Bikers of Maine clash over deadly West Street crash
Merrill Harper 26 of Saco head of the ABM Biddeford chapter is in satisfactory condition with leg burns after a bike crash on West Street Biddeford near Wilcox Pond. Police investigate a blue car running Harper down as ABM plans a party on New Town Road drawing opposition from neighbors and officials.
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Biddeford Field
United Bikers of Maine
UBM
Merrill Harper
Saco
West Street
Kathleen O'Connell
The
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
ABM
New Town Road
Wilcox Pond
Harper
Gordon Bridges Jr
Bridges
Harp
Kennebunkport Names First Female Tax Assessor
Dorcas Zeiner, mother of four, is Kennebunkport's first female tax assessor. She traveled the town measuring beams and rafters while awaiting a guaranteed two year contract. Residents have been supportive and she enjoys the work despite limited security and past salary disputes.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Dorcas Zeiner
Maine
Homeland Inc plans tabled for North Saco subdivision
Saco planning board postponed two Homeland Inc subdivision plans amid the North Saco moratorium after attorney Gordon Ayer noted no emergency exists and the council had overridden the board. The board also tabled action on a clay removal project near Laurel Hill Cemetery due to incomplete information and an unusual processing request.
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Linda Brickley
Homeland Inc
North
Saco
Virginia Moore
Planning Board
Ronald Ayotte
Ayotte
Laurel Hill Cemetery Association
Middle School
Buxton Road
Tax bill means $180 extra for $15,000 family
The tax bill extends multibillion-dollar 1976 cuts through 1977, delivering about $180 in relief to a typical family of four earning $15,000. It also broadens business cuts, raises minimum taxes on the wealthy, expands estate and gift tax changes, and adds tax credits for the elderly and families employing babysitters.
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Treasury
Congressional
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Congress
Kennedy
Tax highlights of revised 1970s federal bill for workers
The proposal broadens credits and deductions to aid low income workers. It lists a $35 personal credit per dependent, 2 percent of taxable income up to 180 dollars, and a welfare-off set. The plan also makes standard deduction permanent, expands child care credits, simplifies Form 1040 tables, and extends work bonuses through 1977. It introduces elder credits, home business deductions, and raises minimum tax thresholds.
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Jimmy Carter
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Senate
Washington
Congress
This Day in History highlights United States milestones
On Sept 17 1787 the Constitution was completed and signed by a majority at the Philadelphia convention. In 1939 Maj Bowes Amateur Hour debuted changing American broadcasting. In 1964 the US disclosed two weapon systems to intercept satellites. Ten years ago in Grenada Mississippi fourteen whites were arrested in a school integration case.
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United States
Philadelphia
Maj. Bowes
Grenada
Miss
Tri City Golf Championship Decides Title At Biddeford Saco Club
The Tri City Golf Championship reaches its final round at Biddeford Saco Country Club with eight players within six strokes. Defending champion Paul Guertin and three time winner Dr Steve Polackawich headline the leaderboard as starting times and full coverage appear on page 11.
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Tri- City
Biddeford- Saco Country Club
Paul Guertin
Steve Polackawich
Maine Community Dailies Brief Cartooned Pages
A reader note highlights a section of the Maine Community paper featuring cartoons classifieds crosswords and the Dear Abby column with editorials and horoscopes. The snippet lists pages 17 18 and 19 and mentions Movies today and a chuckle section.
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Abby
Maine
Inside Daily Journal and National New England Weather Update
A compact note summarizes a split section including sports and weather in the New England region. It questions scientific limitations on preventing bugs in wet paint and hints at a light feature tone across sections.
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Ford
Associated Press
Journal
National
New England
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