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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1975
Page
6
New England governors plan to build a regional energy policy to bolster talks with the White House. Vermont Gov. Thomas P. Salmon says consensus is possible as six states meld separate plans on electricity and petroleum for a Boston meeting.
Brown University President Donald F. Hornig warned that a second occupation of University Hall would trigger severe disciplinary action. He had granted amnesty to 40 minority students who seized the building for two days to press for greater minority enrollment. Hornig said no negotiations would occur while a part of the community blocks others from conducting university business. The retreat from leniency comes as retrenchment measures keep tuition high and financial aid cuts persist amid student strikes.
The brief notes statistics claiming single men are seven times likelier to commit crimes and 22 times likelier to be in prisons or jails, but provides no context, source, or methodology for these figures.
The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission voted 17 to 2 to endorse LD 913, seeking a three cent bottle deposit and five cents for unusual bottles. The measure, backed by 184 groups, aims to reduce litter and conserve resources while predicting 500 new jobs and $3.1 million annual savings, though opponents fear a $14 million rise in consumer costs per car. The commission also approved next year’s tentative budget of $120,000 and a $479,000 two year EPA grant program, plus an aerial mapping project to aid the 208 water quality plan.
A public service concert by the Kennebunk High School band and chorus will be held at the Main Mall on Thursday May 8 from 7 to 7 30 p m The program spans 11th Century English music to contemporary tunes with selections by the band chorus and boys chorus The event benefits the Kennebunk Kennebunkport music boosters music scholarship fund and donations will be accepted.
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