Pollution menace grows as heat joins chemicals to kill rivers
Scientists warn that detergents and phosphates from sewage and farming accelerate lake death. Algae blooms and oxygen loss suffocate fish. Heat from power plants further disrupts river ecosystems. Federal actions since 1965 aim to curb pollution, with billions in grants and standards set by states, but full cleanup could cost 26 to 100 billion dollars over years.
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Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Secretary of the Interior
Udall
Valentine's Day Observed By Unity Social Club
A Unity Social Club held a Valentine event last night with a party and notes of upcoming activities. The gathering highlighted ongoing club wisdom and featured a call to action for members.
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Unity Social Club
Annette Chapter Past Matrons Meet In Saco
President Mrs. Leland Scam man presided over a Past Matrons Association meeting at the Saco Masonic Hall. The session, held at Miss Agnes Cunningham home in East Saco, included reports by the secretary, treasurer, and sunshine committee and a mystery prize won by Mrs. George Smith at 45 Middle Street.
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Leland Scamman
Saco Masonic Hall
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Agnes Cunningham
Labonte Ave
East
Saco
Stanley Northrop
Chester Pease
Sunshine
Northrop
Charles Towle
Oscar Littlefield
George Smith
Middle St
Fred Clark
William Kimball
Rufus Doe
Urbain Roberge
Kenneth Johnson
Melvin Wilbur
Clinton Milliken
Saco society meeting held at Buxton Road home
The gathering at Mrs. Emma Garside's Buxton Road home, with Vice President Mrs. Hazel Emmons presiding over the business segment, concluded after routine reports. The next meeting is scheduled for February 28 at Mrs. Irene Townsend's Hill Street home. Prizes were won by Ethel Whitten, Mrs Edna Bradbury, Mrs. Martha Herrin, and Mrs. Ruth Scammon, followed by refreshments.
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Emma Garside
Buxton Road
Saco
Hazel Emmons
Irene Townsend
Hill Street
Ethel Whitten
Edna Bradbury
Martha Herrin
Ruth Scammon
Students Acceptances Grow Amid April Deadline Pressures
Out of 114 seniors, 43 have received acceptances for further schooling. Named students include Janet Allen, Deborah Boothby, Stephen Fisher, Beccy Eaton, Katherine Kubiak, Carole Spiller, and many more from Gorham State, University of Maine, Northeastern, Husson, and others. St Louis High and Thornton Academy report strong rates and want complete rosters.
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Poze One
Aidance
Anne All
Janet Allen
Hussen College
Linda Bedard
Farmington State
Kent Berdeen
University of Maine
Deborah Boothby
Calvin Bridges
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
Ernestine Campbell
Gorham State
Jon Card
Robert Card
John Chabot
David Codling
Northeastern University
Deborah Daeris
University of New Hampshire
Sandra Dickinson
Beccy Eaton
Becker Junior College
Massachusetts
Kenneth Fairfield
Louis Farber
Stephen Fisher
American International College
Husson College
Christine Genthner
Husson
Carol Gilblair
Nancy Gunzelmann
Margaret Dean Hendrick
Colby Junior College
Edward Hevey
Aurora College
Illinois
Dubuque University
Iowa
Linda Higgins
Newbury Secretarial School
Penny Hutchins
Bliss College
Taloma Johnson
Elisa Knapp
Dean Junior
Katherine Kubiak
Elmira College
N.Y
Lake Erie College
Ohio
Filomena LaVolpa
Michael Lucas
Brooks MacDonald
Hiram Scott College
Nebraska
Allen McBride
Robert McInnis
Wentworth Institute
Eileen Moreau
St. Mary's Hospital
Louis Normand
Maine Maritime
Janet Pepin
Marilyn Pitman
Chandler College
Wesley College
Delaware
Rita Poli
Eric Record
New England Aeronautical School
Andrea Smith
Russell Sage College
New York
Carole Spiller
Susan Urquhart
Mark Walley
Sandra Welch
Sarah Wildes
Fisher Junior College
Boston
St. Louis High School
Thornton Academy
Obsolete and wasteful Dickey Lincoln project critics say
Three labor leaders say the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project in Maine is obsolete and a waste of taxpayers money disputing a labor backed claim. They warn it would threaten collective bargaining rights under any government power authority. The Associated Press reports from Boston Annapolis and Westbrook Maine.
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Associated Press Boston
Maine
Charles Hardy
Brotherhood of Utility Workers of America, Inc
John Woodburn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Richard Brosnahan
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
John Driscoll
Greenwich Mean Time and the change in clocks
The article traces the origin of Greenwich Mean Time created by Charles II with the Greenwich Observatory and explains its global adoption for meteorology navigation and timing. It notes Greenwich’s influence while a rural Sussex team downgrades their role and a Scotsman predicts Scotland may set its clocks independently.
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Ethelred
Charles II
Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich
Sussex
Scotland
Maine Plans Veterans Cemetery Development Near Augusta
Maine will issue spring contracts for a 55 acre Veterans Memorial Cemetery two miles from Augusta. A special session previously approved 147000 for the project, with site work set to start this summer at Old Belgrade Road and Interstate 95, at an estimated cost of 12700 to the state. American Dynamics Corp. secured 243800 in extra Sanford Industrial Park construction permits, supporting its 250 local workers. In Portland, Mrs Mabel E Anderson and Reginald W Anderson were fined for illegal bookmaking, with suspended jail terms of eight and six months respectively, part of a raid cases involving ten indicted individuals.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Robert R. Washburn
Veterans Services
Old Belgrade Road
Interstate 95
Washburn
Sanford
American Dynamics Corp
Portland
Mabel E. Anderson
Reginald W
Superior Court
Allard Family Slain in Six-Room House
Police report the Allard family of six were found dead in their stone house with a .303 rifle near Peter Allard, a Westbrook High athlete, and a .22 rifle at the scene. Paul Allard, 17, home from naval boot camp, is the lone survivor. The killings likely occurred last Wednesday. handwriting on a note remains unverified.
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Westbrook
Maine
Roger G. Allard
Pride's Corner
G. Hermann Derry
Peter Allard
Susan
Frances
An Investi
Gator
Cohen
Paul
Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
Peter
Westbrook High School
Derry
Allard
Dessert Bridge results highlight Old Orchard gathering
Old Orchard Beach reports Mrs. Herbert Bean as high scorer at yesterday's Dessert Bridge Club meeting. Hostess Mrs. Clement Wight and assistant Miss Ethel Wight attended. An Auxiliary Guild of St Johns Church annual meeting and officer election is planned for Thursday at Mrs. Lillian Gross's home in West Kennebunk. Meanwhile plans to develop Aqaba into a great resort city by 2000 move toward final proposals.
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Herbert Bean
Clement Wight
Ethel Wight
St. Johns Church
Lillian Gross
West Kennebunk
Jordan
Red Sea
Aqaba
In Los Angeles Durante Celebrates 75th Birthday
LOS ANGELES AP Jimmy Durante accepted a city commendation as one of the world's greatest entertainers. Eskimo-style cheek kiss with Mayor Yorty and peers marked the moment while Durante, turning 75, recalled Greenland nose-kissing quip. Calvet testified about alimony disputes with ex-husbands Stone and Bromfield. The California based entertainer's PM tribute followed a broader interview mix.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Durante
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Durante
Greenland
Cary Grant
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