Pool Beach Fight Tests Biddeford Eminent Domain
A Biddeford Pool Beach clash pits the city against the Pool Beach Association over a seven acre beachfront seized via eminent domain. The association seeks to keep ownership while sharing beach access, parking, and bathhouse rentals, arguing a yearlong compromise could reveal public demand. The council rejects the proposal as inadequate, risking a court battle.
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Gilbert Boucher
Pool Association
Peter Lindsay
Pool Beach Association
Boucher
Nixon Proposes 304.4 Billion Budget To Fight Recession
President Nixon unveiled a 304.4 billion fiscal 1975 budget aiming to curb a possible downturn from the energy crisis. He pledged to exceed the plan if unemployment rises, with no new taxes except a windfall profits levy on oil firms. The package expands Social Security and aid to the needy, boosts defense to 85.8 billion, and adds 1.5 billion for energy research and transit funding.
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Washington
Nixon
Frederic Malek
Independent Truckers Strike Disrupts Deliveries Nationwide
The Associated Press reports a nationwide strike idling about 20 000 workers and crippling meat and produce deliveries in many areas. Violence rose with 14 shootings and 100 other incidents since last Wednesday across 15 states, including a trucker death last Thursday near New Buffalo Michigan.
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Associated Press
New Buffalo
Mich
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
McNally Sues Old Orchard Beach Officials Over Dismissal
Controversial ex code enforcer Robert J. McNally filed a 250000 suit Jan 31 against the Town of Old Orchard Beach and four council members who voted to terminate his July 1972 post. He seeks 50000 from each defendant, citing public shame and 18 other counts.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert J. McNally
McNally
Lewiston
Peter M. Garcia
Thomas Sullivan
Joseph Mokarzel
Norman Lessard
William Murphy
Rita Belair
Androscoggin
Mechanic Falls
Truckers Strike Could Drastically Affect Area
Uncertainty among shippers in southern Maine about the dependent truckers strike, with G Ronald Smith of Cummings Brothers Portland warning meat and produce may dwindle. He says trucks carrying beef and pork have not loaded, and current on hand meat will vanish by tomorrow. Shaw's in Saco and Biddeford warehouses report no Monday arrivals as of morning, awaiting word from the west on timing. a missing shipment could force a major supply disruption for hospitals, schools, and stores.
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Maine
G. Ronald Smith
Cummings Brothers
Portland
Midwest
Cummings
Biddeford
Shaw's
Saco
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Absent teasims coffee breaks noted elsewhere
In England such pauses are called absent teasims while the phrase coffee breaks appears in other regions. The playful term contrasts with familiar workplace routines and reflects differing cultural language in leisure and labor contexts.
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England
Milk Run Veteran Ray Mailman Keeps Early Doorstep Deliveries
Ray Mailman, a 27-year veteran milkman in Saco and Camp Ellis, returns after military service to a nine-hour dawn route from Cole Farm Dairy. He still makes house calls with dairy, bread, and juice, delivering comfort and news to about 200 customers along River Road and North Street before dawn each day.
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Saco
Camp Ellis
Ray Mailman
Cole Farm
River Road
Biddeford
Mailman
North Street
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