Vietnamese refugee family denied settlement in Island Pond Vermont
Vermont Catholic Charities head says continued publicity makes Island Pond a poor fit for Touneh Han Tho and kin. Town officials cite unemployment and costs. sponsor says opposition is limited to a few with anti Vietnamese feelings. Monsignor Bresnehan notes three other Vietnamese families have been placed in Vermont.
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Burlington
United States
Vermont Catholic Charities
Touneh Han Tho
Vermont
Island Pond
Paul M. Bresnehan
Saigon
Tho
Indiantown
Maryland
Msgr. Bresnehan
Catholic Charities
Msgr
Bresnehan
Coastal towns challenge Maine school funding reform LD 1452
Five coastal communities Castine Boothbay Boothbay Harbor Cranberry Isle and Mt. Desert filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court challenging LD 1452 as unconstitutional They claim equal protection issues and conflicts with debt limits and taxation arguments over state versus municipal responsibility and seek escrow of tax payments until resolution The suit cites a Sunday deadline for state tax remittance.
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Augusta
Maine
Castine
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Cranberry Isle
Mt. Desert
Kennebec County
Atty
Joseph E. Brennan
New Hampshire to get over one million impact aid
AP reports Congress approved an education appropriation that will send more than 1 million dollars in impact aid to New Hampshire school districts. Representative Norman D'Amours notes the measure is a stopgap and urges passage of a bill to restore aid for districts with children of federal workers at out of state installations. He warns losses could hit Portsmouth and other towns and districts.
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Washington
Congress
New Hampshire
Norman D’amours
D-N.h
D'Amours
Congressional
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Maine
Internal Revenue Service Center
Andover
Mass
Conress
Newampshire
Portsmouth
Dover
Somersworth
Rochester
Exeter
Hampton
Timberlane
Hampstead
Portland
Saco
Commission On Maine
John S. Dexter Jr
University of Maine
Center For Research and Advanced Study
John E. Menario
Menario
Commission
Dexter
George Campbell
Campbell
Augusta
Fred E. Holt
Forestry Bureau
Holt
N H Chemical Spill Seen Unlikely To Reach Water
A state water quality official said the spill from a tractor trailer on Interstate 89 near Lebanon is unlikely to affect Lebanon water. Police reported workers pumped the catch basin near the Mascoma River, with no chemical reaching the river.
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Lebanon
N.H
Mascoma
Paris priests urge rain to end nine week drought in Ireland
Paris priests in Dublin urge Irish men to pray for rain amid a nine week drought the longest farmers recall. Dublin records its driest June since 1942 as the weather service notes showers ease the crisis for the moment with possible hot dry weather in August. An ag farmer reports his five acres of barley withering under the sun.
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Dublin
Ireland
Paris
The
Weather Service
Those Choosey Islanders
PAWTUCKET Rhode Island mill owner Charles H Miller says residents refuse work despite a 16 plus percent unemployment rate. He reports he and his brother have one employee for eight machines and need two more, despite offering training and higher pay. Bernard McElroy of the Department of Employment Security notes unemployed people are choosy about available jobs.
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Pawtucket, R.I
Pawtucket
Rhode Islanders
Charles H. Miller
Miller
Miller Industries
Bernard McElroy
State Department of Employment Security
Maine Energy Plan Draws Bipartisan Support In Augusta
Gov. James B. Longley unveiled a seven page energy program urging solar wood wind and tidal power along with conservation and potential nuclear and offshore oil plans. Legislators from both parties praised the plan and pledged to work with the governor as the energy effort restarts the Office of Energy Resources.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
John L. Martin
Eagle Lake
Linwood Palmer
Nobleboro
Palmer
Legislative Energy Committee
Office of Energy Resources
OER
Robert Monks
John B. Roberts
R-Sanford
Energy Committee
Oberts
Associated Press
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Tho Family
Joseph Goldovitz
Goldovitz
Christopher Greenwood
Farmington, Conn
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
Grasso
Newington
Children’s Hospital
Christopher
UPI
Volkswagen
Barton
Elm St
United Methodist Church
Fort Sr
BidDeford
Nyet
Bangor
U.S
William S. Cohen
South Africa
World
Laurence Connolly
Nor’s Office
Connolly
Govenor
Portland, Maine
U.S. District Court
Jonathan Singer
Edward T. Gignoux
Singer
Department of Manpowers Affairs
Department
Bill
Senate Interior Committee
William D. Hathaway
Toay
Maine Democrat
Senate
Hathaway
U of M
Mid-Coast College
Bangor, Maine
Mid-Coast
Bangor Community College
Ogunquit
Dede Hanlon
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