Weather Summary for England and Northeast US
England fair Monday and Tuesday with increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. Boston and Maine clear with lows near 40. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Mostly sunny with highs in the 50s and a 10 percent rain chance tonight. Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut clear tonight with lows in the 30s and near 40 along the coast. Sunday mostly sunny with highs in the 50s.
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Childfind Program Aims to Tap Federal Funds for Special Ed
Spencer leads Maine Childfind efforts to locate funds and establish regional support amid funding limits. The project uses data to qualify for part of a $3.1 million federal special education allotment in 1978, with York County as the pilot and SAD 71 chosen for its existing model program.
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Teamsters Strike Fallout Shuts Auto Plants and Hints at Wider Costs
The nationwide Teamsters strike continues as auto makers and other industries begin plant shutdowns. Meetings persist between Usery, union leaders, and Trucking Employers Inc. amid a tentative settlement with the Motor Carriers Labor Advisory Council and Irregular Route Carriers. The agreement includes a $1.65 hourly wage rise over 36 months, $17 weekly health and pension benefits, and an open-ended cost of living allowance. The raise translates to about $66 weekly in the third year for a 40 hour week.
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Usery
Trucking Employers Inc
Motor Carriers Labor Advisory Council
Roy Lane
Milwaukee Teamsters
Arson Suspected in Minor Hills Beach Cottage Fire
Fire officials in Biddeford investigated arson after a minor blaze damaged an unoccupied cottage at 146 Hills Beach Road. Firefighters arrived quickly and found a shattered bottle with a flammable liquid tossed through a side window. Alarm sounded at 8 30 p.m.
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Biddeford
Hills Beach Road
Second hearing on Saco budget set for April 12
Saco schedules its second budget reading for Monday evening April 12 in City Hall auditorium. The public may comment on 1976 spending and councilmen may amend the budget before voting. The finance committee will meet again beforehand and discuss possible changes, with capital improvements likely to include about 40 000 in aid to outside social service agencies.
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Saco
City Hall
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Sarelas Named New Bennington Town Manager
Louis Sarelas former town manager of Old Orchard Beach was appointed Bennington Vermont town manager. He resigned Claremont New Hampshire post effective May 1 and praised Bennington’s needs in sewage treatment water service extension landfill operation and recreational land. The 16 000 resident city hosts Bennington College and Kent was named Old Orchard Beach town manager.
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Louis Sarelas
Bennington
Sarelas
Claremont
N.H
Christopher Kent
Mssachusetts
Savelas
Bennington College
Kent
Old Orchard
Goodwill workshop on deinstitutionalization effects
Goodwill Industries and PORTLAND Abilities and Goodwill Inc present a public workshop on The Effects of Deinstitutionalization on the Client and the Community. Ronald Welch and Joseph Motta lead the session at Goodwill's Extended Employment Center 353 Cumberland Ave Portland. Admission is free and the public may contact John Fitzsimmons at 774-1309 for details.
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Abilities and Goodwill Inc
Ronald Welch
Bureau of Mental Retardation
Joseph Motta
Communit Social Workers
Bureau
Goodwill
Cumberland Ave
John Fitzsimmons
St Joseph class marks 21st reunion in Bay View Saco
Twenty two members of the 1955 GI class of St Joseph High School Biddeford attended a reunion at Villa Muir Bay View Saco. The gathering also served as a farewell for Sister Priscilla Roy bound for missions in Jardin des Pirhanas Rio Grande do Norte Brazil later this month. Sister Annette Nadeau organized a buffet social hour. Sister Priscilla Roy shared slides of her work in Brazil and received a gift from the group.
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Biddeford
Villa Muir
Bay View
Saco
Priscilla Roy
Jardin Des Pirhanas
Rio Grande Do Norte
Brazil
Annette Nadeau
School Lunch Menu Compilation Biddeford and Area
Readable menu fragment lists weekly meals for Biddeford High Junior High Elementary and several nearby schools. Entries include daily items such as open face meatloaf, grilled hamburgers, pizza, fishwich, corn chowder, spaghetti, ravioli, and various sides with milk or juice, noting multiple schools and dates.
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Biddeford
Saco Public Schools
St. Joseph
Mildred L. Day Memorial School
Maine Appropriations Split On State Worker Pay Plan
In Augusta the Appropriations Committee debates how to spend about nine million in pay raises for state workers and welfare funds. GOP and Democratic plans clash with unions backing Rep. Jalbert’s one dollar weekly across the board raise plus a cigarette tax hike to fund more pay. The Senate faces a Monday vote with no unanimity in sight.
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Maine
Maine Senate
Senate
Apperio Committee
David Guber
R-Falmouth
GOP
James B. Longley
Hay Associates
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Merrie
Louis Jalbert
D-Lewiston
Appropriations Committee
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Property repair funds available for Biddeford residents
Funds are available for low and middle income Biddeford property owners to repair and improve homes under a federal funded program. An informal neighborhood meeting is set for Thursday April 8 at 7 15 p m at the Ross Community Center to explain eligibility and subsidies.
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Biddeford
Robert Dodge
Dodge
Ross Community Center
Alfred and
Pool Streets
Judge Street
Cleaves Street
Cleaves
Water
Alfred
Main Streets
Wells Dollars or Scholars elect officers April meeting
Mrs. Roberta Castergine announced the Wells-Ogunquit Dollars or Scholars Fund will hold an annual election of officers Tuesday April 6 at 7 30 p m at Wells Junior-Senior High School. Attendees include interested parents citizens and committee members and students for a discussion of plans for the scholarship drive.
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Wells
Roberta Castergine
Wells-Ogunquit Dollars
Scholars Fund
Castergine
Vandals steal grave markers in Biddeford veterans lot
Joseph Zaitlin of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion post in Biddeford says vandals repeatedly steal bronze grave markers for veterans. The post considers replacing missing markers with cheaper plastic ones, as bronze markers cost about seven dollars each. Memorial Day decoration of veterans’ graves remains a yearly duty amid rising losses.
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Oseph Zaitlin
Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion
Elm St
Biddeford
Zaitlin
American Legion
Old Glory orders up prompt shortages and long waits
Royal Sheltra of Maine Office Supply in Biddeford notes flag demand has surged tenfold with five to six week waits for orders. A Pennsylvania factory lagged six months last fall while popular Bennington flags sell for about 14 dollars boxed with pole kit.
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Maine Office Supply
Biddeford
Sheltra
Pennsylvania
Bennington
Battle of Bennington
Massachusetts
Memorial Pa
Hypnotist Scare Sparks Exit At Opera House
Lieut Jeffrey revived Cote during a hypnotist show at the Opera House. Cote fled toward the door but was restrained and returned stageward. The next night Cote declined to volunteer again amid the same performance.
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Cote
Roderique
Lieut. Jeffrey
Opera House
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