Boots Balm Feels Like Boot Camp For Saco Teens
A Saco recreation program named Action Bound uses a 12 foot wall rope course and obstacle tasks to teach cooperation self confidence and initiative. Participants include Thornton Academy teachers TA students and local officials as they confront fear and physical limits in a simulated flood and electric fence drill.
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Milt
Danny
Saco Recreation
Robert Moody
Moody
Buxton
Joan McLaughlin Oatick Agresti
Thornton Academy
Cathy Berrier
Danny Yeaton
Sam Zaitlin
David Corbett
Bob Moody
Sue Spath
Recreation Department
Action Born
Sam
Reg
Joan McLaughlin
Milt Williams
Saco
Parents oppose 95 year old School Street School
In Old Orchard Beach four kindergarten families join David Snow in boycotting the School Street School built in 1881. They demand a clear renovation plan and funding details and question using the Titcomb farmhouse as a classroom.
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Beach
Old Orchard Beach
Lisa Plourde
Tom Bill
Julie McKee
Mark Snow
David
Snow
Concerned Parents Committee
Titcomb
School Street
Jameson School
Jameson
OOB
Handshaking Bustin with Maine factory workers
Augusta representative David W. Bustin campaigned for the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District by shaking hands at the S D Warren Co mill gates in Westbrook. He aimed to greet 2,000 workers that day amid a swing through Westbrook and Portland with stops at centers, a shoe factory, and a lunch with his mother.
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Westbrook
Maine
S.D. Warren Co
David W. Bustin
Augusta
Portland
Bustin
The
Maine Teachers
Ford stalemate boosts Reagan push in presidential race
Ford hung onto a lead with a Tennessee win and tight showings in Kentucky and Oregon while Reagan scored three landslides across six Tuesday primaries. Carter expanded his delegate lead but may reach the convention short of a majority as Church Brown and Oregon tests shaped the race ahead of California.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
White House
Frank Church
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ronald Reagan
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oregon
Carter
Arkansas
Church
Brown
Nevada
Idaho
Reagan
Menece & Camp
Georgia
Kennebunk SAD 71 approves trimmed budget despite cuts
The SAD 71 board reduced the 1976-77 budget by about 36,273 dollars to 250,000 dollars, a 6.6 percent rise over the current year. The move, backed by director Jack Ketchum and the full board, keeps the Kennebunk Junior High staggered session plan intact while signaling staff reductions may occur.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Jack Ketchum
Arthur Hedberg
Robert Lewin
Kennebunkport
Reed Nomination Confirmed as Ambassador to Sri Lanka
The Senate approved the nomination of former Maine Governor John H. Reed to be ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Reed has chaired and served on the National Transportation Safety Board since 1967.
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Washington
Senate Today
John H. Reed
Maine
Sri Lanka
Republic of Maldives
Reed
National Transportation Safety Board
Today in History May 26 1976 highlights
On May 26 1868 the Senate defeated an impeachment attempt against President Andrew Johnson by one vote. Other events include Napoleon crowned King of Italy in 1805, Cheops ship discovery in 1954, NYSE lows in 1970, and Guyana’s independence in 1966 as a note.
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Associated Press
Andrew Johnson
Senate
Napoleon Bonaparte
Italy
Cheops
Great
Pyramid
Giza
New York Stock Exchange
British Guiana
Guyana
Manila
Scouts Host Third Annual Biddeford Camporee
Hundreds of Boy Scouts gathered at Biddeford's Homestead Campground for the third annual camporee a weekend of outdoor living and competition organized by the scouts themselves with no adult supervision. Journal photographer John Ewing covered the event for page 6.
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Biddeford
Homestead
Ournal
John Ewing
Washington probes $14000 payment over congressman aide affair
The Justice Department seeks whether $14000 paid for the services of a congressman's mistress or a government worker. Rep Hays admitted a personal relationship with Elizabeth, a clerk for the House Administration Committee, after denying it earlier. He said he did not keep her on the payroll solely for sexual services. Page 7.
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Washington
Justice Department
Hays
Elizabeth
House Administration Committee
An Interesting Question About Columbus Discovery
A wry query appears in the page text asking how Christopher Columbus could be so smart yet not discover Saudi Arabia. The line reflects a light editorial tone amid a collage of sections like comics crosswords Dear Abby and TV listings.
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Christopher Columbus
Saudi Arabia
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John Reed
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America
New England
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