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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1977

Page

8

Connecticut boosts metric shift with clip weight demo billboards

Commissioner Mary Heslin explains a paper clip weighs about one gram to illustrate the state's metric conversion program. The campaign aims to raise citizen awareness through statewide billboard posters.

Mary Heslin Connecticut UPI

Ex-Nixon aide Leonard Garment mourns wife Grace Garment

Grace R Garment 49 identified as the woman who died by her own hand. She was found December 7 in a room at the Essex Hotel Boston after arriving from New York on December 3. The death was ruled by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Boston UPI Grace Garment Leonard Garment Garment Essex Hotel Boston City Suffolk County George Curtis Grace R. Garment New York Paine Whitney Penn Station Richard Nixon

Casino gambling eyed in Mass

Western Massachusetts business leaders push for a local option allowing casino gambling to boost tax revenue and attract tourism. The bill would restrict each community to one casino with a voter referendum every four years, amid concerns about job quality and broader economic impact.

Boston UPI Chamber of Commerce Massachusetts Government Regulations Committee America Bob Arnold Adams Chamber of Commerce Mt. Greylock Reservation Adams Daniel Garbose Greylock Associates Selectmen Or Licensing Board John Fitzpatrick Stockbridge Berkshires Doetter Fitzpatrick Royal Bolling Jr Dboston David Swartz D-Haverhill Anthony McBride D-Adams Bolling McBride

Extortion inquiry starts not as senator planned

Gerald McKee Jr., president of McKee-Berger-Mansueto Inc., testifies that one Massachusetts senator accused of extorting $40,000 sought to press the inquiry to harm a political rival. The remarks come during the federal See comeracy trial of Senate leaders Joseph J. DiCarlo and Ronald C. MacKenzie in Massachusetts.

Boston UPI Massachusetts Gerald McKee Jr McKee-Berger-Mansueto Inc New York Senate Joseph J.C. DiCarlo D.revere Ronald C. MacKenzie R.burlington DiCarlo MacKenzie MBM Umass

Award-winning policeman faces false report charge

Hartford officer Omar Colon awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in 1974 is charged with falsifying a report about a suspect shot at a Far rington Avenue store. Investigators say he claimed the fugitive was fleeing when he was shot. Colon was released on a promise to appear in court.

Hartford, Conn UPI Hartford Omar Colon Farmington Avenue Colon Department Internal Affairs Division U.S. Navy Puerto Rico Common Pleas Court Nicholas F. Armentano

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