Webhannet Music Group hosts final season meeting at High Seas
Dorothy Garrigue and Mary Arnold Hood entertained the Webhannet Music Appreciation Group at High Seas in Kennebunkport for the season’s last gathering. Guests heard Gioachino Rossini’s The Siege of Corinth as tea creases were served by Mrs. Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Robert Baker.
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Webhannet Music Group
Kennebunkport
Dorothy Garrigue
Mary Arnold Hood
Webhannet Music Appreciation Group
High Seas
Corinth
Gioachino Rossini
Elmer Bennett
Robert Baker
Inland clam digging clash spurs Maine hearing
Inland residents pressed a public hearing led by Rep. Harland Goodwin to relax nonresident clamming bans and raise inland fees. The Maine Supreme Court had ruled such bans legal if a town funds and runs a conservation program to the state’s satisfaction. Critics warn limits may hurt inland communities and coastal access remains debated.
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Maryline
Augusta
Maine
Maine Supreme Court
Department of Marine Resources
Harland Goodwin
D-Southerwick
Goodwin
Marine Resources Committee
Larence Greenlaw
Stonington
CAP Resumes Hunt For Plane Over Maine Waters
CAP resumes search for a missing light plane last heard from near Boothbay Harbor on April 27. Air Force and Navy planes, joined by Canadian crews, will sweep water while CAP focuses on Bangor and Boothbay Harbor area. The plane carried six workers from Lawrence, Massachusetts to New Brunswick.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Air Force
Navy
Civil Air Patrol
Paul Esongas
D-Mass
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
CAP
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
Scott Afb
Illinois
Bangor
Canadian Air Force
Lawrence
Mass
New Brunswick
Robert F. Drinan
Michael J. Harrington
James C. Cleveland
Norman D'Amours
Lawmakers OK Bill Allowing Drug Price Advertising
Northern York County lawmakers backed a bill letting pharmacists advertise and post prescription drug prices in print media to help residents shop for higher priced medicines. Key votes included Republicans Hichens of Eliot against it, with supporters from House Democrats Farley Truman Hobbins Morin Berry and Republicans Tyndale McMahon, and Senate Democrats Marcotte Danton and Republican Roberts.
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Augusta
York County
Walter Hichens
Eliot
Maine
House
Farley
Truman
Biddeford
Hobbins
Saco
Morin
Old Orchard Beach
Berry
Buxton
Lizette
Tyndale
Kennebunkport
McMahon
Kennebunk
Senate
Marcotte
Danton
John Roberts
Sanford
Hichens
Two Feared Drowned In Lake In Maine boating accident
In Princeton AP reports two Calais residents Robert Doyle 25 and Jean Daley 23 are missing and presumed drowned after a Tuesday boating accident on Pocomoonshine Lake. Warren Johnson 27 of Portland was recovered Thursday. Richard Callahan 26 of Calais was found Wednesday. Callahan said the boat leaked and he clung to it while others swam to shore. He was treated for exposure at Calais Regional Hospital.
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Princeton
Pocomoonshine Lake
Calais
Robert D. Doyle
Jean Daley
Warren Johnson
Portland
Richard Callahan
Callahan
Theallahan
Calais Regional Hospital
Utility Firm Seeks 10.7 Percent Rate Hike
The China Telephone Co. asks the Public Utilities Commission to approve a 10.7 percent revenue increase for about 1,300 customers. Serving China, South China, Vassalboro and Windsor, the firm filed the request Thursday. the last increase was in 1962.
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Augusta
China Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission
Compen
China
South China
Vassalboro
Windsor
Bombings Threats Stirred Panic in Maine Buildings
State police traced bomb threats to several southern Maine targets including peace offices the federal building in Portland and the State House. A group calling itself the Weathermen claimed responsibility saying bombs would explode at midnight. No explosions occurred. authorities evacuated and searched all sites.
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Augusta
Maine
Federaluilding
Portland
State House
Weathermen
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Elbert Putney
Boom Road
Edward C. O'Leary
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Thornton Academy
David R. Bergeron
Farmington
University of Maine At
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Robert J. Couri
Smith St
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Maine At Portland
Beaulieu
Bacon Street
Kenneth Brock
Highland Street
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
South Portland
Tidex Inc
New Orleans
Tidex
Gulf of Mexico
Bowdoin West Buxton
Allen E. Curtis
Kathryn B. Curtis
Bowdoin College
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Bowdoin
CYO
Helene E. Dussault
Joseph Dussault
St. Margaret Catholic Youth Organization
Barbara DiModica
Philip DiModica
Holiday Inn
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Miss DiModica
CYO Maine
Catherine McAuley School
Pierre
Arundel
Usmale & Ladies
Loice
Roffler
U. S
Birch ST
Pool Road
Alfred J. DesRoberts Real Estate Broker
Alfred St
York
Kittery
North Berwick
South Berwick
Frank Kauffman
Kaufman
Greenlaw
Kauffman
Theone Look
Jonesboro
Mrs. Vu Thi Lan Green
Vu Thu Lan Green
Blackie
Towle’s Travel Agency
Main Street
Youland
the Debonairs
Johnny Paterson
the Country Debonairs
Dubois Farm
West
Lebanon, Maine
Lebanon Road
Rochester, N.H
Richard Shaw
Pyey Dre
Reu Uited
Ane
Pony Oss
Gms
Cliff’s Watch Repair
Elm Street
TIMEX
Alfred Rd
America
Washington, DE
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