Park panel kept own checking account despite town funds
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH the park commission operates a separate checking account, funding Memorial Park development from parking revenue with little town council oversight. Town Manager Kent seeks to fold these funds into the general fund or earmark them. the origin of the account remains unclear.
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Christopher Kent
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The
Ruth Kelly
Kelly Sys
Lorraine Dowd
Joyce McKee
Oil tanker splits in half off Cape Ann coast
An American oil tanker with eight crewmen aboard was torn in half by heavy seas off Gloucester near Cape Ann. There was no oil on board. Coast Guard officials said the 160 foot vessel Chester Poling was wrecked six to eight miles off Cape Ann.
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Boston
UPS
Gloucester
Coast Guard
Chester Poling
Cape Ann
Peking calls Summit as Teng crisis deepens in purge fallout
UPI reports Beijing leaders including Hua Kuo feng may be meeting to respond to growing public calls for Teng Hsiao-ping reinstatement. The discourse touches on the fate of Wu Teh the Pek ing mayor and an army commander tied to pro Teng riots. diplomats say a meeting is virtually certain though no official confirmation exists.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Teng Hsiao-ping
Communist Party
Hua Kuofeng
Peking
Wu Teh
Ex-Russian Seaman in Court on Spy Charge
Ivan Rogalsky, 34, a Jackson Township resident alien, is charged with obtaining and passing classified documents to Soviet agent Yevgeniy Karpov. He was arraigned by U.S. Magistrate Hunt, held without bail, and a hearing was set to assess his ability to hire counsel. The FBI arrested him in Lakewood after he obtained a secret document titled Statement of Work Investigation of Special Techniques.
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N.J
UPI
U.S
Ivan Rogalsky
Rogalsky
Jackson Township
Yevgeniy Petrovich Karpov
United Nations
William Hunt
Hunt
Apoo
Roger Wenstein
Jonathan Goldstein
FBI
Lakewood
Biddeford adults open doors to hobby courses and diplomas
Biddeford adult education begins a new semester next week offering non credit hobby courses alongside diploma programs. Courses include Car Care for Women Conversational Greek and Quilling with pottery and watercolor classes taught by Kennebunkport artist Ed Mayo. The director David Redmond highlights new offerings such as Coping With Kids and 13th century Italian art of peer filigree while inviting suggestions and curriculums from interested residents.
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David Redmond
Biddeford
Redmond
Kennebunkport
Ed Mayo
Ford's final full week in office outlined
President Ford begins his last full week in office amid talk of possible surprises before leaving Jan. 20. Key issues include amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters and possible gasoline price decontrol. He will award the Medal of Freedom to several figures and deliver the State of the Union to Congress.
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UPI
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Joe DiMaggio
Ee Irving Berlin
Washington Post
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At beginning and end, he's still Jerry Ford
Gerald Ford leaves office as a modest, well-liked figure who accepted loss and plans for private life. Close aides describe him as a professional politician who knew how to lose as well as win. He remains upbeat, nostalgic but not bitter, and orders unprecedented cooperation in the transition to Carter's presidency.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Richard
Nixon
Ford
White House
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jimmy Carter
Almanac highlights and historic events for January 10
The piece notes celestial signs for January 10, 1977 including Mercury Mars Saturn and Venus Jupiter. It cites Ethan Allen birth, Florida secession in 1861 and League of Nations formation in 1920 along with Miriam Ferguson’s Texas governorship in 1925 and Wyoming’s Nellie Tayloe Ross. It also mentions a Marietta nursing home fire in 1970 and Claudine Longet's trial ongoing with testimonies expected.
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Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Ethan Allen
Florida
League of Nations
Miriam ‘‘Ma”’ Ferguson
Texas
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Marietta
Ohio
Death search for Sinatra matriarch in mountain crash
The rescue team combs California's San Gorgonio Mountains after a PS jet went off course and crashed killing Natalie Dottie Sinatra, her traveling companion, the pilot, and co-pilot. The incident occurred about 40 miles off course. details continued on page 6.
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UPI
Frank Sinatra
Natilie
Dottie’ Sinatra
California
San Gorgonio Mountains
Road crews brace for another Maine winter storm
Maine road crews faced another blast of winter as a storm forecast four to eight inches of snow with possible freezing rain and sleet. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning while authorities urged extreme caution on snow covered highways and reduced visibility from large snowbanks.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
National Weather Service
Mo Storm Eary
Maine Turnpike Authority
Men over 40, this means you
Boston report quotes Dr. Roman W. DeSanctis of Massachusetts General Hospital advising adults not to overtax themselves when shoveling snow. He warns hospitals fill with heart attack cases from shoveling or storm exposure, and urges men over 45 to 50 who are inactive to pace themselves and seek help if ill.
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Boston
UPI
Roman W. DeSanctis
Massachusetts General Hospital
DeSanctis
Blood type A drivers linked to higher crash risk
A Kagoshima police survey of 1013 injured drivers found 42.2 percent had blood type A while 31 percent were type C, 17 percent type B, and 9.8 percent type A. The study concludes a link between blood type A and greater accident involvement and stress coping challenges.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kagoshima
Japan
Today Inside The Journal Chuckle Says Nothing To Say
A light feature notes that there is nothing wrong with having nothing to say unless one insists on saying it. The quip frames the idea as a playful Daily Journal aside.
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