Not A Free Act York County Tax Bills Approved
York County commissioners under protest signed tax warrants to settle one year assessments and comply with a Maine Supreme Court deadline. Chairman Clement Auger and Commissioner Donald Cote said they acted under duress due to court orders and threats, while Commissioner Paul Reny had urged issuing the bills.
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Alfred
York One
Maine Supreme Court
County Commission
Clement Auger
Auger
Donald Cote
Paul Reny
Two York County Commissioners Refuse Pay for Fired Assistants
A majority of York County commissioners declined to sign a warrant paying $167.76 for the treasurer’s two dismissed assistants Doris Camire and her daughter Celina. Chairman Clement Auger and Commissioner Donald Cote opposed rehiring, while Commissioner Paul Reay supported the warrant, noting the workers were highly qualified. The article also covers fringe benefits approved for six court officers, space for the treasurer, and county budget tensions with Maine welfare program funding.
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York County
Clement Auger
Doris Camire
Celina
Camire
Sheltra
Superior Court
Harry Glassman
Board of Commissioners
Five Palestinian commandos seize Madrid bus bound for Algiers
A Madrid bus carrying five Palestinian commandos and hostages was stopped for transport to Barajas Airport for a flight to Algiers. An Egyptian ambassador was aboard the same vehicle in an accompanying image.
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Madrid
Barajass
Algiers
Muhamoud Abdel Ghaffar
New High School at Stake SAD 71 Board Actions
The SAD 71 board directed its attorney to inquire about five lawsuits on appeal in the State Supreme Court blocking a new high school project and renovations. It also authorized the building committee to seek local bank bids for a $250,000 bond anticipation loan to cover current architect fees if a court decision favorable to SAD 71 is issued.
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Kennebunk
School Administrative District 71
Hugh MacMahon
Eet
State Supreme Court
Building Committee
Jack Ketchum
Herman Cohen
State Law Court
Cohen
Supreme Court
SAD 71
Etchum
Alonzo Harriman Associates
Auburn
Ketchum
SAD
Terrorists In Algiers End Madrid Embassy Hostage Crisis
Cairo AP reports four Palestinian guerrillas seized the Egyptian Embassy in Madrid and held the ambassador and aides hostage. They released the hostages in Algiers after diplomats departed, while Sadat accused Soviet involvement in pressuring Arab states and rejected the Sinai pact.
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Cairo
Madrid
Algiers
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Israel
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Egypt
Geneva
Spain
Houari Boumedienne
Mahmoud Abdul Ghaffar
Khaled Keladdi
Hassan al-Nakib
CIA Kept Deadly Poisons Despite Presidential Order
CIA spent about 3 million developing and storing poisons and deadly devices. William Colby told the Senate intelligence committee that a silent dart gun existed and that shellfish toxin and cobra venom were kept despite a 1969 order to destroy them. He cited two operational uses in 1960 and a Southeast Asia mission.
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Washington
Central Intelligence
William E. Colby
Senate
Colby
Senate Intelligence Committee
Intelligence Committee
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Southeast Asia
Army
Proulx Named Auxiliary Bishop for Portland Maine
Pope Paul VI appointed Msgr. Amedeo Proulx 43 to be auxiliary bishop of Portland Maine to assist Bishop Edward O Leary 65. The Sanford born clergyman studied at St Pauls Ottawa Catholic University Washington and was ordained in 1958. He has served as vicar in charge of religious in Portland and is the first Franco American auxiliary bishop of the diocese.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Msgr
Amedeo Proulx
Portland
Maine
Vatican
Msgr. Proulx
Edward O'Leary
Sanford
St. Paul’s Seminary
Ottawa
Catholic University
Washington
Worcester
Mass
Canon Law Society of America
Ally
Sgt. Proulx
Daniel J. Feeney
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
St. Joseph’s
Holy Rosary
Caribou
St. Louis
Fort Kent
Trans
Less Dishes, More Silence Echo in Kitchen Jest
In a humorous journal line a louder crash in the kitchen prompts Mother to ask for more dishes. The witty reply comes quickly as a child says No Mother less. The exchange captures a playful domestic moment.
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Carl Sheltra
Joseph Brennan
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Lincoln Spencer
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Old Orchard Beach
Wells
Arundel
UPI
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Fryeburg
Tad Ranlett
Peter Kingsley
Sadat
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
Sea Road
Rodney Ross
Thomas Reagan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Helms
Thomas H. Karamessines
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