Assassination Gimmicks Were Bizarre
Justice Department officials weigh charges against those involved in Senate findings on assassination plots. The panel cites CIA plans to kill Lumumba and implicates U S leaders in J Dominicana’s Trujillo death. Key issue is whether a 5 year window applies and if cover up or conspiracy statutes apply, with Levi considering indictments or public exposure.
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Washington
Justice Department
Senate Intelligence Committee
Department
A Fons
Dward H. Levi
Polose
Patrice Lumumba
U.S
Rafael Trujillo
Fidel Castro
Raul
United
United States
Vietnam reunification talks push for single government
Saigon radio said North and South Vietnam agreed quickly on national reunification with a plan for a new single government elected by a National Assembly. The conference, with 25 members from each side, endorsed a secret ballot, 18 year voting minimum, 25 year candidate age, and population based assembly representation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
North
South Vietnam
Iie
Saigon
Radio
Hanoi
Nguyen UN Tho
National Assembly
Radio Saigon
Unifiedietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Sheltra’s Hirings Get OK
Superior Court rules County treasurer Carl Sheltra may hire and fire his assistants. Judge Harry Glassman says the county commissioners actions to fire Doris Camire and her daughter Celina are null and void. Auger had fired the two in August and replacements were hired in October. Sheltra argued for a say in staff choices and Camire’s 19 years of experience. The dispute followed the commissioners attempts to add assistants and led to resignations and departures.
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Alfred
Carl Sheltra
Harry Glassman
Doris Camire
Celina
Sheltra
County Commission
Clement Auger
Camire
Saco Subdivision Denied by Planners Over Frontage Rule
Saco planning board upheld a denial of Rita Gagnon's five lot subdivision on King and Winter streets citing 100-foot frontage requirements in the subdivision regulations, despite a threat of lawsuit. Attorney Roger Elliott argues regulations cannot supersede the local zoning ordinance which requires 75-foot frontage, and plans an appeal by November 28. The board insists subdivision rules may be more stringent, and authorized notice to Elliott. In other business, Homeland Designs to revise a seven lot plan off Mast Hill and Flag Pond roads after soils tests show lot 6 unsuitable for a sewage system, while a 24 unit elderly housing project on Bradley Street needs minor plan changes. Ayer says planned homes will be capes or colonials priced in the mid $30,000s, and a December site inspection is planned for a three-lot Simpson Road development.
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Saco Planning Board
Rita Gagnon
King and
Winter Streets
Atty
Roger Elliott
Saco
Gagnon
King-Winter Streets
Elliott
Superior Court
Peter Cullinan
Ronald Ayotte
Planning Board
Melvin Gay
Virginia Moore
Homeland Designs
Porpeeee
Mast Hill
Flag Pond
E.k.day
Day
Gordon Ayer
Homeland
Heath Meeting House
Ayer
Stanley Kozloff
Bradley Street
York-Cumberland Housing Development Corp
Leroy Waycott
Simpson Road
Trial Date Set for Theodore Littlefield Murder Case
Superior Court Justice Harry P Glassman set January 12 for Theodore L Littlefield s murder trial of Ralph Lawrence Jr two year old West Kennebunk infant The defendant pleaded innocent to the murder charge and to sodomy on the eight year old sister of the deceased child Defense counsel objected as prosecutors presented indictments from a recent Grand Jury session and court appointed lawyers represented the defendant
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Alfred
Superior Court
Harry P. Glassman
Theodore L. Littlefield
Ralph Lawrence Jr
West Kennebunk
Littlefield
George Wood
Saco
Robert Cyr
Biddeford
Wood
Old age jests amid delay in trial proceedings
In a Wednesday session Chuckle notes growing old is a state of mind amid fatigue and lack of state information. Glassman seeks a swift trial to avoid prolonged jail time for the defendant. Littlefield remains in Cumberland County Jail on 50 000 bail for two related felonious assaults at his West Kennebunk mobile home in August 1974. a decomposed infant body was found July 1 in the kitchen. The couple moved to California briefly, then back in September. Mrs. Elsie Lawrence and her children lived with them. Lawrence is estranged from Ralph Lawrence Sr.
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Glassman
Littlefield
Cumberland County
West Kennebunk
Elsie Lawrence
California
Blizzard hits the Midwest as first storm of season blazes through
Snow and high winds sweep from eastern Colorado into Kansas Nebraska and Iowa. Up to 16 inches of wet snow cover sections of Minnesota and power outages hit the region. Schools close highways block, flights canceled and several deaths reported. A farmer and two Minneapolis area men die amid heart attacks and a trucker dies in a Nebraska crash. One missing in Colorado. a tractor rescues near 10 hours. National Weather Service notes a deep low over southwestern Iowa ending an Indian summer.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Central Plains
Minnesota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Iowa
Dakotas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas Highway Patrol
Minneapolis-St. Paul
South Dakota
Ethan
Joyce Negebauer
U.S
National Weather Service
Midwest
Special session Date Set in Maine on Feb 16
Gov. James B. Longley and lawmakers agreed to open the Maine special session Feb 16 focusing on school finance and emergency measures including the Maine Criminal Code. The plan calls for adjournment after March 15 or April 1, with a clearer tax revenue picture due by then and 15-25 proposed bills in the call.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
John Martin
Eagle Lake
Old Orchard Beach to Bid on $3.3 Million Sewer Project
Old Orchard Beach received EPA authorization to seek bids on a $3.3 million sewage treatment project. Construction aims to begin by February 12 and finish by June 12, 1977, funded 85 percent by federal and state sources with a 15 percent local share after a 1972 $1.8 million bond. Plans include a 1.5 million gallon per day secondary plant, new West Grand Avenue pumping station, and 350 interceptor and East Grand Avenue sewer lines. Expansion options cover Park and Beecherie avenues and nearby areas.
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Old Orchard Beach
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Jerome Plante
West Grand Avenue
Orchard Street
East Grand Avenue
Park and Beecherie Avenues
Ninth Street
Cascade Highlands
Jail Probe Troubles York County Jail In Augusta
State officials push for a full inquiry into the York County Jail after the death of an epileptic inmate during a seizure and a riot that followed. The jail was closed October and inmates were moved to Cumberland County Jail. The investigation, ordered by the attorney general and launched by the Department of Mental Health and Corrections, aims for a report within several weeks with recommendations to the apartment commissioner.
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Augusta
York County
Cumberland County
State Attorney General
Department of Mental Health and Corrections
Richard Haskell
Bureau of Corrections
Haskell
Corrections Bureau
Richard Dutremble
Superior Court
Lincoln
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UPI
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James Thurber
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Nobleboro
Senate
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Old Town
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