Drought Echoes of Maine's 1947 Fire Crisis
The piece recalls Maine's 1947 wildfire horrors as southern Maine endures dry spells and warns a new drought could trigger a repeat. Firefighters like Anna Woodward stress rain as essential, with former firefighter Kenneth Day and Maine Fire Control Director Albert Willis urging calm but vigilance.
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Anna Woodward
Kenneth Day
Limerick
Journal
Albert Willis
Maine
Weather Bureau
Five Points
May Street
Saco-Lowell, Pepperell, and
Bates Manufacturing
Truman
Bradford Woodward
Navy Yard
Mt. Hope
Anna
Ford calls for economic summit to curb inflation
President Ford urges Congress to act within 10 days to revive wage and price monitoring tools and plans an economic summit. He vows a balanced budget in fiscal year starting July 1 and seeks bipartisan support to cut government costs while keeping a strong defense.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Fords
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
David
First
San Clemente
Calif
House
Fond
Pentagon
Cypriot Talks Fail In Geneva
In Geneva the ministerial meeting to hear Turkey's final proposal on Cyprus was canceled amid deadlock. Glafcos Clerides hinted at a possible meeting midweek while Greece and Britain discussed a 48 hour recess. Ankara awaited a Cyprus solution decision by midnight as U S pressure mounted.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Cyprus
Turkey
Glafcos Clerides
James Callaghan
Greece
Turan Gunes
United Nations
Ankara
Bulent Ecevit
Athens
U.S
Henry Tasca
Constantine Caramanlis
Smaller Harvest Signals Higher Food Prices Across U S
Economists cite the Agriculture Department report showing a 1974 corn harvest near 4.97 billion bushels, 12 percent below last year, with drought and rain reducing soybeans. Nebraska Governor Exon warns prices will rise next year as cattle costs grow and beef shortages loom.
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Agriculture Department
Richard Lyng
American Meat Institute
Dawson Ahalt
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
New Orleans
Butz
Midwest
S. Lyng
J. James Exon
Nebraska
Glenn Kreuscher
University of Missouri Agriculture
William Murphy
Saco Seeks State Funds to Widen Bay View Road for Ferry Beach Park
Saco officials pressed to secure state road funds to widen Bay View Road and reclassify Route 9 as a state aid road, clearing the way for Ferry Beach State Park development. The move hinges on state financing, with possible park opening by late 1975 or 1976 if approved.
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Saco
Bay View Road
Route 9
Ferry Beach State Park
Berton Braley
John Dexter
Dexter
Route 1
Goosefare Brook
Ferry Road
Joseph Deering
Ford delivers inflation focused state of the Union address
President Ford pledges a cooperative effort with Congress to tackle inflation calling it Public Enemy No 1 while signaling frugality in government spending and a break from the previous administration’s privacy intrusions. Muskie says he will wait to judge inflation burdens.
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Gerald Ford
Congress
Presidency
Fern
United States
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Inside The Journal Building Notes
A reader’s page preview highlights the sections on pages 8 9 with cartoons on 13 14 15 and a Crossword Puzzle on 13 Dear Abby on page 5 plus editorials and a chuckle column. The note asks what could deter weather if the famous saying seems incomplete.
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