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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1976
Page
6
A three year old pony named Whitey was picked up for trotting loose through an intersection and taken to the stationhouse. After the ASPCA was contacted police waited for the owner to bail him out, which he did.
The LaSalle Hotel on LaSalle Street Chicago launched a two month auction to sell 800 rooms and 85 tons of marble plus 12 miles of carpet and $500000 kitchen gear as the landmark 22 story building closes after decades. About 10000 visitors paid $2 to into the sale with bids for items from brass signs to the ballroom floor.
The FBI's ten Most Wanted list now names only Katherine Ann Power as a political radical. Dohrn and Saxe remain fugitives in memory but Power is the sole active target, with others dropped or captured. Dohrn faces renewed federal flight charges tied to Days of Rage.
The Civil Aeronautics Board unveiled new rules allowing Americans to buy Advance Booking Charters without group affiliation, removing the affinity requirement and minimum stay. Domestic and overseas charters will require buyer to reserve 30 days ahead for domestic and 45 days for Europe, with round trips and at least 40 seats per flight.
The FTC announced a consent decree with Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp to stop selling vitamins that use Spiderman imagery to influence children. The action targets advertising that leverages the popular comic character to promote products to kids in violation of promotion rules.
President Ford directs federal agencies not to hire aliens living in the United States and urges Congress to define aliens rights by law. The move follows a 1973 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Civil Service Commission ban on permanent resident aliens. The order targets a broad range of potential federal workers while leaving room for exceptions where service efficiency or national interest requires otherwise.
An advertisement promotes MONADEX as an easy weight loss tablet that suppresses appetite without drugs or heavy exercise. It claims low side effects and offers pricing for 20 days and a larger size, plus AQUATABS described as a water loss pill. Sold by Percys Pharwag Zeewainst in Saco.
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