Chappaquiddick case lingers in memory and politics
Kennedy and Miss Kopechne did not intend to return to Edgartown and Kennedy was driving fast when the car went over the bridge. A grand jury offered no conclusions, and no further court action followed. District Attorney Edmund Dinis said the case affected his re election prospects, while Police Chief Dominic Arena said it changed his life. Hundreds of reporters arrived in Edgartown as the story dominated headlines and broadcasts.
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Chappa Quiddick
Dominic Arena
Chappaquiddick
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard
Arena
Biddeford Fire Fatality In Smoldering Mattress Blaze
A 29 year old Biddeford woman Jane Plourde died of smoke inhalation in a two story apartment fire at Cutts and Bradbury streets. Fire officials believe a cigarette on a foam mattress pad smoldered for hours before flames. Rescue efforts hampered by heavy smoke. victim pronounced dead on arrival at Webber Hospital. She was fourth fire fatality in Biddeford this year.
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Biddeford
Cutts
Bradbury
Jane (MacNaughton
Raymond Parent
Parent
Thomas Anton
Gibbs Refinery Suit Challenges Sanford Rezoning
A York County Superior Court suit by Friends of Intelligent Land Use FOIL seeks to halt or slow Sanford heavy industrial rezoning approved by selectmen a June referendum. FOIL argues zoning and plan law violations and seeks review before Gibbs Oil Co and partners pursue BEP refinery approval.
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Citizens’ Group
York County
Alfred
Sanford
Friends of Intelligent Land Use
FOIL
David Brooks
New England Energy Co
Gibbs Oil Co
Massachusetts
Maine
Selectmen
Gibbs Oil
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Oil Consortium
State Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
Gibbs
Harold Pachios
Portland
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Pachios
FOLL
SMRPC
SMAPC
Kennebunks
Port official held for assault questions in Kennebunkport
Peleg Commissioner William Houston was taken to Saco District Court for a probable cause hearing on an assault with firearms charge after neighbors on Guinea Road reported he fired from his kitchen window. No injuries occurred. bail was set but not posted as he remains jailed.
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Kennebunkport
William Houston
Saco District Court
Sherman Bonney
Houston
York County
Alfred
Guinea Road
Ready For Jail Tent-Trailer Park Clash Over Zoning Rule
Robert Cote, owner of Guay's Village in Old Orchard Beach, faces contempt of court over operating a seasonal tent and trailer park despite an injunction. He argues a 1968 zoning amendment is illegal without a public hearing and claims grandfathered status. A planning board meeting was canceled after only two members attended.
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Lucien Dutremble
Mit
McArthur Library
Richard Potvin
John O’conner
Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
Beach
Peter Farley
Dutremble
Assessment Board of Review
Superior Court
Orchard Beach
Robert Cote
The
Journal
Cote
Guay’s Village
Walnut Street
Rita Belair
Harry Glassman
Planning Board
David Howe
Henry Lemire
Loranger School
Norman Wineh
Public Release of Eight Volumes on Nixon Impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee will publish eight volumes totaling about two million words from its impeachment inquiry into President Nixon. The volumes, issued at 6 30 p m EDT, include information statements and supporting evidence, with James D St Clair among the submitted documents. The panel, which began May 9, voted on June 25 to release the evidence gathered through the inquiry.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
James D. St. Clair
House
Watergate Developments and Lighthearted Aims
The Journal previews latest Watergate developments while offering a light chuckle on a bear’s journey over a mountain to see what was brain. The item blends political intrigue with playful humor reflecting the era’s mix of serious coverage and light entertainment.
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Lyman Page
Phil Smith
Albert R. Lessard
Jaggers Mill Road
Warren
Evelyn Farwell
Portland Harbor
al Packard
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport- Wells Water District
Branch Brook
Packard
United Appraisal Company
Robert Sullivan
Roberty
Lynn
Bonney
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Special Police Commission
Susan Morrison
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