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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1976
Page
2
Hartford educational officials say elementary PE must go coed after the current year with demonstrations in mixed groups and separate sections for contact sports when needed. Interscholastic teams must offer equal trial access while bans on sex discrimination are enforced under federal education laws.
Federal agents slaughter 1,850 pigs at a Tiverton Rhode Island farm area to halt hog cholera spread. About 1,600 killed and 250 died. mass burial follows humane euthanasia. Quarantine each state tightens with heavy penalties for moving swine across lines.
Gov. Meldrim Thomson dismissed the pamphlet controversy as a silly thing. He denied state funds were used and said he would issue a statement later. He kept pressure on prison leadership and defended safety audits at the state facility. He noted support from Fire Chief Higgins and referenced petition drives for Seabrook nuclear plant.
Middlesex residents ignored the Vermont presidential primary to concentrate on town matters. About 250 townspeople debated and endorsed a probe of the Public Service Board and considered an $11,525 outdoor recreation project funded partly by federal grants. Local tax and budget issues dominated as statewide topics drew little attention.
Gasoline averages fell in January to 58.9 cents per gallon while heating oil rose by 12 cents to 44.5 cents in Coos Carroll Grafton Belknap Sullivan and Cheshire Counties. Merrimack Hillsboro Rockingham and Strafford saw gasoline at 57.6 cents and fuel oil at 44.9 cents. The statewide gasoline drop averaged about 3 cents.
Rubin Berrios, a Yale Law School graduate and Puerto Rico independence advocate, told Yale Latino Law Student Association that mainland corporations take profits from Puerto Rico, creating a high unemployment rate and rising cost of living. He called Puerto Rico a paradise lost due to corporate wealth transfer and nicknamed the island’s plight a world championship in crime.
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