Biddeford Councilman in Absentia Asked to Quit
Biddeford city councilor William Zuke faced calls to resign after missing six recent meetings. Zuke, 21, said he left for Arizona to work as a waiter, expects to return in April, and noted constituents can reach councilors-at-large. Mayor Dutremble defended him, and no action was taken.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Arizona
Biddeford
William Zuke
Zuke
Lucien Dutremble
Phoenix
O.K
Luc Angers
Richard Potvin
Potvin
Michael Bergeron
Dutremble
Longley to push line on Maine debt and taxes
Governor James B. Longley urged Maine lawmakers of the 108th Legislature to help hold the line on per capita debt per capita tax burden and education spending. The appeal was issued in Augusta with a continuation noted on page 10.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
James B. Longley
108Th
Tanker Grand Zenith Crew Search Shifts as Seas Calm
Eight aircraft risk low altitude sweeps over the North Atlantic seeking 38 missing crew from the 642 foot Grand Zenith after a weeklong disappearance. Despite calmer seas, searches cover a vast 150,000 square miles east of Cape Cod, with oil samples tested to link to the tanker cargo of 8.2 million gallons.
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Coast
Little hope now left for 38 on Zenith
Aboard a C130 search plane over the Atlantic the crew failed to find evidence of the missing Panamanian registered tanker Grand Zenith with 8.2 million gallons of oil and a 38-strong Nationalist Chinese crew. The mission, aided by six other aircraft, covered 56,000 square miles off New England as officials warned of a potential long search and oil spill spread via the Gulf Stream.
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Atlantic
UPI
John C. Campbell Jr
106Th Group Air Notes Guard
Chanc Cooneybell
102Nd
New England
John Frank
Campbell
Suffolking
Southhampton Beach
Hoyland
Coast Guard
Zubenelgenubi
Patricia Marie
Gulf Stream
North Atlantic
Coast
Canada
United States
California
Nantucket Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Doug White
Iceland
Curtis as Carter’s choice for DNC chair stirs Maine ties
President elect Jimmy Carter recommends Kenneth Curtis as chairman of the Democratic National Committee in telegrams to all DNC members. Carter praises Curtis for belief that the party belongs to the people, while Curtis weighs leaving Maine for the high-profile post. Curtis, a former Maine governor and secretary of state, discussed his strong Maine roots and later career as a lawyer.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Kenneth Curtis
Carter
Iden
Jimmy Carter
Democratic National Committee
Curtis
Democratic Party
Maine Maritime Academy
Rosalynn
Polly
Bangor
Hen Curtis
Angel
Cape Elizabeth
Susan
National Democratic
Fight looms over GOP chairman
Washington UPI reports a conservative moderate clash over the selection of a new Republican National Chairman. President Ford and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller back Texan James Baker as the party debates leadership and direction ahead of upcoming contests.
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Fight
GOP
Washington
UPI
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
James Baker
Jan 6 1977 in history and notable events
On January 6 1977 the date marks a range of celestial positions with Mercury Mars and Saturn visible in the morning and Venus Jupiter in the evening. Notable events include Carl Sandburg born 1878 and Roosevelt’s death in Oyster Bay 1919. Washington's 1759 marriage and 1898 Lake submarine phone also noted.
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Lea
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Carl Sandburg
Long Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis
Virginia
Simon Lake
Kasabian and Longet in court amid high profile trials
In the UPI photo Linda Kasabian, a Biddeford native and former Manson follower, is seen in a Dade County police cruiser en route to Los Angeles to testify in Leslie Van Houten’s retrial. That night Claudine Longet returns to Aspen court as jury selection begins for her manslaughter case with many jurors already leaning toward guilt.
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UPI
Manson
Linda Kasabian
Biddeford
Dade County
Miami
Los Angeles
Leslie van Houten
Claudine Longet
Aspen
Colo
Cold cash joke highlights fleeting funds in print
A humorous note in the papers remarks that money slips away quickly, calling it cold cash. It playfully contrasts holding onto cash with the desire to warm it, reflecting lighthearted financial wit in the daily sections.
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R.I
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Carol Couture
Frank Burns
Cambell
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United Press International
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Oyster Bay, N.Y
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