Panel Voices Against Price Controls In Maine Gas Oil Debate
A Biddeford hearing by a state energy subcommittee examined Maine gas and fuel oil price fluctuations and anti trust law gaps. About 50 trade association and wholesaler reps heard calls for price regulation similar to the Maine Milk Commission, but many favored a free market. Perkins of Emery Oil Co. urged opposing price controls, highlighting demand for independence amid rising costs.
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Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Legislative Energy Committee
Sion
Maine Milk Commission
Perkins
Emery Oil Co
Ford shuffle marks new team for 1976 campaign
President Ford unveils a major administration reshuffle at the defense and foreign policy top levels while keeping policy steady. He states his "my guys" will guide the drive to peace and prosperity into the 1976 race, with Rockefeller stepping back from the campaign team but pledging to support the bid.
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Washington
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Ford reshuffles top posts in a 1976 bid to balance power
President Ford announces personnel changes aimed at steadying foreign policy and economic outlook. James R. Schlesinger to leave defense, Donald Rumsfeld to take over. William Colby replaced by George Bush at the CIA. Elliot Richardson to become commerce secretary. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. comments on the strategy as the page notes related stories on page two.
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Middle East
Europe
James R. Schlesinger
A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Donald Rumsfeld
White House
Ford
Rumsfeld
Kissinger
William E. Colby
CIA
George Bush
Texas
U.S
United Nations
Peking
Colby
Congress
Congressional
Elliot L. Richardson
Great Britain
Hubert H. Jarik D-Minn
Massive 32-foot Trolley Interlocking Tower Arrives for Museum
The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport adds a 32-foot high 18-ton interlocking tower donated by MBTA. The vessel barge delivery from Boston Harbor completed Monday, with rigging by Equene Victory and transfer by Fred. I. Merrill Co. The tower, last used in 1940 at Keany Square, now sits at the museum entrance awaiting installation.
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Boston
Kennebunkport
Peter Kingsley
Seashore Trolley Museum
Arunde
Log Cabin Road
Richard Lane
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
Keany Square
Equene Victory
Salem
Mass
Robert Dixon
Nurses at Webber Hospital weigh union drive
Efforts to unionize are under way among staff nurses at Biddeford Webber Hospital after changes to the National Labor Relations Act. Hospital leaders question the scope of activity, while AFSCME and Amalgamated Meat Cutters talk with a few nurses. Organizing committees have filed with management and the NLRB, though management claims little support. The hospital plans educational seminars on staffing and scheduling, while management maintains objective sessions and open invitations to discuss concerns.
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Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Webber
Kenneth Omundson
Omundson
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers of North America
Afl-Cio
Presi
Dent Lucien Mathieu
Mathieu
American Federation of State
Afscme
National Labor Relations Board
New England
Fire Station Bid Approved by Saco Council
Saco city councilors in a farewell session approved a new North Saco fire station at 44,664.23 to Saco Construction Co. after years of debates, redesigns, and higher bids. Councilor Van Piomiades opposed, Michael Searles absent. new station construction may begin soon to protect donated land.
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Saco City
Saco Construction Co
North Saco
van Piomiades
Michael Searles
John Dexter
Dexter
National Guard
Psomiades
Public Property Committee
Public
Bruce Taylor
Taylor
Saco Construction
Leroy Waycott
Beirut and Buenos Aires Dominate War and Health News
Scattered sniper fire marred Beirut's 12th cease fire day amid unresolved civil war causes. President Isabel Peron faces nervous strain and gall bladder issues while signing decrees. Kentucky anti-busing protests erupt as police disperse crowd with tear gas. Supreme Court upholds Louisiana mandatory retirement law. federal action targets Advance Mortgage Co for FHA insured loans abuses.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Christian Phalange Pet
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Lunch break joke about quadruplets in personnel office
A humorous newspaper caption shows a personnel manager apologizing for granting two hours off for lunch to a worker whose wife just had quadruplets. The punchline implies equal treatment for all employees with new babies, highlighting light domestic life in a feature header.
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Supreme Court
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