to have more support than lion from state labor groups on a policy of neutrality in the presidential campaign and his orders to stop urging the defeat of President and over the years he'll toe proven said President Benjamin sky of the Maine state too much ness in the labor movement over Presidential Nominee McGovern and Dorsky Most other state AFL-CIO leaders contacted echoed ilar support for though several renewed appeals that the 13.6-million-member bor executive cil reconsider its policy of and switch to an en- of Meany remained ing no sign of changing his He has sought to place the Colorado state AFL-CIO group under trusteeship for en- dorsing McGovern and edly has ordered at least a half dozen other state labor bodies who did not endorse but urged defeat of to rescind resolutions to The Massachusetts AFL-CIO Wednesday approved a tion urging defeat of but state council president Joseph A. Sullivan said he had re- no official reprimand from headquarters in If he does get a reprimand from tell him to put it in Sullivan and then refer it to the next meeting of the state executive The national AFL-CIO lost a bid in federal court in Denver to suspend Colorado AFL-CIO officers and put that state under but Meany issued a statement calling the court order and said that it would not affect AFL-CIO actions in other Meany also issued a ment deploring Thursday's r On Page 2 Col. 2) Vietnam talks are in s Nixon declines to predict eventual sell lenient in Paris NIXON WASHINGTON ident Nixon said Thursday that Vietnam peace negotiations in a sensitive but declined to predict when or if a settlement will be In a wide-ranging news con- he also uff his election tion charges and condemned as a threat to his pledge not to increase The President said his sonal re-election campaigning would be limited until Congress adjourns but he will make a radio address on the issue of taxes Aides said the 15 minute paid for by Nixon's campaign will be broadcast on the CBS and Mutual networks at p.m. In responding to a question about the possibility of a tiated Vietnam settlement be- fore the Nixon said the campaign will not influence we do at the negotiating He mentioned possible negotiation or unilateral tion with regard to a bombing Later he described as very great the Unilateral bombing halt ordered by Lyndon Johnson in 1968 be- cause it came without ments from the other are not going to make that mistake Nixon He referred to private negotiations but said both sides had agreed not to discuss their will only say that the are in a sensitive Nixon cannot predict and will not predict that they will or will not 1 cannot and will not predict when they will Nixon did not elaborate on what he meant by similar phrasing recently about private The President's comments came about 12 hours after his deputy assistant for National Security Maj. Gen. exander M. Haig returned from four days of secret con- with South mese leaders in And they followed by week an unusual two-day private session which tial adviser Henry Kissinger held with North Vietnamese of- in As he stood behind a black leather chair in his ing questions for 40 minutes in his first news five the he Is going to Sen. George charges of corruption in his ad- ministration by responding to adding that think the responsible members of the Democratic party will be turned off by this kind of will be no presidential tax but said he would forego On Pace 2 Col. 1) NRC leader quits Maine coast must be protected J n a jiffy 10 firms pay roughly 20% of city taxes By HARRY KJ staff Preventing further intrusions against the Maine coastline is the greatest challenge now ing the Natural Resources out- going executive tary Marshall F. Burk Today is Burk's last day as chief spokesman of the state's largest and most powerful conservation Asked to name the greatest environmental challenge h i s who has not yet been will Burk cited the need for legal protection of the He can always replant but there is only one coast of It could be one of the most productive areas for protein production to meet the food crunch that is going to come got to be We can't just allow it to be bolted shut with no trespassing The coast has got to be discreetly used for the benefit of not only the people of but for all the Burk was the first paid employe of what has grown to be an member The NRC was incorporated as an in- formal group in 1959 and stayed that way until March of 1967 when Carl Fenderson was hired as executive secretary on a temporary Burk succeeded him in August of that year and has been executive He says the greatest accomplishment of the NRC during those eight and a half years is the creation of the Wilderness On Pare 2 Col. 2) TODAY'S Late Index Page Pace 13 17 Aim Lasers 5 Social 8 If Sporte 10, 11 Crossword 13 Financial say 12 Gardner 17, IS TV 8 14 Today's chuckle is if you don't have to do tt Augusta's 10 largest taxpayers pay approximately 20 per cent of the city's total tax according to figures at the assessor's In round the 10 top taxpayers paid a total of 507 in real estate and personal property taxes out of a tax commitment of The biggest single taxpayer in 1972, as in previous is the Cental Power Co. Its 1972 of is about seven per cent of the total tax to be collected this year by the The rest of the 10 Statler Bates Sperry Bradley's Real Estate General Motors Kennebec Realty Kennebec Capitol and Lipman The next five are Into national Business Machine Realty Depositors and Development Corp. Some companies in the top 10 may not but are under a ferent Bradley's Real Estate Trust is the Plaza Shopping General Motors Trm is Holiday and Kennebec Realty is the shopping center with the exception of department The tax listed for Bates is actually only for personal it The real estate the plant itself is paid by a separate the Economic Development Together the tax to making it Wrd largest on Pare 2 CoL 5)
