Saco Secures 105000 In Community Development Funds
The city of Saco was notified it will receive 105000 in community development funds. Of this, 55000 will fix sewer issues in the Mechanic Elm Scammon Water streets area and 50000 will back a grant and loan home renovation program for residents near Main Water Lincoln Spring Temple and Elm streets.
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Saco
Mechanic, Elm, Scammon
Water Streets
Main
Water
Lincoln
Spring
Temple
Elm Streets
John Dexter
Citizens Committee
Peter Cullinan
Dexter
Gerald Ford
Portland
Biddeford Doctor Extracts Serpent From Where
Mrs. Frank Kenney of Portsmouth believed she swallowed a snake during a 1886 Alton Bay outing. After consulting multiple doctors, she sought help from young Biddeford physician Dr. Thomas N. Frost, whose diploma was said to be lost in a fire. The case sparked bitter Main Street disputes among locals and earned Frost the nickname Biddeford Snake Actor.
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Frank Kenney
Portsmouth
N. H
Thomas N. Frost
Biddeford
Frost
Snake in a Woman’s Stomach Story Triggers Local Outcry
Dr Frost claimed to extract a live snake from Mrs Kenney’s stomach after she reported convulsions and a hiss. He banned food and water and later produced a small snake from her gut. The tale spread through Biddeford as Frost faced grand jury scrutiny over Stella Hill’s death.
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James Frost
Frost
Biddeford
Mrs. Kenney
Stella Hill
Alfred
Kissinger Contempt Actions Split Congress Over Secrecy
Washington AP a House intelligence panel voted 10 to 2 to cite Henry Kissinger for contempt for withholding documents on covert operations and NSC decisions. Ford invoked executive privilege shielding 1961 covert requests. Two further citations followed on minutes and intelligence estimates affecting U S Soviet arms talks. McClory opposed all. Treen opposed two and abstained on the third.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Kissinger
Ford
House _ interstate and foreign commerce panel
Secretary of Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
U.S
Israel
State Department
National Security Council
Robert McClory
R-Ill
David C. Treen
R-La
Ford Arrives In Paris For Summit Among Major Powers
President Ford landed at Orly Airport to join a three day economic summit in Paris with Valery Giscard d Estaing fronting talks with Jacques Chirac awaiting at Ram bouillet. The meeting includes leaders of France West Germany Japan Britain and Italy and aims to set recovery programs by 1976 and pursue managed exchange rates while avoiding devaluation.
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Paris
Ford
Reach
Jacques Chirac
Orly
Figs
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
France
West Germany
Japan
Britain
Italy
Henry A. Kissiner
Treasury
Illiam E. Simon
Washington
Atlantic
United States
Kissinger
U.S
Alery Giscard d'Estaing
Giscard
Helmut Schmidt
Harold Wilson
Takeo Miki
Aldo Moro
Elderly Housing Plan Shape Up For Biddeford
The Maine State Housing Authority offered Biddeford a revised plan for 118 Prospect St elderly housing after a November HUD meeting opposed a new high rise. Proposals include 50 units with second floor walk ups, a required tenant mini bus, 10 subsidy units, and a survey of Ledgewood residents to gauge preferences between high rise and garden or subsidized current housing.
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Maine State Housing Authority
Biddeford
Prospect Street
Lucien Dutremble
MSHA
James Mitchell
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Mitchell
Prospect St
Ledgewood
Graham Street
Tambone Corp
Reading
Mass
Kennebunkport Seeks Sewer Expansion at Monday Meeting
Voters will tackle 22 articles at a special town meeting to authorize sewer expansion necessary for DEP variance eligibility. Key items include funding for legal action against School Administrative District 71, a $5,000 target, and $10,000 for a snowplow and sanding gear, plus $1,600 for police cruiser insurance and $2,520 for a marine resources survey. The plan aims to allow outfall residents to hook into the future sewer system once lines are installed, with a DEP variance valid up to three years unless renewed.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
State Department of Environmental Protection
Kennebunk
Selectmen
Marine Resources Survey
Selectman
Charles Sullivan
Retorpoise
Wildes District
Goose Rocks Beach
Ann C. Newell
Boy 5 fatally shot by brother in Biddeford home
A five year old Biddeford boy, Paul Edward Hume, died after his 13 year old brother Robert accidentally discharged a .30 rifle in the Sullivan Street living room. The older boy was hospitalized for shock, and police captain Joseph Beal is investigating. The shooter reportedly did not know the gun was loaded.
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Biddeford
Sullivan St
Paul Edward Hume
Webber Hospital
Joseph Beal
Robert
Beal
Sullivan Street
Inside the journal Today's Chuckle
In a comic note a garage attendant tells a driver that the shop only washes cars not irons them. The line cheekily contrasts expectations with a blunt, humorous disclaimer. The vignette captures a small everyday miscue that turns into a lighthearted moment.
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