Clean-Up Push Begins At Maremont In Saco
Maremont Corp with E Jordan Co engineers unveiled steps to meet a 1975 clean-up deadline for Goosefare Brook discharges. The plan starts with reforming manufacturing, recycling water, and reclaiming oils, cutting water use and pollution. Key leaders include James Jannetti and Ron Lewis, with Polakwich funding the effort.
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Maremont - Jordan
Ron Lewis
Maremont
Jordan
Maremont Corp
Saco
Goosefare Brook
al Polakwich
Maremont and
E. ©. Jordan Co
Portland
James Jannetti
Polakwich
Arthur Condren
Condren
Lewis
Saco Planning Board Proposes Charter Amendments
Saco planners reviewed amendments to the planning board ordinance at a Wednesday meeting in the District Courthouse. Major points include regular monthly meetings on the first Thursday and posted notices, with extra sessions possible. The board also okayed five full and two associate members and clarified voting rules, records, and vacancy procedures. Members debated pay, striking compensation and proposed mayoral appointment. council would appoint instead. The ordinance and board recommendations move back to the council for acceptance or rejection.
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Saco Planning Board
Planning Board
Saco District
Carl Laws
Wildwood
Boucouvalas
Council
Inside The Journal Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Editorials
A light look at features inside the Journal including a crossword puzzle and columns by Dear Abby and Editorials. A playful quip about a child’s notion of a balanced diet uses a candy bar and ice cream cone as a humorous example.
Federal energy teams to assess gas needs in New England
The Federal Energy Office said no decision yet on reallocating gasoline. Teams will visit Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont and Rhode Island to assess whether larger allocations are needed. Maine already promised more fuel. Rhode Island plans to announce alternate day rationing within 10 days. Connecticut urged voluntary actions including Sunday sales to ease shortages. Senator Hathaway expressed optimism about forthcoming legislation to curb prices and lines.
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Federal Energy Office
New England Energy Office
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Lawrence Rogers
Energy Office
Rogers
Maine
Connecticut
Thomas Meskill
Sargent
Civil Defense
National Guard
Kimberly B. Cheney
New England
Lowell
Mass
Maine Turnpike
Service Stations Threaten Strike Over Gasoline Rules
United by federal price freezes and exclusive sales fines, service stations from New York to California threaten to strike. Officials cite Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 as grounds while governors and attorneys general consider legal and contingency actions to secure supplies and prevent broader shutdowns.
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New York
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Hartford
Conn
Alex Rokycky
Simon
Washington State
California
Ray Ashwill
California Coordinating Council of
Oregon
Connecticut
State Gasoline Retailers Association
Thomas J. Meskill
Waterbury
Biddeford housing rules threaten future low income units
Karen Bitten-Bender of York Cumberland Housing Development Corp told HUD officials and Congressman Kyros that new HUD regulations capsize planned Biddeford projects like Berry Park and Graham Street. She warned the “drop in the bucket” approach must yield 200 elderly and 150 low income units, or private developers and nonprofits will face unacceptable owner risks amid a HUD FHA rule tangle.
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Karen Bitten-Bender
York- Cumberland Housing Development Corp
Federal Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Peter Kyros
Maine
York-Cumberland Housing
May Be Stymied Yet Prevail On Biddeford Housing Plans
A debate over Biddeford housing proposals contrasts 100 percent set asides and guarantees with new rules offering 20 percent set asides, no vacancy or damage guarantees, and a five year lease. Advocates warn private developers won’t be interested and non profits like York Cumberland Housing may enter under protest.
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Biddeford
York- Cumberland Housing
Maine HUD officials weigh keeping existing rules
A report from Washington notes HUD officials including Harold G. Thompson discussing whether to retain current rules. Thompson says Maine has received a fair share under HUD programs in the past three years, though not enough, and contrasts Maine’s share with Vermont and New Hampshire.
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HUD
Washington
Harold G. Thompson
Boston
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Thompson
SAD 71 Budget Meeting Rescheduled in Kennebunk
SAD 71 budget meeting moved to Feb 26 at 7 30 p m in Kennebunk High School gymnasium. The board signed the revised warrant including the land donation article, approved 5 3. Gift is unconditional and does not require voter approval.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School
Board of Directors
Municipal Referendum Debate Hovers Over Budget Vote
At the meeting Mrs. Frances Taylor urged a municipal vote to allow freer public expression, suggesting residents might hesitate to speak their minds at the budget session. The discussion centered on whether gifts tied to the high school would require a referendum.
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Frances Taylor
Exiled Solzhenitsyn Faces uncertain German future
Exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn lingered in semiseclusion at Heinrich Boll's country home in Langenbroich Germany. He refused to answer questions saying he must collect himself and understand his situation as his wife and three children remain in Russia. He was banished after publishing The Gulag Archipelago and stripped of Soviet citizenship.
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Langenbroich
Germany
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Heinrich Boll
Solzhenitsyn
Bonn
Bell
Russia
Tass
Solzhenitsyny Jef
Moscow
Lag Archipelago
West
Kremlin
West Germany
Switzerland
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Edward Heath
Fritz Heeb
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Maryline White
Jordan Firm
Saco Planners Review Charter
Susan Morrison
Inside the Journal
Dear Abby
THE
Associated Press
Louis R. Pleau
Sen
Willam Hathaway
Bill Victory
United States
Hathaway
Francis W. Sargent
Biddeford Housing
Berry Park
Graham Street
Wayne Johnson
FHA
Er Tems
Ck aMee
Skylab Space Station
NASA
Peter Kingsley
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