Biddeford's Industry Ties Face Tax Shakeup Debate
Letters argue West Point Pepperell dominates local payroll, criticizing officials for penalizing an established industry amid modernization. They claim tax hikes hurt a major employer while new industry incentives favor small ventures, urging fair treatment and continued growth. Another editor letter calls for women to pay poll taxes as men do, praising equal rights.
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Michael Schoonjans
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Peg Hendrick
Fire-Magic Fashion Show Opens Vienna House Again
A Vienna fashion house partially ruined by an earlier fire reopened with a fashion show titled Fire-Magic. The report also notes that carnivorous animals inhabit both land and sea, listing harbor seal harp seal and ringed seal among seal species.
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Snow in Atlanta and other weather notes in brief
A weather veteran predicts snow for Atlanta in retirement remarks. Illinois reports a large truck overturning on Route 2 near Galena spilling frozen eggs. Sherlock Holmes in a BBC series shifts to cigarettes and a straw hat. A Boston drugs hearing cites teen marijuana access and early use by a 20 year old. A fossil deep sea worm snail thought extinct was found alive off Costa Rica in 1952 at 11,400 feet.
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On This Day May 2 1968 In History Highlights
The May 2 historical column notes events from 1863 Stonewall Jackson fatally wounded by friendly fire at Chancellorsville to Leonardo da Vinci's death in 1519 and significant world milestones. It recalls 1670 Hudson's Bay Co charter, 1890 Oklahoma Territory organized, 1933 Germany bans unions, 1945 Berlin garrison surrenders, 1960 Caryl Chessman executed, and later Cold War and civil rights moments including U N veto, Birmingham protests, and troop withdrawals from West Germany.
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Stonewall) Jackson
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Whiskey Jack the Canada Jay Poised as Camp Robber
The Canada Jay known as Whiskey Jack or Moose Bird in northern US and Canada is famed for bold behavior as campers report it flits about trying to steal food, earning a reputation as a camp robber alongside other nicknames.
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First rocking chair said to date from 1860s US
The surviving belief is that the first rocking chair originated in the United States around 1860. It marks an early furniture innovation attributed to American makers.
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