Kennebunk 71 OKs School Building Plan and Land Buy
Kennebunk school board narrowly rejects a motion to halt construction. It authorizes a 11.4 acre land purchase at 250 per acre for the high school site, advances a $430,000 bond referendum, and borrows 250000 at 5.5 percent to cover fees.
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Theodore Towne
Richard Littlefield
Towne
Boston and Maine Railroad
Sea Road
Kennebunk
Casco Bank and Trust
Downe
Herman Cohen
York County
Cohen
State Board of Education
Rockefeller Admits Role In Anti Goldberg Book
Nelson A Rockefeller testified he asked his brother Laurance to help find investors for a critical book on former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg. He described his memory as sketchy and defended loans and gifts to aides as non corrupt and rooted in sharing, while denying conflicts of interest.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Laurance
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Senate
Rockefeller
Rules Committee
Saco Seeks Privacy Rules For Student Records
Saco Middle School principal William Bogas shows school records as new federal rules limit disclosure to parents guardians or designated authorities. Parents gain right to examine records within 45 days and records should be locked during initial weeks.
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William Bogas
Saco Middle School
Johnny
Jane
Saco
Howard Cushman
Cushman
Intervenors Urge BEP to Dismiss NEECO Proposal
Three groups FOIL Mousam River Protection Association and the towns of Kennebunk and North Berwick ask BEP to dismiss New England Energy Co proposal to build an oil refinery in Sanford claiming lack of right title and interest in the property. Hearings opened at the Saco armory with NEECO president Lovett Peters outlining costs and timelines while fourteen consultants are slated to testify.
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New England Energy Co
Sanford
Board of Environmental Protection
William R. Adams, Jr
Department of Environmental Protection
Saco
Friends of Intelligent Land Use
FOIL
Mousam River Protection Association
Kennebunk
North Berwick
BEP
NEECO
Adams
Harold Pachios
Lovett C. Peters
Charles Wyman
Peters
Oil Refinery Site Feeler Reaches Biddeford Coast
A Florida real estate firm asks Biddeford officials for a 1500 to 2000 acre site near a deepwater port for a possible petrochemical plant and oil refinery. C A Lon Smith says the firm has a guaranteed 15 year crude supply and would buy land cash upon permits.
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Biddeford
United States
Florida
Economic Improvement Office
Commercial Realty
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
C.A
Lon’’ Smith
Smith
Fiber Materials Plans 3 Million Lab and 618 Thousand Defense Contract
Fiber Materials Inc of Biddeford announces a $3 million testing laboratory and a $618,300 federal defense contract to design and produce an ultra high heat resistant material. The lab aims to grow into a major national testing facility with about 50 scientists and potential oceanography and energy studies.
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Fiber Materials Inc
Biddeford
Horatio Alger
Walter Lachman
Fiber Materials
Graniteville
Mass
Defense
Lachman
Lockheed Corp
Seco
York County
Maine
United States
Arafat Arrives at U.N. amid heightened security
Yasir Arafat lands by helicopter at the United Nations in New York to present his Palestinian state case. He travels with advisers and security, as authorities halt public access and mobilize police and Coast Guard units.
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United Nations
N.Y
Yasir Arafat
General Assembly
U.N
Saadat Hassan
Palestine Liberation Organization
New York
Arafat
PLO
Kennedy
Algiers
Hassan
Coast Guard
East River
Midtown Manhattan
Waldorf Towers
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Biddeford Plagued By False Alarms
Alaska braces for a second storm as residents face windy conditions and power outages. Officials urge preparedness while crews work to restore services and monitor coastal flooding risks.
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Biddeford
Alaska
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