Biddeford Votes Against Higher Mayor Salary in City Election
Biddeford voters narrowly rejected a charter change raising the mayor's pay from 6000 to 9500, with 1236 to 1164 in the municipal election. They also denied pay for school board members per meeting while approving a property valuation based limit tied to total assessed value to correct a charter violation.
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Biddeford
Lucien Dutremble
Dutremble
Christo Anton
Claire Malasnik
Jack Millette
Raynald Goulet
Robert LaBranche
Aristide Angers
Michael Bergeron
Fernand Genest
Norman Poirier
Richard Potvin
Gerard Rheault
Robert J. Paquette
Richard Lambert
William
Milk Price Rise Approved By Maine Milk Commission
The Maine Milk Commission approved an emergency order raising prices for retail wholesale and home delivery milk effective December 8. A quart increases three cents to at least 43 cents, a half gallon to 84 cents, and a gallon to $1.66, with the rise offsetting higher costs dairies pay farmers.
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Augusta
Maine
State Milk Commission
Maine Milk Users Association
Maine Milk Dealers Association
Dairies
CMP seeks 14.7 percent rate hike at Central Maine Power
CMP asks the Public Utilities Commission for a 14.7 percent revenue increase expected to add 21.7 million in annual revenue. If approved, the new rate would raise an average daily bill by about 15 cents. CMP serves over 340,000 customers in southern and central Maine. President E W Thurlow says the company has cut costs as far as possible without hurting service. The PUC last approved a smaller increase in May, after CMP sought over nine percent but received about seven percent. Thurlow warns without a fair return the utility will struggle to meet obligations.
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Augusta, Maine
Central Maine Power Co
Public Utilities Commission
CMP
PUC
Maine
Thurlow
Maine University System Under Fire For Costly Expansion
In Maine, high unemployment and taxes contrast with a 1966 push to expand state higher education. Critics call the seven campus system costly, staffed by 174 non campus officials, with presidents and a chancellor’s office, arguing the state cannot afford such a superstructure. Legislator Elmont Tyndale cites stark income gaps as he questions the salaries and governance of the U of Maine system.
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Bangor
Maine
U.S
Board of
Elmont Tyndale
R-Kennebunkport
Cape Porpoise
U of Maine
Saco Swears in Youngest Mayor and New City Leaders
Samuel Zaitlin is sworn in as Saco's youngest mayor at 27 and first Independent to hold the post. City Council members Cassette Hjort Foss Pendleton LeBlanc Hobbins Boucouvalas and new school board members Chisholm Milne Fisher take oaths. Officials pledge to serve the people, with meetings set and bids sought for tax loans.
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Saco
Saco Middle School
Samuel Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Zaitlin Fo
Joan LaMontagne
Robert Cassette
Richard Hjort
Stephen Foss
Charles Pendleton
O'Neil LeBlanc
J. Raymond Hobbins
J. Raymond Hobbins (D-Ward
William Boucouvalas
Dward
Anne Chisholm
Bruce Milne
Helen Fisher
Berton Raley
Bert Braley
Cassette
William Searle
Doris Keen
Ford Meets Mao in Far East Talks in Beijing
President Ford held an hour and 50 minute meeting with Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong described as earnest and significant discussions in a friendly atmosphere. The session, at Mao’s official residence in Zhongnanhai Park near the Forbidden City, lasted nearly twice as long as Mao’s 1972 talks with Nixon. Betty briefly joined.
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Ford
Mao Tse-tung
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People’s Re
China
Chungnanhai Park
Forbidden City
Richard M. Nixon
Mao
Betty
Kissinger blocks U S Cuban baseball exchange plan
Washington officials say Secretary Kissinger vetoed a proposed U S major league baseball tour of Cuba aimed at thawing ties. The plan faltered over Cuba’s Angola involvement, Puerto Rican independence demands, and a UN vote linking Zionism with racism. If relations improve, the game could still be possible next March.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Angola
Puerto Rico
State Department
Havana
Kissinger
Cuba
United Nations
Sports Illustrated
Barry Jagoda
New York
Richard Cohen
Dallas
U.S
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Co City
Jagoda
Cohen
Bowie Kuhn
ABC
Ford
Fidel Castro
George McGovern
D-S.c
Castro
Bankrupt store’s two week venture labeled “Opened by mistake”
A storefront declared bankrupt after only two weeks of operation. The sign “Opened by mistake” mirrors the abrupt turn in business fortunes. Local observers note the quirky, candid message reflects the short lived venture and financial strain.
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Alan Casavant
Andrew Frechette
Roger Cote
Donald Duck
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Rhode Island
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Industrial Commission
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Berton Braley
Braley
Dick Danforth
Susan
George Bush
Brent Scowcroft
Joseph J. Sisco
Philip Habib
Winston Lord
Ogre
Richard Solomon
National Security Council
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Scowcroft
Lord
White House
Teng Hsiao-ping
Li Hsien-nien
Chiao Kuan-hua
Huang Chen
Wang Haijung
Tangen-sheng
Chang Han-chih
Arief
Peking People’s Daily
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New England News
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