Yale Daily News polls say things are getting better I think
Entertainer Frank Sinatra, NBC anchor John Chancellor and New York Mayor Abraham Beame are among a dozen notable figures surveyed by the Yale Daily News magazine. Most perceive some improvements despite caveats as global issues persist. Several others voice mixed or unchanged views on progress and decline.
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New Haven
Sinatra
John Chancellor
NBC
Nightly News
Chancellor
New York
Abraham Beame
Beame
Boston
Philip Roth
New York Times
Russell Baker
Yale News
Yale
Fluffy and Quack Quack Are Friends at Kennedy School
A first grade class at Biddeford Kennedy School publishes a mimeographed book about two ducklings. The 23 children chronicle Fluffy and Quack Quack from arrival in Room 3 to departure for a pond, including care details and near tragedy, based on reading and personal experience.
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Kathleen O'Connell
New York Times
Fluffy
Quack Quack
Biddeford
Kennedy School
Room 3
Dianne Cote
Arrownd
Janice Fifield
Bion Holbrook
Fifield
Biddeford Budget Tabled Amid Budget Review
Biddeford city council delayed the 1976 budget while discussing a rejected $10,000 request from the Saco Valley Association for Retarded Citizens and considering a police funding stance. Citizens urged higher salaries for department heads and more police protection, with a tax-rate hold debated. The council also asked for new desks, approved revised zoning to allow parks citywide, and scheduled continued budget review.
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Michael Bergeron
Planning Board
Richard Potvin
Strings won't tie up county jail funding
County commissioners seek a second chance to sign a 200000 contract for a new jail after learning few strings attach. State and federal money will cover most programs including a two week guard course and 20 hours yearly training. annual county cost under 5000. Drug and alcohol treatment would use existing services, with county funds from back contributions to York County Counseling Services.
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Larry Stains
Criminal Justice Planning and Assistance Agency
Tuesda
Kenneth Finnegan
Finnegan
York County
Paul Reay
YCCS
Donald Cote
Clement
Football like tactics fail to kill Perrier's hopes
The Saco Valley Association for Retarded Citizens faces funding challenges as it seeks city and federal support to continue essential services for Biddeford and surrounding areas. Director Richard Perrier argues county responsibility, while counties deny it, creating a catch‑22 as smaller programs struggle to raise fees. Perrier says cessation would force retarded adults to stay home. council invited him to address the finance committee.
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Saco
Biddeford
Perrier
Finance Committee
Curriculum chief considered at OOB
Old Orchard Beach school budget may add a curriculum coordinator in 1977. Lawrence Bernard says the post follows a state self evaluation program and would organize curriculum development across all grades. Budgeted for six months at 5700 dollars, shared with Arundel Schools 80 percent OOB and 20 percent Arundel. Plante denial ends rumors of his candidacy.
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Old Orchard Beach
OOB
Lawrence Bernard
Beach
Bernard
Arundel
May 5 1976 highlights include space, Napoleon deaths
The date marks Alan Shepard's 1961 space milestone as the first U.S. astronaut, Napoleon's 1821 death in exile, Rangoon occupation in 1824, Civil War skirmish near Fredericksburg in 1864, West Germany’s 1955 sovereign status, and a 1966 stock market dip after GM signaled reduced car output.
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Alan Shepard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Napoleon Bonaparte
Island
St. Helena
Rangoon
Burma
Union of
Fredericksburg
West Germany
Wall Street
General Motors
Biddeford High Tigers Claim Triangular Track Win
Biddeford High School's track team defeated Deering and Thornton Academy in a triangular meet Tuesday afternoon, scoring 63 points to Deering's 59 and Thornton's 47. The meet highlighted field events with Biddeford edging the others as Guy Doyon of Thornton won the low hurdles.
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Biddeford High School
Thornton Academy
Tigers
Deering
Biddeford
Thornton
Guy Doyon
Maine Today's Chuckle Cartoon Classifieds Dear Abby Editorials
Cartoon and humor brief from Maine edition featuring a lighthearted panel. Classifieds and community notices mix with a Dear Abby style puzzle and editorial notes offering local reflections and humor for readers.
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Dear Abby
Maine
Cynical teacher flirts with political dream for student
A schoolteacher in a local classroom told a boy he could not be president due to his absentee record yet could potentially reach the Senate someday, a remark reflecting comic cynicism about politics and ambition.
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Senate
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