French Control Tower Move Sparks Bilingual Debate
Federal Transport Minister Otto Lang authorized Quebec air radio operators to offer advisory services in French when safety requires. Roger Demers of the Quebec Air Workers Association called it realistic, while Ken Maley of the Canadian Airline Pilots Association warned bilingual air traffic control could threaten passenger safety.
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Montreal
Otto Lang
Quebec
Roger Demers
Quebec Air Workers Association
Air Radio Ce
Canadian Airline Pilots Association
Ken Maley
Study toEvaluate Onshore Facilities for Offshore Oil
Boston AP reports a $350000 study by the New England River Basins Commission to assess land based facilities for offshore oil development on the Atlantic outer continental shelf. The US Geological Survey will participate, and findings may aid other coastal regions with offshore oil or gas operations. The commission includes six New England states, New York and federal agencies.
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Boston
New England River Basins Commission
Weald Af
U.S. Geological Survey
Atlantic
New England
New York
Parti National Populaire Launch Gains Quebec Attention
AP reports Quebec political scene expands with the formal launch of the Parti National Populaire on a Sunday. Founder Jerome Choquette, ex Liberal Education Minister, predicts victory and appeals to voters unaffiliated with Liberals or PQ. The party pledges decentralization and social collaboration to ease government people tension.
Revere Leads 1774 New Hampshire assault on Fort William and Mary
In Portsmouth on December 14 1774 Paul Revere alerted rebels who gathered 400 to seize Fort William and Mary. British defenders fired but the fort fell with no casualties. Rebels took 100 kegs of ore and later seized powder and 16 cannons before ships halted further action. The episode is cited as early armed resistance preceding the American Revolution.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Boston
Paul Revere
Fort William and Mary
John Langdon
Thomas Pickering
John Wentworth
Langdon
Pickering
John Cochran
Revere
George III
John Sullivan
Durham
Great Britain
War Aids And Savings Bonds In Bicentennial Tale
A fragment recalls funding the American Revolution and urges buying United States Savings Bonds during America’s Bicentennial. It links collective effort to finance the war and invites readers to invest in Series E Bonds as safe patriotic action. The call to action emphasizes personal benefit and national debts.
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United States
America
Lowell asbestos mine pays 100 percent dividends
An employee-owned asbestos mine at Lowell Vermont has issued full 100 percent dividends to its 180 employee stockholders nine months after buying from GAF Corp. The move follows its plan to shut down without pollution control equipment.
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Lowell, Vt
GAF Corp
Imposter steals money from mother of missing Stephen Stern
Hildegard Stern learned her son Stephen Stern was safe after an impostor, posing as Stephen, cabled $150 from Istanbul and tried to collect it at the American Consulate. Stephen later called from Vienna, Austria, to confirm he arrived unharmed for Christmas.
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Kingstown
Riap
Istanbul
Hildegard Stern
Dukakis Target of Party Leaders in Boston
Governor Michael S. Dukakis faces sharp Democratic party opposition as Massachusetts legislators criticize his budget timing tax plans and vetoes. House Speaker McGee leads a caucus in strong disapproval while leadership and committee chairs attack his cuts and patronage curbs.
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Boston
Michael S. Dukakis
Massachusetts
Dukakis
House
Judiciary Committee
Public Safety Committee
Johnson Biographers Wed in Lincoln Home
Doris Kearns Goodwin and Richard Goodwin, famed biographers of Presidents Johnson and Kennedy, wed Sunday at Goodwin's Lincoln Massachusetts home after public dispute over their Johnson book. The ceremony follows weeks of controversy surrounding their work.
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Richard Goodwin
Lincoln
Mass
Doris Kearns
Lyndon Johnson
John Id Kennedy
Harvard
Lincoln, Mass
Goodwin
Boston
Johnson
Kennebunk to Hold Public Hearing on Junkyard Permit
The Kennebunk Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on Tuesday December 23 1975 at 7 00 P M in the Selectmen room Lower Town Hall to act on Roger Camire’s application to operate an automobile junkyard on the Camire property West Kennebunk Road West Kennebunk Maine The hearing is conducted by selectmen Fred Holmberg David Shields Robert J Slowie Herman Cohen and Thomas W Murphy Jr with the town officials listed.
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Board of Selectmen
Kennebunk
Selectmen’s
Lower Town Hall
Roger Camire
Roger and
Jean Camire
West
Kennebunk Road
West Kennebunk
Maine
Fred B. Holmberg
David Shields
Robert J. Slowie
Herman Cohen
Thomas W. Murphy, JR
Public Hearings On Tax Policy Report In Maine
Legislative Committee on Taxation will hold a 10 a.m. hearing December 17 1975 in Room 327 State House to review reforms in A Tax Policy For Maine. Biddeford municipal officers hold a 7:30 p.m. hearing December 16 1975 in City Council Chambers to consider requests for Tavern and Malt licenses and related permits for Peacock Tavern Foss St Cafe Green Wave.
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Legislative Committee On Taxation
Maine
State House
Office of Legislative Information
Foss St
Foss Street
Biddeford
Robert and Normand Huot
Water Street
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The
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Susan Ford
Peking
China
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Department OF Environmental Protection
Augusta
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Maine Department of Environmental Protection
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Environmental Protection Agency
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