Siege ends in Washington Hanafi gunmen surrender
After a 39 hour siege in three buildings in Washington DC Hanafi Muslims released about 130 captives. Ringleader Hamaas Abdul Khaalis faced armed holding charges and was ordered released without bond as part of a bargain. Eleven other gunmen awaited arraignment.
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Hamaas Abdul
Khaalis
UPI
Washington
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Superior Court
Harold Greene
District of Columbia Superior Court
City Hall
Islam
B'nai B'rith
Methodist Church
America
Walter Washington
Brmn
Egypt
Pakistan
Iran
Carter
Ardeshir Zahedi
Raiders A
Abdul Azzis
Washington, D.C
Saco Mayor Sees City-Focused Mindset After D C Talks
Saco Mayor Samuel Zaitlin returned from the National League of Cities conference in Washington D C where he met with three Carter administration cabinet secretaries and other policy makers. He also spoke with Congressman David Emery about Maremont contracts and erosion at Camp Ellis Beach. Commerce Secretary Kreps urged revitalizing cities and streamlining public works applications, noting Saco’s request for 400000 to renovate City Hall and 225000 in Community Development funds. Labor Secretary Marshall highlighted unemployment reduction as a top priority.
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Larry Stains
Saco
Samuel Zaitlin
National League of Cities
Washington D.C
First District
David Emery
Maremont
Camp Ellis Beach
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Zaitlin
Saco City Hall
Patricia Harris
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Reo Am
F. Ray Marshall
WIDE disc jockeys find big fun in small Biddeford station
Kathleen O Connor interviews WIDE Radio announcers in Biddeford about life at a four man station. They describe hard work low pay strong listener rapport and creative freedom. The young staff plan moves up but value the current experience and audience contact.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Biddeford
Guys At Wide
Caribou
D.j
Randy Guida
Oswego State
Connecticut School of Broadcasting
Guida
Ide
Tony Alaimo
Almanac notes and historic milestones dated March 11
The item records a March 11 almanac with celestial highlights and zodiac signs. It lists King Frederick IX’s birth on this date, a 1930 Taft burial in Arlington, Hawaii’s 1959 statehood approval, and the 1970 death of mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner, among other historical notes.
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Mercury
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Frederick IX
Denmark
Rieter
New York City
William Howard Taft
United States
National Cemetery
Arlington
Senate
Hawaii
Union
Erle Stanley Gardner
Thornton girls reach Western Maine Class A final at Civic Center
Thornton Academy girls varsity basketball celebrate a semi final win over Portland in the Western Maine Class A tournament at the Civic Center. They advance to face South Portland, a team that has beaten them three times this season, for the title Saturday afternoon at the Civic Center in August. Details of the victory appear on page 9.
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Thornton's
Thornton Academy
Portland
Thornton
South Portland
Western Maine
Civic Center
VA sues over Gaffney death at Togus hospital
The widow of William Gaffney, 47, of Biddeford Pool sues the U S Department of Veterans Affairs for 1.5 million dollars over his death at Togus VA hospital last May. The suit signals a civil trial to illuminate the circumstances. Our story is on page 8.
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William Gaffney
Biddeford Pool
Togus VA Hospital
Meek inherit earth taxes joke headline
A lighthearted column note from the newspaper teases that when the meek inherit the earth taxes will be so high they will decline. The quip frames taxes as the obstacle to planetary stewardship in a punchy, era-appropriate tone.
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George Washington University Hospital
Mimi Feldman
Palestine
Pittsburgh
Peter Flaherty
D.C
New York
Brucie
Jon van Hoogenstyn
Guido
Bill O’ Neil
John Ewing
the Almanacky
United Press International
Gaffney
Journa
Dear Abby
N.E
Maine
Co Nee
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