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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1975
Page
3
Safe Power for Maine launches a petition to halt Searsport nuclear plant work in Maine for seven years pending safety controls. The drive seeks 45,000 signatures to send the proposal to the 1977 legislature or a November referendum if rejected.
The Public Utilities Commission concluded public hearings on New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.’s proposed 21 million dollar rate increase, the largest ever before the panel. The 15 days of testimony and cross examination produced thousands of pages of records as the company seeks a 25 percent Maine rate rise with a nine month deadline looming. Interim 9.5 million dollars approved in July may be subject to surcharge or rebate depending on the final ruling.
The youth aid center at 162 Main St in Saco requests volunteers to answer phones assist visitors and provide counseling. Growth since last winter has raised weekly hours to 50 and visits and calls to 91 monthly. Organizers aim to expand to 12 volunteers with training sessions and partnerships with St Francis College to foster work study and peer helping.
Four year old Kurt Newton disappeared from Natanis Point Campground near Manchester while riding a tricycle. State Police planned to fly an infrared sensor equipped Air Force plane from Eglin AFB to scan the heavily wooded area as 200 searchers used a grid to map the search. Heavy rain halted work and mills closed to aid the effort with no trace yet since the tricycle was found near the campsite.
Airman Gregory Moses, 20, from Bloomington Illinois, a security policeman at Loring Air Force Base, pleaded innocent to arson charges tied to two fires in Presque Isle Maine. He was arraigned in District Court and bound over to the November term of Superior Court, with $50,000 bail set and confinement in the county jail in Houston.
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