Maine first district voters weigh crowded Democratic slate
Voters in the 1st District face a decision among seven Democrats and incumbents in a ridged primary. Turnout ranges from light to moderate across towns like Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Kennebunkport Kennebunk and Augusta with forecasts of 40 to 45 percent statewide.
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Joan Lamontagne
Saco
Biddeford
Sue
Old Orchard Beach
Barbara Lord
Kennebunkport
Fred Severance
Severance
Kennebunk
Edna Wentworth
Associat Press
Congress
Mark Gartley
Augusta
Presque Isle
Journal Preview Promises Full Maine Primary Results
The Biddeford Saco Journal notes tomorrow’s issue will publish complete county wide tabulations of Maine Primary voting. It will report referendum results for Kennebunkport Saco and Old Orchard Beach, statewide results on the Bigelow Mountain ballot question, and latest tallies in local contests for State Senate State House sheriff First District U.S. Senate and GOP Senate race.
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Bigelow Mountain
Maine
Robert A. G. Monks
Biddeford
Plato Truman
Edmund S. Muskie
David F. Emery
Rick Barton
Sen
William
U.S. Senate
Substantial impact if bus service ends in Biddeford area
Officials fear suspension of the Biddeford and Saco Bus Lines would hurt tourism and local shoppers. Community leaders from Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach plan an MDOT funded survey to prove need and costs to keep buses running. The study aims to show who rides where and the economic impact before September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
Murphy's Music
Main Street
Robert Gowen
Percy
Main St
Old Orchard Beach
David Despres
Chamber of Commerce
Despres
Arnold Leavitt
Maine Department of Transportation
Brian Chernack
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Leavitt
MDOT
Forecast: Cloudy with scattered showers Tuesday
The forecast calls for cloudy skies on Tuesday June 8 1976 with a high around and showers possible across the region. Gusts are not expected and overall conditions remain mild.
Presidential primary ballots test Ford Reagan Carter edge
Voters in California Ohio and New Jersey cast the final ballots of the presidential primary season shaping whether Ford can be overtaken and whether Carter can be stopped. Carter leads Democrats with 909 delegates while Reagan holds 692 for Republicans with 148 uncommitted and 331 delegates at stake.
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Walter R. Mears
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
Morris K. Udall
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Udall
Frank Church
Idaho
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Fred R. Harris
Okaboma
Ellen McCormack
White House
Maine lawyer Mahoney suspended three months
Maine Supreme Court Justice orders Portland attorney Lawrence P. Mahoney suspended from practice for three months after tax evasion convictions. Mahoney, 44, of Kennebunkport, owed about $60,000 on $313,000 income and served a 60 day jail term.
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Portland
Maine
Maine Supreme Court
Lawrence P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Old Fort Road
Kennebunkport
Edward T. Gignoux
Cumberland County
Attorney General's Office
Sidney W. Wernick
Robert Raymond
Wernick
Old Orchard Beach eyes new municipal dump by Oct. 1
The town plans a four phase sanitary landfill with a four acre site and leachate pumping to the sewer system. Phase I must be operating by October, though no funds exist in the 1976 budget. Estimated total project cost exceeds 56 thousand for half the dump, plus engineering and piping costs.
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Old Orchard Beach
Department of Environmental Protection
Jerome Plante
Ronald Howes
DEP
Old Orchard
Board of Environmental Protection
Howes
EPA
E.C. Jordan
E.C Jordan
OOB
California voters face first test of nuclear safety issue
In the California primary a Prop 15 Nuclear Power Plants Initiative asks a yes or no vote on a stringent safety plan that could shut California's three reactors by 1987 and affect plants under construction. If unmet the plants would trim output or close, raising costs and possibly pollution. The campaign pits utilities against radiation‑threatened customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Mervin Field
David Personen
San Francisco
Today in History highlights notable events from 1953 to 1968
June 16, 1976 marks key moments including a 1953 DC restaurant desegregation ruling, a 1967 Sinai ship attack with 34 seamen killed, and James Earl Ray’s 1968 London arrest. Also notes Alma hurricane in 1960s and Bicentennial debates in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
District of Columbia
U.S
Sinaieninsula
Israel
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
London
Ngland
Alma
Florida
Cuba
Continental Congresss
Philadelphia
Richard Henry Kens
Virginia
Britain
New England Governors Demand Action on Energy Shortage
At the New England Governors Conference in Chatham Massachusetts Gov. James Longley and Gov. Michael Dukakis urge federal energy officials to act amid an energy shortage. The governors warn time is running out and criticize rhetoric. A Canadian premier calls the gathering a junket.
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New England
Mass
Michael Dukakis
Maine
James Longley
Chatham
Longley
Oceanside
Cartoons and Puzzles Highlight Biddeford-Saco Journal
A light page features cartoons and the community puzzle section with a quip about judging by appearances and eating an oyster. Dear Abby and editorials also hint at local opinions while a small humor item adds a chuckle to the edition.
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Ourna
By Susan Morrison
Biddeford-Saco
John Ewing
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Manduca
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Dear Abby
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