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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1976

Page

2

Pauline Thom obituary details in New Orleans services

Ward has been received here of the death of Mrs. Pauline G. Thom 50 of New Orleans La. She died April 29 there. Surviving are her widower Harold Anderson and Wayne Thompson Patricia Laiselle all of New Orleans. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at the Rawson Funeral Home Biddeford area notices.

Raymond C. Petit Hollywood Fla John B. Petit Jr Peach Springs Ariz Beatrice Tellier Arline Chabot Anita St. Onge Biddeford Luciene Turner New Orleans Rawson Funeral Home Elysium Field Desneige Grenier High St St. Come de Beauce Que Jean and Marie Rodrique) Vallee Oblate Seminary Alfred Grenier Robert Rita) Lambert Old Orchard Beach St. Andre Church St. Joseph Cemetery Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Hill St

DEP expands regional land use office in Portland

DEP expands its Portland office to cover York Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties adding Land Bureau enforcement staff. John Bastey from Augusta will supervise development location rules lake and coastal wetland alterations minimum lot size waivers and mining enforcement and field aid.

Portland York Cumberland Sagadahoc Department of Environmental Protection DEP The Land Bureau John Bastey Augusta Bastey Presque Isle Bangor

Fire crews battle 15 brush fires along railroad tracks

Firemen extinguished fifteen brush fires along the Boston and Maine tracks between 7 10 and 8 45 p m Friday. Officials say sparks from a passing train started the blazes.

Old Orchard Beach Boston and Maine

Mansfield to be Honored by Maine Democrats Luncheon

U S Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana will be honored at a Maine State Democratic convention luncheon in Augusta on Saturday May 8. The event is fundraising and tickets are sold through party headquarters. The weekend also features Senator Joseph Biden as Friday keynote and delegate selections.

U.S. Senate Mike Mansfield Montana Maine Augusta Senate Mansfield Lyndon Johnson State St Joseph R. Biden Delaware

Asphalt plant in Newington sparks refinery question

Residents and officials debate whether the Newington facility is an asphalt plant or a refinery after 1974 town votes against refinery plans. Sprague says it processes asphalt only. others contend it became a crude refinery in 1974. The case heads to Exeter Superior Court.

N.H Newington Seacoast Robert Kane Federal Energy Administration A. Johnson and Co Sprague Edward A. Haffer Dudley D-Durham Aristotle Onassis Meldrim Thomson Richard Dill Sepa Dill Paul McEachern Portsmouth McEachen McEachern Sprague and McEachren Gene Peer Office of Gas and Oil FEA Ederal

Official denies Maine picked on in defense funding

President Ford campaign manager Rogers Morton said Maine has not been singled out for defense cuts amid controversy over Navy ship contracts and Air Force base closures. He argued the Navy award and Loring reductions reflect congressional action and overall defense downsizing, not district bias.

Augusta Maine Ford Rogers C.B. Morton Ckers Ronaldan Army Maremont Corp Saco Reagan Air Force Loring Air Force Base Limestone Bath Iron Works Bath Morton Navy Congress White House Loring Maremont

Maine GOP Platform Debates Death Penalty and Guns

Maine Republicans resumed work on the 1976 platform at the State Convention with a push for restoring the death penalty for certain crimes and a plank opposing federal gun restrictions. Delegates accepted provisions backing mandatory jail terms for gun crimes, rejected a container law plank, and criticized Defense Department cuts at Loring Air Force Base. They also favored local control of school finance, opposed the statewide property tax system, and supported environmental and economic development while promoting political science education and free enterprise basics in schools.

Augusta Maine Dickey-Lincoln Republican Party Defense Department Loring Air Force Base Limestone GOP

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