Saco Mayor Armand Mercier Resigns Over Health
Mayor Armand J. Mercier announces resignation citing health reasons and offers to serve until a successor is elected. City Charter requires a 60 day vacancy period for mayoral elections. Council must accept resignation before filling the vacancy. Mercier, first elected 1969, says he has devoted full time to the post and hopes others continue the work.
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Michael Spath
Armand J. Mercier
City of
Saco
Joan M. LaMontagne
Tually
Robert L. Cassette
Mercier
Becaue
North Vietnamese Tanks Break Kontum Defenses Drive South Forces Back
North Vietnamese forces drew tanks through Highway 14 to smash Kontum Province defenses as a 26 day offensive pushed back South Vietnamese troops to new lines near Vo Dinh. U S aircraft faced surface to air missiles while B52s pounded Thanh Hoa and Da Nang faced rocket barrages. Aircraft and helicopter losses mounted with a Dak To helicopter crew killed and a US bomber damaged but returning to Da Nang.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Siam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Highlands
Tan Canh
Dak
Kontum City
22Nd Infantry Division
Dak To
Vo Dinh
Tan
Canh
Kontum
U.S
United States
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
da Nang
Dong Hoi
Gulf
7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
Highway 14
Pleiku
Rogers Predicts Arms Pact During Moscow Visit
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said President Nixon hopes to sign a SALT agreement in Moscow next month and discuss halting Soviet arms to North Vietnam. Rogers noted progress in talks and that signings hinge on Soviet leaders. AP luncheon at Waldorf-Astoria covered other agenda items including AP board director selections and title changes for executives.
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New York
William P. Rogers
Associated Press
Nixon
Soviet Union
Moscow
North Vietnam
Rogers
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
C., Jackson Grayson Jr
Federal Price Commission
Miller
Wes Gallagher
Gallagher
Price Rollbacks Expected by Price Commission
In New York the Economic Club of Detroit Price Commission chair C Jackson Grayson Jr announced that hundreds of millions of dollars in price rollbacks and customer refunds will be ordered in coming weeks. He said the move is due to profit margin limits curbing inflation and aims to rally public support for controls.
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New York
Economic Club of Detroit, Price Commission
Rumsfeld Casd Cteel Camnaniac
Charman
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Associated Press
The
Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
TTT Ee EN
Commission
Davis Seeks Legal Advice Over Town Manager Dispute
Rupert Davis former town manager of Old Orchard Beach resigned after the council denied a 40 percent pay raise. He says he faced discrimination and will consult an attorney while the May 4 meeting will discuss the manager post and disclose costs of the prior manager Louis Ayoob.
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Old Orchard Beach
Rupert Davis
Joseph Mokarzel
Louis Ayoob
Injunction Looms Over Brook Hassle Near Dock Square
Kennebunkport officials plan a noon meeting to explore a possible injunction to halt wharf and shop construction on S Brook near Dock Square. Dick, who built a 20 by 40 foot dining room in 1971 and a $20,000 restaurant in 1972, lacks shop permits and faces questions about zoning compliance and prior rights as six shops near the brook prepare to open this summer.
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Barbara Smart
Kennebunkport
S Brook
Dock Square
David Emmons
Portland
Drummond, Wescott and Woodsum
Captain’s Landing
Brook
Robertson Dick
Brookin
John Wuestoff
Alan Nelson
High Hide
David Walley
Board of Selectmen
Kenneth Jackson
Army Corps of Engineers
Walley
State Role Accented In GOP Platform
State Republicans finalized a sixty plank platform for the convention here with six pages of proposals covering nineteen topics. The resolutions include a state lottery and guaranteed public education for handicapped children while Indochina policy remains unsettled.
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Augusta
GOP State Committee
Nixon
Vietnam
Congress
New England
Apollo 16 Returns From Moon With Volcanic Rock Treasure
Apollo 16 ends a 71 hour lunar surface mission on Descartes plateau. John W. Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly depart in Casper with 245 pounds of rocks soils and film for Earth. They aim to show the moon's volcanic past and seismic history.
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John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Young
Duke
Orion
Mattingly
Descartes Plateau
Tony England
Sail
Pete Franks
Stone Mountain
Mission Control
Cayley Plains
North Bay Crater
Brandt Faces Threat to Coalition After Local Setbacks
Chancellor Willy Brandt’s Social Democrats lost a key state election in Baden-Wuerttemberg and a supteritorial defecting FDP member weakened his ruling coalition. Conservatives hinted they might let treaties with Moscow and Warsaw pass if Bundestag ratifies, while targeting domestic issues. Brandt’s CDU opposition seeks to curb East West détente while preserving policy gains.
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Christian Democrats
Bundesrat
Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
Bundestag
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Warsaw
Social Democrats
Wilhelm Helms
Free Democrats
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Guerrilla Attacks and Abduction Reported in Ireland
In Belfast Irish guerrillas wounded four people during sniping attacks on security forces. A group of masked gunmen abducted a shopkeeper and shot him in the leg after bombing his store.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Mills Backs Federal Tax Equality Plan for Singles and Working Couples
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills announced support for legislation to end tax discrimination against single people and married working couples. The measure would equalize withholding rates, costing about 5 billion dollars in revenue, and aims to align single and double-income tax treatment with that of married one-income couples. Mills, campaigning in Massachusetts, urged quick action and warned of possible future tax hikes if spending remains unchecked.
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Boston
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
House
Ways ‘and Means Committee
Massachusetts
Vivien Kellems
East Haddam
Conn
Miss Kellems
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Nixon
Greater
Chuckle Chronicle: Monday Morning Time Wins
A light note from the newsroom on a Monday morning shows simply arriving on time is a small victory. The quip highlights the stubborn pace of daily life and the humor found in routine.
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