Broadcaster of the Year Honored in Maine
Keith H. Fowles general manager of WAGM in Presque Isle is named Broadcaster of the Year by the Maine Association of Broadcasters. He is cited for 25 years in broadcast production and service to community and education. Posthumous awards go to Elizabeth May Craig and Roselle Fortier for long careers in Maine broadcasting.
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Phippsburg
Maine
Keith H. Fowles
Wagm Radio and Television
Presque Isle
Maine Association of Broadcasters
Norm Gallant
WFAU
Augusta
Fowles
Y. Fowles
Association
Elizabeth May Craig
Washington
Gannett Papers
Roselle Fortier
WCOU
Lewiston
Craig
Fortier
Maine Realtors Call for More Help for Home Loans
Maine realtors urge increased staff for the Farmers Home Administration and expansion of middle class home loan reach. Rep. David F. Emery notes Maine’s FH A caseload, six month wait times, and the agency’s $1023 million loan total for single family homes in the past fiscal year. He argues to direct aid to the hard pressed middle class to achieve broader homeownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland, Maine
Maine
Farmers’ Home Administration
David F. Emery
Maine Association of Realtors
Emery
Emery Sa
Vermont Hails Tunbridge World Fair Harvest
Vermont residents celebrate the Tunbridge World's Fair opening drawing crowds of over 5,000 to a 104 year old event along the White River. Farmers, stockbrokers and homemakers enjoy old time dances, games, horse races, produce exhibits and livestock judging in a community tradition that began as a local fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunbridge, Vt
Vermont
Howe
Boston
Connecticut
New York
Tunbridge
White River
Barham Martin
Boston Desegregation Week Ends Calm Amid Protests
In Boston the first week of court ordered desegregation passed without major incidents. Attendance figures show white participation lagging while Black and non white attendance rise. About 1,300 mothers and children marched peacefully through white neighborhoods. 700 women with baby carriages moved along South Boston led by City Councilor Louise Day Hicks. Police reported 112 arrests and 16 officers injured during nightly disturbances.
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Boston
America
South
Louise Day Hicks
Mrs. Hicks
Charlestown
Wyman-Durkin Debate Highlights McCarthy Tone
In a Boston telecast Wyman criticizes McCarthy for going too far while defending his anti Communist actions as New Hampshire attorney general. Durkin pressed Wyman on the McCarthy era during a Friday debate aired at 7 p.m. on WCVB TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Louis C. Wyman
U.S. Senate
New Hampshire
U.S
Joseph McCarthy
Wyman
John A. Durkin
Munist Hunter
Wcvb-Tv
Red Hunter
Ford Seeks Major Announcement in EB Strike Talks
President Ford’s labor troubleshooter aims for a major announcement to break the 12 week strike by 10 000 ski builders at Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. Mediator W J Usery Jr met EB executives with no conclusions after three hours of talks.
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Washington
Ford
Electric Boat
Groton
Conn
W. J. Usery Jr
Comany
Ace
St.ouis
Metal Trades Council
MTC
Anthony DeGregory
National Labor Relations Board
Shipbuilders Council of America
Lynn Teachers Jailed On Contempt Charges
A massachusetts Lynn teachers strike leads to jailings as 22 educators are held for contempt after defying court orders to return to work. Judge Mitchell offered a purge chance if they resume classes amid a broad no work dispute involving 820 teachers and 15,000 students.
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Lynn
Associated Press
Teachers’ Union
Mass
Salem Superior Court
Robert P. Bates
American Federation of Teachers
Joseph Gauvain
Gauvain
Joseph S. Mitchell
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Teachers Union
Offshore Oil Could Be Boon for Portsmouth
Gov. Meldrim Thomson predicts oil and gas exploration off New Hampshire coast will make Portsmouth an economic key for the state. He says President Ford plans to proceed with leasing for Atlantic coast exploration and that Portsmouth is strategically placed to support drilling, piping, and energy development including Seabrook.
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House of Representatives
Longley
Doug Smith
Smith
Department of Health & Welfare
State House
Portland
Alice Bean
We Who Care
Portsmouth
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Ater
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Thomson
Seabrook
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House
Legislative Appropriations Committee
James B. Longley
Douglas Smith
Dover-Foxcroft
Coyne
Portland, Maine
John E. Coyne
Edward K. Stern
Willco Finance Co
Anthony Valente
Stern
Willco
Lobstermen’s
Belfast
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
Internal Revenue Service
Sternman
Portland Finance Company
Superior
Colby
Waterville
Colby College
James Gillespie
Penue
Liberal Arts
Robert E.L. Strider
NEW England News
Chick
Springfield
Peter Mantoni
Harry Adriance
Amherst
Arama
New England
UPI
Frank G. Power
Charlestown High School
Charlestown High
Durkin
Newburg
Copenhagen
The
Ton
Sheraton Inn
Maine Mall
Neil’s Motors
Service
Neil’s Motors, Inc
Biddeford, Maine
U.S. Power Squadron
Kennebunk High School
St. Francis College
Cape Arundel Squadron
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