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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1976
Page
8
Snow today in Maine accumulating three to six inches, tapering to flurries tonight. Highs 15 to 20, tonight's lows in single digits. North winds 15 to 20 mph tonight. Thursday partly sunny with highs around 15.
Chief Justice Armand Dufresne moves to strip authority from District Court chief judge Ralph Ross and deputy, triggering resistance from judges who favor the old system. Legislators call for investigation as a federally funded plan to centralize administration faces scrutiny and possible funding gaps.
In Old Orchard Beach a ballot recount was underway for one of two council terms. Robert Corliss lost by 19 votes to Leslie Wyman. candidates Timothy Ary and John R. Bird were also involved in the contested seats. Corliss requested the recount, with Maine election procedures guiding certification within 24 hours after results are determined.
Selectmen consider a sodium vapor street light outside town offices after CMP installed an experimental unit. Residents complain about orange glow clashing with the town’s rustic atmosphere while opponents draft articles for a lighting committee and a lighting ordinance. CMP asked to remove the light. meeting notes cite a biblical quote about lighting a candle.
Morning snow forced parking bans on weather arteries. Logan Airport reported minimal disruption with plows clearing runways while state police logged four inches in Framingham and noted backed up routes 9 and 128. Western Massachusetts saw slow rush hour and I 91 incidents as commuters shifted to public transit. Eastern Connecticut recorded four to six inches with several interstates slippery. Electric Boat canceled first shift in Groton as crews faced wet slush and slippery surfaces.
Salt Lake City reports Gary Gilmore, awaiting a Jan. 17 firing squad execution, ate candy bars and popcorn during a 24 hour break between 15 day solitary sentences for drug possession tied to a second suicide attempt and a guard brawl. He had prior isolation for biting a nurse and was allowed brief family contact on Christmas Day.
President-elect Jimmy Carter says Vice President-elect Walter Mondale will be his top staff person and share the presidency's burden and power. Mondale will act as principal adviser and almost co-equal, though he will not command cabinet members.
Snow piled up in Rhode Island by midmorning with the heaviest totals in the center and east as residents noted heavier flurries toward Providence. National Weather Service said the storm was a medium one with no blizzard conditions and heaviest snow from the Connecticut Valley eastward. Cape Cod would see rain mix and turn to rain in the afternoon while northern New England saw lighter snow and flurries.
A group of 19 oil companies, COST, will drill a deep stratigraphic test in federal waters at Georges Bank about 116 miles east of Nantucket in 260 feet of water to inform a planned 1977 offshore lease sale. The test, to a depth of 22,000 feet, will cost about 14 million dollars.
The annual Big Eight Christmas Basket tournament at the Portland Exposition Building is postponed to Thursday. Biddeford meets Deering at 5 p.m. tomorrow and the Cheverus and South Portland game follows at 8 p.m.
The York County Sheriff's Office has twice visited 10 Lillian Ave in Saco seeking Wilfred Gilbert for failing to appear in court. Gilbert, charged with five old cases including dogs roaming at large and public nuisance, remains at large despite five bench warrants and bail set at 200 dollars per charge, with one at 100 dollars. His lawyer Wallace Reed says Gilbert is ill and unavailable. Reed’s request to withdraw was denied.
New Orleans police report Barbara Brooks, 29, doused her husband Fred Brooks, 24, with gasoline and set him on fire during an argument. He suffered third degree burns over much of his body and escaped through a bedroom window, rolling in the grass to extinguish flames.
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