Ford Garners Healthy Vote In Town Caucus
Gerald Ford wins 65 percent at Kennebunk Republican Town Caucus with Reagan at 29 percent and Eliott Richardson leading as vice presidential pick with 32 percent. Delegates bound to no slate, convention set for April 30 in Augusta.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Commerce
Eliott Richardson
John Connally
James Buckley
Howard Baker
Edward Brooke
Charles Percy
Charles Mathias
William Brock
Daniel Evans
Robert Griffin
Augusta
Civic Center
Peter Burr
Burr
James McMahon
Herman
Snowshoe Convention Opens in Biddeford With or Without Snow
The 52nd annual Rochambeau Club snowshoe convention begins in Biddeford. Secretary-treasurer Raymond Belanger says events will proceed whether snow is present, with shoe or foot races depending on ground conditions, and records only set on a three inch packed snow base. Registration starts today at 1 p.m. at the Rochambeau Club and continues to 8 p.m. then resumes Saturday at 8 at St. Louis Festival.
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Raymond Belanger
Rochambeau Club
Biddeford
Belanger
Rochambeau
St. Louis
Snowshoe Convention Fights Snow Shortage in Biddeford
The Rochambeau Club hosts the 52nd International Snowshoe Convention in Biddeford as organizers scramble for snow. With St Louis Alumni Field lacking three inches of packed snow the chairman seeks alternative sites in Biddeford while options like trucking snow fail due to weight concerns.
Snowshoes Breaks 52 Mile Record at Convention
Norman Bouthot completed a 52 mile walk from Lewiston to Biddeford as part of the International Snowshoe Convention ceremonies linking the Rochambeau Club and the Cavalier Club of Lewiston. The endurance event aims to set a new distance record between the two cities during convention travels.
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Steven Dandy
Norman Bouthot
Rochambeau Club
Bouthot
Lewiston
Biddeford
Cavalier Club
New England News Briefs and Features
A scanned page shows sections including Cartoons Classifieds Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Editorials Horoscope Movies Today s Chuckle and Sports. The text hints at a New England news brief continuation and notes on golf habits attributed to Scots and a misprint about fewer ball touches leading to longer shots.
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Abby
Maine Gov vows action on school funding amid tax hike split
Gov James B Longley warned he will act on a $262.6 million school funding bill by Monday while finance chief John O Sullivan said the package would raise Maine residents taxes by 12 million rather than the 5 million claimed. He urged veto override if needed and tied spending ceilings to action by April 1. The plan would boost state income taxes by 18.5 million and cut education property taxes by 13 million, with residents bearing most of the new tax load.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
John O'Sullivan
Cabinet
Corporasa
O’sullivan
Pollution Saco Faces Major Sewage Upgrading Costs
City of Saco grapples with pollution from the old dump and a sewage plant failure to meet federal standards. Upgrading Factory Island to secondary treatment could cost about 1.5 million dollars, with potential 75 percent federal and 15 percent state funding, though new federal funds are not yet appropriated this year. DEP warns of possible enforcement action while city officials seek a timetable and possible consent order. Attendees at today’s Augusta meeting include City Administrator John Dexter and Mayor Samuel Zaitlin.
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Susan Morrison
Saco
Old City
Factory Island
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Dennis Purington
Purington
U.S. Congress
Coffin and Richardson
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Saco River
Saco Tanning Corp
Ays
Urington
Augusta
John Dexter
Samuel Zaitlin
Timothy Crowley
Peter Cullinan
Richard Murray
Council To Act On Plante's Term
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The special town council meets at 8 30 p m in Loranger School to decide whether acting Town Manager Jerome Plante will stay temporarily in office past Monday His extension is the sole topic and a permanent replacement interviews are set for March 1 Councilors’ estimates range from imminent to end of March Opponents say extending past March violates an alleged agreement with former town manager Rita Belair Belair dropped her suit for reinstatement and is mentioned in this notice.
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Old Orchard Beach
Jerome Plante
Monarch
Plante
Loranger
Rita Belair
Sarelas Rejects Pay Hike Amid Resignation
Claremont New Hampshire residents opposed the salary raise for Louis Sarelas, former Old Orchard Beach town manager. The council approved a raise to 1,000 but Sarelas then resigned for personal reasons effective immediately, after noting his name in Old Orchard Beach's manager search.
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Claremont
N.H
Louis Jelas
Old Orchard Beach
Sarelas
Savelas
OOB
Escape Breaches From Augusta Mental Health Facility
State corrections officials report the escape of Roger Pepin 30 of Auburn an inmate on voluntary medical furlough at the Augusta Mental Health Institute Pepin fled through a second story bathroom window at about 830 p m Thursday after being released to the institute Wednesday for severe low mood Pepin was sentenced to one to two years at the state prison on November 18 1975 for grand larceny.
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Augusta
Maine
Roger Pepin
Auburn
State Penitentiary
Augusta Mental Health Institute
Pepin
Cambodia accuses U S jets of bombing Siem Reap
Cambodia charged that American jets bombed Siem Reap near Angkor ruins killing 15 and wounding over 30. U S Embassy in Bangkok called the claim ridiculous. Separately in Washington the leading economic indicators index rose 2.2 percent in January, signaling stronger growth.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Siem Reap
Angkor
U.S
Radio
Washington
Commerce Department
Hathaway pushes funds to treat alcoholism in decriminalized states
Sen. William D. Hathaway of Maine says a Senate subcommittee approved a proposal to raise minimum alcoholism treatment grants from 200000 to 300000 for states that decriminalize alcoholism. He noted several states have taken the step and expects minor changes in full committee review.
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Washington
Senate
Maine
William D. Hathaway
Hathaway
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