Public Radio Call With Carter Seeks Few Callers
CBS will host a two hour radio session from the White House Oval Office with President Carter on Saturday. Fewer than 75 callers are likely, chosen on a first come basis via toll free line 900 242 1611. Operators verify names and numbers, with strict rules and possible auto cutoffs for swearing.
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UPI
Carter
CBS Radio
Walter Cronkite
White Oval Office
CBS
Talk show tests mettle of Ma Bell
United Press International reports that CBS radio will host a national call in to President Carter from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, with lines to the White House expected to be clogged. New England Telephone officials admit uncertainty but cite system readiness to route calls to the president.
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Catherine Lamb
Saco
New England Telephone Co
Jefferson and
Center Streets
Biddeford
White House
John Ewing
Ma Bell
Ron Reichmann
United Press International
CBS Radio
Carter
Jack Caunter
Dept heads win breather in overtime pay row
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH the town council voted three to two to allow salaried department heads including the fire chief and police chief to continue receiving overtime and holiday pay. Critics warned the policy could swell costs, but supporters argued no alternative exists and cited existing pay scales at nearby towns.
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Dept
Amy Levy
Old Orchard Beach
Joseph Mokarzel
Public Works Department
Mokarzel
Biddeford
Saco
Sanford and Westbrook
Edward Townsend
East
Public Safety
Paul Fontaine
Sanford
Fontaine
OOB Council
Timothy Tucker
John Kerry
Kerry
Tucker
Saco police seek community help at city hall meeting
In Saco, a small audience of 13 heard Police Chief Amoroso and Captain Jamieson urge resident involvement after a door to door survey showed 70 of 100 homes willing to attend. Officers announced reserve patrols and programs like cadets and Senior Citizen Safety Watch to boost crime prevention.
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Saco
Richard Neault
Saco City Hall
North
Water
Lincoln
Spring
Main Streets
Earl Jamieson
Francis Amoroso
Amoroso
Saco Crime
Family Theater Planned at 133 Main St Biddeford
Kathleen OConnell reports Biddeford hosting a new family theater by end of April at 133 Main St in a former Army Navy recruitment site. Jean Audet of Channel 5 Boston plans limited weekend screenings with 60 seats and admission 150 for adults 1 for children and seniors. He aims for no R or X rated films and hopes to open full-time within a year if demand exists. The Navy office will move to 177 Main St and the Army center to the former Matson site around early April.
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Channel 5
Boston
Army
Humphrey Bogart
Elvis Presley
Audet
Main Street
Metropolitan Corporation
Leah Osher
Biddeford- Saco
Saco
Biddeford
Main St
Army and Navy
Theetropolitan Corporation
Navy
Kennedy
Matson’s
Almanac notes and notable events on March 4 1977
United Press International Almanac highlights Mars and Mercury in morning sky plan, Venus Jupiter Saturn at night. notable births include Knute Rockne born 1888. Historic dates cover Vermont statehood 1791 Jefferson 1801 Rankin 1917 Supreme Court 1963. Also reports Oaxaca protests, Bing Crosby stage fall. See pages 5 and 6.
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Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Vermont
Union
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Congress
U.S
House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
Oaxaca
Mexico
UPI
Overnor
Manuel
Aquino
Pasadena
Calif
Bing Crosby
Hoto
Anefit
Crosby
Off the Record Sports and Weather Feature
A regional feature column explores how perceptions of leadership echo family ownership in business. It notes sports and weather items tucked inside the journal’s daily pages and includes a quip about executive traits reflecting paternal ownership.
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