Saco Council Approves Elderly Snow Plow Aid Amendment
Saco City Council at a special session voted 6 to 1 to lower the eligible age for private driveway snow plowing from 65 to 62 for seniors, with income limits of 2676 dollars for a single person and 5352 dollars for families. The move accompanies a 75,000 dollar budget augmentation for a Stockman Avenue sewer project and bids on erosion work at Camp Ellis.
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Saco
Michael Searles
Searles
Robert Cassette
Cassette
John Dexter
Seaward Construction Co
Portsmouth
N.H
Stockman Ave
Dexter
Camp Ellis
Army Corps of Engineer
James Ward III
Griffin
Stockman Avenue
Stacy St
Lyman Avenue
Contingency
Saco Businessmen’s Association
van Psomiades
Central Maine Power
Bruce Taylor
Trudeau
Ward
Maine Municipal Association
Public Property and Finance Committee
Locke
YCCS
Jordan School
Continental Cablevision
Biddeford Council Seeks Federal Flood Insurance Participation
The Biddeford City Council decided to apply to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to join the Federal Flood Insurance Program. They pass resolutions establishing land use measures and assign building inspector duties to administer the program and review permits for flood safety. The plan includes mapping flood hazard areas and assessing eligibility for subsidized private flood insurance.
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Biddeford
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Planning Board
Saco River
Boeing 747 crashes at Nairobi airport killing many
A Lufthansa Boeing 747 crashed on takeoff from Nairobi in heavy loss of life with 97 bodies counted and 50 to 60 survivors reported. The jet, half full with 140 passengers and 17 crew, broke apart after striking an embankment on departure Frankfurt to Johannesburg.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Omolo Okero
Lufthansa
Parently
Frankfurt
Johannesburg
South Africa
Associated Press
Alfred Araujo
Cologne
Ford and Tanaka Agree on Oil Cooperation Limits
President Ford and Prime Minister Tanaka urged stronger cooperation among oil consuming nations while seeking stable supplies at reasonable prices. They backed expanding energy sources, conserving fuels, and maintaining harmony with producing nations, though stopping short of a four-way front with Kissinger’s plan. Ford plans visits to Kyoto and Seoul en route to Vladivostok, delivering a televised address stressing U S Japan as permanent friends in tackling global economic problems.
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Tokyo
Ford
Kakuei Tanaka
United States
Japan
Henry A. Kissinger
Canada
Europe
Tanaka
Japan National Press Club
Biddeford Suffers Blackout Across Downtown
A power outage hit Biddeford for about an hour starting 9 50 a m due to overloaded lighting arrestors at CMP Cataract sub station in Saco. Power returned by 10 15 a m and fully restored by 11 05 a m with disruption to police dispatch, traffic signals, and Journal operations.
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Biddeford
Central Maine Power
CMP
Cataract
York Hill
Saco
Journal
Main Street
City Square
Maplewood Avenue
City Hall
Main
Elm
South Street
May Street
Alfred Road
Five Points
Washington Street
Fire Department
Basckout
Filipino Family Reunion Preceded By Gunplay
A 16 year old Filipino youth, Napoleon Lechoco Jr., reunited with his family at Dulles Airport after a 10,000 mile journey from the Philippines. His father surrendered after holding the Philippine ambassador at gunpoint. The boy said he was very happy to see his family and would like to visit his father. The family plans to have him see his father soon.
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Washington
United States
Napoleon Lechoco Jr
Dulles International
Pacific
Philippine Embassy Chancery
Manila
Honolulu
San Francisco
Navarro
Philippine
Jose Aspiras
Veterans Center Opens in Saco at Owen-Davis Post
A veterans service center opens Thursday night at the Owen-Davis American Legion post on Beach Street Saco to assist all area veterans with VA benefits and questions. Edmund Rowell Paul Benoit and aides will operate the center with help from Harry Rowell and Robert Russell of Togus. If the first night draws veterans, the program may spread to other Maine towns.
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Veterans’ Service
Owen-Davis American Legion
Beach Street
Saco
Saco Center
Old Orchard Beach
Edmund
Bud) Rowell
Owen- Davis Post
Paul Benoit
C. Fayette Staples Post
Rowell
Harry Rowell
Robert Russell
American Legion Department
Togus
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Saco Council
Cianbro Corp
Griffin Construction Co
Factory Island
Richard Potvin
Lucien Dutremble
Summer Street
Gerard Moreau
Luc Angers
Angers
Moreau
99 Summer Street
R. S. Virdee
Horst Hackbadth
Cape Town
John Ewing
U.S. Navy
Tives
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Kyoto
Seoul
South Korea
Veterans’ Center
York County
Veterans’ Affairs
Joseph Siciliano
Veterans Administration
Maine
Department Service
Siciliano
Department
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