Plante out Beach names a new town manager
Old Orchard Beach votes to appoint Thomas A. Matthews as town manager after a stormy meeting where Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante drew broad support. Councilors Cummings Litwinetz and Manduca approved despite protests from Marshall Lee and others calling for a referendum.
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Plante Out
Beach
John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Jerome Plante
E. Emerson Cummings
Frank Manduca
John Litwinetz
Thomas A. Matthews
Massachusetts
Richard Marshall
Thomas Lee
William Murphy
Marshall
Lee
Cummings
Litwinetz
Manduca
Plante
David McCallum
OOB
Michael Schoonjans
Schoonjans
Ublic
Suffolkniversity
the Citadel
Matthews
Plante Cleared in Fern Park Allegations
Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante was cleared by Attorney General Joseph E. Brennan after a months long inquiry into alleged improper directing of paying materials for the Fern Park subdivision in Old Orchard Beach. The parallel federal probe found no criminal wrongdoing by Plante.
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Augusta
Jerome Plante
Fern Park
Joseph E. Brennan
Old Orchard Beach
Arthur A. Stilphen
Ronald Randall
Plante
Brennan
Peter Mills
River Rough but Odd Fellows Up to Occasion
The York Encampment No. 17 of Biddeford planned an outing for Eagle Encampment No. 32 of Haverhill, Mass on the Saco River Sept. 23, 1884. Twenty-one members gathered at Biddeford City Hall to face threatening skies as rain loomed according to a bank barometer and a morning weather report.
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York
Biddeford
First National Bank
Cruise Down the Saco River Aboard the Yacht Diavola
After consulting with the Group they sailed from White's Wharf aboard the steam yacht Diavola. The vessel rode swift current as they drank and braced for a voyage down the Saco River. Joseph Small signaled for a gun as a flock of birds appeared overhead.
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Diavola
White’s Wharf
Saco River
Saco Ferry
Joseph Small
Light Infantry
Solicitors face lax rules in Saco and nearby towns
A Maine city clerk says no local ordinances restrict charitable solicitors except Biddeford which requires licenses. Unification Church members sought donations at Water Street. police warn complaints can revoke permits. Biddeford has denied repeated permits. others waive the fee for nonprofits.
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Larry Stains
Tom Mendres
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Water Street
Sace
Tom
Saco
Joan LaMontagne
Cote
Mendies
Biddeford
Sue Angers
Moon
Angers
Federal drug probe widens as Maine wholesalers face charges
U S attorney Peter Mills says a Maine illicit drug sales investigation continues with a grand jury hearing more evidence. Bangor Drug Co and J E Goold Co face counts for failing to report suspicious orders from Gill's Leader Drug and Bowdoin's Drug Store, linked to morphine and dilau dios in 1973.
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Portland, Maine
U.S
Peter Mills
Maine
Bangor Drug Co
Portland
Cook, Everett & Pennell
J.E. Goold & Co
Bangor
Gould
Gill
Leader Drug Co
South
Bowdoin
Kennebunk
Kenneth Fox
Bowdoin’s Drug
Warren E. Bowdoin
Bangor Drug
Leader Drug
Leader
Sealing Mining Pit Could End Search For 11 Victims
In Owen County Kentucky federal officials and Scotia Coal Co face a grim choice to seal the southeast Kentucky mine and entomb the latest 11 victims. Two options exist sealing indefinitely or continuing efforts to clear methane gas blamed for the blasts. Mesa inspectors and workers were among those killed while investigating the cause of the first explosion.
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Owen Fork
Scotia Coal Co
Kentucky
Robert Barrett
U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Barrett
MESA
Company
March 13 1976 highlights from history
On this date events include the start of Andrew Johnson impeachment proceedings in 1868 and his eventual acquittal in May. 1925 Tennessee law limited teaching of evolution. 1938 Austria annexation by Nazi Germany. 1961 JFK calls for Alliance for Progress. 1966 Humphrey urges containment of China.
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Andrew Johnson
U.S. Senate
Tennessee
Nazi Germany
Austria
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
U.S
China
Biddeford Community News Highlights Page 14
The Merton Ira Staples Post AMVETS is reactivated in Biddeford. Nurses aides at Villa Muir complete a geriatric care course. The Boy Scout fund drive chairman has been appointed with further community notes on page 14.
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Biddeford High School
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Biddeford
Villa Muir
Big Eight All Star selections include surprises from seven schools
Nine players were chosen for the Journal's Big Eight All Offensive and All Defensive basketball teams by coach vote in the conference. The picks include notable surprises and span seven of the eight member schools. Page 9 has full details.
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The
Journal
Today’s Journal Puzzle and TV Guides Highlight Weekend Picks
Inside the journal readers find a roundup of cartoons classifieds crossword and Dear Abby with a tease of movies sports television and world news. The humor panel notes a chuckle about middle age choosing the option that gets you home first.
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New England News
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Rita Belair
Litwinetz, Cummings
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Dick Charles
River Cruise
Kennebunkport
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Federal Dragnet Snags
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Associated Press
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