Clappison manslaughter trial moves to her testimony
In Portland Maine Carol Clappison 30 faces manslaughter charges for the suffocation death of her mother Edna Mae Clappison 67. Her defense contends self defense. A knife was found under Mrs Clappison’s bed as trial begins and a floral pillow used as evidence is shown. Police witnesses say they received calls urging them to come to the South Portland apartment after a reported fight.
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Portland, Maine
Carol Clappison
Miss Clappison
Edna Mae Clappison
Jerald Boutilier
Carter Leads Maine Delegates in Democratic Caucus
Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter holds 355 of 1,295 Maine delegates, 27 percent, with 71 percent of municipal caucusing done. Uncommitted delegates total 815 or 63 percent. Fred Harris, Morris Udall trail with about four percent each, Birch Bayh at 1 percent.
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Maine
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Fred Harris
Morris Udall
Harris
Udall
Birch Bayh
New Jersey Atty Gen Hyland to close Quinlan probe
New Jersey Attorney General William F Hyland will announce that a five month inquiry into the Karen Ann Quinlan case found no evidence of foul play in the coma that followed her April fall The inquiry also examined a head bump and bruises found at Newton Memorial Hospital and is believed to support the court fight to disconnect her respirator.
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New York
New Jersey
Atty
William F. Hyland
Karen Anne Quinlan
New York Daily News
Hyland
Joseph
Julia Quinlan
Karen
New Jersey Supreme Court
Newton Memorial Hospital
Packwood blasts current primary system as wasteful
U S Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon criticizes the present presidential primary setup as a needless waste of energy money and time. He notes that since 1972 he has proposed legislation creating five regional primaries to run one per month from March through July.
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Washington (Ap
Bob Packwood
Rove
Packwood
Potter not renominated at Kennebunkport school board meeting
About 60 teachers, parents, and citizens crowded the Kennebunkport Consolidated School meeting room to protest principal David Potter’s non renomination. Superintendent Arthur Hedberg kept reasons private, promising to review inputs at a special meeting next week while emphasizing the ultimate decision rests with him. Supporters urged Potter’s renomination, praising his programs and loyalty to the school.
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Kennebunkport
Consolidated School
David Potter
Arthur Hedberg
Hedberg
Potter
Beverly Emerson
Consolidated
Michael D’ Alonzo
PTA
Friends of Consolidated
Arrest at School Meeting Calls Out Officials
KENNEBUNKPORT Warren Astrowsky SAD 71 critic and school board candidate was arrested and charged with disturbing a public meeting after he pressed Chairman Libby on a December trip to a midwest school furniture factory. fellow candidate Kenneth Bustin backed the accusation. Astrowsky claimed a conflict of interest and potential bribe, refused to leave, and was led out by Officer Vern Bodwell. The questioned details were only provided later.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
SAD 71
Warren Astrowsky
Jack Libby
Astrowsky
Libby
Jack Ketchum
School Board
Kenneth Bustin
Vern Bodwell
Kennebunk High School
Spencer Trask
Arthur Hedberg
Ketchum
Nixon Trip Drawing Fire Over China Visit
Washington AP report details mixed reaction to former President Nixon's China trip. Senate Leader Mansfield backs the visit while critics from both parties condemn it as meddling in foreign policy. Local publisher William Loeb calls Nixon's trip pathetic and hopes the Chinese keep him.
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Richard M. Nixon
China
Senate
Mike Mansfield
New Hampshire
William Loeb
Nixon
D-Mich
House
Mansfield
U.S
Webber Hospital Launches $1 Million Campaign Local
The Webber Hospital Association begins a drive to raise at least 1 million dollars for a 12.5 million facility on Alfred Road. WHA President A J Polackwich says a steering committee selected at a community leaders meeting will guide leadership, policy decisions, and major campaign steps. Groundbreaking is planned for 1977 with occupancy by fall 1978.
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Speary
Toarare
Alfred Road
WHA
A. J. Polackwich
Germaine Binette
Coge Brickates
James Fletcher
Roselle Flynn
Carleton Gunn
Paul Hill Jr
Francis Kane
Constantine Karvonides
Eugene Kelley Jr
Edith Lapirow
Roy McNaughton
Archie B. Maxwell
A.J. Polackwich
John Rogers
Richard E. St. Cyr
Carl Sheltra
Nixon visits Beijing’s Tiananmen Square as private citizen
Richard Nixon tours Tiananmen Square in Beijing as a private citizen drawing criticism from both parties. A congressman complains the Secret Service protects a crook, while newspeople and wellwishers surround him during the visit.
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Secret Service
Nixon
UPI
Nixon Visits Peking in Front of Tiananmen Crowd
AP reports former president Richard Nixon met with ordinary Chinese citizens in Tiananmen Square outside the Forbidden City. He shook hands, held babies, and invited们 to visit America as locals voiced pro Mao sentiments and expressed well wishes for his health. The scene was unusually candid for visitors in Peking.
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the Gate of Heavenly Peace
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China
Pekys
Ichard Nixon
Heavenly Peace
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Mao
Tien An Meners
Forbidden City
Nation's Eyes On N H Rha Primary Results
Results trickle in from New Hampshire first in the nation presidential primary. On the GOP ballot Ford leads Reagan while Carter heads the Democratic field. Further details on page 2.
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New Hampshire
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Weather pun closes long run of forecasts
A lighthearted note appears in a column mixing cartoons classifieds and desk items. The joke claims the last fully accurate forecast came when Noah heard a 100 percent chance of precipitation. The line sits among pages labeled Maine New England and World with brief national items and parish columns.
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Noah
Pentagon Jittery Over Gun Pact
The Pentagon weighs a small machinegun purchase with wide impact as Belgium presses for the European weapon and Maine’s Maremont plant faces possible job losses. Officials fear a Bonn Ford primary effect while Gov. James Longley notes Ford’s ties to the plant.
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Washington
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Ford
Maremont Corp
U.S
Maine
Belgium
France
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