Heidi Biggs Dream Ends After Hawaii Trip
Fourteen year old Heidi Biggs dies of cancer in Belleville Illinois just before reaching home from Honolulu. She had secretly hoped to see Hawaii, and her mother said Heidi asked to say goodbye to her younger siblings before passing. A trust funded the Hawaii trip with help from supporters including Russell Penny.
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Heidi
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Lucille Biggs
Goodby
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Associated Press
Russell Penny
Sudbury
Ontario
Penny
Randy Hillman
Hillman
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God
Detroit Seers Forecast Shape of Cars to Come
Detroit industry foresees big changes in the next 25 years as automakers face pollution and safety rules, fuel efficiency needs, and a shift to smaller, lighter cars. Experts like DeLorean and Crandall predict fewer models, more standardization, and continued U.S. car dominance despite rising costs and new propulsion ideas.
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la Duncombe
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America
Channel 26 Don’t from Page 1 on inflation tips
TV viewers in Southern Maine can tune to MPBN's WMEG TV Channel 26 in Biddeford using a simple UHF setup. Instructions explain connecting a bow-tie antenna to the UHF lead-in, selecting the U channel 26, with local service companies able to help if needed. Listings begin arch 15 with TV editor Michael Spath planning pre air features the week of March 10.
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Town Meeting Proposals Focus on Town Governance and Regional Waste Plan
Selectmen push a March 1976 effective change to direct the road commissioner for more responsive government and consider funding a recreation director at 8700. Susan E Allbright is slated for the role if approved. Voters will decide on accepting Goose Rocks Beach roads and forming a regional sanitary district with Kennebunk and Arundel to handle solid waste with federal or state funding sought.
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Susan E. Allbright
YWCA
Waterville
Marshview Drive
Skyline Drive
Prescott Drive
Goose Rocks Beach
Kennebunk
Arundel
Town Meeting Elects Woman Moderator in Kennebunkport
In Kennebunkport voters elected Beryl Bilderback as town meeting moderator, defeating Val Hollingsworth 34 to 16. Official said it may be a historic first for a woman in the role. Polls at Consolidated School gym open until 8 PM as other races run steady.
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Kennebunkport
Beryl Bilderback
Val Hollingsworth
Abbott Pendergast
Consolidated School
Kennebunk woman backs car into IGA panels at Shoppers Village
Sylvia Pickering a 46 year old resident of Kennebunkport caused about 500 in damage when her car backed into three windscreen panels at the IGA in Shoppers Village. She believed the car was in neutral but it was in reverse. No injuries were reported. Also noted is a reference to an ancient Turin Papyrus map of a gold mine dated around 1170 B.C.
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Kennebunk
Sylvia Pickering
Kennebunkport
IGA
Robert Jude
Wadi Hamma Mat
Saco Council Tonight Weighs Budget Hearing Schedule
The Saco City Council faces a vote on whether to hold a public hearing tonight or delay until school funding law effects are known. A Wednesday airing on the $2 million municipal budget occurred with the school department budget review postponed. The agenda also includes an Economic Development Administration funds application for the industrial park, a Continental Cablevision rate increase request, sewer project stock reports, North Saco fire station status, and lease extension talks for the Saco District Court. A pre council meeting starts at 6 30 p m in the mayor's office.
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Saco
John Dexter
Economic Development Administration
Continental Cablevision
Stockman Avenue
Saco District Court
Ford plan could cut school lunch subsidies and raise costs
Government experts warn the Ford administration proposal to end subsidies for all but the neediest students may cut the number buying lunch by about 24 percent. The plan trims 600 million dollars from child nutrition spending next year and shifts to block grants to states. If non needy meals continue, states must fund them, affecting affluent families with higher costs.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Agriculture Department
Death Valley Floor Stands as U S Lowest Point
The floor of Death Valley sits at 280 feet below sea level making it the lowest point in the United States. It lies in California near the Nevada border, a notable geographic landmark.
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United States
California
Nevada
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