Kennebunk Voters to Decide Tax and District Funding Questions
Voters face a range of issues from a proposed tax rate rise of 2 to 4.50 mills to decisions on a sanitary district with a mechanical shredder funded by federal and state support. The town also weighs dredging funding and a septage treatment plant design, plus land purchase to preserve open space and legal fees from a 1968 libel case. A WW II cannon donation from American Legion Post 74 will be placed in a town park.
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Kennebunk
Selectmen
Budget Board
Water Street
The
Conservation Commission
Capital Reserve
Summer Street
E.R. Jellison Realty of Wells
Levitt and Sons
Smith, Elliott and
Wood
Nelson
Herman Cohen
American Legion Post 74
Bobbing For Subsidies in Local School Budget Debate
Christopher Couch reports on the Biddeford School Board clashing with the City Council finance committee over school funding and a proposed 120000 cut. State debate focuses on LD1994 and its impact on wealthy communities, with critics railing against changes.
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Christopher Couch
Biddeford
Biddeford's School Budget Debate Stirs LD1994 Controversy
The state wide push over LD1994 reshapes how subsidies affect city budgets with Biddeford benefiting from state funds while other coastal towns push back. Officials warn changes could erase gains, shifting costs to taxpayers as towns wrestle with redistributive goals and local control amid an election year.
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Biddeford
Ment
Robin Hood
Bennett Katz
Mainernday
State says construction must begin on new jail
State officials from Augusta will meet York County commissioners in Alfred to demand a start date for the new county jail. Deputy Richard Haskell cites the 100-year-old jail as unfit for habitation and says $912,500 is available, with more funds possible later, while local officials insist on securing full funding before construction.
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Alfred
Augusta
York County
Richard Haskell
Bureau of Corrections
Joseph McClay
Clement Auger
Paul Reay
Donald Cote
Haskell
Bureau
Auger
Cote
Reny
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Laster
Richard) Dutremble
Watergate Report Card Sparks Kid's Denial and Erasures
A child brings home a Watergate report card, first denies its existence, then hides it, and finally reveals three erased grades. The episode highlights confusion and a joke tone as the family reacts to the missing records and the altered marks.
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Watergate
Coast States Lose Suit On Offshore Oil
The Supreme Court ruled that federal government owns offshore oil rights in the Atlantic. In a unanimous decision, Justice Byron White stated colonial charters did not grant states ownership beyond the first three miles, upholding federal dominion over seabed resources and rejecting coastal claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atlantic Ocean
Justice Department
Atlantic
Maine
Byron R. White
California
Congress
White
Onassis Estate Leaves Widow and Christina Most, Kids
Paris reports say Aristotle Onassis left Jacqueline about 120 million plus most paintings and 15 million each in trust to Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children. Christina, his only surviving child, is heir to the bulk of the estimated 600 million fortune. The estate includes art by Gaugin El Greco Van Gogh and Picasso valued around 20 million. Onassis died in Paris at 69 from broncho pulmonary infection.
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Paris
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline
John F. Kennedy
Athens
Christina
Onassis
Gaugin
el Greco
van Gogh
Picasso
Mrs. Onassis
Fifth Avenue
New York
Kennedy
Greece
Alexander
Hospital
Tax Credits Need Own Legislation
Rep. Al Ullman said tax credits for homebuyers should be removed from tax cut legislation. Treasury Secretary Simon warned that deficits could rekindle inflation and trigger recession and unemployment. The measure may win approval this week if spending is curbed. Congressional action on emergency Cambodia aid was also expected today and tomorrow. Democrats criticized any aid increase. Ullman noted the Senate Finance Committee backed a $3 billion homebuyer tax credit but urged restraint.
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Liam E. Simon
Congress
White House
Senate
House Committee
Cambodia
Ullman
Senate Finance Committee
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