Biddeford Seeks Funds For Housing And Community Needs
Biddeford plans to apply under the federal Housing and Community Development Act. The Community Development Committee schedules hearings Feb 17 and Feb 24 to gather resident input on top needs and spending. The city will hire a CETA funded community development coordinator to prepare a three year plan and manage the application process.
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Christopher Couch
Biddeford
Upiddeford
Comef
Hall
Michael Bergeron
David Redmond
Roger Johnson
Constantine
Staggered terms discussed by Old Orchard Beach council
Old Orchard Beach Town Council considers staggering councilor terms. With five seats and one-year terms voters could replace all members yearly. The idea, urged by several residents and Town Manager Rita Belair before her suspension, could lead to a charter amendment via referendum. A budget hearing and tax due date were also on Thursday’s agenda, and Councilor Bird seeks a new election date.
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Old Orchard Beach
Paul St. Hilaire
John Bird
Rita Belair
Bird
Belair
10000 Jobless Auto Workers Rally In Washington
Nearly 10 000 unemployed auto workers gathered in Washington to press for UAW backed anti recession measures. Leaders from Michigan Texas and California joined a rally at the Armory urging immediate government action and tax cuts for low and middle income earners coupled with a large public service jobs program.
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Department of Manpower Affairs
Washington
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Michigan
Texas
California
UAW
Congress
Leonard Woodcock
Washington Armory
Ford Administration
Woodcock
Afl-Cio
Proposed Export Budget Rises Modestly for 1975
Kennebunkport budget board ends months of talks by proposing a 1975 municipal spend of 488,778.80 dollars, about a 3 percent rise from the 1974 budget. The plan includes 338,946.42 from assessments and 50,000 from the surplus, with a 55,000 bond for a new fire truck and 8,798 for a recreation director if federal funds fail to arrive. Public safety receives 154,093, police operations total 91,100 plus 10,107 from unexpended funds and 10,000 from the surplus, funding two cruisers and related needs. The board also favors a 10 percent across-the-board raise for town employees and a 60-40 employer-employee medical plan, with auditors pressing use of 50,000 unappropriated surplus to ease taxpayer burden. The recommendations await March 4 town meeting action.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Selectmen
Recreation Commission
Budget Board
Harry Rogers
Sur
Profits Low Mood Is Here Says Simon
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told the Joint Economic Committee that the United States must boost business investment and curb growth in social security welfare and government payrolls. He warned inflation requires a period of slack and said profits, adjusted for inflation, fell 50 percent last year despite a 71 percent nominal rise. Simon urged stronger incentives for new investment while public payments to individuals rise, noting cap proposals on cost of living clauses. He projected the recession as likely the worst since World War II but avoided predicting a long 1930s-like downturn.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Ford
Food Stamp Prices Frozen in Senate Committee Action
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 11 to 2 to freeze food stamp prices for the rest of the year and seek Senate approval for a bill and a resolution directing quick administration recommendations to curb abuses. The move blocks a Ford plan to raise prices March 1 and replaces a sliding scale with a flat 30 percent of adjusted net income.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Ford Administration
Faulty pH Meter Delays EPA Approval Of Saco Plant
The EPA withholds final approval for Saco's Factory Island sewage plant until a malfunctioning pH meter is repaired. EPA will not reimburse 90 percent of remaining construction costs until final approval is granted. Earlier concerns cited eye irritation from gas leaks and ongoing design problems.
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EPA
Saco
Susan Morrison
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Factory Island
Front Street
Grace
Arthur Ylonen
Dexter
Cianbro Corp
Griffin Construction Co
Michael Searles
Bear Rock
State Department of
Today's Chuckle: Little Girl Essays on Parents
A humorous note from a child reflects on parents being set in their ways. The punchline highlights how hard it is to change long-standing habits once grown.
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Dick Danforth
National Press Club
Ways and Means Committee
Barker Kaligian
Conservation Commission
Samuel Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Kaligian
York County Coast Star
John Dexter
Whitman and
Howard
Kenneth Grace
DEP
Dennis Purington
Bear Brook
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
Goosefare Brook
Purington
King- Cleveland Streets
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