Saco clocks in on schedule after ice storm misled town
Officials act to fix the nineteenth century City Hall clock after an ice storm froze its mechanism. A Massachusetts repairman will rewind and oil the motor, with a $150 service fee expected. City records note the clock was electrified years ago to avoid winding. Residents have endured misreadings of 11 30 for months, awaiting accurate time twice daily.
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Saco
Hobbins
Massachusetts
City Hall
Press Room Becomes Biddeford Eatery In Old Journal Buildin
Biddeford readers will soon have The Press Room a new restaurant opening in the Old Journal Building. Owners Joseph LaRochelle and David Sewall promise a limited dinner menu about ten entrees with steak and fish and lunch offerings of sandwiches and daily specials. They emphasize high quality at good prices with house sauces and home baked breads.
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Journal
Biddeford
Joseph LaRochelle
David Sewall
Sewall
Saco Brothers
Biddeford Council Keeps Pool Beach Talks On Hold
Biddeford city council again votes to table negotiations on the Pool Beach property after debate over recording the motion. Councilor Bergeron urged reopening talks while Frechette and Casavant warned talks could jeopardize adjacent land interests. The council had earlier directed its lawyer to pursue court action on the eminent domain matter.
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Biddeford
Pool Beach
Luc Angers
Angers
Roger Cote
Michael Bergeron
Pool Beach Association
Bergeron
Roger Frechette
William Zuke
Alan
Casavant
Marie-Joseph
Zuke
A.H. Gower
James Longley
Marie- Joseph
Herb Hartman
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
Goweretter
Hartman
Biddeford Pool Improvement Association
Richard Lambert
Lambert
The
Tees Land
Robert Paquette
Portland
Barnett Shur
Wisconsin New York results test Carter Jackson in party split
In Wisconsin Carter leads with 37 percent as Udall trails, while Jackson wins big in New York with 41 percent of delegates. Udall loses momentum, leaving a three way race setup for Pennsylvania. Humphrey looms as potential late-entry option if no clear leader emerges.
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Walter R. Mears
Jimmy Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Wisconsin
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Morris K. Udall
Washington
Sen
Jackson
Udall
ABC
NBC
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Humphrey
Minnesota
Saco to upgrade Factory Island plant with state aid plan
State DEP official says Saco must upgrade its Factory Island sewage plant and add a secondary treatment unit aided by state and federal funds. A consent order will set a timetable and a pilot incineration project funded locally and by the tannery user.
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Saco
Factory Island
State Department of Environmental Protection
Jephen Groves
DEP
Groves
Saco Tanning Corp
Congress
Coffin and Richardson Engineering
John Dexter
Television's first long distance demo marks 1927 date
On April 7 1927 an audience at Bell Labs in New York viewed the first successful long distance TV demonstration. Secretary Hoover appeared in Washington and was both seen and heard clearly. The item notes other historical events on the date and related anniversaries.
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Associated Press
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Congress
Mississippi
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Mediterranean
Peking
China
Hughes Buried At Secretive Sunrise Rites
Howard Hughes was buried at sunrise in secret rites while questions lingered over a will for his estimated $2 billion estate. In a separate event, China’s Chairman Mao Tse tung dismissed First Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping from all party and government posts after months of campaign and recent pro Teng demonstrations in Peking.
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Howard Hughes
China
Mao Tsetung
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng
Heart of
Peking
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Oklahoma
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McCormack
Reagan
Hughes Buried
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