Dutremble Wins After County Recount in York County
York County Sheriff Richard Dutremble regained his post after a recount narrowed a 161 vote lead for Republican Clinton Wesley Phinney Jr. to Dutremble by five votes. Phinney conceded after 1,847 disputed ballots were reviewed, with Cragin Jr. noting the ballots tilted the result.
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York County
Richard Dutremble
Clinton Wesley Phinney Jr
Eliot
Phinney
Secretary of State
Dutremble
Bose
Charles Cragin
Elections Commission
Commission On Governmental Ethics and
Greenwood Ave
Biddeford
Alfred
Kittery
Port town votes to approve town manager form
Voters approved the town manager form by 258 to 50 in a referendum at a special town meeting. The search for a town manager will begin now with a goal to fill the post early next year. The meeting denied requests to transfer funds from unappropriated surplus to balance seven town accounts and to pay a $25,000-plus out of court settlement. The town faces questions from residents and a state auditor about unappropriated surpluses, notes payable, and last year’s debt and interest balances, with an audit planned for mid to late January.
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Kennebunkport
Harold Hanson
Selectmen’s
Hanson
Selectmen
John Spita
Spita
State Department of Audit
Robert Redman
Redman
Tanker Argo Merchant Threatens Hull Split Off Nantucket
Abandoned Liberian tanker Argo Merchant, 640 feet long with 7.6 million gallons of No 6 fuel oil, remains aground 27 miles off Cape Cod’s Nantucket Shoals. Coast Guard warns hull stress may worsen as oil leaks due to rough seas while insisting spillage is from tank tops, not the hull.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Atlantic Coast
Coast Guard
Nantucket Shoals
Cape Cod
White Christmas storm brings snow and travel headaches
A southern New England storm dumped up to four inches of snow across six states, aiding a white Christmas while delaying commuters. Coast Guard efforts to salvage the grounded Argo Merchant faced dangerous seas and winds, with six foot waves offshore. Ski areas saw fresh snow, and racing at Suffolk Downs was canceled. conditions were expected to improve for snowmaking. Heaviest snowfall ranged from Boston to the New Hampshire line and into central Massachusetts and northwest Rhode Island.
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United Press International
New England
Tier
Cape Cod
Suffolk Downs
Boston
New Hampshire Line
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
National Weather Service
Central
Wood Stove Fires Prompt Alert From Kennebunk Fire Chief
Kennebunkport fire chief Lewis Burr warns of rising chimney and wall fires as more homeowners heat with wood. He advises double jacket stove pipes, asbestos mats, regular cleaning, attic chimney checks, and smoke detectors to prevent deadly fires.
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John Young
Lewis Burr
Keanebunk Fire Department
Chief Burr
Burr
Biddeford
Wood stoves gain in Northeast as heating costs rise
Amid OPEC talks in Doha and rising mid east crude prices, U S heating bills loom large. In Kennebunk a dozen shoppers daily seek wood stoves at Village Hardware with three weekly sales of high efficiency $300 to $800 models. Buyers seek long term savings and airtight, baffle design stoves.
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John Young
The
Organization of Petroleum Een Coe
OPEC
Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Mid-East
America
Village Hardware
Kennebunk
Ken Gaudin
Gaudin
Ed Delorge Baking Co lays off Biddeford part timers
The Ed Delorge Baking Co plans streamlining with all rolls made in Biddeford and all reach work shifted to Cote Brothers Bakers in Manchester New Hampshire. Nine part time workers in Biddeford will lose their jobs December 31 a union shop facing competition from non union shops. Baking ops expected to return to normal by summer as the workforce doubles at the Biddeford plant which employs about 75 people.
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Ed Delorge Baking Co
Don Raiche
Biddeford Company
Peat
Cote Brothers Bakers
Manchester
N.H
Raiche
Deforge
Remy Yand
Biddeford
Cote
Pe Amoureux
Almanac Past Dates and Notable Events
Almanac notes mark Dec 17, 1976 as the 352nd day of the year with the moon phase. Historic events include Wright brothers flights in 1903, Graf Spee scuttling in 1939, and Ronald Evans spacewalk in 1972. Biddeford High School marching band prepares for the Maine to Washington trip and Carter inauguration.
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Almanacky
United Press International
John Greenleaf Whitter
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Ronald Evans
Earth
Biddeford
Washington
Maine
Jimmy Carter
Daily Journal Page Teasers and Wry Quote
Life may begin at 40, but so do arthritis, gout and the habit of telling things to the same people three times. This compact note hints at light humor and page sections including National New England Sports TV Weather and the Daily Journal’s crossword and cartoons.
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Lucien Dutremble
Wes Phinney
Argo Merchant
Stove
Paul Samuels
Samuels
John Ewing
Abby
Journal
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