Biddeford Airport Jet Field Expansion Fund Sought
Senator Marcotte seeks $100000 from the General Fund to extend Biddeford Airport runways to 5000 feet and pave a crosswind strip, with lights beacon taxiways and instrument approach. The total project costs about $400000 with city state and federal funding and a FAA grant already awarded.
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Biddeford
Augusta
Guy Marcotte
Apoc Oe
Biddeford-Saco
General Fund
Gilbert Boucher
Metal
Sen. Marcotte
State Planning Office
Saco
George Desroberts
Kennebunk Vor Desroberts
FAA
Jets Collide Over Golf Course Killing 16
A NASA plane and a Navy aircraft collided midair above Mountain View California, plummeting to the Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course where 16 crew members were killed and one was critically injured. Firefighters described flames 30 to 40 feet high and a blackened wreckage. No golfers or staff on the course were hurt. A Navy investigation board was formed.
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Mountain View
Calif
Ron Kimball
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
David Frame
Sunnyvale Municipal
Board of Investigation
Moffett Field
Moffett
Bill Brand
Ketchum
Idaho
Rand
Denny Castillo
PO 3
Bruce N. Mallibert
Mallibert
Kimball
Road Dam and Bridge Plans Highlight K Port Meeting
Kennebunkport officials outlined a series of projects including an aerial survey by Avis Air-mapping, parking lot repairs by Wright Pierce and Thompson, and a proposed Ocean Avenue bridge over Fairfield Brook with construction possible in spring 1974. A public hearing will precede construction.
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Kennebunkport
David Walley
Board of Selectmen
Avis Air-mapping Co
Wright Pierce and Thompson
Topsham
Maine
Walley
Ocean Avenue
Fairfield Brook
Port Lobster Co
Selectmen
Zoppo Constructions
Bryan Lynch
Highway Commission
John Bradford
Paul Whitten
Maine Street
Nixon to release 507 million in impact aid to districts
The Nixon administration announced the release of 507 million dollars in impact aid for about 4,650 school districts near federal installations. HEW will detail distribution later, with 68 million for Tropical Storm Agnes relief and pro rated entitlements based on district categories A and B.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
U.S. Office of Education
Biddeford Citizens Evaluate K-8 Program Progress
A citizens and teachers evaluation of Biddeford K-8 education met at John F. Kennedy School. Committees reviewed progress, with final reports due to the school board. Critics cite communication gaps and wealth distribution concerns while noting potential costly recommendations and a summer final report.
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Citizens’ Committee
Biddeford
John F. Kennedy School
Marshall Cohen
Cohen
Citizens Committee
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle Sign in a Record Shop
A humorous line from Inside The Journal notes a display may read Used wocente. for sale placing a quirky misprint in a local record shop.
Queen Elizabeth 2 Transformed Into Floating Fortress
The QE2 sails to Israel on a month long cruise guarded by a private armed force. Twenty Marine commandos and bomb experts join crew, with two dozen American detectives aboard as fear of terrorist attacks grows among the 900 crew and 1,700 passengers. Cunard pledges danger money and survivor benefits amid sealing, mine checks, explosive sweeps, and naval escorts through Lisbon and Majorca.
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London
Israel
Securit
QE2
Ray Digweed
Cunard Line
Cunard
Oscar Rudwick
Navy
Southampton
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Lisbon
Majorca
British Raid 100 Homes For Irish Bomb Makers
London police with dogs and 500 detectives raided over 100 homes in six cities including London Glasgow Birmingham Manchester Liverpool and Coventry at dawn in a hunt for IRA bomb experts. Fourteen men were questioned and timing devices found. Separate clashes in West Belfast saw gunmen exchange fire with no reported casualties.
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London
Scotland Yard
Glasgow
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Coventry
Scotland
England
Dublin
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Maryline White
York County
Boucher
Berton Braley
Peter Ciofti
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Everett B Thurlow
Tek-Rep Inc
Kennebunk
Clayton Cartmill
Dick Danforth
Sen
NASA
K-Port
San Francisco
By Christopher Couch
Citizen's Committee
Inside the Journal
Abby
George Mitchell
Queen Elizabeth 2
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
West Belfast
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