Truancy Hearing Pushes for Schoolholder Remedies
School officials juvenile counselors and court officers urged the Judiciary Committee to act after the October 1973 repeal increased habitual truancy. They warned that without recourse schools face more chronic cases and higher absenteeism while alternatives to education remain scarce.
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Judiciary Committee
Robert Hodge
Biddeford
Saco
Biddeford-Saco
Hodge
Sweetser
Ford outlines tax cuts and oil taxes to revive economy
President Ford presents a program featuring a 12 percent one time tax rebate up to 1000 dollars, ongoing tax cuts for the poor, corporate tax relief, 80 dollar payments for non tax filers, higher revenue sharing, a two dollar per barrel oil tax, and gasoline price hikes aimed at reducing oil imports. He also seeks standby authority to ration gasoline and discloses additional proposals including a large stockpile plan.
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Ford
The
Nation
White House
Ron Nelsen
State of the Union
Congress
Wholesale prices decline first time in 14 months
December wholesale prices fell five tenths of a percent led by lower farm product prices, offsetting a small rise in industrial commodities. For 1974 overall prices rose 20.9 percent. The report frames inflation cooling as Ford prepares the State of the Union.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Congress
Debate over town lobbyist contract in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach town council wrestled with re hiring lobbyist C Jackson Barstow amid friction between Councilor John Bird and Acting Manager Jerome Plante. Barstow seeks a $200 monthly contract citing $16 000 in grants and improved agency relations, while Plante argues no contract is needed and cites past fees. Council motions to table the item 4 to 1 for further study as snowmobile ban on the beach gains support.
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Old Orchard Beach
John Bird
Jerome Plante
C. Jackson Barstow
Barstow
Bird
Plante
State House
Augusta
Jerry
Leatrice Morin
Council
Richard Marshall
Arnold Morin
Rep. Morin
Saco Administrator John Dexter Stars in City Life Series
Saco administrator John Dexter Jr leads a slide series titled A Day in the Life of a City Manager. Photographer John Tillyer shot scenes in Dexter’s office and at council meetings for a Walch Co educational program to reach 600 publications.
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Saco
Hollywood
Cit
John Dexter Jr
Dexter
John Tillyer
Ocation
Portland
J. Weston Walch Co
United States
Canada
Tillyer
Rick Kimball
Walch Company
Brian Arsenault
Arsenault
John Menario
Kimball
Saco Council
New Saco Charter Hits First Roadblock
Saco considers a charter review led by the law firm that drafted it to clarify roles of mayor council and city administrator. Mayor Braley seeks temporary veto power over the council and mayoral appointment control, with explicit duties and administrator qualifications in the charter.
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Saco
Berton Braley
City Council
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer
Robert Cassette
Cassette
John Dexter
Firefighters’ Union
Braley
Saco Approves Thornton Academy Contract Unanimously
Saco school committee approves a Thornton Academy contract tying tuition to LD 1994 per pupil cost, with no public or female board representation. The panel also tables a 15 minute shorter teachers day, sets gym uniforms for middle schoolers, adopts aide pay scales, and accepts the athletic director’s resignation.
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Saco
Thornton Academy
Potter
Howard Cushman
Albert Carignan
Association
Saco Middle School
Richard Belanger
Parent-Guardian
Longley pushes outreach after press clash in Maine
Gov. James Longley held a morning press conference to defend press coverage, open lines of communication with the bipartisan Legislature, and announce a 16 member committee to recruit women and minorities into state government. He denied shifting positions to appease critics and urged nonpartisan searches for minority appointments.
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Augusta
James Longley
Longley
Maine Women’s Political Caucus
Women's Political Caucus
Maine
Inside The Journal Cartoons Classifieds 14 15
A brief campus style blurb notes sections including Editorials Horoscope and a cheeky aphorism about speech revealing the mind. The note mentions pages 4 14 15 and hints at light content in the periodical.
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Philip Merrill
Cal Brown
York County
Merrill
Brown
Manu
Camp Ellis
Dick Danforth
OOB Council
Susan Morrison
Saco Charter
Thornton
Kathleen O’connell
Roderick Potter
Academy
Saco Teachers’ Association
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