19 Jan 1977
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
1
Biddeford police say 1976 saw more major crimes than 1975, though a higher clearance rate and more desk complaints occurred. Total property stolen declined, and youth 18 to 24 led alcohol related arrests. Officers assaulted more while in two man vehicles. downtown remained trouble spot.
President Ford tentatively grants honorable discharges to about 700 deserters who served in Vietnam and were wounded or decorated for valor, but excludes draft evaders and other wartime offenders. Discharges to be reviewed individually under the 1974 75 clemency program, with no blanket relief.
The Ford administration asked Congress to remove federal gasoline price controls. If Congress does not disapprove within 15 days, the controls would be lifted March 1, a move critics warn could raise prices by about eight cents per gallon amid likely congressional resistance.
Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose is on a list of potential pardons recommended by the Justice Department for President Ford to consider. A Washington Post report says Ford decided to pardon the 60 year old Chicago resident, though officials would only confirm her name on the pardon list.
Biddeford council defeats a motion to hire a Portland attorney to prosecute landowner Charles Cyr over alleged illegal subdivision on River Road. The decision leaves the case to city solicitor Marcel Iger while the planning board considers the issue further.
Old Orchard Beach Maine five candidates from Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine will be interviewed for the town manager post. Council chairman Richard Marshall says confidentiality limits names. Mayor Kent may stay on if a successor is not chosen by February.
Egypt faced two days of food price riots as Sadat revoked hikes on bread and butane gas. Police were ordered to shoot rioters on sight and a dusk to dawn curfew was imposed in Cairo and Alexandria. Nine people died and over 200 were injured as protests spread to Aswan.
Judge Nicholas W. Danton of Old Orchard Beach was appointed chief of Maine's 19 District Courts by Supreme Court Chief Justice Armand Dufresne. He may not name a deputy, earning a $1,000 raise to his $23,000 salary. a deputy chief earns $500. The move follows the removal of Ralph H. Ross as chief earlier after a dispute over district court administration.
Almanac notes January 19 1977 is a Wednesday. It lists historical events from 1861 Georgia secession to 1975 China constitution. The piece mentions Confederate Gen Robert E Lee born 1807 and an ice fishing scene on Maine rivers with a camp feature on page 7.
Microbiologists at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta say they have identified a large slow growing bacteria as the cause of Legionnaires Disease that killed 29 attendees at the Pennsylvania American Legion convention in Philadelphia last July. The organism remains unnamed and is suspected to be the same as the one linked to eight Washington hospital deaths in 1966. investigators seek source, transmission path to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, and how the bacteria spread among conventiongoers.
A brief note from Today Inside the Journal mentions a 20 page issue and a supplement. The tease hints at light content and a humor feature as a small daily option for readers on a tight budget.
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