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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK NoFolio-MST-A1-NoTargets ed Edition: CY A1 Rundate: Saturday, November 17, 2012 pressherald.com Saturday, November 17, 2012 $1.00 WEATHER: Bright sunshine High 45 Details, B8 Cole Haan to be SOLD BUSINESS, D7 BE CHAMPS? SPORTS, D1 Copyright 2012 MaineToday Media, Inc. INDEX Volume 151 Number 129 Advice B5 Business D7-8 ed C1-8 Comics B4 Commentary A7 Crossword B4 Deaths B7 Dispatches B2 Editorials A6 Local State B1 Lottery A2 Online Poll A2 People A2 Public Notices C3 Religion C1 Sports D1-6 Stocks D8 Sudoku B5 Television B5 Theaters B3 3 killed as plane runs into pickup The single-engine plane was taking off in Owls Head when it hit the truck, crashed and burst into ames. By EDWARD D. MURPHY Staff Writer All three people aboard a single-engine plane were killed Friday when it crashed after colliding with a pickup truck that was crossing a runway at the Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head, the manager of the airport said. Jeff Northgraves said the plane apparently was taking off when it hit the pickup.

He said it contin- ued to climb veered to the west, crashed into woods about 200 feet off the runway and burst into ames. The plane was so badly burned that cials still had not deter- mined its tail number Friday night, more than four hours after the crash. Northgraves said the pickup driver hurt. He said Federal Aviation Ad- ministration cials asked him not to release the names of the victims or the driver. He said the FAA had an investigator at the airport and the National Transportation Safety Board was sending an investigator, who was expected to arrive Saturday.

Northgraves said the plane was about three-quarters of the way down the runway when the collision occurred. Drivers are allowed to cross runways at the airport, he said, as long as they have training from airport cials and a vehi- cle equipped with a radio. The driver of the pickup is a local pilot who has been trained and had a radio in the truck, North- graves said. Knox County Regional Airport does not have a control tower or anyone monitoring aircraft or vehicle he said. Although the tail number of the Cessna 172 been determined, Northgraves said, cials believe the plane Please see CRASH, Page A7 Israelis mobilize for potential ground assault of Gaza Strip By KARIN BRULLIARD The Washington Post JERUSALEM Israel prepared Friday for a possible ground inva- sion of the Gaza Strip as Hamas militants continued to lob rockets into Israel, and one of them landed near Jerusalem for the rst time since 1970.

The rocket strikes outside Jeru- salem and Tel Aviv, main population centers, sharply raised the stakes in the ongoing standoff between Israel and Hamas rulers, providing sobering evidence that Palestinian militants possess weaponry that can strike deeper inside Israel than ever before. In particular, the strike on Jerusalem a city both Israelis and Palestin- ians claim as their capital was viewed as a major provocation that made an Israeli ground invasion seem ever more likely. Meanwhile, The Associated Press reported that President Barack Obama spoke separately to Israeli and Egyptian leaders Friday night as violence escalated in Gaza. The Rocket strikes near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem raise stakes in the ongoing standoff. Please see ISRAEL, Back Page Palestinian women cry at a funeral Friday for two people killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, north Gaza The Associated Press Lamenting the loss of an American icon Call it the Twinkie defense, but fondness for star confection is more nostalgic than nutritional.

By MATT BYRNE Staff Writer They were spongy, cream- lled and indelibly American. For decades, the gustatory time capsules were stuffed into lunch boxes, desk drawers and the hungry mouths of schoolchil- dren across the country. But as of Friday, Twinkies, the hallmark product of Hostess Brands are kaput. The humble snack cake was 82 years old. think said Dan Owril, 36, of Portland, as he strolled an aisle in Whole Foods store with his two children, ages 4 and 1.

eat them, but I think kind of an iconic American food. kinda like For many supermarket shop- Please see ICONIC, Back Page LePage es key parts of Obamacare By STEVE MISTLER Staff Writer Digging in against a federal health care law he called the of our pre- mier health care Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he will not implement a state-customized insurance exchange or partici- pate in an expansion of Medicaid for an estimated 37,000 uninsured Mainers. Both moves were met with dis- appointment, but not surprise, from the incoming Democratic legislative majority. The presump- tive Democratic House Speaker, Rep.

Mark Eves of North Ber- wick, and Senate President-elect Justin Alfond of Portland said the decision was a missed opportunity, partly because the federal government would pay for 100 percent of the Medicaid expansion from 2014 to 2016 and 90 percent after that. unclear what cally Democrats can or will do to blunt the moves. But Alfond predicted that a urry of bills related to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will await lawmak- ers next session. decision on the ex- changes online marketplaces for individuals and small busi- governor implement a state-customized online insurance exchange or participate in a Medicaid expansion. Please see EXCHANGE, Page A7 Gov.

Paul LePage His actions disappoint but surprise incoming Democratic leaders. Read letter; click on this story pressherald.com OVENS TO GO COLD By JESSICA HALL Staff Writer Hostess Brands the bankrupt mak- er of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, plans to shut down after 82 years in business, sell- ing off its snack food and bread brands and laying off 18,500 workers in the process. announcement, made in the midst of a labor strike, ended a decade of nancial tumult for the company, which had twice led for bankruptpcy. Hostess was more than $1 billion in debt, had had six CEOs within 10 years and faced stiff competition and consolidation in the bakery industry, along with declining demand for its products. Ultimately, however, the company laid the blame on its bakery union, which went on strike Nov.

9. deeply regret the necessity of decision, but we do not have the nancial resources to weather an extended nationwide said CEO Gregory Rayburn. Hostess employed 500 workers in Maine, including 370 at its plant in Biddeford. On Friday, the Irving, Texas-based com- pany made nal deliveries of products made by managers and replacement workers on Thursday night. The company closed three bakeries earlier this week and said it would retain some workers to clean the plants and mothball equipment.

Hostess asked a bankruptcy judge to hold a hearing Monday on its request to close its 33 remaining bakeries and 565 distribution centers. After a decade of nancial tumult, Hostess is shutting down, eliminating 18,500 jobs, 500 of them in Maine. Please see HOSTESS, Back Page Photos by Gregory Photographer A tractor-trailer enters the Hostess plant in Biddeford, where employees continued to walk a picket line Friday after the company announced it would begin liquidation proceedings. still have a trust said John Jordan, an agent for the union. we will be out here until we know for he said.

Joe Locey of Biddeford, a 13-year employee at the local Hostess plant, talks to a plant supervisor who was driving away from the site Friday. Hostess Brands which has opted to close its doors after 82 years following a decade of nancial tumult, laid the blame on its bakery workers union, which went on strike Nov. 9. other companies will come in and buy the brands and the facilities. If not, be getting our workers retrained and back out in the JOHN JORDAN, LOCAL 334 AGENT pressherald.com VIDEO INSIDE BIDDEFORD KNOWS PAIN OF JOB CUTS, BACK PAGE.