Hooded men abduct and threaten WWII veteran over interacial couple
Leonard Harvard, 55, said hooded assailants abducted and beat him and warned he and the black couple he housed would be killed if they stayed. The World War II veteran refused to flee despite the threats in Lake Wales Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wales
Fla
Leonard J. Harvard
Harvard
Florida
Arvard
Liceman
Germany
FBI
John Paul Rogers
United Klans of America
Rogers
James Ingram
Marion
Ex PUC Chief Flairs Ford Bill
Maine outgoing Public Utilities Commission chairman Peter Bradford criticized the Ford administration’s rate setting bill as an unnecessary and expensive burden on electric customers. Bradford joined four other state utility heads before Senator Muskie to oppose the measure which would let utilities automatically pass future construction costs to consumers and would mandate the fuel adjustment clause.
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Washington
Maine
Public Utilities Commission
Ford Administration
Peter Bradford
State Utility Commission
Edmund Muskie
Bradford
PUC
Commission
Muskie
Biddeford Students Shine At State Mathematics Fair
Six Biddeford Junior High and John F Kennedy School students earned first and third place honors at the Maine regional Mathematics Fair held at the University of Maine Portland Gorham. Honors included Bruce Valliere first in Statistics rian Desmarais first in Geometry and Geometric Figures and Kim Corbeil Judy Dutremble third in Geometry. Eric Fournier and Brian Dixon received honorable mention for Teaching Aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
University of Maine Portland-Gorham
Bruce Valliere
Rian Desmarais
John F. Kennedy
Kim Corbeil
Judy Dutremble
John F. Kennedy School
Eric Fournier
Brian Dixon
Justine Cleary
Tammy Chaplin
Thomas LaFountain
Rita Stevens
Carolyn Rameau
Richard Labrecque
Sandra Bissell
Frances Dentico
Robert Harriman
William Zafirson
Lauri Lawson
Deaf Man Hears With Implanted Ear Device
A 62 year old deaf from birth can hear tones through electrodes in the inner ear. Utah and California researchers say pocket sized computers may enable artificial hearing for many deaf people. The experiment was announced at the American Society for AR organs meeting in Washington. A Utah engineer named Joe received eight platinum electrodes in the inner ear in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
California
Mladejovsky
American Society For Arare Organs
Washington
William H. Dobelle
University of Utah
Dobelle
Joe
Los Angeles
Pittston Offers Refiner Plan With Smaller Tankers
Pittston Co. says its oil refinery and tanker terminal at Eastport remain the best and safest option. A. F. Kaulakis testified the company would use smaller 100,000 ton tankers if the board requires, after previously seeking 250,000 ton supertankers. The board recesses until May 1 and 2 as hearings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Kaulakis
Hart Council Social Planned at Biddeford Hall
Hart Council Knights of Columbus met at Pool Street Hall Biddeford for a business session led by Grand Knight John Letourneau. Officers introduced included James Comber Leonard Levasseur Albert Carrier Lionel Hevey and more. News covered St Patrick’s dance communion breakfast Ladies Night April 19 and new member night April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke E. Hart
Knights of Columbus
Pool Street
Biddeford
John Letourneau
James Comber
Leonard Levasseur
Albert Carrier
Lionel Hevey
Richard Bolduc
Normand Boissonneault
Ray Dubois
Dave Donovan
St. Patrick’s
Grand Knight Letourneau
Knight Letourneau
Joseph Drapeau
Alfred Letourneau
Lucien C. Ruel
Onassis Daughter Denies Rumors About Will Dispute
Christina Onassis rebutted reports she is in conflict with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis over Aristotle Onassis’s fortune. She insisted her parents’ marriage was happy and denied any divorce plans. Her Athens attorney says she seeks $300 million from Stavros Niarchos, heir to his late wife.
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Paris
Ean Ty
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Christina Onassis
Miss Onassis
Jacqueline Onassis
Athens
Stavros Niarchos
New York Times
Onassis
Roy Cohn
Caroline
John Jr
John F. Kennedy
Maine Housing Authority taps 22 towns for 1975 subsidies
A tentative list of 22 Maine communities to join the 1975 subsidized housing program was released. Approval by area HUD offices is required, with final lists based on town resolutions consenting to federal housing subsidies. $2.2 million in HUD funds will subsidize rent for elderly and low income residents in built units. Towns include Bridgton Dexter Dover-Foxcroft Fairfield Howland Limestone Madawaska Madison Millinocket Milo Norway Paris Patten Richmond Rockland Searsport Skowhegan Cape Elizabeth Falmouth Lisbon Old Orchard Beach Saco.
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Augusta
Maine State Housing Authority
James E. Mitchell
Department of Housing and Urban Developement
State Housing Authority
Mitchell
Robert Senna
Lenna
Senna
Maine Housing Authority
Maine
HUD
Bridgton
Dexter
Dover- Foxcroft
Fairfield
Howland
Limestone
Madawaska
Madison
Millinocket
Milo
Norway
Paris
State of Maine Cruise Heads Toward Caribbean Ports
The MMA training ship State of Maine will depart Castine at 10 a.m. on May 1 with 288 midshipmen and 61 crew for a voyage to Vera Cruz and San Juan. Stops include Norfolk Baltimore Bermuda and Portland with engagements in trade shows and joint activities with Mexican naval schools.
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Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
State of Maine
MMA
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Vera Cruz
Mexico
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Naval
Maritime Academies
Mexico City
Norfolk
U.S. Naval Base
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Bethlehem Steel Key Highway
Bermuda
St. George
Portland
Pate
Academy
Maine
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Industry
William Charron
Frank Piveronas
DCI
Bruce Zimmerman
Laurence Coffin
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Flairs Ford Bill
BJHS
Roland J. Chasse
Hutchins
Saco, Maine
Johnson
Phil Mitchell
Auburn St
Springvale
Dennis Hall School
Alfred
Bolduc
Alfred St
Raymond Bolduc
Mark Bolduc
Stephen Muskie
Hart Council
Cohn
Housing Authority
Saco
Oob
Zahares
IGA Foodliner
Old Orchard Beach
State of
Saco Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Saco United Baptist Church
Main Street
Odd Fellows Hall
Kittery
Sun
Vic’s Appliance Center
Rototiller
M.T.D
Gilson
Kangoo
Bull Point
Thor
H.P
Mmr Em
Skil
MTD
New England Carbide
Remington - Wacker
Dayton - Lindsay
C.M.C
Jim Dandy
Dessa
Stone Construction Equipment
Carling Equipment, Inc
Stihl Chain Saws
Fred Tebbenhoff
Kinmond’s
Scammon Street
Cleantech Collect
Aerospace Engineers
CleanTech
Ferry Road
Schwinn
Quinn
Saco Ave
Halfway
B. Call
Ray Janson
Burrow
A&p
River Street
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