Kennebunkport Builds Toward New Building Code
Kennebunkport builders and the Building Code Committee pressed ahead with a draft code after seven months of work. The group debated item by item, seeking balanced rules for new construction and alterations, with safety features such as smoke detectors and basement bedroom egress windows under consideration.
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John Hanlon
Michael Lafavore
Kennebunkport
Arthur Thompson
Joseph DeTullio
Suit charges two Sanford officers with false arrest
Theresa Gendron sues Thomas Levesque and Gordon Paul for 30000 claiming false arrest and offensive contact during a July 14 1975 incident at an ex husband residence. The suit filed in York County Superior Court names the officers and notes they were responding to a disturbance call. The department says liability insurance will defend the officers.
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Bob Saunders
Alfred
Sanford
Theresa Gendron
Regin Saco
York County Superior Court
Thomas Levesque
Gordon Paul
Gendron
John Pride
Pride
Springvale
Danton seeks AG ruling on legislative authority over state issues
Sen. Peter Danton of Saco asks the Maine attorney general to define legislator powers to investigate state matters after being charged with unauthorized use of a closed highway on an unfinished I 95 segment. He argues the ruling could affect budget oversight and the right to sue the state.
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Pam Lansbury
Saco
Peter Danton
D-Saco
Maine Attorney General
Danton
Maine
The
Journal Tribune
Topsham
Gardiner
Egieter
Senate
John Ewing
Littering summons hit seven Old Orchard businesses
Seven downtown owners received court summonses in Old Orchard Beach for littering on Old Orchard Street. They face Biddeford District Court on June 16. One operator, Mrs Sam Checheba, claims unfair charges and cites closed shops and an ill husband. other owners weigh their legal options as police noted the incidents were recorded on Monday.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Street
Biddeford
Sam Checheba
Molko Department Store
Jaques Mosseri
Labelle Province
Old Orchard St
Janice MacLeod
Paul Tibbetts
Contract OK looms as CMP workers vote on deal
Striking Central Maine Power Co. electricians prepare to vote on a tentative contract after a 21 day walkout by 1,027 IBEW members. The agreement was reached with federal mediator John O D LaPoint present. CMP expects a vote by week end and for work to resume early next week.
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Augusta
Maine
CPI
Central Maine Power Co
John OD. LaPoint
IBEW
CMP
Peter Thompson
Biddeford CMP customers pay bills as usual
CMP district manager Kenneth Small says Biddeford customers continue paying their bills as the Union employer ads dispute portions of estimated bills. The 24,000 electricity bill is noted on this front with continued coverage on page 12.
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Pam Lansbury
Biddeford
Central Maine Power
CMP) Co
CMP
Kenneth Small
Almanac entries note births and history on June 8
The June 8 Almanac lists Frank Lloyd Wright born 1869, a 1869 patent for a sweeping machine, 1928 WGY TV schedule start, 1965 Ed White and Jim McDivitt orbital flight, and 1969 Robert Taylor death. Miami voters repeal a housing and employment ban on sexual orientation amid Anita Bryant led campaign.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Bo Nh
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ives McGaffney
Chicago
Schenectady
N.Y
WGY
Ed White
Jim McDivitt
Robert Taylor
Rhode Island escapee killed after high speed chase
A man described by police as one of Rhode Island's most dangerous criminals was killed yesterday after a high speed chase. He and two accomplices had escaped from prison. one accomplice was arrested, the other is at large. Earlier the trio tied up a family and stole their car during the getaway.
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Rhode Island
Today's chuckle from the Maine paper
An old timer jokes about how people used to rest on Sunday while now they treat Monday as a workday. The quip reflects a nostalgic view of past leisure and current hustle across the region. The item appears in a humor column within the Maine newspaper section.
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Anita Bryant
Florida
Save Our Children, Inc
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Robert Brennan
OOB
the Almanacky
United Press International
Miami
Fla
New England
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