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rvfym 1 7 Bfinqor Do'lv News, Thursdoy, Jqnuary 10, 1974 NATIONAL WIATHM SERVICE FORECAST I 7 AM 1ST 10- 74 Welfare change partially snarled 30.24 30 24 UN wi ATHU TOIOCAST In New York, where nearly 200,000 elderly and handicapped came under the new federal system, Social Security offices have been jammed with persons complaining they have not received checks or had been sent the wrong amount. Angry and resentful crowds at many offices were forced Monday to wait in block-long lines in freezing temperatures before they were admitted for an interview. At the midtown Manhattan bureau, the By UPI Thousands of mentally ill; 'aged and physically handicapped persons across the country have not received monthly assistance checks owed them since a new federal program went into effect Jan. 1. The problem, which resulted from the transfer of 3 million disabled, aged and blind persons from local welfare rolls to the jurisdiction of the Social Security Administration, was particularly chaotic in the Northeast and parts of the West Coast.

7 Everglades 'ape afoot HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (UPI) The Everglades skunk ape poked its ugly head out of the moonlit mist of the south Florida swampland again Wednesday, startling two predawn motorists and a policeman, and setting off a futile search. It jumped out at me. I swerved to miss it and almost hit another car headon, said Richard Lee Smith. I thought it was a big black man with no clothes on.

It was hairy (and) looked to be about seven to eight feet tall." Smith, a big, rawboned resident of a truck stop on an Everglades highway, was the first to see it. He telephoned the Florida Highway Patrol about 12:40 a.m., then returned to the site on state Road 820 west of here. Wgithtr mgp shows wuther fronts in thin block linos, ond worm ond cold olr movomonts In brood, whits arrows. Small arrows show wind direction at various points. Thin, curving linos flow through areas ol tha same barometric pressure.

Circles with the words "Low" or "High" designate low or high barometric pressure areas. A "Low" usually Is a Poor weather area and a "High" is usually a lair weather area Forecast maps are based on meteorological data compiled yesterday Maine forecast Almanac countrys busiest social Half of Maine schools change starting hours security center? federal marshals and policemen were called in alter hundreds 'of drug addicts reportedly threatened several employes. Sumner Whittier, the nationwide director of the new Supplemental Security Income conceded Wednesday that problems occurring in the changeover, but expressed confidence they would be cleared up in several weeks. The situation is beginning to stabilize, Whittier said. OGEE'S new 359 Main Street Bangor Tel.

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12 to 5 p.m. SHOES, SHOES, SHOES I Ladies' Leather I Suede Boots I Values to $38. Marked I down as low Hush I I We can't mention the name brand but the savings ere big. I We ore still unloading the bargains. roundup Sunrise 8.14 Sunset 5:20 Days Length 9:06 Accumulated Increase :15 TIDES AT BANGOR (US Coast and Geodetic Survey) High 1:52 a.m.; 1:07 p.m.

Low 7:01 a.m.; 7:40 p.m. MAINE TEMPERATURES Gas crunch hurts road construction AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A reduction in construction activity will result in the loss of between jobs in Maines highway construction industry, thecommissioner of the Department of Transportation said Wednesday. Commissioner Roger Mallar said the low point in road construction will be reached within the next few months. We havent reached the point here we have had to lay off our own employes at this time, and weve been able to find productive work for our field engineers. Mallar said.

But if the reduction continues we will consider as a last resort the possibility of reduced employment. Mallar said there are no highway construction projects planned for the future except those projects that have been previously funded and awarded PUC gets defense (Continued From Page 1) bill, told the committee there is substantial sentiment that the commission is not concerned with the Maine consumer and that its decisions weigh heavily in favor of the utilities. Kelley said public confidence in the PUC has dropped in recent years because utility customers feel the commission is not adequately concerned with their interests. "Recent developments the public power campaign further increased the public's suspicions that the PUCs ear is more attuned to the utilities than to the public." said Kelley, who led the unsuccessful move for a Power Authority of Maine AUGUSTA The State Department of Education reported Wednesday that 50 per cent of Maine schools are changing their school schedules because of Daylight Saving Time. A spokesman tor the department said that most of the changes being made consisted of starting school one-half later and therefore bus schedules a half-hour later.

This move gives the pupils daylight schooling, he said, and those schools rescheduling are doing so for safety purposes Those that are not. he said, are also doing so for safety purposes. Bangor, for instance, did not change because it was felt that by starting school a half hour later the children would be faced with the increased All Zones Fair Thursday with highs in the teens north to 20s south. Increasing cloudiness Thursday night with snow likely south and a chance of snow north. Lows near zero north tT teens south.

