Brennan vows recall decision week start in Maine
Maine Attorney General Joseph Brennan told Old Orchard Beach citizens he will decide on their recall aid request by early next week after a superior court rejected their bid for standing. Justice Sidney Wernick ruled the group lacked legal standing to seek a recall of four town officials who suspended Town Manager Rita Belair and replaced her with Jerome Plante on January 2.
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Augusta
Joseph Brennan
Old Orchard Beach
Brennan
Maine
Sidney Wernick
Portland
Paul Frinske
York County
Paul St. Hilaire
Thomas Lee, Sr
Arnold Morin
Richard Marshall
Rita Belair
Jerome Plante
Michael Ruess
Frank Manduca
Wernick
Biddeford School Board Rehires Entire Coaching Staff
The Biddeford School Board unanimously approved rehiring all coaches while drafting a formal philosophy of athletics. The plan would grant varsity coaches more authority over lower levels and guide hiring, firing, and procedures, with scrutiny next year.
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Christopher
Biddeford
Christo Anton
Richard Hebert
Paul Seavey
David Kerry
Kerry
Arthur Descoteaux
Portlands
South Portlands
Harold Hanson
Descoteaux
Anton
Robert Laroche
Last Social Security rebate checks mailed in
The final federal tax rebates have been sent, totaling 63,221,161 checks worth 7.896 billion dollars. Some stragglers may still go out as amounts or recipients are resolved, but routine rebates are finished. The Treasury also awaits clearance of a 34 million Social Security and railroad retirement bonus checks of 50 dollars each once a special appropriation is approved.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
CIA Trujillo Link Unclear In House Briefing
Members of the House intelligence committee heard sketchy details about CIA involvement in an assassination plot against Dominican Republic leader Rafael Trujillo. Some lawmakers doubted the briefing supported Rep. James V. Stanton's claim, while others warned the account was too vague to draw conclusions.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Rafael Trujillo
James V. Stanton
Ohio
Trujillo
Stanton
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Philip B. Agee
Iles
Miami
House
Michael Harrington
D-Mass
Harrington
Ford proposes tax breaks to spur new utility plants
President Ford unveils a plan to liberalize tax write offs and allow tax deferred treatment of reinvested utility dividends to accelerate the building of new power plants and convert oil and gas plants to coal. The labor management committee urges extended tax credits and pollution control writeoffs to ease energy shortages and support expansion.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Gandhi Faces Resignation Pressure After Conviction
Demonstrators gathered outside Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s home demanding resignation amid her election law conviction. In Gujarat, Congress trailed a Desai coalition, as Gandhi awaited Supreme Court appeal after a judge barred public office for six years. Getty Oil announced a major Southeast find in Alabama with high quality crude. Detroit car market teeters at a 14‑year low, with imports gaining share while production edges up. Twenty oil firms seek offshore acreage in the Baltimore Canyon, near New Jersey to Delaware line.
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Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Morarji Desai
Mrs. Gandhi
Jag Mohanlal Sinha
Sinha
Supreme Court
Gandhi
Interior Department
Baltimore Canyon
Toms River
New Jersey
Delaware-Maryland
Atlantic
East Coast
UPI
Kissinger Slips In Poll
New York AP report shows Henry Kissinger with a 56 percent positive rating, down 12 points since March, while President Ford rises to 50 percent with a 13-point gain. Public criticizes Kissinger on getting Communists to honor agreements by a 55 to 29 percent margin. Survey of 1,428 adults taken about three weeks earlier.
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New York
Henry Kissinger
Ford
Harris
Kissinger
Bafalis aide denies improper 1972 campaign funds
Rep. L A Skip Bafalis aide denies receiving ten thousand dollars in illegally raised funds days before the 1972 election. Jack McDavitt spoke after testimony by James L Groot, who said Groot met Bafalis in a restroom and handed him funds from Edward J Gurneys camp, linked to a bribery and conspiracy case.
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Tampa
Fla
Rep. L.A
Skip
Bafalis
Florida
Jack McDavitt
James L. Groot
Edward J. Gurney
McDavitt
Bafaiis
Gurney
Groot
Larry Williams
Inside a Journal Joke Sign in a Loan-Window
A printed joke sign reads Now you can borrow enough money to get completely out of debt offering a ironic twist on lending terms.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Ronald V. Dellums
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Torney
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
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U.S
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