Loch Ness expedition teams seek Nessie still elusive
American scientists led by Dr. Robert H. Rines prepare summer investigations at Loch Ness and Urquhart Bay with stereo photography and a high resolution sonar. Diver reports note abysmal visibility due to peat deposits, while a Morag hunt at Loch Morar claims crystal clear waters.
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Drumnadrochit
Scotland
Loch Ness
Mark
Robert H. Rines
Concord
N.H
Cete
Loch
Urquhart Bay
Ed Longmore
Loch Morar
Morag
New York Times
Academy of Applied Science
John Noble Wilford
N.Y. Times News
Martin Klein
Klein
Drarold FE. Edgerton
M.I.T
Nessie
Parade Moments: Two Toddlers Brighten Maine Memorial Day
A 2-year-old in a diaper and VFW hat rode in a parade car with his grandfather in Biddeford while perched in the lap of VFW member Roland Cadorette. In Saco, 5-year-old Patti Ann Perrault sat atop a mailbox along the parade route during the day’s events.
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Reginald Gilbert Jr
Biddeford
Reginald
Roland Cadorette
Saco
Patti Ann Perrault
Dick Danforth
U.S
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Beach zoning to be decided by voters
Kennebunk residents will vote June 14 at a special town meeting on Coastal Residential Zone rezoning. The choice is between a total ban on future hotels motels and restaurants at the beach or enforcing stricter requirements.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Slowik
David Shields
Living in Lighthouses Shapes One Maine Woman
Alice Benson spent 25 years in Maine coast lighthouses and now adapts easily on the mainland. She contrasts her life with a Lynde Point Conn lighthouse keeper’s wife who complains of boredom and limited activity, noting the wife reads, watches TV, and gains weight. Benson recalls Coast Guard years after 1939 and the couple’s 30 to 40 day supply runs.
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Alice Benson
Maine
Biddeford
Benson
Associated Press
Lynde Point
Conn
Earl
U.S. Lighthouse Service
Wood Island
Coast Guard
Portland Head Light
Forecast: Partly Cloudy With No Rain Today
Partly cloudy forecast with no precipitation expected. Light winds and mild temperatures noted for today June 1 1976 with no rain in the region.
York County Commissioners Told No Funds to Pay Agencies
York County face funding dispute with five human services agencies as commissioners admit money is gone. Treasurer Carl Sheltra says $53,628.23 remains from 1975 while agencies are owed $145,370 for 1975 and 1976. A loan is suggested to cover the shortfall before a возмож court show cause.
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Alfred
York County
Superior Court
William McCarthy
McCarthy
Carl Sheltra
Cote
Sheltra
Auger
Paul Reay
Donald Cote
Clement Auger
Justice McCarthy
Commission
Reeves Keeps Notebook Promises in Maine Campaign
Bruce Reeves, 40, state senator and Democratic hopeful in Maine's 1st District, files handwritten policy notes and cites them in discussions with voters. He touts an experimental program offering reduced electricity rates for the elderly in six communities and stresses willingness to challenge big business and government.
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Augusta
Maine
Bruce Reeves
Reeves
Senate
On This Date in History June 1 1976 Highlights
Key events include 1958 de Gaulle becoming premier of France 1801 Brigham Young birth 1812 Madison war talk 1813 James Lawrence Dont give up the ship and Nixon 1971 remark on drug policy. A compact tour of notable moments across politics war and leadership.
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Associated Press
Charles de Gaulle
France
Brigham Young
Whitingham
Vermont
James Madison
Congress
Britain
U.S. Navy
James Lawrence
Boston
Martha Mitchell Dead at 57 in New York Hospital
Martha Mitchell died at age 57 in a New York hospital from a rare bone cancer. A longtime friend called her one of the few shining lights of the Nixon years while she faced debt and isolation.
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Martha Mitchell
New York
Mrs. Mitchell
UPI
State Department
John Mitchell
Lion tamer seeks tamer lion classified ad notice
Brief classified item from a show business page lists a humorous request for a lion tamer seeking a less difficult lion. Appears among bulletin board and puzzle sections with other listings.
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Ogre Squad
Longmore
Herman Cohen
Robert
Kathleen O’connell
Lighthouse Life
Richard Nixon
Washington
Journa
Bulletin Board
New England
Eather World
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