Saco School Board Approves Unique Medical Program
The Saco School Committee approves a three part program led by Dr Conder Moore to address physical mental and emotional student needs in schools. It includes in service teacher workshops and an elementary emotional development plan aimed at underserved students and coordinated with community resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Saco School Committee
Conder Moore
Moore
Maurice Ross
Howard Cushman
Athletic Philosophy Restructured At Saco School
The Saco School committee tabled a proposed athletic philosophy limiting interscholastic sports to seventh and eighth graders. It calls for three weekly physical education periods, inclusive intramurals, and equal playing opportunities while preserving sixth grade sports if later kept.
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Saco
Othel
Hhe
School Department
Saco City Hall
Israelis strike Damascus and strategic targets as war widens
Israeli warplanes hit Damascus airport and other targets in Syria and Egypt while Iraq joins the conflict with air and ground forces. Syria says raids hit civilian sites in Damascus and Homs as air battles surge over the Golan Heights and Sinai front.
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Associated Press
Israel
Damascus
Iraq
Middle East
Syria
Homs
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
Defense Ministry
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Beirut
An Nahar
Sinai
Minat el-Bayda
Latakia
Tartus
Egypt
Cairo
Khusna
Abu Hammad
Nile Delta
Alexandria
Sinai Desert
United Nations
Biddeford PTA Hears Heated Debate Over Teachers’ Demands
Biddeford union leader Robert Dumais spoke to the local PTA about stalled negotiations with the school board for the 1973-74 contract. He defended teacher demands as affordable and cited a Maine Supreme Court ruling on hiring two reading specialists, sparking a sharp exchange with two principals as about 70 teachers backed the negotiating team.
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Biddeford
Teachers’ Association
Robert Dumais
Parent-Teacher Association
Dumais
Roger Snow
Biddeford High School
Wer
Kennedy
John Narsiff
Parole board nomination amid inmate objections in Maine
In Maine ex-offender Francis M. Jackson of Brunswick faced opposition from the Statewide Correctional Alliance for Reform SCAR as a parole board nominee. About 300 inmates at Thomaston prison signed petitions objecting to his appointment before the Executive Council confirmed him after a brief delay.
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Augusta
Correctional Alliance For Reform
SCAR
Francis M. Jackson
Brunswick
State
Alan Caron
Portland
Kenneth M. Curtis
Executive Council
Maine State Prison
Thomaston
Jackson
Bowdoin College
Caron
Curtis
Parole Board
Melvin Zarr
Falmouth
Gordon F. Kulberg
Bangor
Aceeaaie
Kennebunk Dowser-Proclaimer of Water Veins
Kennebunk area dowser Joseph Lucas markets map based water vein locating using a divining rod wire indicator and pendulum. He claims five years of practice since age 22 with clients in Arundel Sanford and Kennebunks and can assess depth flow and purity from maps or aerial photos. He relies on specialized rods and a durable nylon rod plus a leather satchel for tools.
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Kennebunk
Joseph Lucas
Enanaheek
Arundel
Sanford
Kennebunks
Kenneth Robert
Herman Gross
Lucas
U S Troubled By Soviet Reaction To War
The Journal notes growing U S concerns over Soviet responses to the ongoing war as tension increases on the global stage. Security Council discussions yield no concrete action on Middle East hostilities. A stray aside quotes a child about family tensions adding a personal moment to the paper.
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U. S
Security Council
Middle East
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