Politicians Compete With Uncle Sam in 1976 Spotlight
UPI photographs show Morris Udall declaring he'll clinch the nomination on the second ballot as Barbra Streisand sings Second Hand Rose. Jimmy Carter jokes during a Las Vegas stop after a speech at the University of Nevada. Jack Ford campaigns at Ohio State University with his father’s issues and hints Howard Baker as running mate. Senator Frank Church, at the Portland Zoo, discusses late starts in the race, joking with Alice the Tortoise.
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Uncle Sam
UPI
Morris Udall
New Jersey
Barbra Streisand
Jimmy Carter
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Jack Ford
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ford
U.S
Howard Baker
Idaho
Frank Church
Sen. Church
Portland, Oregon
California Primary Battle Shapes Up Across States
President Ford and Republican challenger Reagan campaign in Tennessee and Arkansas as Democrats fight for June 8 primaries in California New Jersey and Ohio. Carter Udall and Church shift focus away from Brown while Brown headlines Nevada and other Western stops. Carter budgets at least 300000 for California clash.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Frank Church
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Udall
Church
Los Angeles
Carter
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon
Francisco
Nevada
Kentucky
Washington, D.C
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Tennessee
Arkansas
Elegates
Town expenses to top OOB school budget in 1976
Old Orchard Beach town faces a 1976 budget of 1,751,046 including 166,890 revenue sharing, surpassing the school department estimate of 1,476,370 by nearly 300,000. Additional costs include 10,000 for Homeward Park, 15,000 tax rebate funding, 5,400 for Community Action, 2,000 sewer billing programming, and a sludge disposal plan needed before federal funding expires. Bird urges viable disposal sites and a joint dump plan with Biddeford and Saco or the Portland area council. A town budget workshop is set for Tuesday and a special meeting next Wednesday at Loranger School.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Oob
Homeward Park
Internal Revenue Service
Frank Manduca
John Litwinetz
John Bird
Bird
Department of Environmental Protection
Biddeford
Saco
Portland
Loranger School
Convention-bound GOP have edge in earnings age and delegates
AP surveys of 20 GOP and 20 Democratic Maine delegates show the GOP delegation is older and wealthier on average, while Democrats boast more advanced degrees. The Republican group is mostly white with five under 40, and will send 14 men and six women to Kansas City in August. Democrats are evenly split under and over 40, with 13 men and seven women and more postgrad education among their ranks.
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New York
Owever
Associated Press
GOP
Kansas City
Civil Service hiring abuses probe broad in scope
Washington AP reports rampant hiring abuses tied to the federal Civil Service Commission. Investigators prepare to examine procedures and practices across federal staffing, aiming to root out favoritism and improper influence in federal employment.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
Dis
Policeman Beaten With His Own Nightstick in Lewiston
Lewiston Patrolman David St Pierre, 26, was beaten unconscious during a 2 am routine check of a red white and blue van off old Greene Road. He was rushed to St Marys General Hospital in unknown condition as two heavyset men were sought in connection with the assault.
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Lewiston
St. Pierre
Greene Road
Anthony Vitale
Olice
May 21 1976 Today in History highlights
On May 21 dates include 1956 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1927 Lindbergh's Paris solo flight, 1948 Truman Alaska statehood proposal, 1967 Brussels department store fire with 300 dead, and a 1971 Everest expedition turning back amid bad weather.
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Associated Press
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Atlantic
Harry Truman
Congress
Alaska
Brussels
Belgium
Mount
Everest
Witness testifies sheriff urged falsifying records in Vermont
Paige Kelly, ex secretary and Mayo deputy, testified she reported the sheriff to state police and attorney general before being fired. She said Mayo pre dated papers to hide that her husband was not commissioned during a May 17 1975 raid tied to impeachment.
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Montpelier
Malcolm Mayo
Attorney General
Paige Kelly
Mayo
Vermont Senate
Washington County
Elly
House
John Meaker
Dhe
Kelly
Montpelier Jct
Vs. Kelly
Virgin Islands
New England
Kennebunk juveniles Charged in Bomb Threats
Police say two Kennebunk area juveniles were charged with juvenile delinquency and making false bomb threats to Kennebunk High School. The calls on April 26 30 and May 18 warned of a bomb in the school and the school was cleared each time. They were referred for rehabilitation to the Juvenile Intake Bureau at Biddeford District Court.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School
Biddeford District
Stevens
Local Newspaper Page Overview and Contents
A listing of sections and features across an eighteen page plus supplement edition. Includes cartoons classifieds community crossword Dear Abby editorials horoscopes and multiple national regional and sports coverage with television weather and world pages.
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Dear Abby
Maine
New England News
Weather World
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Augusta
Milton I. Sharon
Commission
General Services Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Civil Service Commision
Raymond Jacobso
Civil Service
Jacobson
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