Year Round Tourist Season Possible in Maine
Maine could extend its multi million dollar tourist business year round by keeping lodging and dining open after Labor Day. State official Robert O Elliott urges operators to run into September and October to capture foliage tourists and link to hunting and winter sports, noting growth in camping and snowmobiling as key drivers.
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David L. Swearingen
Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Robert O.E. Elliot
Elliot
New Hampshire
Saco
Kennebec
Baxter State Park
Laird Cuts Pentagon Spending and Forces Size
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced 1.5 billion in cuts including a 100000-man force reduction. Navy will inactivate more than 100 ships, Air Force training flights cut by 300000 hours, and Army Southeast Asia operations trimmed by about 500 million. He warned readiness will suffer and noted prior 1.1 billion reductions.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Vietnam
New Jersey
Air Force
Laird
Southeast Asia
Congress
Paris
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nixon
Vietnamization Aims to Replace U.S. Troops With South Vietnamese
In June Nixon ordered a 25 000 troop withdrawal this summer and Rogers indicated the administration will rely heavily on South Vietnamese forces to meet its Vietnam objectives. On peace talks, Rogers commented on the current approach.
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U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Rogers
Lodge Returns From Paris for Talks in San Francisco
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge has returned from Paris for consultations with Rogers and President Nixon beginning today in San Francisco.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Rogers
Nixon
San Francisco
Dead toll climbs to 38 in western Virginia floods
News At A Glance reports in the Blue Ridge foothills towns counting 38 dead from Virginia floods. In Gulfport Mississippi rescue crews, aided by bulldozers, work under tightened martial law after Hurricane Camille, as calm returns to the area.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Gulfport
Miss
Camille
Hurricane Debbie Threatens Land In Second Silver Iodide Strike
The hurricane Debbie intensified as it shook a second silver iodide barrage and turned northwest, becoming a potential landfall threat for the first time.
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Debbie
Hard fighting persists southwest of Da Nang in fifth day
Saigon reports 800 American and South Vietnamese troops clash with about 1,000 North Vietnamese regulars as heavy resistance continues near Da Nang.
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Saigon
da Nang
Nixon Identified by South Korea Leader Park
Francisco AP report notes Nixon identified by South Korea president Chung Hee Park in a brief dispatch.
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Oo Francisco
Naident Nixon
Chung Hee Park
Prague workers protest Soviet invasion with silent walkout
Tens of Prague workers walked to work in a silent protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia a year earlier and the curtailment that followed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
NI Protestant Party Backs PM Amid Police Reserve Debate
Belfast AP report notes Northern Ireland's ruling Protestant party united behind Prime Minister James Chichester-Clarke after a misstep regarding the future of the reserve police force.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester-Clarke
Tant Reserve Police
Boycott Planned Over Lunch Aid for Poor Students
Washington AP reports a boycott plan by students against schools that do not offer free or reduced price lunches for the poor. The protest coincides with National School Lunch Week from October 12 to 17.
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Washington
Laird Holds News Conference On Vietnam Withdrawal
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird spoke at a news conference amid strong indications the United States may withdraw more troops from Vietnam within the year.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Muskie Emerges As Primary Contender In 1972 Race
Boston AP reports Ed muskie of Maine has emerged as the leading contender for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination in a Monitor poll of 100 Democratic chairmen and national committeemen. Muskie led with 40 votes, Humphrey 16, Kennedy 5, and Harris minimal, reflecting shifting support after Chappaquiddick and the Mary Jo Kopechne tragedy.
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Boston
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Christian Science Monitor
The
Monitor
Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Gorge
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachuetts
Washington, D.C
Mary Jo Kipecine
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
George McGovern
Humphrey
Harris
Prague Protest Follows Soviet Invasion Anniversary
Tens of thousands gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square to chant Russians go home and long live Dubcek on the anniversary of the Soviet invasion. Riot police used tear gas after a 40 minute standoff as crowds surged through the square and city streets.
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Wenceslas Square
Prague
Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek
Communit Party
Warsaw Pact
National Museum
Husak
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Vak
Ee Square
Gustav Husak
Wenceslas
Bratislava
Peter Legner
London
Italian Radical Party
Rome
Debbie and Camille Race for Open Sea With Bermuda in Path
Debbie and Camille, two hurricanes near Bermuda, moved northeast and eastward respectively. Debbie reached winds of 110 mph, while Camille intensified to 59 mph and moved off the mid Atlantic coast. Forecasters expected Bermuda to stay between the two storms with no hurricane force winds.
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Debbie
Camille
Bermuda
U.S
Mid- Atlantic
Virginia Capes
National Hurricane Center
Raymond Kraft
Kraft
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