Forty workers idled as second paper machine closes at mill
At Great Northern Paper in Millinocket Maine a second machine will go down indefinitely, idling forty workers. Public relations director Paul McCann says some may return by month end when the coating department also closes temporarily. In Augusta Maine Gov Longley nominates Maria Hanley to the Maine Milk Commission final vacancy.
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Millinocket
Maine
Aes
Great Northern Paper
East Millinocket
Paul McCann
Augusta
James B. Longley
Maria Hanley
Brunswick
Maine Milk Commission
Executive Council
Commissioner of Agriculture
Moosehead Endangered By Effluent Pollution Hearing
Maine officials hear business leaders warn treated sewage discharge into Moosehead Lake will drive away tourists. Representatives from resorts and guides testify the lake’s pollution threatens jobs and the local economy as another hearing is scheduled, amid public objection to the new plant.
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Greenville
Maine
Department of Environmental Protection
Moosehead Lake
DEP
Protect
Randall Whitten
Moosehead Motor Inn
Pennsylvania
New York
Wayne Hockmiere
Moosehead
Search for Boy Ends Maine’s Largest Rescue Effort
The Maine search for 4 year old Kurt Newton from Manchester ends today after 1,100 volunteers and state police, wardens, and National Guard aided the operation. A tricycle vanished near the family campsite August 31, with authorities continuing to cover a 2,000 acre area as a Florida Air Force plane and local volunteers assisted.
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Chain OF Ponds
Maine
Kurt Newton
Manchester
National Guard
Florida
John Shaw
Welfare policy sparks political clash in Maine
Gov James B Longley accuses an organized effort to turn welfare changes into a political football. State Rep Douglas Smith calls for a probe into new welfare rules as Oct 1 new aid distributions begin. Higher income families lose, poorer families gain under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Douglas Smith
Dover-Foxcroft
Department of Health and Welfare
Maine Public Cable gets Portland and South Portland cert
The FCC grants Public Cable Co. a certificate of compliance to operate cable TV systems in Portland and South Portland Maine. In Augusta the Jobs Committee weighs using unemployment checks as base for a public works program with about 40000 unemployed in Maine and potential supplemental payments. Sun Federal Savings and Loan Association converts to state charter as Sun Savings and Loan Association Sept 15 under new Banking Code provisions allowing checking and credit card services.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Maine
Public Cable Co
Portland
South
Augusta
Legislative Committee On Jobs
Bruce M. Reeves
East Pittston
Reeves
Maine Bureau of Banks and Banking
Sun Federal Savings and Loan Association
Bureau
Ralph Gelder
Sun Savings and Loan Association
Gelder
NET Layoffs Seen Few Local Effects in Maine
The New eee Telephone Co plans layoffs nationwide with 1400 total cuts and about 100 Maine workers affected. Two local positions in Biddeford will be cut as seniority reviews determine the specific employees. The reductions stem from a drop in business and will take effect October 11 across several New England states.
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Eee Telephone Co
Biddeford
John McDonough
McDonough
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Saco River Group Plans Canoe Trip
The Saco River Corridor Association hosts a canoe trip for legislators on Saturday starting 11 a.m. at the Route 302 bridge in Fryeburg. Participants will paddle to the Route 5 Canal Bridge with a lunch stop, weather permitting. alternate plans await Oct. 4.
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Saco River Corridor
Plea Entered In Infant Death In Union Case
Steven R. Clark pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the July death of a Union infant. He was arraigned in Knox County Superior Court and case was continued without bail. No trial date set. Clark, 21, was arrested July 18 at a Union trailer owned by Judith Wright for the killing of her 3 month old son Jared.
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Rockland
Maine
Steven R. Clark
Clark
Knox County Superior Court
Louis Scolnik
Union
Judith Wright
Jared
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Gile Orchards
Alfred
Waterboro
Guapys H. Rosen
School OF the Dance
Main St
Biddeford, Maine
John D. Smith
F.D.I.C
Auto
P.S
Ford Ltd
Squire
H. Auto
P.B
Elm St
Federal Bank
New State Institution
Herman
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
State of Maine
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Mass
Maine Agriculture Dept
Seagate
Old Orchard St
0.C.B
Price
Saco River Group
James Agrested
Biddeford Piano Co
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