Weather and vaccine policy details across New England
Maine and New Hampshire forecast fair tonight with lows in the upper 40s to 50s and highs mostly in the 70s and 80s. Vermont shows clear tonight with similar cool lows, mostly sunny Wednesday reaching upper 70s to low 80s. Southern New England extended outlook fair Thursday to Saturday with highs in the 80s and nights in the 60s. The article also covers a Ford administration vaccination plan aiming to immunize most Americans with 215 million doses, manufacturing by four firms, and insurer indemnity issues delaying rollout.
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Paul Rogers
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House Health Subcommittee
Petition drive vs city charter sparks debate in Saco
Cassette argues petition seeks amendment not revision and a charter review commission while Mayor Zaitlin notes general satisfaction. He cites several petitions possibly signed by up to 1,000 people but unclear if that many backs the drive.
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Charter Review Commission
Ayor Zaitlin
Saco
Viking probe heads to second Mars soil sample
Pasadena AP reports Viking 1 will collect a second dirt sample from Mars to test for organic molecules. The probe aims to deposit soil in its experimental package where a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer will look for signs of life or unusual chemistry.
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Mars
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Mars sunburn theory explains red planet
MIT researcher Dr. Robert L. Huguenin proposes iron minerals on Mars oxidize to ferric compounds under atmospheric oxygen carbon dioxide frost and UV light creating tiny rust flecks blown by wind. He estimates particles are about 100 times smaller than sand grains and notes Viking data suggest oxygen suffices for the process. A separate team studies a dirt sample in a mini lab where gas emission plateaus, challenging known biological or chemical explanations.
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Mars
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert L. Huguenin
Huguenin
MIT
MIT Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Gil Levin
Levin
Earth
Tax law cuts Saco veterans' property exemptions
Saco veterans have called the tax assessor after state legislation lowered their exemption this year. Assessor Robert Atwood notes the law reduces exempt value from 3500 to 2400, via a 60 percent assessed-value calculation. Citizens missing bills should correct addresses. bills must be paid regardless.
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Saco
Robert Atwood
Atwood
Biddeford youth receives six months for crash death
Joseph P. Cote 19 of Biddeford was sentenced to six months and one week in the Maine Correctional Center after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor death by violation in the December 6 1975 double fatal crash. Two teen passengers Judi Gemimatas 15 and Joseph Perrin 17 died of injuries. Original charges of OUI operating under suspension and reckless homicide were dropped.
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Maine Correctional Center
Windham
Joseph P. Cote
Proctor Road
Edward Stern
Cote
Judi Gemimatas
Portsmouth
N.H
Joseph Perrin
Old Alfred Road
Arundel
York County
Mysterious Illness Linked to Legion Delegates at Pennsylvania Convention
CDC experts monitor a swine flu like illness spreading among Legion convention delegates in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Dr. Michael Gregg notes symptoms resemble influenza but confirms nothing about swine flu yet. Fort Dix recruits also affected, triggering a nationwide fall immunization plan hampered by vaccine insurance issues. More than 10,000 attendees attend the convention as state hospital surveys tally casualties.
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CDC
Michael Gregg
Center
Fort Dix
N.J
Pennsylvania
Bachman
Health officials weigh swine flu link to Philadelphia outbreak
Berreth and Gregg discuss tracing sickened conference attendees in Philadelphia and a meeting where no cases occurred. CDC experts note influenza-like symptoms but caution that it is too soon to confirm a swine-type strain. They compare potential timing to past Asian flu and 1918-19 global pandemic.
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American Legion
Philadelphia
Michael Gregg
CDC
Ft. Dix
N.J
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Nader the Employer and His Network of Groups
Ralph Nader runs a small, tightly controlled network of groups with under 100 staff and a budget under $2 million yet wields broad influence through interlinked, often independent entities. He funds some groups personally, resists disclosure of income, and avoids interviews while maintaining direct control over his operations. Public Citizen and the Center for Study of Responsive Law anchor his efforts, with PIRGs and other allies contributing to a web described as an arm of a large influence machine centered on Nader.
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Associated Press
Ralph Nader
Nader
Pirgs
Lowell Dodge
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Center For Auto Safety
David Sanford
General Motors
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National Automobile Dealers Association
Corvair
Center For Study of Responsive Law
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Ader
New York State Consumer Protection Board
Ralph
Public Citizen, Inc
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