Goosefare Brook Reclassification Talks Move Slowly
At a joint Saco and Old Orchard Beach meeting, officials discussed upgrading Goosefare Brook from its current classification toward C and then B-1 to allow swimming. The group favored cautious steps, stressing cleanup progress by Maremont Corp. and awaiting legislative and DEP approval, with John Bird dissenting to push faster against continued pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Goosefare Brook
Saco Heath
Jenkins Road
Ocean Park
Conservation Commission
Samuel Zaitlin
John Bird
Berton Braley
Rita Belair
Leslie Wyman
Emerson Cummings
Maremont Corp
Zaitlin
Biddeford Park Projects Get Preliminary Approval
The Biddeford City Council accepted low bids for industrial park works. Griffin Construction Company of Portsmouth won $44,877 to build a pumping station and sewer line at Route 1 park to serve Hodgson Houses Inc and Fibre Materials. Edward C. Jordan Company of Portland bid $9,500 for another portion.
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Biddeford
Griffin Construction Company
Portsmouth
N.H
Route 1
Hodgson Houses, Inc
Edward C. Jordan Company of
Portland
Pollution cleanup plan for Goosefare Brook gains support
Saco and Old Orchard Beach Conservation Commissions back a SMVTI led study to locate pollution sources in Goosefare Brook from Saco through Old Orchard Beach. The plan aims to upgrade water quality to class C suitable for fishing, amid tourism fears from last summer’s contamination.
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Goosefare
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Southern Maine Vocational and Technical Institute
Department of Environmental Protection
Shortages Exist Despite Arab Supplies
President Nixon and energy chief William E. Simon warned that gasoline shortages will persist after the Arab oil embargo ends. They projected a 5 to 8 percent U.S. shortage, higher fuel costs, ongoing voluntary conservation, and continuation of federal petroleum allocations while urging action on energy production and deregulation.
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Washington
Nixon
National Association of Broadcasters
Houston
United States
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Simon
U.S
John C. Sawhill
Simon and
Congress
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Elk Hills
Calif
Debate on Public Lands Bill Gallops to Confrontation
Senator Kenneth MacLeod and Clifford Goodall clashed over claims that paper companies intimidate residents of Maine’s unorganized territories from testifying on a bill to create grand plantations and allow recapture of about 400000 acres of public lands. Goodall alleged fear among locals. MacLeod pressed for proof.
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Clifford Goodall
The
Natural Resources Council
Maine
Public Lands Committee
Sen
Kenneth MacLeod
Goodall
Sen. MacLeod
Natural Rsources Council
Henry Magnuson
Paper Industry Information
House Votes For Light Oil Taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a light windfall profits levy on oil firms and a phased depletion allowance cut. The plan would boost revenue slowly, with $150 million next year and up to $2.8 billion by 1981, while exempting firms that reinvest profits into energy research and development.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
We Till It Like It Is Sign at Organic Farm
A roadside sign outside an organic farm declares We till it like it is. The witty display plays on farming’s hands on work and a nod to a catchy phrase as visitors read the humorous message.
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Braley
Bird
Atlantic
Dick Danforth
Biddeford Park
Susan Morrison
Commission
Scarborough
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
SMVTI
William J. Flahive
Michael Martel
David Emmons
Flahive
Dwight McLeod
Economic Improvement Commission
Conrad Grondin
Richard Potvin
Grondin
John Bell
Bell
Desroberts and
Henry
Maine Department of Transpor
Claire Malasnik
Post Office
Washington Street
Constantine Karvonides
Aristide Angers
Hardy Banfield
Sandra Beaulieu
William Dusseault
Philip Gadbois
Frank Krivo
Willie H. Laverriere
Fred Tebbenhott
York County
Guy Farrell
Carleton Gunn
Woodlawn
Fred J. Pipinias
Airport Auto Parts
Biddeford Transmission
Zaitlin and Sons
Memphis
Augusta
Lorraine Libby
East Limington
Anne Rose
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