FOIL to Seek Intervenor Status in BEP NEECO Refinery Hearings
FOIL announces it will file for intervenor status at the BEP hearing on Sanford’s proposed NEECO refinery. Executive Director Philip Smith says the group is assembling expert witnesses and funds, with about 5000 raised, to challenge local pro refinery coverage and halt zoning moves tied to pipeline rights and terminal facilities.
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Foil
BEP
Sanford
Friends of Intelligent Land Use
Board of _Environmental Protection
NEECO
Philip Smith
Northeast Bank
Sanford Tribune
Munications
Mort Mather
Smith
Mather
Granite State Refineries
Rochester
N.H
Sanford Planning Board
Fred Gowen
Foill
NBECO
Foil Group
Pittston
Portland
Environmental groups fear large oil complex on seacoast
Groups in Maine and New Hampshire warn a cluster of refineries could arise from Rochester to Sanford, backed by Granite State Refineries and others. They cite a 48 inch pipeline and potential deep water port as means to feed multiple plants while FOIL and SOS push to block approvals.
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New Hampshire
Sanford
Maine
Rochester
Portland
Portland Harbor
Granite State
Dover
Somersworth
Lewis J
New England Energy Co
FOIL
New England Energy
Maine Board of Environmental Protection
Mather
Save Our Shores
SOS
Onassis
Durham
Granite State Refineries
Fisher
Harold J. Burke
Bal Harbour
Fla
Texas
Maine Gets First Snow
Snow showers were reported in Maine's western mountains with six inches at Sugarloaf Mountain and Sunday River. Accumulations occurred in Greenville Rangeley and other snow belt towns as pre season skiing resumed. A Weather Service spokesman noted one of the earliest snowfalls on record, though not the earliest.
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Portland
Maine
National Weather Service
Sugarloaf Mountain
Carrabassett
Sunday River
Bethel
Greenville
Rangeley
The
Weather Service
Mrs Ford's Illness Spurs Cancer Detection Awareness
Betty Ford's breast cancer diagnosis prompted a nationwide sympathy surge and increased attention to early detection. The White House and Bethesda Naval Hospital received about ten thousand letters, over 500 calls, more than 200 telegrams, and many flowers in response.
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Washington
Betty Ford
White House
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Ford
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Peru Quake Shakes Lima and Central Regions
An earthquake struck Lima and central Peru injuring and killing a number of people according to radio reports. Cars and houses collapsed in Canete and downtown Lima with seven-figure tremors reported.
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Lima
Peru
Canete
South America
Utility gas shortage threatens heating nationwide this winter
A nationwide Associated Press survey shows a natural gas shortage in most regions with the East Coast hardest hit as utilities warn they may refuse new customers. Officials blame the FPC price limits and rising demand from fuel oil users, signaling potential cuts for interruptible industrial users, while residential supply remains relatively protected.
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Associated Press
Federal Power Commission
FPC
George S. Bloom
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Federal Energy Administration
Interior Department
Minnesota Gas Co
Frenchboro Reopens School Amid Population Decline
The Maine island of Frenchboro revived its one room schoolhouse and added a basketball court as 14 foster children arrived to rejuvenate life. Ten years later most have left, leaving few island children and limited economic options for newcomers.
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Frenchboro
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Seal Harbor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
David Lunt
Maine
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