Old Orchard Woman Fights State Over Unemployment Tax
Mrs. Donald Briggs of Old Orchard Beach challenged state unemployment insurance in a long running dispute begun in 1972 over taxes tied to her laundromat. A small claims court ordered payment of $58 plus $32 in fees by February 3, with state officials warning of contempt if ignored.
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Old Orchard
Old Orchard Beach
City
Donald Briggs
Briggs
State Department of Manpower Affairs
Leotta
Novella
Dublin
Biddeford Airport Park funding push nears approval
Park plans gain final DEP nod and city backing as Biddeford races to meet a new EDA deadline for 60 percent federal funding of a 62 acre airport industrial park costing 1.1 million dollars. City to provide 40 percent, water service via Biddeford Saco Water Co., bonds up to 475000.
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Christopher Coach
Department of Environmental Protection
Water Service
Biddeford
Philadelphia
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Biddeford-Saco
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Dennis Purington
Municipal Services Division
Purington
Johnson
Canal Bank
Biddeford-Saco Water Company
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Journal
Lucien Dutremble
Water Company
Harry Wooster
Public Utilities Commission
Eight Years With Curtis Recalled By Closest Aide
Allan Pease, former top aide to Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis, recalls eight years on the state’s second floor. He recalls personal crises including Curtis’s loss of his 12 year old daughter and the governor’s compassionate leadership. Pease notes Curtis’s human side, political courage, and decision to push a state income tax despite unpopularity, relying on public support to endure the policy.
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Maryline
Augusta
John Reed
Kenneth Curtis
Ken Curtis
Allan Pease
James Longley
Pease
State House
Curtis
Maine
Joan Kennedy
Kennedys
Kennedy
Democrats
Jimmy
New Hampshire
John
Robert
Washington
Martin Luther King
National Rifle Association
Ford Budget Request Marks 349 Billion Dollar Plan
President Ford announced a 349 billion dollar federal budget for fiscal 1976 aiming to cut the deficit by 52 billion. The proposal outlines spending and tax measures to reduce red ink while funding defense and domestic programs.
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Washington
Ford
Slasher Kry Victim 9 and Budget Talk Compete for Attention
In Los Angeles a ninth victim of the Skid Row Slasher is found with throat cut in Hollywood. Clyde Hay, 34, of National Cash Register Co., dies in a $130 apartment as police hunt a suspect. Earlier victims were skid row derelicts. a composite drew police attention to a detained man later released. Separately, President Ford urges Congress to cut spending to avoid a near $70 billion deficit, warning inflation risks if controls lapse. Ford highlights target spending of $349 billion and notes tax receipts may rise if economy improves.
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Los Angeles
Clyde C. Hay
National Cash Register Co
Hollywood
Asst
Daryl Gates
Hay
George Frias
Los Angeles Hilton
Frias
Congress
Ford
State Department
Harry Truman
Truman
Americans Ship Horsemeat to Europe Rising Exports
In Brussels the United States has become a major supplier of chilled and frozen horsemeat to Belgium and France as imports grow in 1974. France bought 28,070 tons in nine months, 10,250 from the United States, while Belgium took 27,770 tons in ten months, 8,591 from the United States. Belgian traders report slaughterhouses in U.S. cities like Houston and Seattle, with prices for poulain and horse entrecote around $4 and $2.98 per pound respectively.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
France
Europe
Italy
Holland
Tal
America
Poland
Yugoslavia
Argentina
Ireland
Houston
Fort
Gulickx
Six Die In Plane Crash Near Houston
An airliner with about 20 aboard crashed in a field near Houston during a heavy rainstorm at 3 18 am. Six people were killed and several others injured with survivors reported. Rescuers faced flooding and poor visibility as they worked amid wreckage and fumes.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Drate
Steve Burt
Fire Department
Area
Hardy Road
Huntsville
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Inside the Journal Chuckle on Stubbed Toes and Chairs
A lighthearted line notes women blame a chair for stubbing a toe while men blame the chair’s placement in the room. The quip contrasts gendered explanations with a simple mishap.
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Maryline White
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