Biddeford Council Moves Toward Post Office Purchase
Biddeford City Council accepts a mayoral resolution to pursue purchasing the former Post Office on Washington Street from the federal government via the GSA. Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher aims to turn the building into a City Hall amid a pending Senate bill offering the site for $1 to the city.
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Biddeford
American Discount
Federal and
Washington Streets
Maurice Ross
Saco
Federal Street
Roger Berthiaume
Gilbert R. Boucher
Post Office
Washington Street
General Services Administration
GSA
Boucher
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
Gs.a
John A. Xaphes
Carmen D'Amico
Norman Nadeau
Nadeau
Saco Pediatrician
Abraham E. Ross
Fannie I. Ross
Fourth Business Corp
State Law Enforcement Planning and Assistance Agency
Capital Improvement Fund
Saco Motors
Maine clam recall amid Red Tide advisory by official
Maine fisheries commissioner urged diggers to hold tainted clams mussels and quahogs until FDA final say. Recall covers shells sold from Sept 4 across Maine Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Closures and bans remain while authorities assess the dangerous algae outbreak and possible disposal methods.
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Augusta
Maine
Spencer Apollonia
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Apollonio
Food and Drug Administration
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Apollonia
Organic Farmers Find Vegetables Just Taste Better
Kennebunk couple Joseph and Dorothy Joseph transformed Meadowlark farm into a growing organic venture. They cultivate about 20 vegetables on 1.5 acres with manure soil improvement and interplanting to repel pests. Dorothy says Joseph is York County’s first certified organic gardener and York County representative to the Maine Organic Farmers Association.
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York County
Cecil B. Munson
Kennebunk
Florida
Maine
Palm Beach
Meadowlark
Joseph
Dorothy Joseph
New England
Iplant
Dorothy
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Josephs
Maine Organic Farmers Association
the Josephs
Gt Oe
St Francis College President Proposes Major Curriculum Changes
St Francis College President Robert L. Horn announces six key changes to begin September 1973. Proposals include a Sophomore Integrated Study Program, a course system with 30 courses for graduation, a personal major option, four term year round calendar, and a three year BA degree, with revised grades A B C and Non Credit and no permanent D or F.
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Robert L. Horn
Stt. Francis College
Biddeford
Horn
St. Francis College
Ccredit
Hors
U S Embassy aide arrested in Syria tense regional crisis
American Embassy officials report that Maj Richard Barrett 26 of Laramie Wyoming an assistant military attache at the U S Embassy in Amman Jordan has been arrested by the Syrian government Barrett was identified and arrested Sept 9 at Deraa the Jordan Syria border crossing No motive given and efforts to secure his release have failed The article also notes the ongoing 27th United Nations General Assembly with delegates from 132 member states facing terrorism debates and security concerns in New York City
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Saigon
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Mo Duc
Duc Pho
Ba To
Binh Son
Pho
Que Son
Tien Phuoc
U.S
Beirut
Amman
Jordan
Maj
Richard Barrett
Laramie
Wyo
Barrett
Deraa
Syria
Biddeford Man Aids Newsman Amid London Attack
In Saco and Biddeford, local figures respond as an Israeli attache is killed in London. The Saco City Council schedules a meeting to discuss responses and security concerns.
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Biddeford
London
Saco City Council
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Abraham Fe, Ross and
Fannie J. Ross
Dick Danforth
North
Viets
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Tam Quan
Binh Dinh
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Amenia
New York
University of Maine Extension Service
Cecil Munson
St. Francis
Korea
U.N. General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations. NY
IAP
Middle East
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