Saco Mayor Proposes Travel Expenses Policy Clash
Saco Mayor Samuel Zaitlin seeks authority for mileage and travel costs on city business, arguing for reimbursement without council approval. Councilor Robert Cassette and the finance committee oppose unvetted expenses, refining policy to require prior authorization. Budget talks conclude with no increase for mayor and council, while controversy continues over mileage and meals allocations.
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Susan Morrison
Saco
Samuel Zaitlin
Robert Cassette
Zaitlin
Toan
Cassette
Imminent TWUA strike in Biddeford textile firms
Talks in Boston aim to avert a strike as the Textile Workers Union of America negotiates with Biddeford Textile Co and West Point Pepperell Inc. The one year contract expires at midnight with 700 workers affected. Union officials meet with FMCS to resolve the impasse and broadcast updates on WIDE.
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Boston
Biddeford Textile Workers
Alex Anastasoff
Textile Workers Union of America
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services
Biddeford Textile Co
West Point Pepperell Inc
Anastasoff
T.W.U.A
Biddeford
Humphrey insists he is not a candidate for anything
Former vice president Hubert Humphrey speaks at an ASNE event denying any presidential bid. He says his present judgment is not to enter primaries and cannot predict change. He notes no authorized committee exists and he would handle all campaign efforts personally.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene C. Patterson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Times
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Minneapolis
Humphrey
Senate
ASNE
William Eaton
Chicago Cily News
Theilwaukee Ymca
Sen
Henry M
Jackson
Pentagon
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Iowa
Udall frames jobs as key to cutting crime in campaign tour
Morris Udall tells Milwaukee police audience that jobs reduce crime, a central theme echoed at labor events and in Harlem. He stresses law and order, bipartisan concerns, and argues unemployment drives urban unrest while aiming to survive Wisconsin primary challenges.
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Don McLeod
Morris Udall
Milwakee
Milwaukee
Udall
Arizona
Harlem
New York
Washington
Israel
Mo Udall
Tom Riley
Green Bay
Wis
New York City
Scarscale
Wisconsin
Carter
Today in History highlights from 1865 to 1959 events
The item recalls Lincoln's death in 1865 and his assassination night, Lincoln calling out militia in 1861, Roosevelt burial in 1945, Castro's 1959 U.S. tour, and Franklin Franklin's Saratoga journey. It notes San Francisco police action in a municipal strike and reports from Kennebunk Bowdoin parole slated April 21 with eight months served.
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Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Fidel Castro
Washington
U.S
Benjamin Franklin
Saratoga
Threeman
Continental Congress
Canada
Frankli
San Francisco
Kennebunk
Warren Bowdoin
Thomaston
Bowdoin
Subdivision moratorium urged pending town plan in Kennebunkport
Conserva tion Commission and Planning Board push a moratorium on new subdivisions until the town's comprehensive plan is updated. A joint resolution seeks a town meeting vote within 60 days of an April 29 public hearing on sewer expansion, potentially blocking new subdivisions for two years.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
The
Conservation Commission
Planning Board
Wallace Reid
Reid
Budget Board
Selectmen
Commission
Sterling Dow III
Rowth
Cape Porpoise
Wildes District
North Street
Old Orchard Beach Considers Fire Pole Purchase
The town council debates a brass two story firehouse slide pole costing 3485 dollars and its procurement after Chief Thomas Smith says Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante authorized delivery without competitive bids as required by the charter.
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Old Orchard Beach
Thomas Smith
Fire Department
Smith
Jerome Plante
Chief Smith
April IRS humor in cartoon and columns section
A playful note in the paper jokes that April is tough for Americans as even a windfall ship needs the IRS to help unload it, reflecting light editorial tone across cartoons and classifieds.
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IRS
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