Kennebec River Flood Peaks With Fatal Drowning Incident
In Skowhegan the Kennebec River reached a record flow of 123000 cfs at 8 a.m., surpassing 1936 and tying 1969 marks. A CMP worker, Aime J. Gallant of Skowhegan, was swept into the rapids and is presumed drowned while another 24 families evacuated in Winslow as Civil Defense warned the crest would rise further.
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Winslow
Malcolm Howard
Central Maine Power Co
Aime J. Gallant
Waterville
Howard
Gallant
Civil Defense
Augusta
Owners of homes and _ busi
Nesses
Timothy Wilson
Maine Central Railroad
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Augusta-Gardiner
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Penobscot
Indian Island
Old Town
U.S. 201
Fairfield
Madison
Lithgow Street
Sebasticook
Waterville-Winslow
Guilford
Piscataquis River
Geneva talks reach plan to disengage forces at Suez Canal
In Geneva the Middle East peace conference agreed to form a military working group of Israeli and Egyptian experts under UN supervision to discuss disengagement at the Suez Canal. Kissinger hailed the outcome as progress with Syria absent from the talks. The move aims to keep the process moving until Israel’s December elections.
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Switzerland
Middle East
Suez Canal
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mideast
Syria
Israel
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York Times
Land Is Issue In Middle East Peace Terms
The Times outlines Egyptians aim for full Israeli withdrawal and Security Council guarantees with demilitarized zones and UN force in Sinai. Israel seeks a formal peace treaty, open borders, and a staged Sinai withdrawal while keeping Sharm El Shiekh forces. Syria and Syria’s stance not shown. text continues on page 2.
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Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Sharm el Sheik
U.N
United Nations
Sharm el Sheikh
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U Thant
Iraeli
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
United States
West Bank
Jordan River
Golan Heights
Syria
Israel
Sharm el Shiek
Congress approves 11 percent Social Security hike
Congress approves an 11 percent increase in Social Security benefits for about 30 million recipients, with 7 percent in April and 4 percent in July, plus higher wage base limits and a tax hike for high earners. Benefits rise to 185 for singles and 310 for couples in July, while welfare payments and food stamp/Medicaid provisions are updated.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Five Thousand Dollar Allocation for Kennebunk High Plan
SAD 71 directors approved up to 5000 for preliminary drawings from Alonzo Harriman Associates to seek state approval for a new high school. The total project is about 5.5 million, with 83.7 million for the high school and 1.8 million for elementary renovations. Critics fear locking in a design before a site is chosen.
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Kennebunk
Arthur Hedberg
Auburn
Alonzo Harriman Associates
Hedberg
Jack Libby
Sahara
Libby
Carl Young
Duane Yazarian
Alfred Cialfi
Yazarian
Cialfi
Susan Dumont
Maine
Quebec
Superior Cout
Biddeford Adult Education Class Films TV Spots
A Biddeford daytime adult education class filmed four 30 second commercials for WCSH TV to promote adult education and Right To Read. The students wrote the scripts voiced the spots and performed on camera while station crews handled filming and editing.
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Biddeford
Wcsh-Tv
Doris Johnson
Camillia Bis
Portland
Gaille Heseltine
John Simpson
Heseltine
T.V
Lve
Holiday Road Deaths Rise During Christmas Weekend
Traffic accidents in the early hours of the Christmas holiday weekend claimed 22 lives nationwide. Snow and rain slowed travel in the Northeast Pacific Northwest northern and central Rockies while the Midwest dealt with heavy midweek snows. The death toll runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Northeast
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Midwest
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