Big car sales surge as dealers tout record demand
Maine dealers report a motor boom with 1975 fourth quarter strength and 1976 begins strong. Dealers cite energy price shocks and aging car fleets pushing buyers back to full sized vehicles while small car demand remains mixed and insurance data shows higher overall auto policies.
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Pontiac
Saco
Joseph Carpenito
Atlantic Motors
Carpenito
Maine
Assa
Bill Hood
Lewiston
Paul Rousseau
Rousseau Insurance Agency
Biddeford
York County Insurance Agents Assn
Rousseau
Detroit ends small car rush as inventories rise
Two years after a small car boom sparked by fuel shortages and price controls ending, Detroit auto makers cut back small car production due to rising inventories. Ford notes sales up from last year but not as high as hoped. Overall car sales climb except for lingering pump and price pressures.
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Detroit
Big Three
Ford Motor
Augusta trip proves fruitful for OOB delegation
A nine member OOB delegation met the State Board of Education to press for OOE schools. Attorney General Brennan states no exceptions to the law barring school construction until 1977, but emergencies or welfare threats allow Board authorization.
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Augusta
OOB
State Board of Education
OOE
Leatrice Morin
Joseph Brennan
Board of Education
Biddeford Welcomes New Martin's Market Amid Growth
Hannaford Brothers plans a Martin's Food Market at the old A&P in Biddeford expanding to 16,300 square feet. Saco Martin's will relocate to Route 1 near KFC, while Sampson's surveys its future amid A&P acquisition talks. Grant's store at Five Points draws strong rental interest as bankruptcy liquidates stock. Maine Metal Co owner Steve Foss expands to Baker Building, adding staff and larger shop with ductwork and fabrication services.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Biddeford
Hannaford Brothers Co
South Portland
Martin’s
A&p
Sampson’s
Five Points
Grant’s
Larry Plotkin
Hannaford Brothers
Comey
King’s Laza
Route 1
Martin's
Plotkin
Biddeford Martin’s
Hannaford
Saco Martin’s
Saco Martin's
Storer Street
Kentucky Fried Chicken
King’s Plaza
Sampson's
Sampson
Hollis Sawyer
Sawyer
Grant's
New Haven
Maine Metal Co
Saco Tanning Corp
Maremont
Foss
State bond rating down raises Maine property taxes
Maine State Treasurer Rodney Scribner says Moody s cut the Maine Municipal Bond Bank rating from AA to Aa increases in the property tax burden by 1.875 million dollars over 25 years. The rating change adds 75 000 dollars annual interest on a 27.5 million dollar bond issue sold in New York City. The downgrade stems from a lawsuit over a state school funding law and its recent changes during the current legislative session.
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Augusta
Maine
Rodney Scribner
Maine Municipal Bond Bank
Moody’s Investor Service Inc
State Clearinghouse Agency
New York City
Scribner
Moody
Municipal Bond Bank
New York
Bowdoin Pleads Innocent In 63 Count Drug Indictment
Bowdoin a Kennebunk pharmacist appeared in Federal District Court and pled innocent to 63 counts alleging sale of morphine and other controlled drugs in 1973 and 1974. His Pharmacy of Main Street was named in the indictment alongside Bowdoin. A $10 000 bond was posted and trial date set for April 20. Also indicted were Kenneth Fox of South Portland and Gill's Leader Drugs of South Portland. Each count carries up to 15 years and a $25 000 fine.
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Portland
Kennebunk
Warren E. Bowdoin
Federal District Court
U.S. District Court
Edward T. Gignoux
Bowdoin
Main Street
Federal Grand Jury
Thomaston
Uison
Boar of Pharmacy
Kenneth Fox
Sterling
South Portland
Gill
Peter DeTroy III
John N. Kelly
U.S
Peter Mills
Beach to name town manager at Loranger School
OLD ORCHARD BEACH residents await the council five member board will choose a new town manager at a special public meeting tonight in Loranger School. Council Chairman E Emerson Cummings says interviews have narrowed 103 applicants to about 24 top candidates over the past two weeks with a March 17 deadline looming.
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Old Orchard Beach
OOB
E. Emerson Cummings
Today in History March 12 highlights across years
On March 12, 1938 Germany annexed Austria and Hitler vowed unification. In 1912 Army Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from an airplane at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. In 1939 Pope Pius XII became pope. In 1947 President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine aiding Greece and Turkey against Communism.
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Associated Press
Germany
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Greater
Albert Berry
Jefferson Barracks
Pius XII
Harry Truman
Greece
Turkey
Kennebunk SAD 71 wrestles with 76-77 school budget
The SAD 71 board and its finance committee review departmental requests as they aim to keep the budget at the prior year’s level. Business manager Thomas Connelly notes taxpayers must wait until month’s end for fuller figures and cautions against premature release.
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Kennebunk
Midnight Oil
Thomas Connelly
Kennebunkport
Connelly
Sam Zaitlin in Saco Faces Radio Coverage Controversy
Disturbed by the cancellation of radio coverage of Saco City Council meetings, young Mayor Samuel Zaitlin is out hustling sponsors. The back page of this section promises details on the dispute and Zaitlin's new outreach effort.
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Saco
Samuel Zaitlin
Pe Cartoons Classifieds Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby
Local page compiles light features including cartoons classifieds a crossword puzzle Dear Abby advice column and a daily horoscope. Readers find a brief movie note and a humor item in Today's Chuckle.
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Abby
Mavne Movies
National New England News Briefs Entertain with Quip
In a world weather and sports news brief, a doctor, dashing through a crowded waiting room, quips Dont get well I ll be right back as the scene captures the brisk tempo of daily life. The item blends light humor with a snapshot of busy hospital corridors.
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New England
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