Lighthouse Family Life On Wood Island Light Maine Coast
Peg Hendrick visits Wood Island Light off Biddeford Pool to describe Coast Guard Engineman Jim Roche Pat Roche and their family living in a nine acre compound including a lighthouse. The piece covers daily routines, isolation, domestic life, driftwood craft, duck and seagull care, dogs playing basketball, and the automation plan for the light in 1974 while noting historical land purchases and the light's operations.
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Peg Hendrick
Wood Island
Biddeford Pool
Fletchers Neck
Jim
Pat
US. Coast Guard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maine
Maine Lighthouse Service
Pet
Rita
Salem
Mass
State troopers ready for civil disturbances at beaches
CAPE ELIZABETH AP Major Bernard K Holdsworth Maine state police adjutant says the state is prepared to handle civil disturbances at resort areas or beaches. After weekend riot control drills with National Guard troops at Fort Williams and Saco, 900 people participated in exercises flagged as highly successful amid minor injuries and simulated clashes with agitators using tear gas and rifles.
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Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Bernard K. Holdsworth
Holdsworth
Col
Freder
Ick Melnnis
National Guard
Fort Williams
Saco
McInnis
Biddeford Schools Face Fact Finding Panel Appointment
The State School Boards Association named a fact finding advisory committee to probe the Biddeford Teachers Association dispute over next year’s contract. The committee, chaired by Rabbi David Barent, was authorized after the Biddeford Board of Education requested state intervention amid ongoing negotiations and a professional alert from the Maine Teachers Association.
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State School Boards Association
Biddeford
Bideford
Biddeford Board of Education
Biddeford Teachers Association
Bideford Teachers Association
Board of Education
Carl H. Porter-Shirley
State School Boards Association Inc
Maine
Maine Teachers Association
St Jean Baptiste Celebration Canceled in Sherbrooke
In Sherbrooke Quebec the St Separatist student group announced cancellation of all official St Jean Baptiste Day events after a bombing at the society’s headquaters and threats of violence. Police reported window breaks and damage to nearby cars and houses as well as a wall blown out. Prime Minister Trudeau was to attend as guest of honor.
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Council
Andre Drouin
Society
Sherbrooke
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Univestity of
Five Democrats push for tighter cigarette ad limits in House debate
Five Democratic congressmen, backed by their committee, press a push to open the House floor to consider stricter federal regulation of cigarette advertising. The effort comes amid a slim chance of success one week before action. In New York, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller departs for the third leg of his Latin America trip on a troubled mission.
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Washington
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Mistrial Motion Denied in Dover Wife Shooting Trial
A New Hampshire trial ended day six with Superior Court Justice Albert Knudsen denying a defense mistrial bid in the Ralph Goodwin case. State witness Robert Courchesne's testimony about a prior New Hampshire incident was deemed prejudicial and stricken as the judge warned against introducing foreign jurisdiction facts. Goodwin faced accusations of shooting his wife Marilyn Good on July 25, 1968, in Somersworth.
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Alfred
Ralph Goodwin
Dover
N.H
Superior Court
Albert Knudsen
Goodwin
Marilyn Good
Atty. Gendron
Robert Courchesne
Somersworth
New Hampshire
Knudsen
Courchesne
Daniel Lilley
James Monroe
Gendron
Field
Sherwood Baston
Associated Press
Ana
Rec
Biddeford Council To Review Reworked City Budget
The Biddeford city council will consider the budget tonight at 8 for approval. The budget was sent back to Finance Committee earlier this year for revisions and is now expected to be intact as city officials indicate.
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Biddeford
Backers Confident on Tax Extension in House Panel
Backers of the proposed extension of the 10 percent income tax surcharge were confident of victory today in the House Ways and Means Committee but have nearly given up hope that Congressional action can be completed by the June 30 expiration date.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
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