Joint Meeting on Saco Sewer Plan At City Hall
Saco City Council and the School Building Committee held a joint meeting to weigh sewage options for the new junior high. Proposals ranged from licensing discharge into Deep Brook to subsurface and honey wagon solutions, with blame flowing toward the state engineers and the Hunter-Ballew firm. The group noted no easy fix and halted work to test a $168,000 subsurface system after tracing plans to Whitman and Howard of Boston, who proposed a $48,000 solution and selected the Buxton Road site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Robert Shaw
Robert Hunter
Hunter-Ballew
Portland
Hunter
Boston
Whitman and Howard
Buxton Road
Sewage Problems Dialogue on Disposal Options and Plans
Unresolved and was accepted by the voters at referendum. After the site was purchased and on the basis of soil tests conducted by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, the original was rejected by Health and Welfare. Dow, Coulombe and Brown redesigned the subsurface disposal plan and explored several other options for sewage disposal. They did not recommend discharging treated effluent into Deep Brook after guidance from the Department of Environmental Protection. Preliminary plans for various disposal systems were considered including a honey wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Whitman and Howard
Health and Welfare
Dow, Coulombe and Brown
Hunter
Department of Environmental Protection
Spicer family plans new Cape Porpoise pier and bait house
The Spicer family proposes forming a corporation to build operate and maintain a new pier and bait house at Cape Porpoise. Construction cost is estimated at 80 000 to 100 000 with fishermen paying use fees and the town contributing annually. The plan includes a larger bait house improved access and a rebuilt pier raised for higher tides, aiming for completion before the busy summer season while noting some fishermen’s reservations and an alternate plan under discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Porpoise
Alfreda Spicer
Spicer
Whitehouse
Saco Funds Tied to Treatment Plant Fixes
Saco will not receive the final five percent of state and federal funds for the Factory Island and Front Street treatment plants until DEP and EPA approve both facilities. A March 14 inspection found issues at Factory Island, including screen clogging, probe, valve, and centrifuge malfunctions. City officials plan pump replacements or rebuilds with supplier cost bearers and seek a one year guarantee. main plant tests show discharge quality meets state license requirements, and staff label progress nearly complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
State Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Factory Island
Berton Braley
Front Street
Saco Tanning Corp
Dennis Purington
Timothy Crowley
Crowley
Dorr-Oliver
John Dexter
Nesbitt Takes GOP Spotlight in Maine Politics
James Nesbitt, 29, named executive director of the Maine State Republican Committee, leading GOP headquarters efforts amid Watergate fallout. He stresses two party stability, touts a statewide televised Platform Committee hearing, and notes increased voter scrutiny and party involvement as Maine Republicans push policy and outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Bath
James Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Maine State Republican Committee
GOP
Watergate
Maine
Margaret Chase) Smith
Sen. Smith
Washington
Sanford Planning Board OKs refinery zoning boost
The Sanford Planning Board approved adding a heavy industrial zone and rezoning 1200 acres under Gibbs Oil option from limited to heavy industrial and 300 acres from agricultural to heavy industrial. The 5 to 1 vote included a brief executive session, with Thomas Gagne the lone dissenter on tabling motion.
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Sanford
Sanford Planning Board
Gibbs
Town Hall
Planning Board
Thomas Gagne
Tornadoes Leave Wide Paths of Destruction Across States
Thousands race to rebuild after a night of twisters across 11 states and Canada left at least 310 dead, 4,000 injured, and 4,000 homes lost. Governors Ford and Wallace toured ruined towns as federal disaster designations opened low interest loans. Brandenburg and Xenia reported heavy losses with hundreds found homeless or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Wendell Ford
Brandenburg
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Canada
Ohio
Tennessee
Indiana
Nixon
Xenia
Gerald R. Ford
Power outages hit Xenia and region after TVA strike
The Xenia hospital treated 300 injured as power failed and TVA reported its worst damage in 40 years with half its 10500000-volt lines out. Repair crews worked but some communities remained without power. Gas lines were shut to prevent explosions. Central State University and Wilberforce in Ohio canceled classes indefinitely. Eastern Kentucky University asked students to go home until Monday.
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Ation
Jerry Egan
Xenia
Dayton
Tennessee Valley Authority
Central State University
Wilberforce
Ohio
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond
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Jacksonville
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Tippy Sue
Bobby
Charles Sullivan
Dexter
Maryline White
THE
Associated Press
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Georgia
Ontario
North Carolina
Michigan
Illinois
Virginia
Hillsdale
Mich
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James
Brenda
Ballard
Carolyn
Carolyn Holbrook
Monticello
Ind
Otis R. Bowen
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