Hospital board weighs modernization at current site
Webber Hospital Association hires a consultant team to study options for updating facilities. Directors disagree on project scope though a new building at a new site is favored by most studies since 1968. A $12 million plan for a 32 acre Alfred site awaits SMCHA review with a Nov 18 hearing in Biddeford and HEW approval for Medicaid and Medicare capex reimbursement. Local rates are to be kept at $105 a day for semi private rooms in 1976.
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Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association
Biddeford
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Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Medicare
Biddeford Pool Association
Chris Anton
Saco GOP Caucus Stirs Little Action
Saco Republicans, after Mayor Berton Braley does not seek re election, show few mayoral candidates while naming three council hopefuls and two school board candidates. Committee chair Lois Jones vows active recruitment before October 2 deadline and denies plans to endorse independent Samuel Zaitlin.
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James Ward III
Saco Republicans
Berton Braley
Saco Republican Party
Richard Hjort
Stephen Foss
Charles Pendleton
Glenna Snow
Helen Fisher
Republican City Committee
Samuel Zaitlin
Braley
Lois Jones
Rolde enters race for Congress in Democratic primary
York County State House leader Neil Rolde 44, a two term majority leader, declares for Congress in the Democratic primary next June. He cites wide civic experience and government service as qualifications and faces a field including Sen. Bruce Reeves and others ahead of a Republican incumbent.
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York County
Bruce Reeves
Pittston
U.S
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Portland
Donald Lowry
David Emery
Rockland
Rolde
Augusta
Washington
Neil Rolde
Education official cites arithmetic in Maine deficit
Maine Education Commissioner Lawin Millett told the Education Finance Commission that finger pointing is unproductive as the state faces a 6.03 million education budget shortfall. He attributed the gap to unexpected costs and carryover from the prior year, while Gov. Longley blamed local district spending. The Maine School Management Association denied local fault, saying budget miscalculations by state officials caused the deficit. The SMA stressed communities followed the law, and Millett warned overruns could occur despite most estimates holding.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Maine School Management Association
SMA
Millett
Barges Transfer Costs 2 Lives Off Gloucester Coast
A Portland man died and another is missing after two dredging barges sank six miles off Gloucester Massachusetts during transfer to Cape Cod. Hugh Athearn of Portland, 54, died from a skull fracture earlier in the day. the missing crewman was unidentified. Coast Guard rescues and searches continued as the two barges sank in 180 feet of water and the incident affected regional dredging plans and a related contract dispute.
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York
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Gloucester
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Cape Cod
Hugh Athearn
York Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Athearn
Ernest M
Te Gloucester
Girard Leone and Sons
Hall Brothers
Grant Closing 300 Stores West of the Mississippi
W T Grant Co announces major restructuring under bankruptcy law to concentrate operations in the Northeast. The New York retailer plans to close 201 stores by November 30 and 94 more by late December, reducing its 1,074 outlets to 873 while reorganizing nationwide.
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Peg
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Northeast
Grant
Wage-earner’s Pension Puzzle and Tax-Heavy Pay
In today’s journal humor column a witty look at how workers face paychecks reduced by taxes while bills stay high. The piece highlights the mismatch between earnings and living costs with a light tone.
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