Saco Supt Endorses 60-Second Bomb Search Procedure
School Superintendent Howard Cushman says the 60 second cursory search of Saco Middle School on November 18 was adequate after a bomb threat. He plans a public meeting at 7 PM to set up a revised procedure for handling bomb threats, detailing where students would be housed and how quickly they could reach safety. Cushman defends the existing 1972 plan, noting questions about location, facilities, and response time.
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Linda Brickley
Saco Middle School
Howard Cushman
Cushman
Saco
Moee
The
Journal
William Bogas
Bogas
Ashman
Teachers Association
Spring St
Kent to resign as town manager after eight months
Christopher Kent plans to resign as town manager of Old Orchard Beach after eight months in office. Council chairman E Emer son Cummings and several councilors declined to comment while Kent himself offered no remark. Kent, appointed in April 1976 to replace Jerome Plante, earned a salary of 17 000 per year and previously came from Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
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Amy Levy
Old Orchard Beach
Christopher Kent
E. Emerson Cummings
The
Journal
Cummings
Kent
Frank Manduca
John Litwinetz
Jerome Plante
Litwinetz
Tom Lee
Dick Marshall
Bridgewater
Mass
OOB
Beach
FBI probes $55,000 disappearance after bank cash sack
FBI continues to investigate the theft of 55000 in cash from a sealed canvas sack delivered to a South Side bank. The sack was ordered by LaSalle National Bank for Beverly Bank and stored overnight by Purolator Inc. The loss was discovered Saturday morning when the sack seal was broken and newspapers cut to dollar-size sheets were found.
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Chicago
UPI
FBI
South Side
LaSalle National Bank
Beverly Bank
Purolator Inc
Women earned more in 1956, if they worked
Washington reports the wage gap between men and women widened since 1955. Labor Department figures in constant dollars show working men earned 1,911 dollars more than women in 1955 and 3,433 dollars more in 1974. The rise is attributed to more women obtaining higher paying jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Why buy the license he’s got a leash unity maine
Richard Bagley a 33 year old resident of Unity Maine vows to go to jail rather than pay a $1.50 dog license fee amid a court fight over the state leash law He argues the law makes licensing unnecessary and has previously faced court action on the issue Bagley says he will not pay the tax and would rather serve jail time than comply
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Unity, Maine
UPI
Richard Bagley
Bagley
Almanac highlights on this date November 29 1976
This almanac entry notes November 29 1976 as the 334th day with 32 remaining, lists moon phases and evening stars, and marks notable historical events. Louisa May Alcott was born on this day in 1832. Milestones include the 1890 Army Navy game Middies 24-0, Byrd polar flight in 1929, a 1963 Montreal crash and Johnson creating the Warren Commission, and Ford’s 1975 China trip.
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Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Louisa May Alcott
Middies
Cmdr
Amy Carter to move to Washington school with Secret Service
Amy Carter will attend Thaddeus Stevens School in Washington D C where Secret Service will accompany her. The building, 5 blocks from the White House, opened in 1868 as Washingtons first school for children of color and was desegregated in 1954. The school has 215 students about 10 percent white. Amy currently attends a Black public school in Plains Georgia.
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Jimmy Carter
Amy
Secret Service
Washington
Thaddeus Stevens
D. C
White House
Washington School
Plains
Biddeford Saco Flu Clinics Open to General Public This Weekend
Swine flu vaccination drives return in Biddeford and Saco with eligibility expanded to healthy adults aged 18 to 64, seniors 65 plus, those with chronic illness, and children needing boosters. Clinics run this weekend. complete details on page 6.
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Biddeford
Saco
Substitution Trick Reveals Candy as Smoking Substitute
A brief note in the entertainment section jokes about people who substitute candy for smoking. It notes they chew and grind wrappers, a lighthearted consumption quip amid the day’s pages. The item references a playful mood found in the Maine community newspaper’s cartoon section.
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William
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Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Portland
Proulx
Kyrn Bulger
Bishop
Ludivine Heroux
Aime Gagnon
John Ewing
the Almanacky
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Amy C
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