Legislature Winds Up Hearings Ahead of Adjournment
AUGUSTA AP The Maine Legislature nears adjournment after three months of hearings with most major issues unresolved including power, taxes, and abortion law reform. By week’s end 54 bills will face hearings and many more await advertising. The Social Security benefit bill for state workers, a procurement bill for local governments, and the New England Interstate Planning Compact are on schedule for hearings. A later measure would permit leasing kelp rights in Maine waters.
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Augusta
Maine
State Bureau of Purchases
Gerald D ‘Obertson
R-Brewer
New England
Buildings Burned In Arundel
A morning fire in Arundel destroyed a barn and two sheds on Hubert Norton’s Old Limerick Road property after trash burning in two steel barrels. Fire units from Arundel Kennebunkport Goose Rocks Beach contained the blaze and Norton received a summons for burning without a permit. damage estimates were unavailable.
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Arundel
Hubert Norton
Limerick Road
Kenne
Bunkport
Goose Rocks Beach
Norton
Three More MIGs Downed by US Forces Near Hanoi
American pilots claim three additional MIGs shot down over North Vietnam just south of the DMZ. Marines suffer heavy casualties at Hill 881 as they push to seize the summit for observation posts. The fight sees 133 air missions over the North and 577 strikes in the South, with U.S. losses mounting and a large enemy strength reported around the DMZ.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
South
Bien Hoa
U.S
MI6
Gulf of ‘Tonkin
da Nang
Hanoi
Air Force
Navy
Hai
Chuckle Caption on Taxes Parting Money
A humorous line notes that fools lose money while others wait for income tax time. The item branding includes TM WER Gen Fea Corp. and reads as a light slogan from a humor feature.
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WER Gen
Fea. Corp
Coastal Erosion Captured by Reporter on Sea Front
Journal photographer Richard Danforth spent hours documenting the windy Saturday tides that eroded the coastline and left sand moved inland. The photo feature appears on page 8 of today's edition.
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Journal
Richard Danforth
Woman Found Dead In Home In Waterville
An autopsy for 50 year old Alice Williams of Jackman was scheduled today after she was found dead in her Waterville home Sunday. Authorities say Williams lived alone and was discovered by a neighbor. Further details were not released.
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Waterville
Jackman
Alice Williams
Soviet May Day Display Off Red Square Parade
Andrei Grechko opened May Day ceremonies with standard Soviet denunciations of the United States West Germany and China. The parade showcased 330 weapons none new while observers eye a larger display on November 7.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Grechko
Red Square
United States
West Germany
RedChina
Latin America
Newport
Ore
New York
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Leonid I
China
Tornado Toll and Drought Stretch Across U.S.
Northern States face tornado devastation with at least 12 dead and over 100 injured as damages run into millions. Florida endures drought while New York plans hires to spot fraud. In Vietnam U S planes engage north of Hanoi claiming MIG 17 downed. U S life support debates continue in Washington as May Day protests surge in Moscow.
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Minnesota
Air Force
Florida
New York City
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Washington
Survivor Eyes Return to Flight After Nantucket Crash
Otis Air Force Base survivor 1st Lt. Joseph L. H. Guenet says he is ready to fly the same type of radar picket plane again once recovered. He describes a midair explosion and a long ditching, with 15 crewmen dead in a toll totaling 50 in 22 months.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Nan Jtucket Island
Joseph L. H. Guenet
Island Pond
Otis
Congressional
Guenet
Col
James P. Lyle
Nantucket
Col. Lyle
Twister toll climbs as Minnesota towns search for victims
In Waseca and Albert Lea, searchers comb ruined homes after a night of tornadoes that dozens of people killed and injured across eight communities. Weather officials warned of more severe weather as rescuers pressed into the rubble and hospitals treated hundreds.
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Waseca
Minn
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Archie Draheim
Waseka
Weather Bureau
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Russell B. Long
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