Antique Shops Threatened Hallowell Battles State Over Proposed Highway
Hallowell Maine residents rally to block a four lane highway through the downtown area. Mayor Robert Stubbs says the plan has deterred investors and could ruin the antique center, a concern debated since the 1950s.
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Hallowell
Hallowell, Maine
Maine
Robert Stubbs
Kennebec
Augusta
United States
Max
Wilburta Johnson
Johnsons
Stubbs
Maine potato costs rise despite smaller national crop
U S Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz told a Augusta Maine audience that potato prices will rise at retail due to a smaller national crop even as farmers gain relief from improved rail shipments. He urged rail and interstate commerce reforms to aid freight and truck transport amid ongoing nationwide transportation problems.
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Augusta
Maine
U.S. Agriculture
Earl Butz
Utz
State Department of Agriculture
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
Wells High School bids latest. Wiley Construction leads
Wiley Construction Co of Scarate tops bids for Wells High School project with 2,133,517 dollars base bid. budget 2,261,900 dollars. Board to award contract and decide on seven alternatives affecting cost. several other bids under budget.
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Wells High School
Robert Saunders Journal
Wells
Thomas Vose
Wiley Construction Company
Scarate Wiley
Vose
Wiley
Profenno Construction Co
Portland
Cimino Construction Co
Falmouth Foreside
Bonnette, Page, and
Stone
Portsmouth
N.H
Raymond G. Mons
Passamaquoddy Take Over Maine Forestry Building
Passamaquoddy leaders seize a state forestry building on their reservation in eastern Maine as about 300 demonstrators gather. Gov. Longley orders state withdrawal after talks. tribal Gov. Sockabasin asserts ownership and accuses the state of breaking its word by moving ahead before August 25 decision.
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James Longley
State Fire Service
Passamaquoddy
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Allen Sockabasin
Sockabasin
CPRR Job Complaints Reported
The Maine Employment Security Commission will conduct a second investigation of railroad labor practices at a Piscataquis County project. Sen. Edmund Muskie says he received daily complaints from American workers about Canadian machine operators shifting positions and limiting job opportunities. He also seeks scrutiny of a promised training program for American workers on the Brownville Junction site. The earlier commission probe had led to more American jobs and a drop in Canadian workers from 65 to 31.
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Washington
Maine Employment Security Commission
Piscataquis County
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Brownville Junction
Muskie
Commission
Telephone Rate Hike Hearing Set
The Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing on September 19 at 10 a.m. in the Stewart Library Corinna on a 55.7 percent revenue increase requested by West Penobscot Telephone Co. The firm serves 900 customers in Corunna Stetson North Newport and Etna and would delay any raise until January if approved.
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Augusta
Maine
Public Utilities Commission
West Penobsco Telephone Co
West Penobscot
Corunna
Stetson
North Newport
Etna
James B. Longley
PUC
Stewart Library
Corinna
Woodland Water & Electric seeks court relief to pay bills
Woodland Water & Electric Co asks the U S Bankruptcy Court in Portland Maine for help paying maturing bills. The petition cites a directors meeting and is signed by Senator Richard N Berry Jr of Cape Elizabeth as president and principal stockholder. The filing lists 1.3 million in assets and 723 392 in liabilities with 347 769 secured. The utility serves 866 power customers and 568 water customers in Woodland Washington County Maine.
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Portland, Maine
Woodland Water & Electric Co
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Richard N. Berry Jr
Cape Elizabeth
Woodland Water & Electric
Washington County
Woodland
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Daniel . Chase
Wells School Building Committee
Sepocasentaty
Wilbur Ingalls
Supt. Vose
Robert Littlefield
Sid Wentworth
Kenneth Jackson
Maine Bureau of Public Improvements
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