State urged to boost aid share for local education
A Maine legislative commission urges raising the state's share of local education funding to 55 percent in 1977 and 60 percent in 1978, citing the Equal Education Act's mixed impact. The report backs using prior expenditures adjusted for inflation and enrollment to set future state obligations and suggests excluding school construction and bus funding from the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Legislative Education Subsidy Commission
Commission
Boston Edison to build wind mills in harbor for hospital power
Boston Edison will install two 200-foot wind turbines on a Long Island bluff in Boston Harbor, supplying free electricity to the 500 patient Long Island Hospital. The $500,000 project, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, marks the first wind powered electric generation in the United States and relies on the hospital’s nonprofit status.
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Boston
Boston Edison Co
Long Island
Boston Harbor
Boston Herald American
National Science Foundation
Norman McKenzie
Boston Edison
Emery Status Aided By Jadine O'Brien
In a 26 page legal response Emery denies fraud claims by Peter Kyros about the 1974 election. Jadine O'Brien of Portland spotlighted Kyros alleged campaign failures while Emery’s team cites contested ballots and timing issues. Emery’s answer asserts no conspiracy with health lobbyists and notes Kyros admitted other factors in defeat.
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Portland
Cong
David Emery
Peter Kyros
Emery
Committee On House Administration
C. William Taylor
Washington, D.C
Carles L. Cragin
Kyros
Jadine O'Brien
Maine
Frauc
National Health Foundation
O'Brien
House
Rockland
York County
James McMahon
Kennebunk
Kittery Navy Yard
Biddeford
Oil ministers discuss plan for Paris energy conference
Jamshid Amouzegar said Iran supports a two way early meeting on energy talks with OPEC nations and a possible face to face conference with importing countries. Algeria presses a three sided framework while Saudi Arabia wary of confrontation with importers and skeptical about the summit.
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Algiers
Jamshid Amouzegar
Paris
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Bouteflika
United States
Amouzegar
Iran
Sheik Zaki Yamani
Tle
Saudi Arabia
Saco Student Wins Hovey Award for Scholastic Promise
Four University of Maine seniors earned awards for engineering scholastic attainment and promise. Robert F. Gendron won the Hovey Award a $100 scholarship from a 1932 Stone and Webster fund. He belongs to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Pi Sigma and has led physics student groups while considering graduate study in physics.
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Crono
Saco
University of Maine
Robert F. Gendron
College of Engineering and Science
Hovey
The
Stone
Gendron
Tau Beta Pi
Society of Physics Students
Sigma Pi Sigma
Area Drivers In Saco Court
A Saco District Court roundup lists multiple defendants with charges including operating under the influence and assault. Dismissals, transfers to Superior Court, and fines are noted for cases heard in Biddeford, Kennebunk, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach.
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Saco Court
Saco District Court
Paul E. Kerry
Pheasant Road
Saco
Kennebunk
Richard T. Brooks
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Robert H. Lalond
Montreal
Roland C. Picard
Berry Road
John Hughes
Buxton Road
Stanley J. Siminski
Scarborough
Gordon F. Sevigney
Foss St
David C. Bowden
Clifford St
George E. Anderson
Norfolk
Mass
Superior Court
Jack Cribby Jr
Robin Ave
Larceny
Dennis H. Winslow Jr
Suzanne Alfano
Piersons Lane
Real L. Savoy
Selime Corbeil Jr
Roland Michaud
Quimby St
John P. Pizey
Kennebunkport
Ronald R. Toussaint
Bradley St
Carroll
Limerick
Farley
Goodwin
South Berwick
Hobbins
Morin
Nadeau
Sanford
Rolde
York
Truman
Lizette
Durgin
Kittery
Tyndale
Kauffman
Lovell
Mackel
Wells
McMahon
Gauthier
D-Sanford
Indians win seats in House in Maine
The Maine House in Augusta voted 104 to 40 to allow two Indian tribal representatives to take seats and speak. Supporters argued the 3,000 Indians on state reservations deserve a voice. opponents said Indians are already represented in their districts. Several York County members cast votes for or against. one Democrat was absent. A stray note mentions Zeuxis and grapes in a separate line.
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House of Representatives
Augusta
Maine
York County
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Equality Board For Altar Girls
Providence
Project Equality Advisory Board
Louis E. Gelineau
Project Equality of
Rhode Island
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San Clemente
Calif
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kissinger
Nancy
World Affairs Council
Los Angeles
Ronald L. Ziegler
Palm Springs
Washington
Kennedy
Newport
R.I
John F. Kennedy
Dennis J. Murphy Jr
State Department of Natural Resources
General Assembly
Murphy
Brenton Point State Park
Maine Central
St. Johnsbury, Vt
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Maine Central Railroad
Moose River
EPA
Jeannie Jackson
Three Stooges
Larry Fine
Fine
Joe de Rita
Curly
Moe Howard
Moe
UPI
Hildreth
Portland, Maine
Pittston Co
Eastport
Board of Environmental Protection
Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Coastal Resources Action Committee
WGAN
BEP
Pittston
Federal Aviation Administration
McKenzie
Edison
Jadine O’brien
Andrea del Sarto
George Catlin
Robert E. Bedard
Duhamel’s
Halfway Cash
Saco Ave
Halfway
SAT
SUN
California
Steak House
Masonic Hall
Pool Rd
Neil’s Motors
Volkswagen
Alfred
Grants Family Restaurants
Ene
Biddeford,me
Zeuxis
B.C
Howard
American Legion Auxiliary of
Biddeford High School
Main Street
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