Seattle shows citizen effort in revenue sharing program
A Seattle federation of community groups pushed to involve residents in the General Revenue Sharing funds. Their campaign led the Seattle City Council to reserve 4.5 million dollars for a housing rehabilitation program, driven by activists James Metz and Darryl Smith amid broader national questions of local participation.
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New York Times
Seattle
Congress
Nixon
League of Women Voters’ Educational Fund
The
Center For Community Change
National Urban Coalition
Houston
National League of Cities
Com J
City Hall
Smith
Central
Community Council
James Metz
Darryl Smith
Wyman seeks invalidation of New Hampshire Senate election
U S Representative Louis C Wyman filed in Superior Court seeking to invalidate the NH Senate election won by him by two votes after a recount. The suit questions state authority to nullify a federal race and who would call a new election, with court rulings pending.
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Manchester
N.H
U.S
Louis C. Wyman
U.S. Senate
Wyman
Superior Court
New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission
Johan A. Durkin
Ballot Commission
Meldrim Thomson
State Executive Council
New Hampshire
Hillsboro County
State Supreme Court
Maurice Bois
Nashua
Washington
Durkin
Asst. Atty
Thomas B. Rath
Volved
Secretary of State
United States Senate
Rath
Ross
Senate
Supreme Court
Thomson
Norris Cotton
Cotton
Bois
Charles Douglas III
Republican Party
Martin F. Lougalin
David H. Bradley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bradley
Tour Guide Course Aims to Boost U S Tourism Professionals
The University of Maine pilots a 15 week course to train guides in cultural awareness, etiquette, and problem solving for foreign travelers. 32 students completed the first class, with plans to expand including foreign language offerings.
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Crono
Ropeans
David Trafford
UMO
Trafford
Bangor
Clapp
Patriarca Wins Prison Parole in Rhode Island
Raymond L S Patriarca 66 was granted parole by the Rhode Island Parole Board after serving in ACI Cranston for conspiracy to murder. He must report weekly to a parole officer and is barred from drinking alcohol or leaving the state. The board cited good behavior and community supervision as reasons for release. State and federal officials opposed the decision.
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Cranston, RI
Rhode Island
Raymond Patriarca
Patriarca
Rudolph Marfeo
Anthony Melei
Providence
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
ACI
Atlanta
Joseph Galkin
Parole Board
Galkin
New Buick Dealership Changes Hands in Biddeford
The Kalil Buick Opel Inc. on Elm Street in Biddeford is sold to Normand M. Methot of Biddeford and Daniel Ouellette of Saco. The dealership becomes Methot Buick Opel Inc with seven staff. Grand opening planned for early January.
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BUICK
Kalil
Buick-Opel Inc
Elm Street
Biddeford
Charles Kalil
Normand M. Methot
Daniel Ouellette
Saco
Methot
Richard Krause
Murray Gardler
Portland Road Motor Sales
John Ewing
Stuttering Is Learned Behavior Says Clinic Directors
In New Haven the Southern Connecticut State College stuttering clinic treats 12 participants with fluency training in low pressure settings using behavior-modifying methods. Therapy occurs in groups and aims to expand to more people. researchers note possible hereditary links.
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New Haven
View
Southern Connecticut State College
Bernard Stoll
Stoll
Macy’s
SAD 71 Approves Career Class Idea
SAD 71 School Board tentatively approves an industrial arts course for grades six to eight titled The World of Manufacturing. The plan envisions up to 125 students, costs up to 5000 dollars, and a year or two span, with design engineering to sales and marketing.
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Kennebunkport
Beth
Shirley Grover
Howard Faulkner
University of Maine, Portland-Gorham
Islamic Party denies link to White House standoff leader
Washington report says Marshall Fields 25 of Silver Spring Md applied to join the Islamic Party of North America but was rejected. The party condemned his violent act at the White House and noted Fields claimed to be a messiah. Fields is under psychiatric evaluation after a four hour standoff. Prosecutors await hospital results to decide charges.
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Washington
Islamic Party of North
Fields
Islamic Party
North America
United States
White House
Secret Service
Tom Steed
D-Okla
House
L Heureux Named Superintendent at CMP Cape Station
Denis M. L Heureux of Biddeford has been appointed plant superintendent at Central Maine Power Company Cape Station in South Portland. He began at CMP in 1969 as a turbine operator and rose to assistant chief engineer in 1971 and assistant plant superintendent in 1972. He is a Navy veteran and has studied stationary and electrical engineering with Detroit Edison. He is married to Lorraine Goulet and the couple has five children, living in Biddeford.
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Denis M. L’heureux
Bidsleford
Central Maine Power Company
Cape Station
South Portland
L'Heureux
CMP
St. Louis High School
Biddeford
U.S. Navy
Antietam
Detroit Edison Company
L’heureux
Lorraine Goulet
Jlives
Sedgemere Drive
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Community Council Federation
Takamatsu
Shikoku Island
Kurashiki
Sato Island
Madeline
Kittery
SUN
Towle’s Travel Agency
Main ST
Youland Bldg
Grover
Theodore Towne
Faulkner
Iourse
Denis L'Heureux
Joseph & Mariette Dussault
West Grand Ave
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Home & Mapes Center
Kennebunk
James H. Swarr, M.D
Main Street
Maine
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