Snow Cover Thickens With Eight Inches in Maine
Light powdery snow blanketed southern Maine causing school closings and slick roads. Portland and Brunswick reported four inches, Augusta and Rumford three inches, with drivers facing limited visibility due to blowing snow. Northern areas were less affected as a midweek low from the Great Lakes moved east.
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Portland
Maine
National Weather Service
Brunswick
Augusta
Rumford
West Paris
Bangor
Great Lakes
Greenville-Houston
Aroostook County
Juvenile Held In Double Shooting In Brunswick Maine
A 15 year old youth is to appear in Brunswick Juvenile Court on a double shooting case. Police say Arthur and Helen Ridley were shot in the head and hospitalized. a .22 rifle was recovered. The youth was taken into custody in Connecticut and returned to Maine. held at Boys Training Center in South Portland.
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Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick
Richard Mayer
Arthur
Helen Ridley
Ayer
West Hartford
Conn
Maine
Boys’ Training Center
South
Portland
Ford To Stump New Hampshire In February
President Ford plans an overnight February 7 8 trip to New Hampshire to join the primary campaign with an advance White House team to work out details. Nashua is likely the main stop with possible longer stay depending on campaign needs.
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Ford
New Hampshire
Washington
White House
Nashua
N.H
California
Ronald Reagan
Commerce
Rogers C.B Morton
Orton
Howard
Bo) Callaway
Ford Campaign Committee
Kite House
1975 Off Year For Blueberries Harvest in Maine
In Machias Maine a Maine blueberry specialist from the University of Maine Extension Service says the 1975 blueberry harvest should reach about 12 million pounds, down from the five year average of 17 to 18 million. He cites a hot dry summer as the cause of last year’s dip and notes a crop tally will be released soon by the Department of Agriculture. Blueberries remain a major Maine crop.
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Machias
Maine
University of Maine
Amr A. Ismail
Ismail
Department of Agriculture
Fire Destroys Potato House in Washburn Maine
In Washburn Maine a potato house and contents valued at 90000 were destroyed in a Sunday fire. About 18 firefighters battled the blaze amid 30 below zero temperatures. The building owned by Loren and Atwood Sperry held as many as 7500 bushels of seed potatoes valued at 10 dollars per bushel and may have started from an overheated stove. Insurance covered part of the loss.
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Washburn
Maine
Aroostook
Loren
Atwood Sperry
1776 March Re-enacted Ends in Monterey Massachusetts
Thirty eight volunteers reenact Henry Knox s 1776 march from Great Barrington to Monterey amid falling snow dragging sleds with cannons. They traveled from Alford on Saturday and aim to reach Cambridge January 27 continuing the winter expedition that carried 60 tons of artillery for Washington to Dorchester Heights.
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Monterey
Mass
Henry Knox
Great Barrington
Alford
Cambridge
New York
Massachusetts
Fort Ticonderoga
George Washington
Dorchester Heights
Boston
Massachusetts Bicentennial Commission
Wallace says legal segregation is gone in pledge on campaign
Boston AP Wallace, Alabama governor, declares legal segregation is gone and not worth returning to. on a two day Massachusetts campaign swing he plans to enter the March 2 Democratic primary, contending he may make only two trips back. He backs federally financed unemployment relief and tax relief by removing capital gains taxes, while praising welfare as humanitarian but criticizing ineligible recipients who he says drain billions.
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Boston
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Allace
Massachusetts
Wallace
Shriver First To Enter Vermont Presidential Primary
Vermont Secretary of State confirms Democrat R Sargent Shriver as the first candidate officially entered in the new Vermont presidential primary. He submitted a petition with over 200 signatures and a $1000 filing fee, with more candidates expected to enter by March 2. Local campaign plans list Shriver, Carter, Udall, Harris, and Bayh among Democrats. Reagan undecided on running.
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R. Sargent Shriver
Vermont
Sec. of
Richard Thomas
Thomas
Shriver
Ford
White House
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Arizona
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Ronald Reagan
Florida
Reagan
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Sanford hospital stay prompts campaign pause
Former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford, 58, president of Duke University, spent a comfortable night in Salem Hospital after chest pains at a Marblehead campaign stop. Tests were normal and a doctor would examine him. campaign appearances were canceled as Sanford considered a Tuesday to Thursday schedule in New Hampshire.
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Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Salem
Mass
Sanford
Duke University
Marblehead
David Ethridge
Ethridge
Durham
N.C
New Hampshire
Dick Hogarty
University of Massachusetts
Terry
Hogarty
Associated Press
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Biddeford
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