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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1975
Page
2
The Commerce Department reported the Leading Indicators index rose 2.1 percent in May, the third monthly gain and lifting the three month rise to 5.7 percent. Economists view the three month upturn as a sign of potential recovery from the recession, with May showing the sharpest increase since December 1970 aside from April’s revision.
Supreme Court nears term end with a sweeping win for civil rights lawyers in a major job discrimination case. The decision reinforces protections for workers facing bias, marking a high point for plaintiffs after years of legal battles.
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Irene Coburn Jamieson 69 of 48 Portland Ave Old Orchard Beach and Emma Frances Stuart 87 of Kennebunk. Jamieson’s family includes a son, daughter, siblings, and six grandchildren with services in Saco. Stuart’s survivors include four sons and three daughters with funeral services at Kennebunk United Baptist Church and interment in the family lot. Also described is a mass court ruling on job discrimination back pay and the use of employment tests, with comments from NAACP Legal Defense Fund officials.
The obituary notice lists several funeral homes serving Saco and Biddeford Maine. Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine Emond and Conroy Funeral Home John P Conroy Jr Director 72 Hill St Biddeford Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home Stone St Biddeford R Martel Director.
Approximately 3,700 pounds of beef valued at about $8,500 were stolen from Dave Shields wholesale meat on York Street. Intruders entered via the back door after breaking windows, with a truck possibly stolen from Biddeford used in the heist. Investigations by state and local police ongoing. Also reported: a 1969 19 foot van stolen from Cummings Bros. in Biddeford Wednesday night.
The town council will open bids on the police and fire camp at 7 30 PM in Oranger School. The agenda includes offers to dismantle the Titcomb Farm barn and shed and the appointment of a summer CETA supervisor.
The Saco planning board meets at 7 at Saco District Court to consider Woodside Acres Pine Ridge Nedia and Nelson a newly proposed minor subdivision.
Augusta Maine The Maine Lottery Commission announced the winning numbers for this week as 542 and 219 with a doubling number of seven five four two one nine and seven.
A recall bid to oust four town councilors could bring a new Superior Court case and a special judge to speed the process. Frank Manduca said attorney Paul Frinsko reports a new suit identical to the prior one, with Justice Armand Dufresne potentially appointing Justice Harold Rubin to oversee proceedings. The recall targets are Councilors Thomas Lee Sr., Richard Marshall, Arnold Morin, and Paul St. Hilaire, amid charter questions and prior standing rulings.
Australian artist Ivan Durrant admitted his claim of buying a medical student’s severed hand for shock value art was fake. He described the affair as a conceptual experience to involve the public, while gallery owner Clive Evatt and collector George Schwarz reacted with distress and contemplation of the publicity. Durrant showed a hollow silicone hand filled with raw steak at Sydney University Medical School, explaining the stunt aimed to provoke thought on perceptions of amputated limbs.
The Vatican reaffirmed that Satan exists as a real being not a symbol of evil and warned against morbid fascination with devils. The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith urged caution over sensational accounts and cautioned that redemption has not completed its work.
Regional forecast covers Burlington Montpelier Newport Bangor Caribou Eastport and Portland Maine. Light southerly winds, variable cloudiness, and chances of light showers evening into night. Temperatures range from mid forties to mid fifties with cooler spots inland and near coastlines.
The Southwest Interior forecast calls for clear conditions tonight with lows in the 50s and sunny skies Friday with highs in the 80s. Light and variable winds tonight, then onshore winds 5 to 15 knots Friday. Rain chance near zero tonight and about 10 percent Friday. Eastport to Merrimack River marine forecast shows onshore winds easing to under 10 knots tonight and 5 to 15 knots Friday with seas 2 feet or less and visibility over 5 miles.
Washington officials say President Ford remained consistent with past presidents by not ruling out a first strike with nuclear arms if national interests demand it. The policy view cited holds the US would not strike first with strategic weapons, while tactical use could occur to halt a NATO or South Korea overrun. Defense Sec Schlesinger said tactical use would be considered if circumstances require, such as a overwhelming North Korean attack.
Federal investigators say severe air turbulence may have caused an Eastern Airlines jet to dip during a thunderstorm and crash near Kennedy Airport killing 110. The NTSB director questioned why the plane was so low as witnesses noted lightning. 14 survived with most in critical condition. Relatives were flown to identify victims at the morgue as, among the dead, six were children. The impact, not the fire, caused most fatalities. bodies were scattered over marshland.
Supreme Court ruled that states may not constitutionally confine mental patients who pose no danger to themselves or others in institutions without treatment. This decision tightens civil commitment standards and underscores treatment-oriented care for non dangerous patients.
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