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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1975
Page
6
In Metropolitan Toronto, union carpenters accepted a contract after a three week strike. The settlement adds 3.45 per hour in wages and fringe benefits over 30 months, with 57 percent of members voting in favor, including an immediate raise to 9.30 per hour.
Dr. Morton Shulman, an Ontario legislature member, said he gained entry to the Pickering nuclear generating station by an un-entrance and accessed the spent fuel bay last Friday. He warned a news conference that a fanatic with six sticks of dynamite could kill Metropolitan Toronto within two weeks, and said an engineer from the federal Atomic Energy Commission alerted him to the security danger.
A rifle taken to the state laboratory in Augusta for testing was not the weapon used to shoot at the McDonald's courtesy bus in Saco. Police say the rifle matched the calibre of the bullet but proved unrelated to the McDonald shooting. The bus service remains suspended until the gunman is caught, as authorities pursue leads from the $10,000 reward.
President Ford signs a seven year extension of the Voting Rights Act expanding coverage to 24 states with over five percent minority voting age populations including Mexican Americans American Indians and Asian ancestry. The measure preserves literacy test ban and requires federal pre clearance of district changes with federal registration and election examiners to oversee covered areas.
Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton recover from inhalation incident after splashdown and will meet President Ford. They will receive medical checkups in Hawaii then travel to Houston.
The Maine State Liquor Commission will hold a public meeting on August 11 at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Exit 8 Portland to hear complaints or suggestions about the commission and the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and to discuss proposed rule changes. Special focus will be on agency stores operations and new laws enacted by the 107th Legislature.
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