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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1976
Page
1
Former U S Representative Peter N Kyros says he will announce next week whether to run for Maine 1st District seat he held for eight years before losing in 1974. Petitions circulate as he weighs a bid against seven Democrats in the nomination race.
U S Senator William D Hathaway criticizes State Department for using nuclear arms as bargaining chips to pressure peace. He calls continued cruise missile development more a deterrent to peace than war and warns stopping the program could derail arms talks and push the nation toward nuclear war.
A 29 year old Caribou man Joseph Roy was ordered held at Aroostook County Jail on $25 000 bail after entering no plea in District Court to a reckless homicide charge in the death of 14 year old Barbara Doody who was struck on Route 161 near her home. He allegedly drove away after the collision as she stood by a mailbox. Additional charges from a prior August grand jury verdict involve a November accident that left one woman paralyzed and two children hospitalized.
In Point Pleasant West Virginia a man carrying a shotgun and dynamite exploded a bag inside the Mason County Courthouse after his wife was jailed on a charge of murdering their infant daughter. The blast killed the man 18 year old wife Mason County Sheriff Pete Wedge and Deputy Kenneth Love and injured 11 others including six officers and five inmates.
Raymond Carignan of Alpha Shoe Co. will open a cutting and stitching shop in Biddeford by April 1 in the Lincoln Street building formerly used by Westland Shoe Co. He expects to hire 100 to 150 workers within three months and will interview at the Biddeford unemployment office a week from Saturday. He already runs a similar operation in Brunswick.
Kennebunkport voters crowd the Consolidated School gym to slash the town budget. They eliminate the administrative assistant post and refuse Kenneth Campbell's 13 642 salary along with other town posts, signaling further changes to come.
Biddeford's proposed airport master plan is a plan not a million dollar operation or a long runway project. Airport commission chairman Eldred Doyon told a joint meeting with the city council that rumors about expansions near Granite and Elm streets are unfounded. He said the plan does not call for immediate construction or near-term growth, and the discussion will continue on page 8.
Massachusetts primary yields Henry M. Jackson 62 percent with 27 delegates and Orrin Udall Wallace Carter Harris Shriver Bayh McCormack Shapp in the field. Jackson says Florida remains non decisive while Wallace leads the South and Carter eyes future contests.
In the wake of Tuesday primaries in Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire President Ford Henry Jackson George Wallace and Morris Udall praised results with Carter finishing fourth in Massachusetts despite wins in Vermont and New Hampshire. Carter spokesman Hamilton Jordan conceded the top three prediction was incorrect.
A brief, light note humorously clarifies a historical misbelief about biblical figures. The item presents a playful question to readers within the paper’s varied features.
Michael Schoonjans a longtime Maine labor figure has been named by Governor Longley for a seat on the Maine Labor Relations Board. The Executive Council was expected to vote today but results were unavailable.
W. T. Grant company advances going out of business sales across 359 stores after a federal court allowed liquidation to address roughly $1.1 billion in debts. The Biddeford Five Points location reopens with 25 to 60 percent discounts on more than $600,000 in inventory. Local manager Robert Dale notes uncertain sale duration through March 24 and yearns for unreal crowd expectations.
Four of five town councilors said final contenders for the town manager post may be made public with employer consent. Names could include Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante. council to vote on interview cutoffs and a final appointment date targeting the week of March 15.
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