Fire Fire Sparks City Hall Fire in Saco 1895
Fire at Saco City Hall on March 16, 1895 revealed worn equipment and missing ladder truck after the building warning. Chief Bryant pleaded for funds months earlier while Alderman Deering and Marshall Miles aided the alarm. Firemen fought with aged hoses and scarce gear for hours, trying to reach the ventilator shaft.
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Bryant
Saco City
Saco City Hall
Saco
Frank Littlefield
Gilman Deering
Main Street
Cutts Avenue
Marshall Miles
City Hall
Charles Fenderson
Paraneeee
Cross and
Main
School Street
Free and
Hodgkins
Fire at City Hall in Saco causes $15000 loss
Firefighters battled a blaze in City Hall through the night with ladders, hoses, and a ventilator shaft. Assistant Blair from Biddeford aided, while Chief Bryant led efforts upstairs amid thick smoke. One injury slowed the crew. municipal offices and the Women’s Union room suffered water and soot damage. An appropriation for more hoses followed at the next council meeting.
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Cutts Avenue
Saco
Biddeford
Blair
City Hall
C. O. Gerrish
Chief Bryant
Hheif
Benjamin Jones
John Dennett
Ba Cacine
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Cold Weather Grips Nation Threatening Citrus Crop
A broad cold wave stretches across the United States. Florida citrus faces freeze risk with 136 million boxes on trees, near record crop. five states report heating fuel shortages impacting schools. Ohio records at least six deaths from extreme cold and wind chill. California sees lingering crop losses.
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Associated Press
Florida
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
National Weather Service
California
Mercury
Adams
N.Y
Maine Supreme Court may decide Longley cuts legality
Augusta AP three Maine legislative leaders say final ruling on Gov. James B. Longley 3 million in spending cuts may come from the Maine Supreme Court. They urged the governor to seek a court ruling on his authority to reduce spending without Executive Council approval. The matter arose after Atty. Gen. Brennan questioned unilateral cuts as constitutional.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Maine Sureme Court
House
Neil Rolde
York
Fri
Longley
State Executive Council
Atty
Joseph E. Brennan
Rolde
High Court
Governor orders department cuts to avert seven million deficit
The governor asked department heads to proceed with appropriations while seeking voluntary six month cutbacks to head off a deficit potentially as high as seven million dollars. Longley said it is early to declare a shortfall since tax revenues may rebound, and he and Brennan question postponing legislatively mandated programs. About 680 thousand dollars in savings come from delaying expanding day care and transportation for low income Mainers. Brennan asserts the governor can ensure economical program operation, while the attorney general notes difficulty in distinguishing economy measures from program curtailment.
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Longley
Brennan
Fire destroys two story Camp Ellis building at afternoon blaze
A Friday afternoon fire gutted a vacant two story home and take out stand at Camp Ellis. Saco Deputy Fire Chief Larry Smith called the damage extensive and said the cause is under investigation. Responding were Saco and Camp Ellis volunteers, with flames under control by 5 p.m. Ownership is Gene Waters of Yarmouth, who bought from Marcel and Mrs. Perrault.
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Bay Avenue
Camp Ellis
Saco
Larry Smith
Gene Waters
Yarmouth
Marcel Perrault
Stephen Muskie
New Juvenile Program Not A Do-Nothing Agency
York County Youth Action Association formed with schools service agencies and police, aims to improve physical and mental youth health to prevent delinquency. President Cal Brown pushes immediate action presenting about 30 members with programs including a job initiative at Thornton Academy.
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Susan Morrison
York County Youth Action Association, Inc
Cal Brown
York County
Thornton Academy
Brown
Airport Safety Proposals Ready for Washington
A federal task force formed after the LaGuardia bombing recommends tighter airport security. Proposals include limiting public access to coin lockers and expanding baggage surveillance. They are to be submitted to President Ford via Transportation Secretary William Coleman Jr. The panel, led by John McLucas, completed its weeklong study and reported Friday.
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Washington
LaGuardia
New York
Ford
Transportation
William Coleman Jr
Partment of Transportation
Federal Aviation
John McLucas
Coleman
New Cold War Fears Grow Over Angola Crisis
Addis Ababa AP reports UNITA claims 500 Soviet personnel arrived in Luanda to aid the MPLA as part of an ongoing Angola civil war. George Sangumbe cites special sources pushing total Soviet assistance to 900, amid MPLA advances in north and central Angola. Delegates at the OAU summit weigh recognition of MPLA versus UNITA FNLA and risk of East West bloc division.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Angola
George Sangumbe
Luanda
Popular Movement
Sangumbe
National Front
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Africa
MPLA
Unitafnla
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Eagle Lake
Senate
Jerrold B. Speers
Winthrop
Ralph Lowe
FNLA
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