Port Taxpayers Rally Over New Appraisals In Kennebunkport
About 569 residents protested the town and challenged a private appraisal firm over new property valuations. They accused the contractor Whipple Magane and Darcy of inflating values and using aerial maps, while officials insisted they oversee the process and may revise figures until end of July.
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Maryline White
Kennebunkport
Robert Shuris
Abbott
Pendergast
Shuris
Whipple, Magane
Charles Sullivan
Sharis
Sullivan
Ereet
Robert Brown
Massachusetts
Ting
Old Orchard Beach
Conservation Ordinance Reconstituted With Tight Rules
The Sacoa council approved a second reading of a two page conservation commission ordinance after abolishing the old panel three months earlier. The measure limits membership to seven, with no more than one member from any profession, and restricts city participation while prompting debate among councilors.
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Conservation Commission
Sacoa Council
Bruce Taylor
Robert Cassette
Planning Board
van Psomiades
Berton Braley
Braley
Coun
Cilors
James Ward
Michael Searles
Paula Armstrong
Patricia Reay
Cassette
Taylor
Ithe Conservation Commission
Ward
Commission
Samuel Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Presumpscot
Ford Announces Candidacy For 1976 Presidency
Washington AP reports Gerald Ford announces his bid for the 1976 presidency from the White House. The Michigan congressman emphasizes projecting the image of a president over campaigning as he begins his national campaign launch.
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Washington
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Ford
White House
Michigan
Ford History In Favor As Ford Seeks 1976 Bid
President Ford faces 1976 bid with history on his side as 11 of 13 presidents won new terms in the 20th century. Ford, the first former VP to lead without an elected VP stint, rose to president after Nixon’s resignation in 1974. He previously planned to retire from the House before saying he would run. Ronald Reagan reportedly plans to challenge him for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
House
Grand Rapids
Mich
William
Richard Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
House of Representatives
The
Miami Herald
Ronald Reagan
California
News
Knight Newspapers
Reagan
He Herald
Bonn
West Germany
Yitzhak Rabin
Hitler
Rabin
Helmut Schmidt
Sinai
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Blaze at Portland skid row hotel kills unknowns
A deadly fire at the Pomona Hotel near Burnside Street in Portland killed two dozen men. a woman is among the injured. Firemen say the three story brick hotel showed arson origin and conditions suggested up to 100 rooms were occupied. Eight hurt were in critical condition and three firefighters were minorly injured. The building sustained severe internal damage with heat possibly reaching 1000 degrees.
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Portland
Ore
Pomona Hotel
Burnside Street
Burnside Bridge
Les Pratt
Portland Fire Bureau
Soviet Presence Said Expanding in Somalia Port Facility
U S intelligence cites reports of about 3000 Soviet specialists in a growing Russian military complex near Berbera in Somalia. Senator Bartlett reports seeing a missile handling facility and other evidence of Soviet presence despite Somali denials.
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Washington
USS
Chrysler names Riccardo to lead board as Townsend retires
John J. Riccardo is named chairman of Chrysler Corp to succeed Lynn A. Townsend who retires after nine years at the helm. Eugene A. Cafiero will become president, as Chrysler reports a $52 million loss last year and faces ongoing upheaval.
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New York
John J. Riccardo
Lynn A. Townsend
Boar
Chrysler Corp
Eugene A. Cafiero
Riccardo
Auto
Townsend
Chrysler
Peron Drops Wage Cap But Holds Line On Rega Ouster
President Isabel Peron agrees to remove the 50 percent wage increase ceiling for striking Peronist labor. She rejects union calls to remove her closest adviser Jose Lopez Rega, according to informed sources.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Peronist Movement
Jose Lopez Rega
Prisoner shoots way out of Paris courtroom
In Paris a prisoner being tried for armed holdup seized the moment during a trial at the Palace of Justice. He wounded two guards and took the presiding judge and a prosecutor hostage before fleeing with a woman posing as a lawyer carrying a grenade. The four escaped in a car. the judge and prosecutor were unharmed.
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Paris
Jean-Charles Willaquet
Giselle Bauwens-Mille
Palace of Justice
Cozette
Willoquet
Willaquet
Jar Uet
M. Cozette
Unemployed workers join paid human drug tests in Miami
An unemployed clown a furloughed construction worker and a machinist answered ads for healthy male volunteers in a Miami medical research project. Tests pay 50 to 250 dollars for two days to two weeks. Dr. Cohen notes risks while FDA scientist Dr. Lisook says Phase 1 trials began in 1963 with no permanent harm reported.
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Miami
Albert Cohen
Peninsular Testing Co
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Larry Hodges
Allan Lisook
FDA
Rockville
Roadside Stand Signs Go For Bite Of Country Life
A country roadside stand posts prices in a nostalgic rural caption. Corn costs 40 cents, tomatoes 35 cents, cakes 10 cents, with directions back to town priced at 25 cents. The humorous line captures a simple, old fashioned market moment.
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U.s.world Report
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Oregon
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Rod Otten
Ilinois University
Otten
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Inside the Journal
New England News
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