Kennebunk Democrats court voters amid tax reform talk
In Kennebunk on Wednesday four Democratic candidates for the Second District Senate faced a sparse turnout of about 15 of 700 registered arty members. Incumbent Guy Marcotte urged a new tax structure to be fairer while supporting the school funding bail out. Challenger Robert Farley doubted immediate reform due to a Republican-led Senate with many millionaires. Biddeford’s Conrad Grondin and others pressed property tax reform as public apathy lingered, with no concrete reform plan offered.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunk
Arty
Aepublican
Biddeford
Kennebunkport
Arundel
Dayton
Guy Marcotte
Robert Farley
State Senate
Senate
Farley
Conrad A. Grondin
Grondin
Marcotte
Charlies Nadeau
Lowry Sees Blunt Talk as Plus in Maine Campaign
Donald G. Lowry toured the People’s Regional Opportunity Program center in Portland handing out campaign brochures. He paused at doors to greet PROP staffers who had worked with him when he led the anti poverty agency in the late 1960s.
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Lowry
Blunt Talk
Portland, Maine
Donald G. Lowry
People’s Regional Opportunity Program Center
Antipoverty Agency
Union hints at squeeze in cutback at tannery
Union organizer Kevin Sullivan charges Saco Tanning Corp plans a workforce cutback to deter unionization. He cites 200 to 300 potential losses at a plant of about 800. Company officials say declines in leather garment business drive the move and that only the most recent hires face layoffs under seniority policy.
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Union
Susan Morrison
Saco Tanning Corp
Kevin Sullivan
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union
Releas
Raymond Bonang
Beach town approves $1.9 million schools budget
Old Orchard Beach approves a $1.9 million 18 month school budget with a $20,000 belt tightening cut. Councilors discuss trimming funds for new bus parking, elementary art and physical education positions, and reduced state leeway funds from $47,000 to $3,484 as the 18 month period begins.
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Old Orchard Beach
OOB
Richard Marshall
Marshall
Frank Manduca
Manduca
May 27 History Highlights and local baseball results
On this date in 1941 the battleship Bismarck was sunk off France after a long pursuit with heavy loss of life. Local teams Thornton Academy and Biddeford were eliminated from playoff contention after yesterday’s games, with further sports and political items noted.
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Associated Press
Bismarck
France
Hood
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sicily
Palermo
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
U.S
Bennington
Rhode Island
Jawaharlal Nehru
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
United States
Indochina
Laos
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Congress
Thornton Academy
Golden Trojans
South Portland
Thornton Field
Biddeford
Cheverus
Deering
Thornton
Portland
Milwaukee Brewers
Boston Red Sox
Boston Bruins
Ken Hodge
New York
Rick Middleton
Baking Company Telephone Op At Crumb Call Desk
A telephone operator at a baking company greets callers with a cheerful Good morning Friendly Baking Company. She asks which crumb to direct the caller to, signaling a warm, service oriented front desk in a local newsroom style.
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Friendly Baking Company
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San Jose
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Wayne L. Hays
Elizabeth Ray
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