Thunderstorm Causes Power and Phone Disruptions Across Maine
Severe July thunderstorm blamed for damaging two major CMP circuits affecting Biddeford Pool and Five Corners, with widespread outages and live wires across Saco Wells and Kennebunkport. Fire crews rescue a man trapped by fallen wires, church steeple hit by lightning, and campers struck by a toppled tree. no injuries reported.
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Maine
Kennebunk
National Weather Service
Portland
Kenneth Small
Central Maine Power Company
Biddeford Pool
Five Corners
Biddeford
CMP
Small
Robert Bissonnette
Washington Ave
Saco
Civil Defense
Leon Libby
Notre Dame
Winter Street
Bay View Road
Middle Street
Ocean View Cabins
Landing Road
Wells
Ronald Carter
Kennebunkport
Resignation of Kennebunkport Police Chief Bonney
Kennebunkport Police Chief Sherman Bonney submitted his resignation effective September 15 after a stormy police commission meeting. Chairman Charles Sullivan withheld details, citing tensions between the department and certain citizens. A special meeting is planned to air the matters, amid dispute over an executive session involving Walrus Imports owner Gregory Quevillon, who faced a larceny charge.
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Kennebunkport
Sherman Bonney
Police Commission
Charles Sullivan
Bonney
Sullivan
Police Department
Special Police Commission
Gregory Quevillon
Walrus
Ocean Avenue
Stephen Emmons
William Houston
Quevillon
Perry’ Texaco
DEP ultimatum over Biddeford plant prompts action plan
Biddeford must notify the Maine Department of Environmental Protection by July 8 of steps to improve its municipal sewage treatment plant or face enforcement. The plan may include an engineering study of industrial waste, longer chlorine contact time, a sludge mixer, and an extra operator.
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Biddeford
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Dennis Purington
Municipal Services Division
Bureau of Water Quality Control
Lucien Dutremble
Purington
Dutremble
Nixon Risked Life On Mideast Trip
President Nixon’s physician disclosed he carried a permanent left leg blood clot thrombophlebitis and was warned the clot could be fatal if it broke free. Dr. Walter R. Tkach said Nixon pressed ahead with the Middle East and Moscow itineraries, resting little and insisting on travel despite potential hazards. Ambulances were kept ready in motorcades but unused during the trips.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Middle East
Tkach
Army
Salzburg
Austria
Mideast
House
Moscow
New York Daily News
Soviet Union
Ware House
Biscayne Bay
C.G. ‘Bebe’ Rebozo
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Evert Wins Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title
Teena age 19 from Fort Lauderdale defeats Olga Morozova 6 0 6 4 to claim Wimbledon women’s singles crown. Nearby, fiancé Jimmy Connors wins the men’s final 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 4 over Dick Stockton, as Stan Smith’s bid for all American final falters after rally by Stan Rosewall.
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Chris Evert
Olga Morostova
Miss Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jimmy Connors
Dick Stockston
Connors
Belleville
Ill
Stan Smith
Smith
Ken Rosewall
Billie Jean King
Mrs. Morozova
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Limington Rapids
Bob Bourque
Linda Danis
Bourque
John Ewing
Peter Kingsley
Walter R. Tkach
White House
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Abby
Evert
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