Union veteran Still gets kick out of work
Union veteran Alex Anastasoff recalls the shift from unpaid vacation to paid time off after the 1940 Pepperell mill contract. Now an international representative for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, he notes rising union interest, hospital organizing, and firms offering fringe benefits to deter unions. He says workers feel overworked and worry about health and safety conditions, while new industries resist organizing.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Alex Anastasoff
Biddeford
Tes Manufacturing Co
Anastasoff
Pepperell
Amalgamat Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Afl-Cio-Clc
Maine Medical Center
Portland
American Federation of State
Man reported in distress spotted in Saco River near Yacht Club
Saco police received an anonymous call around 8 30 p m reporting a man swimming in the Saco River by the Saco Yacht Club in trouble. Police and firefighters have staged ongoing searches and divers from Sanford are expected to join at high tide.
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Saco
Saco Yacht Club
Sanford Police Department
John Ewing
Poor eating habits linked to cancer say scientists
Five scientists told Congress that imbalanced diets are associated with cancer, citing 60 percent of cancers in women and 41 percent in men. They cautioned no specific foods or brands were condemned while noting diet changes may reduce cancer rates in five to ten years. Smoking remains the clearest cancer cause and is highly preventable.
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Washington
Congress
Gio B. Gori
National Cancer Institute
Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention
Senate Select Nutrition Committee
Gori
Sikes reprimanded by U S House for misconduct vote
The House voted 381 to 3 to reprimand Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes a subcommittee chairman after an ethics report found he bought 2,500 shares of stock in the First Navy Bank using his office to help its Pensacola Naval Air Station setup. House members debated possible further action including removal of his chairmanship.
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Washington
House
Robert L. F. Sikes
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Sikes
Andrew McGuire
D-N.j
House Ethics Committee
McGuire
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
la Steed
D-Okla
Olin Teague
Dex Sikes
Congressional
Ethics
First Navy Bank
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Cong
Old Orchard Beach trades for new road paving machine
In Old Orchard Beach a council vote traded several road projects for an $11,000 road paving machine. DPW foreman Armand St Hilaire and Town Manager Christopher Kent pressed the deal, while Councilors Manduca and Boisvert warned of future costs. The move aimed to save on asphalt and reduce long term maintenance by using town crews and scrapping the DPW craft.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Council
Department Public Works
Armand ‘Blackie
St. Hilaire
DPW
Christopher Kent
Robert Toulouse
Frank Manduca
Conrad Boisvert
John Litwinett
Kent Ad
Bomb suspect added to FBI ten most wanted list
A Maine man tied to several New England explosions is placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. Richard Picariello 27 of Portland is sought over a Central Maine Power Co. HQ blast an airliner bombing and two National Guard truck attacks in Boston. Edward Gullion 27 also faces similar charges. Aceto 23 and Carlson 38 remain in custody on explosives transport charges.
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Boston
Maine
New England
FBI
Richard Picariello
Portland
Central Maine Power Co
National Guard
Picariello
Edward J. Gullion
Joseph A. Aceto
Everett Carlson
Today in History July 29 1976 Highlights
On this date in 1914 transcontinental telephone service began between New York and San Francisco. Hawaii’s 1959 state elections seated the first Orientals in Congress. Apollo 15 was in lunar orbit in 1971 preparations for a moon landing continued. The Or anization of American States ended its Cuba embargo a year ago. Two centuries ago Virginia and Carolina troops moved against Cherokee along the North Carolina frontier.
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Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
Hawaii
U.S. Congress
U.S
United States
Indochina
Cuba
Virginia
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
Suspects Nabbed in Chilling Bus Abduction Case
Law officers report two of three suspects tied to the abduction of 26 school children and a bus driver last week are in custody. James Schoenfeld, 26, was arrested in Menlo Park California after authorities connected him to an abandoned car found in Coeur d Alene Idaho. His brother Richard Schoenfeld, 22, surrendered following an all points bulletin. The remaining suspect Frederick N Woods IV, 24, remains at large with details on page 20.
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Aat
Menlo Park
Calif
James Schoenfeld
Coeur D’ Alene
Idaho
Schoenfeld
Richard
Frederick N. Woods IV
Joggers Anonymous A Practical Jest In This Paper
A humorous note announces a new group called Joggers Anonymous. Members pledge to help curb running urges by discreetly hiding shoes, producing a lighthearted gag about self control and comic peer support.
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Joggers Anonymous
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Gerald Wogan
The
Rep
U.S. House
John Bird
Aceto
Topsfield
Massachusetts
Gullion
Salem
Chowchilla, Calif
Biddeford - Saco
Journa
Abby
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