Oil Tanker Tamano Runs Aground Off Portland Harbor
An oil tanker ran aground about three miles off Portland dumping up to 40,000 gallons of crude oil into Casco Bay. The Tamano, a Norwegian tanker chartered by Texaco, ruptured a tank near Soldiers Ledge and later anchored off Hussey Sound. Coast Guard crews and Seacost Services led cleanup with oil containment boom planned. no injuries reported.
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Portland Harbor
Portland
Coast Guard
Tamano
Texaco
Ion Soldiers Ledge
Hussey Sound
Donald J. McCann
South Portland
McCann
Casco Bay Islands
Portland Head
Clapboard Island
Minals
Montreal
Seacost Services Inc
Ihussey Sound
Boston
Frechette Responds to Biddeford Teachers on Salary
Supt. Andrew C. Frechette disputes Biddeford Teachers Association claims about his pay noting a January raise and a total package of 22 000 dollars including travel and convention allowances. Steve Wood criticizes the budget and political use of schools while urging citizens scrutiny.
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Andrew C. Frechette
Biddeford Teachers Association
Frechette
BTA
Maine Teachers Association
Steve Wood
Wood
Biddeford
Gilbert R. Boucher
Six More Countries Join European Common Market
Six West European nations Austria Iceland Portugal Sweden Switzerland and Liechtenstein signed into a junior partnership with the Common Market in Brussels. Finland will sign after a new Helsinki government is formed. The 16 nation bloc begins tariff cuts January 1 and aims to challenge the United States and Japan.
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Brussels
Austria
Iceland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Finland
Helsinki
United States
Japan
Egmont Palace
Britain
Europe
Edward Heath
Soviet Venus 8 likely lands after atmospheric descent
JODRELL BANK England AP The unmanned Soviet craft Venus 8 reached Venus atmosphere and probably landed observers tracked its descent. Sir Bernard Lovell said signals stopped at 11 22 a m GMT signaling possible touchdown or loss of craft.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
Venus
United States
Lovell
NASA Tightens Moon Souvenir Rules For Apollo 17
NASA said it is considering scrapping the armband souvenir kit for Apollo 17 after items left on the moon fetched high prices. Envelopes from Apollo 15 sold for up to 1500 each and may reach 5000, while a Van Hoeydonck lunar sculpture is being sold as art pieces despite NASA’s informal agreement.
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Washington
National Aeromautics and Space Administration
Moon
Herman Sieger
Sieger
NASA
Paul van ‘Hoeydonck
New York
van ‘Hoeydonck
van Hoeydonck
Antwerp
Inside The Inside The Journal Cartoons Classifieds
A compact page feature overview lists sections including cartoons classifieds crossword puzzle Dear Abby editorials obits sports theaters. Readers navigate entertainment and community items in a single-page summary style.
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Abby
British troops assault IRA strongholds in Belfast gun battles
British troops swept into Markets Lower Falls and Andersonstown in Belfast under heavy sniper fire in large scale operations after Friday bombings killed 11 and wounded over 130. Official death toll rises to 18 from two days of violence with 469 killed in three years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Lower Falls
Andersonstown
Irish Republican Army
Northeastern Twisters Cause Damage and Injuries
Tornados from a cold front struck New England and Massachusetts causing damage and four injuries none serious. A second small funnel hit Middletown Connecticut with minor effects while Lowell and St Josephs treated two injured locals. One injury involved a finger crushed by a door and another rider blown from a motorcycle.
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Associated Press
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Middletown
Conn
Chelmsford-Tyngsboro
Lowell General Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lowell
Connecticut
Buoys Create Lobster Trap Congestion in Kennebunkport Harbor
Cape Porpoise harbor officials and residents debate a surge of lobster traps blocking navigation near the harbor mouth. Kennebunkport officials plan meetings with lobstermen and the Coast Guard to address safety and access worries affecting boats of all sizes.
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Cecil B. Munson
Army Yacht Club
Aj Corps of Engineers
Kennett Selectman
David Walley
Cape Porpouse
Memeen Mney
Cecil Munson
Cape Porpoise Harbor
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Martha Parent
Tracey Spencer
Jeffrey Ferguson
Ethel Bedard
Saco
Dick Danforth
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European Common Market
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Journal
State
Seaboard
Maine
K'port Harbor
Charles Gilman
Folly Island
U.S. Coast Guard
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Coast
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Kennebunkport
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