Lawmaker seeks repeal of Maine game preserves and Baxter Park
Augusta AP. Legislator Turner Ronald T. Speers and Rep. Forest S. Gilbert push to wipe out all 41 Maine game preserves including Baxter State Park. They accuse the Fish and Game Department of propping abolition while warning that removing protections could threaten wildlife balance and hunting districts. The plan would repeal the laws creating preserves many years ago, leaving 37 sites designated as game management areas.
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Augusta
Turner Ronald T. Speers
Maine
Baxter State Park
Forest S. Gilbert
State Fish & Game Department
Farmer
Gilbert
Androscoggin
Fish & Game
Speers
Percival Baxter
Saco Council To Discuss Assessor
Saco holds a special city council meeting at City Hall at 7 30 p m to discuss drafting an ordinance that creates a full time assessor in line with state statutes and to update the charter though the charter now names three assessors no chief assessor is designated and Mayor Armand Mercier disputes former Mayor Doyle s appointment while Doyle reappears to assume duties with mayoral support noted
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Saco City
City Hall
Joan M. LaMontagne
Donald C. Doyle
Armand Mercier
Doyle
Taxpayers Find Medical Bills Trim Tax Bills
AAP article explains the 3 percent rule for itemized medical deductions and how medical insurance, travel, and “bunching” can affect the deduction. It notes the ceiling on insurance benefits and gives examples of calculating deductible amounts and strategic timing.
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Tom Stewart
Washington
Blue Cross
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Obiy
May we have the nert dents, please chuckle sign
A humorous sign outside an auto repair shop reads May we have the nert dents, please showing a playful misspelling likely intended as a joke about dent repair. The short quip targets car dents with a lighthearted tone for passersby.
Beach Building Condemned in Old Orchard Beach
John T. McNeill, building inspector, condemns a 24 Old Orchard St. structure owned by Mrs. Kathleen Mokarzel of 3 School St. The property houses summer shops including a fruit store linen shop and a restaurant with year round apartments above. The building must be destroyed by March 10. the upstairs apartments are unoccupied.
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Old Orchard Beach
John T. McNeill
Old Orchard St
Kathleen Mokarzel
School St
McNeill
Thunder of B52 Bombers Rattle Saigon at Tet
Saigon reports B52 bombers pounded targets around Saigon as Allied forces resumed offensive actions after a 24 hour Tet truce. Eight Americans killed, 71 wounded, 96 enemy killed as enemy violated cease fire. air and ground reconnaissance continued.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Kontum Civ
Storms Batter Europe Across Continent
AP reports a sweeping European storm system bringing heavy snow and cold. Germany deploys army tanks to clear roads in Hamburg and northern areas while West Berlin endures a foot of snow. The storm spans from Scandinavia to Italy, Britain to Ukraine, as Moscow enjoys three sunny days around ten degrees.
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London
Germany
Hamburg
West Berlin
Scandinavia
Italy
Britain
Ukraine
Moscow
Aus
Man Found Slain On Expressway
An unidentified man in his late 30s was found shot twice behind the ear and once in the chest along the Exeter Hampton Expressway in Hampton New Hampshire. Rockingham County Attorney Glen Graper called it a homicide with no immediate comment on gangland ties and an autopsy was planned.
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Hampton, N.H
Exeter Hampton
Rockingham County
Glen Graper
Graper
New Hampshire Turnpike
Paul Moore
Miss York County Pageant Planned
The Saco Jaycees sponsor the third annual Miss York County Scholarship Pageant in April at Linnell Gymnasium Saco chair Sherman Letellier Buxton Road North Saco. Winner advances to Miss America national pageant in Atlantic City in September.
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Saco Jaycees
York
Gallant
Linnell Gymnasium
Saco
Sherman Letellier
Buxton Road
North Saco
Barry Gallant
Yachts Seized By Red Chinese
A Hong Kong Royal Yacht Club report says a flotilla of Hong Kong yachts was warned against a New Year holiday cruise to Macao amid strained Beijing Hong Kong ties. Chinese authorities reportedly seized three yachts and 15 holidaymakers, including four Americans, as of this reporting.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Royal Yacht Club
Hong Kong Marine Department
Yacht Club
Peking
Pearl River Estuary
Israeli Jets Strike Guerrilla Positions Across Jordan
Israeli jets again flew over Jordan to hit guerrilla positions firing on a patrol in the Beisan Valley. Ground troops returned fire. a few planes were called in. No Israeli casualties reported. In Israeli-occupied areas, explosions injured 16 people. Police dispersed rock-throwing students in Jericho. four youths arrested. Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad began a six nation tour to align positions ahead of Big Four talks at the U.N. King Hussein conferred briefly with Yasser Arafat in Amman.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Beisan
Nablus
Jericho
Mahmoud Riad
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
United States
United Nations
Hussein
Amman
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Forces
Israel
Leak Delays Sealab 3 Deep Sea Habitat Mission
Nine aquanauts begin a 12 day stay in Sealab 3 beneath the Pacific, but a helium leak at 610 feet near the hull prompted immediate repair work. The project aims to test equipment for future submerged continental shelf exploration and is the final phase of three habitat tests spanning multiple expeditions.
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Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Pacific Ocean
la Jolla
Calil
Bermuda
Elk River
San Clemeente Island
Cardinal Cushing Warns Parochial Schools Face Closure
Cardinal Richard Cushing told Boston parish guilds that parochial schools face closure after a survey shows debt of 1.6 million and per pupil cost of 400 dollars a year. He criticized lay teaching, stated priests and nuns are leaving, and warned about church tax and authority issues as the diocese confronts a 40 million dollar debt.
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Framingham
Mass
Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Cardinal Sai
Resi Dinal
Tas
Mentary
Cardinal Central High Schools
Cushing
Heartbro
Sys
Holy Cross
Cardinal Cushing
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Robert Richard
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Uel Collins
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Steve Gregoire
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Patrick Desrosiers
Richard Plummer
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Saco Council
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Frances Tuck
Pine Tree Humane Society Inc
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Maine Dry Cleaners
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