Bicycling Safety Concerns Raise Alarm in Maine
Kennebunkport report details a nighttime bicyclist struck near Route 9 and two earlier crashes leaving a teen in treatment. Police hail rising bike use but warn drivers and riders lack awareness of road dangers and defensive riding. Bike shop owner Pete Sargent stresses need for laws awareness and under 16 rider training.
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Maryline White
Kennebunkport
Consolidated School
Tunate
Maine
John Prescott
Pete Sargent
Cape Able Bike Shape
Cape Porpoise
Sargent
Stevens
Sevens
DOT Secretary Opposes Rebuilding Rail Line Roadbeds
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr warns a rail modernization bill may waste federal dollars and fail to fix root causes of rail decline. He urges loan guarantees and regulatory changes, while Amtrak and unions back the proposal citing job creation and network improvements.
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Washington
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
America
Amtrak
Railroad
Coleman
House Subcommittee On
Transportation and Commerce Today
Stephen Ailes
Association of American Railroads
Ailes
Jack Curran
Laborers’ International Union of North America
J. C. Turner
International Union of Operating
Army Officials Question Belgian Machine Gun Deal
An Army Senate briefing confirmed testing and consideration of the Maremont M 60 E2 for U S use while denying any commitment to buy Belgian guns. Senators seek to know who overruled the recommendation and why, with further answers expected soon.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Army Department
Maremont
United States
Belgium
Maine
David Emery
Schlesinger
Associated Press
Emery
U.S
Saco
Biddeford Tenement Declared Unfit for Habitation
Biddeford Housing Code Board upheld the fire and safety finding that a vacant five story building at 13 Main Street is unfit for habitation. Owners OSP Associates must remove hazards within 14 days and start major reconstruction by Sept 1 with full code compliance within a year. If no work begins by Sept 1, city may condemn the property.
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Biddeford
Housing Code Board of Review
E. Allen Berube
Main Street
Edward Gaulin
OSP Associates
Gaulin
Fire Prevention Bureau
OSP
Raymond Parent
Berube
Largest cocaine seizure tied to international ring
Mexican and U S authorities arrest at least 25 and seek more in a vast drug smuggling network described as the world's most important. 660 pounds of cocaine with a 45 million dollar street value seized in Mexico. suspects include Americans Colombians Argentinians and Cubans.
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Associated Press
U.S
Pedro Ojeda Paullada
United States
Ojeda Paullada
Colombia
Mexico
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
San Diego
Calif
California
IRA Guerrilla Chief Captured in Dublin
Police in Dublin suburb captured 38 year old IRA Provisional wing commander David O Connell after years on the run. The seizure comes as new strains were put on the five month old Northern Ireland cease fire.
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Dublin
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
David O’connell
O'Connell
IRA
Ford Campaign Dismisses Rockefeller On 1976 Ticket
AP reports President Ford’s campaign manager Bo Callaway disavows any plan to push Nelson Rockefeller as Ford’s running mate. Callaway says he backs Ford’s stance of a separate Rockefeller bid, while Rockefeller declines to campaign and defers to Ford to decide the vice presidency upon nomination.
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Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Howard H
Bo’’ Callaway
Callaway
Atlanta
Ord
Colonel Given More Time In Beirut Kidnapping Case
A note to Agence France Presse says the captors of Col. Ernest R. Morgan have extended their deadline by 72 hours to kill him if U S demands are not met. The group seeks aid for a Beirut slum and for the U S to publicly announce the move. The deadline shifts to 2 p m EDT Saturday. The incident deepens rift within Palestinian guerrilla factions with moderates of the PLO blaming radicals.
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Lebanon
U.S
Agence France Press
Ernest R. Morgan
Petersburg
McMurtrie Godley
Morgan
Palestine
Palestine Liberation Front
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Laos Coalition Form as Pathet Lao Plans Militants
The Pathet Lao moves toward a Laotian coalition government with militants, while a foreign currency shortage threatens the kip. Diplomatic sources say Australia Britain France and Japan will sign an agreement next Tuesday to add over 6.5 million dollars this year to the foreign exchange fund.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Australia
Britain
France
Japan
Foreign Exchange Fund
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