Maine stores spar over Sunday sales amid employee shopping claims
King's Department Store in Biddeford drew 3000 shoppers Sunday in an employee shopping day. Manager John Stellmach says the sales were lawful since the public was not admitted, while authorities defer judgments. The case highlights Maine Blue Laws and cross state disputes as Bay State stores push Sunday openings.
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Larry Stains
King's Department Store
Biddeford
Maine
John Stellmach
Elm St
Exlains Stellmach
Stellmach
Joseph Brennan
King’s
William Donahue
King's
Mssachusetts
Bay State
Supreme Court
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Zayre
K Mart
Mammoth Mart
Marshall’s
N H liquor commission forecasts lower income this year
Concord New Hampshire the state liquor commission says rising costs and weaker sales will trim income about three million dollars below legislative hopes for fiscal 1977. Chairman Costas Tentas warned the forecast for fiscal 1978 and 1979 also falls short of prior projections due to tighter finances cheaper products and increased competition.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire Liquor Commission
Commission
Costas Tentas
Tentas
New Hampshire
Dukakis Bellotti clash over Sunday blue laws
Massachusetts leaders spar over enforcing 300 year old Sunday sales restrictions. Atty Gen Bellotti urges police to enforce blue laws while Gov Dukakis backs a Supreme Court amicus brief to overturn them. Dukakis cites constitutional questions and supports Zayre Corp suit.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Michael S. Dukakis
Supreme Court
Kis
Zayre Corp
al Raymond
Dukakis
Bellotti
State Supreme Court
Herbert P. Wilkins
Howard N. Smith
New England Electors Vote Amid Calls to Abolish College
New England members of the Electoral College cast 18 votes for Carter Mondale and 18 for Ford Dole amid debate over abolishing the system. States like Massachusetts Rhode Island Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Connecticut split between Carter and Ford while officials voiced both support for reform and defense of the college.
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Actees Press International
New England
Electoral College
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Gerald Ford
Robert Dole
Carter
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Ford
Gloria Schaffer
GOP
Howard E. Hausman
Paul Guzzi
America
Republican National
Congress
Fred C. Scribner Jr
Portland
Scribner
Bomb found at Needham plant mirrors earlier courthouse blasts
A 19 stick dynamite bomb outside Union Carbide in Needham used identical components as bombs that exploded at Suffolk County and Middlesex County courthouses this spring and summer. Police say the Needham device matched earlier bombs down to the wiring and was disarmed after failing to detonate. A caller linked the attack to protests over blacks in Africa, signing with the Sam Melville-Jonathan Jackson Unit.
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Boston
UPI
Needham
Massachusetts
Union Carbide Corp
Suffolk County
Middlesex County
Lowell
Joseph Savino
Savnao
Union Carbide Corp. Phant
United Press International
Africa
Sam Melville-Jonathan
Sam Melville-Jonathan Jackson
Union Carbide
Dartmouth
Newbury
Coe Union Carbide
Nee Nah group meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Old Orchard
Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas met at Odd Fellows Hall on Old Orchard Street for a business session and planning. Pocahontas Mary Bean led the meeting as the charter was draped in memory of Lorena McDonald, Pearl oe, and Aldred Avery. Christmas party set for Monday December 20 with supper and gift exchange. Geneva Perrin and Phyllis Lefebvre received awards. Ada Phinney led a Christmas decoration craft during social hour. Mrs Bean served refreshments.
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Old Orchard Beach
Nah Council
Odd Fellows Hall
Old Orchard Street
Pocahontas
Mary Bean
Lorena McDonald
Portland
Pearl Oe
Dennysville
Aldred Avery
Bath
Geneva Perrin
Phyllis Lefebvre
Ada Phinney
Mrs. Bean
Wine drinking up as U.S. consumption soars
Americans drink 337 million gallons of wine annually and industry experts predict consumption will exceed 600 million gallons by 1980, with about 80 percent produced in the United States.
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U.S
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