Tourism Is Booming in New England Resorts
In Maine New Hampshire and Vermont tourism holds strong despite recession. Hotels report high reservations lengthened stays in Maine with travelers spending longer. New Hampshire sees shorter stays but rising turnover. Vermont and White Mountains promoters push Boston New York and Montreal markets. Ontario and Canadian visitors buoy activity. ski season expected better with higher corporate passes. Local officials urge stronger promotional efforts to sustain growth.
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Concord. N.H
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Wally Gilmore
Bar Harbor Motor Inn
Jon Milligan
Sea Spray Motor Inn
Kennebunkport
Milligan
James B. Smith
Wentworth-by-the- Sea
New Castle
N.H
Sandy Haas
White Mountains 93 Association
David Salembier
Stone Area Association
Boston
New York
Montreal
Haas
White Mountains
Mt. Washington
Bretton Woods
Foster Chandler
Killington
Vermont Development Department
Smith
New Hampshire Senate Election Debate Delayed In Senate
Washington AP report says the Senate planned to bypass debate on the disputed New Hampshire Senate race but will return to the floor Friday. A three hour wrangle produced partisan clashes over skip ballots as Democrats push to count them as no votes while Republicans seek a recount of ten precincts.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
New Hampshire
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
John A. Durkin
Louis C. Wyman
Four Justices Named To Head Court Centers
Maine Chief Justice Armand Dufresne named four Superior Court justices to head regional centers in Portland Auburn Augusta and Bangor under a court reorganization plan approved by the legislature. Glassman Rubin Naiman and Roberts will lead centers covering Cumberland York Androscoggin Franklin Kennebec Knox Somerset Waldo and other counties with regional administrators to assist each judge.
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Portland
Maine
Maine Trial Court Revision Commission
Armand A. Dufresne Jr
Harry P. Glassman
Harold J. Rubin
Lewis I. Naiman
David G. Roberts
Auburn
Augusta
Bangor
Glassman
Cumberland
York Counties
Rubin
Bath
Androscoggin
Franklin
Oxford
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Roberts
Aroostook
Hancock
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Washington
Dana T. Hagerthy
Superior Court
Hagerthy
State Law Court
Superior Courts
Supreme Court
Dufresne
Naiman
Dukakis Fights Ford Oil Decontrol Plan in Massachusetts
Gov. Michael Dukakis blasts President Ford’s oil decontrol plan, warning it would cost Massachusetts families about 200 dollars a year in higher heating oil gasoline and electricity costs within three years. He estimates state energy bills rising 425 million dollars annually and urges gradual quotas and federal allocations as alternatives. Lt. Gov. ONeill outlined impacts on lawmakers and the region.
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Boston
Michael S. Dukakis
Ford
Massachusetts
Dukakis
Congress
New England
Thomas P. O'Neill
Cambridge Walkout Negotiations Extend Into Night
Cambridge seeks relief from a city employee walkout that has left rubbish uncollected. About 700 workers from the Federation of State City and Town Employees have been without a contract since January 1. Negotiators met after Judge Moynihan declined an injunction, saying the union had not yet presented its case. The dispute centers on health insurance contributions and a linked trash pickup provision, with the city offering 99 percent Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage by July 1, 1976 in exchange for synchronized garbage collection.
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Cambridge, Mass
State Labor Relations Board
The
Federation of State
Robert Healy
Man Acquitted in Massachusetts Prostitution Case
Brockton, Mass. AP A district court judge acquitted Frederick FE. Doane Sr. of prostitution, ruling the crime can be committed only by women. Doane, 31, married with two children, was the first man known to stand trial in Massachusetts on prostitution charges. A separate soliciting charge was also dismissed.
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Brockton
Mass
Frederick FE. Doane Sr
George Hurd
Massachusetts
Doane
PJ. Piscitelli
Canada Plans to Cut U S Gas Exports Amid Energy Concerns
Ottawa announces negotiated reductions in natural gas exports to the United States. Energy Minister Donald Macdonald says border regions without alternate supplies will not be left in the cold. Canada currently ships about one trillion cubic feet annually, 45 percent of its production, to meet 4.5 percent of U S demand. A U S industry source calls the potential curtailment significant for border states and the Northeast as talks with the U S and western producers set a fixed cutback. In Montreal Olympic preparations the 1976 Games face a deficit of 321 million dollars as construction progresses on the leaning tower and Velodrome with the stadium piers in place.
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Ottawa
United States
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
U.S
Canada
Montreal
UPI
Montreal 1976 Olympics may shift to oil nations if self finance fails
Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau warns that a failure of the 1976 Games self financing could push future Olympics to Iron Curtain and oil rich Arab countries. He argues Moscow 1980 and subsequent events may remain in oil powered economies, while revenue efforts could erase a predicted deficit up to 370 million dollars.
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Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Iron Curtain
Drapeau
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