Maine GOP and Democratic primary results reported statewide
The article details primary vote tallies in Maine with Monks and Porteous winning GOP congressional nominations and Hathaway securing the U.S. Senate nomination for Democrats. It lists district and town results for state representatives and local races across York County including Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and various towns, noting incumbents and unopposed candidates. It also covers state senate tallies by district with party leads and unopposed contenders in several areas.
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Alfred
Arundel
Berwick
Biddeford
Buxton
Dayton
Eliot Hollis
Kennebunk
K’port
Kittery
Lebanon
Limerick
Limington
Yman
Newfield
No. Berwick
O. Beach
Sanford
Shapleigh
Ll So
Waterboro
Kevin B. Sullivan
Democrats
Robert M. Farley
Armand Fecteau
Carl F. Sheltra
Peter P. Truman
Ronald C. Downs
Kenton R. Norton
Willie W. Pomerleau
Robert Monks
Cape Elizabeth
L. Robert Porteous
Portland
Clifford H. Young
Pemaquid
William Hathaway
Auburn
Jack L. Smith
U.S. Senate
U.S
Peter Kyros
York County
Everett Brown
Carson
Brunswick
Kyres
Fecteau
Sheltra
Farley
Truman
Will
Willie Pomerleau
Roland A. Gauthier
Henry J. Des
Guy A. Marcolle
John B. Roberts
Letourneau
George Carroll
Winfield Phillips Jr
Compeonee Saco
Old Orchard Act
Scarborough
Action
South Portland
Thomas E. Gagnon
Peter W. Danton
Saco
City Council To Canvass Votes Tonight
Biddeford City Council will meet at 7 30 tonight in the City Building council chambers to canvass votes from yesterday's election.
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Biddeford
Cars Collide At Turnpike Entrance In Saco
Thomas P. Sullivan Jr. 19 of Saco and Charles S. Minasalli 40 of Salem N H collided on Buxton Road at the turnpike entrance in Saco. Police said damages totaled 700 dollars to the Sullivan car and 400 dollars to the Minasalli vehicle.
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Thomas P. Sullivan Jr
Saco
Charles S. Minasalli
Salem
N.H
Buxton
Sullivan
Minasalli
Unopposed Charter Continuation Wins in Local Vote
In the primary runoff unopposed Charter garnering 419 votes. Incumbent Sheriff Richard Dutremble with 483 votes and Roland Cole 432 votes, both unopposed in the Democratic primary for County Attorney. Statewide referenda favored discarding the big box ballot 626 to 419 and approved most bond issues except the Waterville Winslow toll bridge bond issue who failed 672 to 443.
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Richard Dutremble
Roland Cole
Waterville-Winslow
Court Cleared Scopes After Monkey Trial Ruling
John Thomas Scopes faced a $100 fine in Dayton Tennessee for teaching evolution in 1925. He was later cleared by the state supreme court, a fact cited by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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John Thomas Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
State Supreme Court
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Newcomer Vote Totals on Kennebec River Referendum
Election results show 1 566 yes and 2 731 no across the Kennebec River. Straight party box elimination passed 2 358 to 2 214. Question one funds for state schools approved 2 303 to 1 992. Question two for mental and correctional institutions, 3 345 votes. Park development, 3 090 2 049. Biddeford totals: 4 926 ballots cast, 55 spoiled.
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Kennebec River
Biddeford
Share ownership in American corporations rises since 1956
The figure shows 31.9 million plus individuals owned shares in American corporations in 1971, up from 8.63 million in 1956, indicating a broadening base of stockholders across the period.
McMahon to Face Young in November Runoff
James K. McMahon won the Republican nomination to oppose Democrat Carl E. Young Jr. in November for the Maine state legislature seat. McMahon led with 691 votes over Wayne Goodrich 394 and Myra Sparkowich 131, while Young Jr. had 208 in the Democratic count of 270.
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Saco
Hobbins
Ayotte
Michael W. Rube
Kevin Sullivan
Newton Sanborn
Berton Braley
Old Orchard Beach
Ann E. Pennell
James Moutsatsos
Patrick Caporino
GOP
Cadet
Arundel
Alfred
Lyman
Elmont S. Tyndale
Kennebunkport
Jacques M. Downs
Kennebunk
James K. McMahon
Wayne Goodrich
Myra J. Sparkowich
Carl E. Young
North Berwick and
Wells
Ralph C. Cressey
North Berwick
Barbara M. West
Ogunquit
John A. Crabtree
Cecil Munson
Carl E. Young Jr
McMahon
Myra Sparkowich
Holy Family School
Sanford
Maine Turnpike Authority
Kittery
Looking Glass
Carl Young Jr
Kennebunk High School
O Orchard Beach
Young’s
Margaret Chase Smith
Portland
Robert Monks
Smith
Monks
Maine
Mrs. Smith
L. Robert Porteous
Falmouth
Clifton Hanna Young
Peter Kyros
U.S
House of Representatives
Kyros
Everett
Brownie
Carson
Kennebunks
Republican and Democratic Ballots in Saco Primaries
In Saco's primaries J Woodrow Vallely led Democrats with 1 248 votes while M Abbott Pendergast topped Republicans with 1 079. William Holman earned 44 votes as a Republican sheriff write in. Sheriff Richard Dutremble ran unopposed and received 1 350 votes on the Democratic ballot. Roland Cole ran unopposed for County Attorney, tallying 1 254 votes on the Democratic ballot.
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Register of Probate
J. Woodrow Vallely
M. Abbott Pendergast
William Holman
Saco
Richard Dutremble
Roland Cole
Ballot measures in Maine swing to approval in 1968 election
Voters backed ballot change by 105 079 to 61 465 and approved funds for state, mental and correctional facilities 128 733 to 38 907. Bond issues for VTI construction and parks won narrow margins, while Kennebec River bridge failed 61 647 to 103 994. Republicans led ballot reform drive as Democrats favored retention of the box.
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Kennebec
Arlier
GOP
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Citizens For
Agnes Ends After Florida Panhandle Hit Kills 13
Hurricane Agnes weakened after sweeping from Cuba into the Florida Panhandle causing uprooted homes flooded roads and billions in damage. It killed 13 people injured more than 100 and forced thousands to evacuate as it moved north from Cuba and unleashed 80 mph winds and tornadoes before dying down by midnight.
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Agnes
National Hurricane Center
Gulf of Mexico
AP Ito
Apalachicola
Fla
Georgia
Florida Panhandle
Cuba
Anne Bonny Eludes Hanging Claiming Pregnancy in 18th Century Pirate Tale
The 18th century pirate Anne Bonny terrorized Jamaica's coast before capture. She escaped execution by claiming pregnancy, a claim that altered her fate and entered pirate lore. Journal Want Ads Want You To Read Want Ads.
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Jamaica
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