Mini briefs pupils to pray in Rochester schools
Rochester elementary pupils will be allowed daily prayer starting Monday under school board guidelines issued by School Supt Thayer Wade. The move follows a November directive amid a state law permitting classroom recitation of the Lord's Prayer. The ACLU says it will challenge the action in federal court.
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Rochester
N.H
Thayer Wade
U.S. Supreme Court
Hampshire
American Civil Liberties Union
Concord
Counterfeit $100 bills used in Portland hotels
Treasury agents and Portland police probe counterfeit hundred dollar notes finding several phony bills at motels. Two men with New Hampshire and Connecticut addresses reportedly paid for rooms Tuesday night, then left with change. Businesses urged to spot the washed out color and missing red and blue threads.
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Portland, Maine
Treasury
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Berham
Maine teachers launch campaign on school funding law
The Maine Teachers Association launched an informational drive to counter claims of wild education spending under the state funding law. It distributes a pamphlet titled Lets Be Fair asserting educators have kept tight reins on spending.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Teachers Association
MTA
Indictments in York County jail disturbance case
Alfred Maine AP reports three former inmates indicted over a fall disturbance that prompted jail closure. Two indictments remain secret. A third charges Bruce Dyer 21 of Scarborough with vandalism on Sept 28. Assistant Atty. Gen. Arthur Stilphen says two others will be charged when arrested.
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Alfred
Maine
York County
Bruce Dyer
Scarborough
Arthur Stilphen
Peron asks resignations of eight ministers in cabinet reshuffle
Buenos Aires officials report that President Isabel Peron requested the resignations of eight ministers to allow a cabinet reshuffle. At 44, she faces economic hardship and political violence amid calls for stronger governance and new approaches since Juan Peron’s death in 1974.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Pittsburgh Deputies Seize Teachers Union Offices
Pittsburgh sheriff's deputies took over the offices of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers on Wednesday and announced the offices would be placed for a sheriff's sale after seizure.
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Pittsburgh Sheriff's Deputies
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Pittsburgh
Teachers
Ammonia fume incident at Portland fish plant injures four
In Portland Maine an employee Leroy Grubb 44 of Falmouth and three firemen were hospitalized after ammonia fumes from a refrigeration system at Coastal Fisheries Brown's Wharf plant. Grubb listed serious. others treated for ammonia burns and released. Fire Chief McDonough said a cylinder head blew off pipes triggering the leak. cause under investigation.
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Portland, Maine
Leroy Grubb
Falmouth
Maine Medical Center
Grubb
Coastal Fisheries, Inc
Brown’s Wharf
Joseph E. McDonough
Ware
McDonough
Jean Raymond
Dean Cressey
Walter Olsen
Portland
Social Services Cuts Protested in Maine
Two advocacy groups accuse Maine Department of Human Services reductions of being arbitrary and inequitable. They say 7 percent cuts threaten essential aid for children seniors the deaf mentally ill and disabled while Gov Longley defends legality and seeks council approval amid a $7.3 million state cutback over six months.
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Augusta
Maine
Department of Human Services
Maine Human Services Council
Maine Committee On Aging
State House
James B. Longley
Longley
Joyce Harmon
Falmouth
Human Services Council
Atty
Joseph E. Brennan
Executive Council
Agent Warns Against Abandoning Pets in York County
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A state humane agent Lillian Merry runs a shelter and denounces owner abandonment of dogs. She notes collars removed and dogs left loose, risking prosecution. Town manager confirms costs of up to 10 dollars per animal and warns of a 500 dollar fine plus up to 11 months jail for animal abandonment.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lillian Merry
Jerry Plante
Abuses Of Unemployment Fund Assailed
A Biddeford legislative hearing on Maine unemployment insurance drew sharp charges of fund abuse and calls to curb fraud. Saco Tanning's Raymond Bonang urged cleaning up abuses to prevent depletion, while Alex Anastasoff argued benefits keep money in circulation. Industry voices warned the system cripples incentives and harms capital for hiring.
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Saco
Biddeford
Maine
Raymond Bonang
Saco Tanning Corp
Ross Community Center
Bonang
Sugarloaf
Alex Anastasoff
Paul Schofield
Movement Corp
Eric Chetwynd
Reece Corp
Scarborough
Bomb explodes in San Francisco office building injuring two
A 42 story downtown office building in San Francisco was rocked by a bomb at 9 57 p m injuring two people and causing about 200 000 in damage Police Captain Mortimer McInerney said the blast damaged the 13th and 14th floors mainly Stauffer Chemical Co offices and an Iranian consulate corridor A warning 30 minutes earlier was telephoned to the San Francisco Chronicle by a self described Red Guerrilla Family member The incident prompted a large evacuation and a careful search of the podium level and surrounding areas
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San Francisco
Stauffer Chemical Co
Mortimer McInerney
Stauffer
McInerney
Embarcadero Plaza
Olice
Bob Sherratt
Red Guerrilla Family
San Francisco Chronicle
Red Guerrilla
Standard Oil Co. of California
FBI
Berkeley
Calif
Do Not Open Until July 4th Safe Exhibit Plans
Washington AP Congress leaders will begin carrying out Mrs. Charles F. Deihm's centennial bicentennial plan. A safe holding mementos from the 1776 era will open publicly in the Capitol with speeches by House Speaker Carl Albert. inner strongbox opening July 4, 1976. Contents include autographs, poems, photos, a book with 800,000 government employee names, and more gathered by Deihm with a Hayes endorsement.
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Washington
Charles F. Deihm
U.S. Independence
Deihm
New York City
Philadelphia
Capitol
Carl Albert
Rutherford B. Hayes
Come in for a shady deal at awning shop
A light hearted journal note marks a sign over an awning store reading Come in for a shady deal. The cheeky quip plays on shade while inviting customers into the local business.
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