Biddeford Industrial Park near capacity with potential new tenants
Biddeford eyes a major expansion as Company X and Hodgson Houses plan plants in the 90 acre park boosting employment and near full occupancy. Officials foresee more acreage ready for commercial parks on Alfred Road Route 1 and near the municipal airport to sustain growth and curb unemployment.
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Route 1
Company XX
Connecticut
Roger Johnson
Economic Improvement Commission
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Johnson
Hodgson Houses, Inc
New York
Hodgson and Company X
Ted Shield
Meats
Sanford Construction Co
Maine New Hampshire lobster war heads to Supreme Court
The Maine New Hampshire dispute over 2400 offshore acres near Portsmouth Harbor Isles of Shoals may reach the Supreme Court with a special master, risking years before ruling. Maine says waters are theirs while New Hampshire cites older charts and historic boundaries.
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Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
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George II
Shermen
Gene Marconi
Ami
Assassination Plot Cancels Nixon Motorcade in New Orleans
The Secret Service halted a presidential motorcade in New Orleans after uncovering a possible conspiracy to assassinate the president during Nixon's Florida to New Orleans visit for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. A former policeman, Edward M. Gaudet alias Punchy, was sought as armed and dangerous, with police noting a stolen patrol car and uniform. Gaudet had been arrested in 1970 during Nixon’s French Quarter drive.
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Secret Service
Nixon
Florida
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
FBI
Edward M. Gaudet
Punchy
Gaudet
Clarence Giarrusso
New Radical Labor Wing Surges in Detroit Auto Strikes
A loose third force, Workers Action Movement, claims rank and file power as it conducts sit ins at Chrysler plants in Detroit area. UAW and Chrysler officials condemn the group, saying it exploits conditions in selected facilities. The movement, linked to the Progressive Labor Party, aims to shut the auto industry down.
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Chrysler
UAW
Workers Action Movement
WAM
Mack Avenue
Progressive Labor Party
Students For A Democratic Society
Weathermen
Inside The Journal Business News 3 Cartoons it Classifieds
Inside The Journal highlights include business news and features across pages 3 and 12. Cartoons appear in the comics section while classifieds and a crossword puzzle run on pages 12 and 13. Dear Abby appears as an advisor column.
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Abby
Political hopefuls now thinking twice
B Waring Partridge a 28 year old Republican Vietnam veteran from South Windham Vermont with an Ivy League background says politics erodes personal life after Watergate. He works as a congressman's administrative assistant and worries about public exposure and ruined careers.
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Waring Partridge
Partridge
Washington
South Windham
Watergate
Capitol Hill
Laotian Coup Attempt Crushed as Souvanna Keeps Coalition Hopes
Laotian government troops crushed exiled General Thao Ma s coup aimed at toppling Premier Souvanna Phouma and derailing a Pathet Lao coalition deal. Thao Ma died when a T28 bomber he seized crash landed after ground fire. Souvanna appealed for calm, announced a dusk to dawn curfew, and said talks with the Pathet Lao would proceed despite the brief revolt.
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Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Thao Ma
Thailand
Souvanna Phouna
Thao
Meking
Souvanna
Papadopoulos Pledges Democratic Restoration in Greece
President George Papadopoulos vows stage by stage return to democratic order after a military coup. He sofort lifts martial law grants civil liberties, frees political prisoners, and sets up a constitutional court ahead of elections next year.
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Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
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Alexander Panagoulis
Constitutional Court
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