Trouble at Port over firing of workers
Kennebunkport residents clash with Highway Commissioner Harold Smith as he fires two workers Wayne Leach and Theodore Campbell A hearing is set for 3 p m with both sides present Leach says budget funds cover his operator mechanic position and contests the firing Campbell says he refused weekend dump duty and was dismissed The Selectmen delay any decision pending the hearing with Smith unavailable for comment.
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Kennebunkport
Highway Department
Harold Smith
Wayne Leach
Theodore Campbell
Leach
Smith
Campbell
Open campus ends at Old Orchard Beach High School
Old Orchard Beach High School will switch from open to closed campus after spring break with the campus closing April 26. Principal Jerome LePelletier says students with free periods may no longer leave grounds as the district returns to traditional norms. The change follows a three year open campus experiment to ease overcrowding, with study halls to be expanded into a larger, stricter room and a wall removed to create space. Some students oppose the shift, while others see benefits for class attendance and structure.
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Old Orchard Beach
Oobhs High School
Jerome LePelletier
Lepelletier
Greg Holland
Sue Bourassa
Budget figures hush as Biddeford school talks begin
Superintendent William ONeill asks the finance committee and school board to keep preliminary budget figures confidential while negotiations with teachers continue. Mayor Dutremble chairs both bodies and moves to executive session as members review 1975 appropriations and 1976 requests.
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Biddeford
Finance Committee
William O'Neill
Neill
O'Neill
Lucien Dutremble
O Neill
Asp
Dutremble
Paul Gobeil
Martin Reilly
Robert Paquette
Fernand Genest
Dissolution movement advances in SAD 71 area
In Kennebunkport a group of 20 citizens pushes for a referendum on dissolving SAD 71 and for a new vote on the proposed high school. Backed by local selectmen, the plan anticipates possible steps if the Superior Court dismisses the appeal. Continued on Page 8.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Maine Supreme Court
Spring Fever and Odd News in a Photo Parade
A collage of odd spring scenes includes a circus couple embracing in New York, Senator Edward Brooke dancing with Elizabeth Taylor at an Iranian Embassy party, Jimmy Carter at a Allentown Easter Bunny event, Kissinger with Polly Bergen, and a bronze statue cut from Boston Common. The report notes the statue was later confirmed as refurbishment work, not theft, and laments the season’s distracting headlines.
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United Press International
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York
Madison Square Garden
Massachusetts
Edward Brooke
Elizabeth Taylor
Washington, D.C
Jimmy Carter
Allentown
Carter
Polly Bergen
Henry Kissinger
Associated Press
Boston Common
Alan Austin
Boston
Parks and Recreation Department
Austin
Boston Art Commission
Ford's life threatened by woman headline case
Secret Service agents arrested a 27-year-old woman at her Greenville home on charges of threatening the life of President Ford. Ford was due in Dallas that evening for campaign appearances. The suspect was taken into custody after agents acted on a tip and planned to arraign her the next morning. No details on the threats were released.
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Dallas
Secret Service
Ford
Greenville
Why the U S Army chose Belgian gun contract
House Armed Services Committee will take weeks to finish its probe into the U S Army decision to award a $30 million machine gun contract to a Belgian firm over Marement Corp of Saco Maine. The investigation covers testing results, adherence to Buy America, and public interest.
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House Armed Services Committee
U.S. Army
Saco
Marement Corp
Maine
William Cohen
David Emery
Rep. Cohen
House
Armed Services Committee
Melvin Price
Army
Belgium
Appropriations Committee
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
Historic highlights mark April 9 across years
On this date in 1865 Civil War ended with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. In 1833 the first municipally funded public library opened in Peterborough New Hampshire. In 1939 Marian Anderson drew 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from Constitution Hall. In 1940 Germany invaded Norway and Denmark. In 1942 Allied forces on Bataan were overwhelmed by Japan.
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Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
Peterborough
N.H
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Marian Anderson
Constitution Hall
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Bataan
Philippines
Carter Apologizes for Ethnic Purity Remark During Campaign
Democratic presidential hopeful Jimmy Carter apologized for using the phrase ethnic purity after remarks in South Bend. At a Philadelphia news conference he called the term a very serious mistake and suggested his intent was to refer to neighborhoods with ethnic character and heritage rather than exclusive residency. He clarified he does not seek government interference to enforce ethnic purity and said the issue was about avoiding intrusion of alien groups into neighborhoods.
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Jimmy Carter
Philadelphia
South Bend
Allentown
Carter
That Kid Eats All Day in New Father's Slice of Humor
Cartoon page teaser notes a light quip in today's paper about a baby feeding whims. The joke features a new father-in-law lamenting the child's constant hunger as a family joke. Weather, sports, and other sections are listed for today.
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