Counseling Agency Faces Strain From Rising Need in York County
Dr. Thomas J. Kane of York County Counseling Services warns that 12 000 to 15 000 residents may need mental or emotional treatment soon while state and federal funds decline. The agency struggles with 1 200 open cases and long waits, and plans a regional reorganization to centralize administration yet expand urgent services across Biddeford Saco Sanford and York.
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York County Counseling Services
YCCS
York County
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York Counseling Services
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Biddeford
Sanford and York
Biddeford- Saco
Sanford-York
Muskie bows out of 1976 bid and vows Senate focus
Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine said he will not seek the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and will concentrate on keeping his Senate seat. He did not rule out a future run for president. He spoke in Norman at a conference on revenue sharing and government decentralization at the University of Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education. He condemned Ford's tax cut plan but praised the action to recapture the merchant ship seized by Cambodians.
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Okla
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
Muskie
University of Oklahoma Center of Continuing Education
Ford
Sewer Bill To Be Paid By SAD 7
Kennebunkport officials agreed to cover a $1,265 municipal sewer bill for Consolidated School from 1973 after a Friday meeting. SAD 71 claimed improper sewer hookup, but the error was corrected in 1974 and the matter was settled amicably.
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Kennebunkport
Stedman Seavey
Selectmen
SAD 71
Arthur Hedberg
Thomas Connelly
Seavey
Connelly
SAD
Mast Cove
Janet Winters
Marlon Lebarge
Sewer Department
Dennis Thayer
Kennebunk Bicentennial Plans Advance In 1976
Kennebunk has been named a bicentennial town by the state commission, making it eligible for federal grants for year long events. The local committee coordinates projects with civic groups and students, including park dedications, parades, a lobster feed reprise, and a photo contest. A June town meeting will seek approval of about 30 000 raised toward a 70 000 project at the Rotary Club site on Mousam River.
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State
Helen Ackley
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Rotary Club
Bicentennial Park
Mousam River
Kennebunkport
Maine State Historical Commission
Kennebunk High
Potato Hand Out Urged By Senate Resolution
Washington AP The Senate approved a nonbinding resolution urging the Agriculture Department to buy surplus potatoes and distribute them to needy people at home and abroad. Senator William D Hathaway of Maine, sponsor, said it could remedy the farmers’ troublesome situation. Senator Edmund S Muskie of Maine, co sponsor, called the purchase a bargain for the government and a remedy for oversupply depressing the market.
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Washington
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Senate
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Maine Potato Commission probes subsidized Canadian potatoes
The Maine Potato Commission seeks a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling on subsidized Canadian potatoes sold in U.S. markets. The group cites a $1.67 per hundredweight subsidy and says imports, especially into Boston, lower Maine potato prices, urging a possible U.S. tariff action.
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Presque Isle, Maine
Maine Potato Commission
U.S
U.S. International Trade Commission
Maine
Chipman C. Bull
Commission
Boston
Vermont Unemployment Reaches New High in April
Vermont’s unemployment rate rose to 11 percent in mid April, the highest since 1960, with 22,200 out of a 202,500 labor force unemployed. Mayors said the rise slowed from March, construction up 400 jobs offset by 400 manufacturing losses, as Madelyn S. Davidson calls the trend positive indicators for housing loans and confidence in the economy.
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Citizens’ Committee On the
Maine
Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Employment Security Department
Madelyn S. Davidson
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