Bases Get Breather as Cutbacks Delay Studied
President Ford signs military construction bill with a provision to delay cutbacks at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone Maine and Fort Devens in Ayer Massachusetts for further Pentagon studies. Senators Muskie Kennedy Hathaway championed the delay to ensure local and congressional input.
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Washington
Ford
Maine
Massachusetts
U.S
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Fort Devens
Muskie
Kennedy
William D. Hathaway
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Ayer
Mass
Margaret M. Heckler
R-Mass
Pentagon
Army
Congress
Mass of Christian Burial for Florina Parenteau
Mrs Florina Parenteau of Lawrence Massachusetts will receive a Mass of Christian Burial Saturday at 9 am at St Joseph Church Biddeford. Interment will be in St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Calling hours are today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford.
Maine bond bank faces Indian land claim funding crisis
Maine bond bankers meet in Augusta to tackle financial strains tied to two thirds of state land under Indian claim. The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot suits threaten $300 million in potential action, delaying bond sales for multiple towns and districts while lawmakers seek federal or negotiated remedies.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Municipal Bond Bank
James B. Longley
Bangor
William C. Bullock Jr
Longley
Bullock
William D. Hathaway
Hathaway
Sible
Congress
Bond Bank
Biddeford
Westbrook
Baileyville
Farmington
Gorham
Medway
Rangeley
Trenton
Fice
Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
Maine Media Women Renamed at Aeget Meeting
CAPE ELIZABETH Maine News media women renamed their group Maine Media Women at the Aeget annual meeting held at Crescent Beach Inn. Gloria Van Ham Serenbetz of Falmouth Foreside was elected president succeeding Mary Tolman. Officers include Lee Agger Sandra Gioro Miranda Spivak Ruth Ann Brooks Barbara Quill Mary Tolman Addie Perry Lillian Potter Noel Johnson Agnes Gibbs Jo Moring spoke on pushing for a free press while NBC News director Jo Moring urged women to seek higher roles in broadcasting.
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Cape Elizabeth
Portland
Sandra Gioro
Miranda Spivak
Guy Gannett Publishing Co
Ruth Ann Brooks
Estbrook College
Barbara Quill
Wgan TV News
Mary Tolman
Wcsh Radio
Addie Perry
Saco
Lillian Potter
National Antiques Review
Noel Johnson
Casco Cable
Jo Moring
NBC News and Information Service
Moring
NBC News
Dole to Visit Cumberland Fair in Maine Campaign Tour
Republican vice presidential candidate Robert Dole and his wife Elizabeth will arrive in Portland Maine Saturday at 2 30 p m. Dole will attend the Cumberland Fair while Elizabeth Dole attends the opening of Ford campaign headquarters at 3 p m. John Linnell state party chairman announced the itinerary.
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Portland
Maine
Robert Dole
John Linnell
Dole
Elizabeth
Ford
St Francis College Homecoming Weekend Activities
St Francis College Biddeford hosts homecoming Friday to Sunday October 1 2 3 with alumni events a wine and cheese party Saturday sessions alumni affairs a beerfest and concert on the college green a Crescent Beach Inn dinner dance with High Ryder and a Sunday Mass and brunch in Justinian Lounge to close.
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St. Francis College
Pool Road
Biddeford
Justinian
General Alumni Association
College
Danny Donegan
the Blackwood
Crescent Beach Inn
Cape Elizabeth
High Ryder
St. Francis Chapel
Justinian Lounge
Saco invites tours of its water treatment plant
During Clean Water Week in Maine the city of Saco opens its water treatment plant on Front Street for tours from noon to 3 pm. Plant director Tom Weston notes the plant began in 1972 and handles most local wastewater, excluding Factory Island tannery waste which will be closed during the tour.
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Maine Public Utilities Commission
Thurlow
CMP
Leslie H. Stanley
PUC
Commission
Eee
Maine
Saco
Tom Weston
Front Street
Factory Island
Saco Tanning Corp
Wastes
Weston
MMC Hikes Room Rates at Maine Medical Center
Room charges rise effective today at Maine Medical Center. Semi private rooms increase from 92 to 97 dollars per day while private rooms go from 106 to 112 dollars.
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Portland, Maine
Maine Medical Center
Whist Party Planned by Biddeford Senior Club
Members of the Senior Citizens Club met at the Ross Community Center Biddeford for a short session and social President Adelina Plante led the meeting Annette Binette recited the pledge Final plans for a public whist party were announced A report on the Saturday dance and social at the center noted entertainment by Paul Roberge Alfred Cloutier Emery Stevens Jack Webb and a whist party led by Josephat Grenier with assistants Winners included Marie Ange Thiberge Laura Demers Louise Gagne and others with special awards to Mrs Vachon and Ernest Theroux
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Senior Citizens Club
Ross Community Center
Washington Street
Biddeford
Adelina Plante
Annette Binette
Marie Anna de
Josephat Grenier
Plante
Dorais
Cora LeProhon
Anna Forcier
Aurore Pinard
Aurore Vachon
Alderic Soucy
Albertine Chretien
Marie Ange Thiberge
Laura Demers
Louise Gagne
Mrs. Dorais
Marie Anne Vaillancourt
Noella Poissa
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Maine Supreme Court
State Public Utilities Commission
Central Maine Power Co
St. Regis Paper Co
E.W. Thurlow
Thomas Schulten
St. Regis Paper
Schulten
CMP Ac
Peter A. Bradford
Bradford
Peanut Gallery
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Leighton Cooney
Rick Barton
John Ewing
Douglas Alan Tozier
Heiaps
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Tel
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Sansoucy — Blais Funeral Home
Stone St
R. Martel
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
River
Buzzell Roads
Mary A. Brown
Hollis Center
Guy R. Dion
West St
Webber
Dion
Ms. Brown
Dick Danforth
Cumberland Fair
Sen. Dole
St. Francis
Avur
Boston
Main ST
Gerry
Bert’’ Bertrand
Pine Point
Janson
Ray Janson
Burrow St
Red
Cortlands
Hanson's Ridge
Springvale, ME
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