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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1976

Page

6

Peace march underway in Boston amid violence protests

Thousands joined a downtown march in Boston against violence at the Boston Common. Mayor White urged unity while leaders discussed swift action on racially charged violence, indictments to go to Superior Court grand jury, and a new multiagency law enforcement unit.

Boston Charles and Beacon Street Boston Common Kevin H. White Louise Day Hicks ROR Restore Boston Police Patrolman’s Association Dukakis Francis X. Bellotti

N H man enters no plea to charge of kidnaping

Carl LeChel of Raymond, 32, appeared at a probable cause hearing in Derry on charges he kidnapped 7 year old Christine Johnson, then threw her from an overpass into the Merrimack River. Bail remained 50,000 dollars. case to Rockingham County Superior Court for trial. Christine identified LeChel as her abductor. Massachusetts authorities plan attempted murder charges. The incident was linked to a personal vendetta against the girl's father Donald Johnson. Christine was not seriously injured.

Boston W. Arthur Garrity Jr Dukakis State House Boston University Joseph Connolly Charlestown Police Patrolman’s Union Derry N.H Carl LeChel Raymond George Grinnell Rockingham County Merrimack Haverhill Mass Massachusetts LeChel Christine Chrissy William McDonald Donald Johnson Iry

Maine officials oppose Shiller Plant coal to oil shift

Maine state and local leaders warned the conversion of Portsmouth New Hampshire Shiller Generating Plant from coal to oil would worsen air pollution in southern Maine. They cited health and environmental risks across the Piscataqua, urging caution despite federal pressure to convert several plants to coal.

Portsmouth N.H Maine U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Shiller Public Service Company of New Hampshire Public Service Federal Energy Administration Piscataqua River Eliot Kittery U.S David Emery William R. Adams Jr Department of Environmental Protection Walter Hichens

Health care aid on way from budget reforms

Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, head of the Senate budget committee, says budget reforms will shift federal money toward human services and health care. He urges consolidation of health programs and highlights home health care as a major need, noting only 1 percent of Medicare funds go to home health and about 100 hospitals offer it. He cites costs of $300 million to $500 million for expanded home services and cites legislative failure to pass such aid.

Augusta Maine Edmund S. Muskie Muskie Senate Maine Democrat Maine Home Health Aide Council

N H Fast Day honors war dead

Governor Meldrim Thomson ordered all state flags lowered to half staff on Fast Day to mourn 50,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. The observance marks an official New Hampshire holiday begun in 1681 and formalized as a legal holiday in 1899.

Concord N.H Meldrim Thomson New Hampshire John Cutts Portsmouth Homson

Personal Robert St. Ours Hospitalized at Pease Base

Robert St. Ours of 74 Pool Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Pease Air Force Base Hospital in Newington New Hampshire.

Robert St. Ours Pool St Biddeford Pease Air Force Base Hospital Newington N.H

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