Tuesday primaries loom as tight race in pivotal states
Ohio hosts crucial campaigning as Democrats Udall and Church stump for Carter while Ford targets votes to blunt Reagan in California. Carter seeks to pad his delegate lead with 1,505 needed. Udall trails, and uncommitted delegates hover as campaigns push in Ohio New Jersey and California ahead of the nominating convention.
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Jimmy Carter
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Carter gains seven of 22 delegates in revised tally
State Democratic chairman Charles T. Reilly said Brown was trimmed by one delegate. Initial results showing nine uncommitted delegates were incorrect and would be changed. Carter will retain seven of the 22 available delegates. The report notes a poll finding many supporters unsure of Carter positions and mentions strategy speeches and labor outreach in Ohio and Toledo.
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Puppeteer Joanne Forman Weaves Art Across States
Biddeford puppeteer Joanne Forman prepares a Beatrix Potter inspired show Jemima Puddleduck with choral pieces Ave Beata Dea set for Maryland South Carolina and Washington. She writes much of her puppet dialogue and is working on a sixth Mime Experiment Company play about Isabella Andreini to be staged in New Mexico this summer. An exhibit What Is Your Name opens July 27 at Albuquerque Museum then moves to Western New Mexico University. The bilingual exhibit uses a grant from the New Mexico State Arts Council. She hopes to develop a expanded French language version.
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Jemima
New Mexico
Mime Experiment Company of
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Isabella Andreini
Museum of
Western New Mexico University
Silver City
New Mexico State Arts Council
Quake death toll hits 24000 in 1976
Washington AP reports the 21 significant earthquakes this year have killed about 24,000 people worldwide, making 1976 the deadliest tremor year since 1970. Most deaths occurred in the February Guatemala quake about 23,000, with 900 lives lost in Italy on May 6.
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Turkey
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Voters in Saco weigh 147000 bond to cover dump
Saco voters face a Tuesday referendum on borrowing up to 147000 to cover an old city dump with impermeable clay to curb groundwater pollution. Mayor Zaitlin urges approval, while BEP seeks excavation. Court actions set for June, with deadlines for briefs and possible council funding if rejected.
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F.C. Jordan Co
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Ronald Ayotte
Attorney General's Office
Superior Court
William McCarthy
Washington Elderly Fear Mugging In City Streets
Elderly residents describe being prisoners in their apartments and scared to walk the streets or through public housing as mugging beating and con artist attacks erode their sense of safety and dignity, prompting calls for government action.
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Town wide cleanup planned in Old Orchard Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH on Monday afternoon students from kindergarten to high school seniors will participate in Project Pride a town wide litter pickup. High school classes will cover outskirts by bus while younger pupils work in town sites. Signs will guide motorists and police and public works oversee. Each crew uses heavy gloves to handle sharp objects. Bags of trash will line roadways for pickup. Lunch follows the normal school schedule and a signed permission slip is required.
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Pickled porkers at Biddeford Pool run wild after rum feast
After a War of 1812 era move to clear his store room Col. Cutts at Biddeford Pool kept hogs roaming the flats feeding on debris from the store. The hogs found cherry rum scraps, grew merry, collapsed in the clam beds as the tide rose, and neighbors used improvised tools to corral them, leaving Saco Bay strewn with dead hogs for days.
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Col. Cutts
Biddeford Pool
Hegel
Indian Island
Cutts
Saco Bay
Today in History June 5 highlights and milestones
A compact history recap for June 5 notes France's World War II Battle of France beginning in 1940. It recalls bananas at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Expo, the 1947 Marshall Plan concept at Harvard, the 1961 Supreme Court ruling on Communist Party registration, the 1962 California GOP primary with Nixon, and Eugene Cernan's spacewalk ten years earlier.
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United States
George Marshall
Harvard University
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Richard Nixon
California
Eugene Cernan
Celtics Triumph In Historic Triple OT Playoff Win
The Boston Celtics defeated the Phoenix Suns 128 126 after three overtimes in Boston Garden to win Game Five of the NBA championship playoffs. A late Suns basket tied the second OT with one second left, prompting a court invasion and a clash with referee Richie Powers.
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Maine ethics list cites 155 candidates for late spending reports
The State Ethics Committee of Maine turned over to the attorney general a list of 155 candidates for public office who failed to comply with spending-report guidelines. Among them are top political figures including a co sponsor of the ethics legislation and several Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach area candidates. They face a potential $10 daily fine for each day reports are late. Details on page 2.
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State Ethics Committee of
Maine
Attorney General’s Office
Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Area
Journal Sections and Cartoons Map for Today's Issue
The edition lists 16 pages plus a supplement with cartoons classifieds and sections for community two, crossword puzzle seven, Dear Abby seven, editorials four and horoscopes. It notes playful jokes in the Dear Abby and a light hearted tone across columns.
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