Biddeford School Board seeks full state funding for handicapped center
The Biddeford School Board voted unanimously to apply for 100 percent state funding to build an addition to the vocational school. The Special Educational Services Center would serve Biddeford, Saco, the Kennebunks, Dayton, and Arundel, offering classrooms, therapy, counseling, and resource services for handicapped children and adults, with potential $300,000 state grant and added staff.
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Biddeford
Saco
Kennebunks
Dayton
Arundel
Hodge
Gay
Schoo
Gibbs Oil Endgame in Sanford Refinery Battle
An independent Gibbs Oil faces a pressure filled race to build a $450 million refinery in Sanford. The piece compares Gibbs to David versus Goliath as it battles Mobil and Exxon and argues energy capacity, environmental concern, and national need converge. Time is of the essence after three years and millions spent.
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Journal Publishing Corp
Alaska
North Slope
Middle East
West Texas
America
Gibbs Oil Co
Gibbs
Sanford
Mobil
Exxon
Kennebunkport Selectmen Meet as School Board Candidates Speak
Local meeting gathers Kennebunkport officials and school board hopefuls to share views. Candidates outline platforms while town leaders discuss upcoming agenda items and community concerns.
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Kennebunkport Selectmen
OOB School Board
Energy Guidelines Set For Biddeford Schools
Biddeford School Board approves closing all schools from December 21 to January 7 amid an energy crunch. Extracurricular activities, outside facility rentals, and gym use are canceled during extended Christmas vacation. A Paris trip in April by students and teacher Joseph Crrier remains undecided.
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Biddeford
Commissioner of Education
Andrew Frechette
Paris
Joseph Crrier
Unemployment Rises to 4.7 Percent in November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 200,000 more people employed or seeking work, pushing the jobless rate from 4.5 to 4.7 percent as the Arab oil embargo and slowing economy weigh on recovery. Adult men and women ages 16 to 24 show rising unemployment. blue collar and service sectors see the largest gains.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Cme
Ford Assumes Vice Presidency Celebrations and Formalities
Gerald R. Ford formally assumes his duties as the nation’s 40th vice president. He signs the papers, receives parking stickers, presides briefly, and hands the gavel to Sen. Dick Clark as Sen. George McGovern speaks on veterans education. A guest chaplain notes the occasion.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
George McGovern
D-S.d
Ford
Dick Clark
Iowa
C. Ralston Smith
Bethesda
Gerald Ford
Smith
Billy Graham
Nixon
Journal Reporter Remembers Pearl Harbor War Declaration
A first person reminiscence recalls receiving the alert on December 8 1941 as Congress declared war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack. The piece describes the newsroom chaos in Pontiac Michigan the drive to the newspaper and the lone vote against war by Jeanette Rankin.
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Congress
Japan
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Pontiac
Hawaii
Loui
Wire Room
Wire
Lou
Hickam Field
Oahu
Germany
Hong Kong
Guam
The
Phillippines
Wake and
Midway Islands
Jeanete Rankin
Montana
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Maine Teachers Association
Gilbert Boucher
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Lucien Dutremble
Gibbs Oil
Inside the Journal
Joe Harris
Dear Abby
Television
VP Ford
Maryline White
Michigan
Daily Press
Joan LaMontagne
Goosefare Hill
McDonald's Hamburgers
David Loranger
Webber
George Nutter
Webber Hospital
Susan J. la Montagne
Dick Danforth
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