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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1976
Page
6
Chowchilla, California, confronted global media attention after 26 children were kidnapped, turning the town into a temporary media stage. Reporters swarmed, phones connected, and residents split between fascination and privacy invasion as the incident became a national spectacle.
Senate votes 75 to 20 to override Ford against a $3.95 billion public works package that would create about 200 000 jobs and save 90 000 local government positions. Michigan Senator Griffin supports the override citing high unemployment in Detroit.
A builder who felled a tree without Vienna city approval could face fines or jail. The conservation statute requires replacement trees for each felled tree and mandates planting and ongoing care on city land if space is unavailable.
Authorities say the rock quarry is the prime investigation area for the Chowchilla bus kidnapping. Investigators press for details while noting progress without predicting arrests. Officials in Madera assure extra precautions as clues surface about the buried trailer and moving van purchase.
Maine state economist Edgar Miller of the State Planning Office says the economy is improving sharply and could return to pre recession employment levels by this summer or fall. He notes employment figures as the best indicator while citing housing starts personal income and paper and wood industries as other measures. One dark spot remains pockets of high unemployment where a major industry closed during the recession and has not reopened. State Manpower Affairs Commissioner Emilien Levesque says the economy appears healthy enough to delay additional federal borrowing for unemployment benefits.
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