Snow mixing with freezing sain south, highs in the 20s north to the lower 30s south. Marinec-forecast Eastport to Merrimack River Northerly winds 10 to 20 knots Thursday. Fair with visibility over 5 miles. Seas 4 feet and subsiding. Council gets (Continued From Page 1) County; authorized an extension of the states purchase agreement for 275 acres in Beddington from MKT Inc.

of Bangor; and appropriated $10,000 for improvements at Houlton International Airport. The council also approved $349,802 for improvements to Portland International Jetport, bringing the total of state funds approved for that facility to $1.6 million since 1968. Appointed to state posts by Gov. Curtis, with the confirmation of the executive council, were: Walter W. Turner of Police begin (Continued From Page 1) that about 45 individual drug charges were involved in the sweep of arrests.

And he stressed that there were five to 10 charges of sale of meth amphetamine. The remainder of the alleged sales involved assorted prescription drugs. LSD. and marijuana. Those initially reported picked up by late Wednesday night were Rita Raymond.

Ronald Trenholm, William Drisko, Kevin Rogers, Lance Willey. Michael Ventry Joseph Brill, and Ronald Harnish, all of Bangor; Terry Ware and David Parker of Orono; Gerald Pierce of Old Town; Frank Currier Barry King, and Byron Trask, -all of Bradley; and Alen Coffin and Norman Taylor of Lincoln. In addition to these and the one juvenile, Lawrence Leavitt and Clifford Curtis, both inmates at the Maine State Prison in Thomaston. were also named in the secret indictments handed down Tuesday. According to Cox.

Leavitt is in prison on a marijuana sales conviction and Curtis is serving time for arson. The ages of those arraigned Wednesday night were not available. Commenting on the latest Extended forecast Clearing Saturday with seasonal temperatures. Fair and much colder Sunday and Monday with highs near 10 above north to near 20 in the south and overnight lows generally below zero. hazards of the early morning rush hour traffic.

In addition, it was felt that if school hours were changed, there would be a greater chance that children with working parents jnight be left unattended. The spokesman for the Department of Education said that Commissioner Carroll R. McGary had sent a letter on Dec. 21 to all school departments "suggesting" that some might want to change their school scheduling because of the return to Daylight Saving Time, and that, in any event, they could return to regular schedules by Feb. 15.

0 The spokesman stressed that the decision to change school hours was up to the individual school systems. Men's and Boys' Better Quality Full Grain Save Over $5 A Pair INSULATED 9" Hi Cuts pay raise Orono, member State Board of Registration for professional engineers; Russell H. Terry of Castine, member of Penobscot Bay and River Pilotage Commission; Nathan Cohen of Eastport and Edward M. Stone of Orono, members of the Maine Health Facilities Authority; and Helen Goslin of Old Town, commissioner of registration for Indian Island. The nomination of Alice Ballard by Bangor for a post on the Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board was tabled by the council.

498-0678 Che T. Ho, M.D., F.R.C.S. (C) Urologist takes pleasure in announcing the opening of his office at Caribou Clinic 373 Main Street Caribou, Maine 04736 Office hours by appointment Telephone Monday through Friday (207) llr Hnuot PuMi-h( 4 mnrnirc ei pp Vundev Puhhhrn To pj ldtn uimi i 401 Tf! Bnanr 4vi Set nr 1 p.n I RjHltM M.i if I pf' I'l A 4 Iff Rv nuil hi 4 17 ti T'lii't trh 7 ptr Out nt m.e'p S4 per mnpfh a. tnht I tl iidit Hut til in uIjIhmiv MlMIUKnl smm tWHHKt drive against suspected drug dealers directed by the Penobscot Regional Special Investigative Unit. Cox indicated that nothing has changed significantly in the and method of operation.

When asked if what he would consider major dealers were included in the latest round-up. Cox answered that some of those being charged had sold drugs to 10 and 11 year old kids and I mean hard drugs. The special unit assisted by members of the 'Maine State Police, Penobscot and Waldo County Sheriff Departments, and the police departments of Bangor. Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Hampden and Lincoln had been working towards Wednesday nights culmination for about a year, Cox added. This is a continuing thing of what weve been doing.

the Penobscot County attorney said. I dont think we've been swayed 6y what's been said the media." This last comment was reference to a three part investigative series in the NEWS criticizing local police and court handling of the illicit drug traffic problem. "Until someone shows me a better way, I think we'll continue the way we have been." said Cox. LUuyiiUiiaj Are You A GEMINI? (The Twins) May 22- June 21 II you'r In touch1 with th right people, you may bo able to gatltfy an Important need today. Chance are you'll llnd the right people at The Broadway Shopping Center where th service and selection are super.

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