Summer day camps open in Biddeford area
Camp Sunny Brook and Happy Times start season with activities for children ages four to twelve and five to ten respectively. Camp Sunny Brook operates ten weeks eight to four daily with rain plan to St Mary School or local arenas. Happy Times runs eight weeks nine to three with arts and crafts and dance. Both charge weekly fees and offer door to door drop off. registrations by phone.
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Sunny Brook
Levine Farm
Guinea Road
Biddeford
Mid-Forest
Muriel Cantara
Joyce Walker LeClair
Saco
William Earle
Old Orchard Beach
Donna Moutsatsos
Kevin Robert
St. Mary School
Kennedy death linked to Cuban forces inquiry
Sen. Schweiker said staff are pursuing leads on a possible Cuban connection to the Kennedy assassination. The Senate report noted CIA and FBI failures to follow up leads. One lead involves a Cuban-American with possible ties to Oswald and Cuban intelligence seen in Dallas in 1963.
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Washington
Richard Schweiker
Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Schweiker
CIA
FBI
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Senate Committee
Oswald
Dallas
Pennsylvania
Republican
Permanent
Mysterious Saco death identified man from Alden Pa
State police identify the dead man found in a Saco apartment as Robert D. Chapman Jr., 21, formerly of Alden, Pa. Cause of death unknown. He is survived by his parents and one sister. A heart condition and medication are noted as a possible factor. Investigation continues.
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Saco
Robert D. Chapman Jr
Alden
Chapman
Robert D. Chapman Sr
Rhea (Yurchak) Chapman
Rene Chapman
Bob
Maine's first income tax hike takes effect
Maine's $18.5 million income tax increase starts next Thursday affecting single filers earning over $150 a week and married couples above $260 weekly. The change, approved over Gov. Longley's veto, shifts tax burden toward higher earners and alters withholding and quarterly estimates for 1976 and 1977, with notable tweaks for individuals earning around $145 weekly and modest increases for higher brackets.
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Augusta
Maine
Mervyn S. Parmenter
Finance Department
James B. Longley
Consumer agency chief on firing line
Augusta Maine AP. Less than a day after a Bureau report criticizing mobile home and car dealers the Manufactured Housing Association called for the ouster of Superintendent John E Quinn. The three month study found consumers paid about 2 million in dealer commissions last year and could have saved money by arranging their own financing.
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Augusta
Maine
State
Consumer Protection Bureau
David Bicknell
Manufactured Housing Association & Institute For the Northeast
John E. Quinn
Quinn
Consumer Protection Agency
Bicknell
Boston workers end three day strike with back to work order
Massachusetts state employees end a three day strike and return to work after a court mediated bargaining session. A Superior Court deadline imposed a six am back to work order with a potential 200000 dollar daily penalty for noncompliance.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Festival of life lights Old Port Exchange district
Portland sidewalk performers attracted crowds at the festival of life in the Old Port Exchange district. Journal photographer John Ewing captured pictures of the joyful celebration on page 9. Washington news notes President Ford sent Congress a five year limit proposal for school busing programs. see page 8.
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Associated Press
Berlin
West Germany
North America
John Cabot
Halifax
Labrador
Marshal Petain
Italy
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Senate
Los Angeles
Pentagon
Congress
Portland
Old Port Exchange
Journal
John Ewing
Washington
Ford
When You Are Past Middle Age Chuckle
Humorous line notes the shift in tripping as people age, describing moves from light to more “fantastic” fouls of motion with a witty, light tone.
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Daniel Inouye
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