Aging widow elopes for love in Georgia Alabama union
Amsey Sheffield, 73, widower, and Annie Gurley Sheffield, 94, wed by probate judge to bypass Georgia’s three day waiting period. The couple plans to move from Highland House Nursing Home to Columbus, with vows exchanged in Phenix City, Alabama. Nurses report lighthearted reactions as the pair celebrate a night of togetherness.
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Columbus
Amsey Sheffield
Nannie Gurley
Sally Maloney
Highland House Nursing Home
Sheffield
Phenix City
Ala
Georgia
Nursing Home
New tax values reflect Beach revaluation in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach introduces a town wide revaluation doubling real and personal property valuation to 105,238,950 leading to a tax rate of 19 per thousand. Homeowners see higher bills with average taxes rising from about 350 on a 10 000 assessment to roughly 380 on a 20 000 assessment.
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Old Orchard Beach
OOB
Bernard Emery
Emery
Cancer drug near human trials at Dana Center
A powerful new anticancer drug AD 32 shows promise after successful animal tests and could reach human use in six months. Developed by Drs. Emil Frei Mervyn Israel and Edward J. Modest, the drug is said to be ten times more effective and safer than adriamycin. The announcement came during the Dana Cancer Center dedication in Brookline Massachusetts. Samples have been sent to Cancer Center researchers for further study.
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Brookline, Mass
Charles A. Dana Cancer Center
Emil Rei
Frei
Mervyn Israel
Edward J. Modest
Cancer Center
Bank probe handed to AG
The state Bureau of Consumer Protection finished its inquiry into Pepperell Trust mortgage recall and sent the results to Attorney General Joseph Brennan. Bureau Superintendent John Quinn called the submission "not routinely done" and declined to disclose specifics, saying the attorney general would provide answers. Brennan was away from his Augusta office at the time.
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Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pepperell Trust
Joseph Brennan
Attorney General's Office
Consumer Protection Bureau
John Quinn
Journal
Quinn
Atty. Gen. Brennan
Augusta
Fear slows Saco community development effort
City planners face reluctance to approve a cost free home repair grant for elderly homeowners in Saco. A homeowner finally secured funding and bids were approved with work to start late next month. City Planner Peter Cullinan says the program mainly helps seniors and taxes will not rise.
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Saco
Peter Cullinan
Cullinan
SAD 71 trims travel and hires to fund junior high
SAD 71 board cuts travel budgets by half to 500 and reduces consulting funds saving 1,000 while reallocating 1,000 for intramurals. The district will avoid Monastery gym rentals saving 4,000 and plans renovations at Kennebunk High School.
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Sire Kingsley
Kennebunkport
SAD 71
Arthur Hedberg
SAD
Kennebunk
Park Street
Richard Heikkinen
Jacqueline Kellett
Richard Pickering
Pickering
Jack Ketchum
Robert Lewin
Hedberg
Kennebunk High School
Hedberg Sai
Coast Guard Academy Admits Women Cadets in Historic Class
Thirty-eight women joined the Coast Guard Academy class of 1980 joining 289 men in a merit selection overturning a long male-only tradition. Cadets undergo heavy academics in ship engineering oceanography and business management with future shipboard duty seen as likely for women by some officials.
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Dan Hall
Associated Press
NEW London, Conn
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Cynthia Ellis
Groton
Susan Vincenty
Willoughby Hills
Ohio
Joanne McCafferey
Wheaton
Coast Guard Academy
Eagle
Thames River
Naval Academy
Coast Guard
J.g
Bonnijill McGhee
McGhee
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School
Yorktown
Today In History Highlights From June 29
On this date in history notable events include France taking Tahiti in 1880 and U S forces landing in New Guinea in 1943. Paderewski died in 1941 and Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed in 1966. New England faces oil cuts ahead of the 1980s regulatory era.
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Associated Press
France
South Pacific
Tahiti
Ignace Paderewski
New York
U.S
New Guinea
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Seaort
Haiphong
United States
Democratic Party
Miami Beach
Fla
Moscow
Angolan Court Sentences Mercenaries to Death by Firing Squad
Four mercenaries including Daniel Gearhart of Kensington Maryland and three Britons were sentenced to death by firing squad in Luanda for selling themselves as mercenaries in the civil war. Others received 16 to 30 years in prison including Gustavo Grillo of Jersey City and Gary Acker of Sacramento. The death sentences require approval by Angolan President Agostinho Neto. A State Department spokesman questioned the ruling under international law.
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Luanda
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Gustavo Grillo
Jersey City
N.J
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Agostinho Neto
U.S. State Department
Washington
U.S
Solar powered clothes dryer debuts as new invention
A New England feature reports a solar powered clothes dryer described as a clothesline. The item appears in the Maine New England section with light notes on daily living topics.
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Maine
Pennsylvania
Seashore Trolley Museum
York County
John Ewing
Farnsworth Insurance Agency
David Keys
South Brunswick
Dungaree
Air Force Academy
Joyce Rigler
Colorado Springs
UPI
New England
Federal Energy Administration
Biddeford
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