Communist Offense in Delta Intensifies Near Saigon
Reports say 4,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops pressed the Delta push with new assaults on Tanh Linh Hoai Duc and Bo Duc. Government says 26 soldiers killed and 110 wounded in Bo Duc battle. 42 enemy dead. Government still holds Bo Duc after a four day fight.
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Salgon
South Vietam
Saigon
Mekong
HungiCong
Long
Tanh Linh
Hoai
Gov Duc
Phuoc Long
Bo Duc
United States
Rigid guidelines set for Old Orchard Beach Police Dept
The public safety commission agreed to establish operating procedures for the Old Orchard Beach Police Dept upon request by Police Chief Richard Lamb. The move aims to standardize budgeting and accounting, review payroll for November, and streamline promotions and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Public Safety Commission
Richard Lamb
Lamb
Commission
Paul Tibbetts
Babson Institute
Alfred Dean Jr
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
Gordon Armstrong
Eco-Dream Hyacinth Purifies Water and Fuels Homes
Biochemist William Wolverton of the National Space Technology Laboratory reports water hyacinths can remove cadmium nickel and phenol from city drinking water and produce bio gas. Two and a half acres may yield 2.5 million cubic feet of methane rich gas annually with harvests, aiding Bay St. Louis Mississippi in a purification contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wolverton
National Space Technology Laboratory
Wolverton
Bay St. Louis
Mars Hill Death Ruled Homicide
An autopsy found Randy Blanchard aged 26 died from multiple gunshot wounds. State police said no arrests were made as of Tuesday in the Mars Hill homicide where Blanchard’s body was located in his car in a rural area around noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Hall
Mars Hill
Randy Blanchard
Mars ‘Hill
Maine Shipyard Gets 8 Million From Senate Appropriations
The U S Senate approved about 8 million dollars for four Maine military installations as part of a 3 billion defense construction bill passed 85 to 0. Ports mouth Naval Shipyard receives 4.9 million for steam plant upgrades and 2.3 million for bachelor enlisted quarters modernization. Other allocations include 261 thousand for Brunswick NAS line addition, 255 thousand for a theater at Winter Harbor NSG, and 290 thousand for water pollution abatement at Loring AFB Limestone.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Senate
Portsmouth
Kitte
Muskie
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Naval Security Group
Winter Harbor
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Rural Roads Benefit From New Aid Bill in House Vote
The House approved a 763 million highway aid bill authorizing 500 million for rural highway aid including 200 million for new roads outside the federal system. It preserves the 55 mph limit, tightens enforcement, and allows cost of living escalator adjustments for funds shifted to mass transit.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Congress
MHI Employees Rights Discussed in Augusta Court
In Augusta, Superior Court hearings continued on a request to bar indicted Augusta Mental Health Institute employees from returning to work. Ten workers were indicted for abusing assaulting or raping patients, and a restraining order was sought to keep them from patient contact while employed at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Augusta Mental Health Institute
David Lipman
James L. Reid
Lipman
Michael L. Kelley
Christmas Lights Recalled From Bradlees and Medi Mart
About 10 000 sets sold in 1973 74 at Bradlees and Medi Mart are recalled due to socket defects risking short circuits. Sold as 15 and 25 bulb blinking or non blinking sets under Bradlees and American Import Merchants. Refunds offered at Bradlees or Medi Mart locations in New England New York or New Jersey.
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Boston
Bradlees
Medi Mart
Stop & Shop Inc
New England
New York
New Jersey
St Andre Health Care Facility Approved by Southern Maine Group
The Executive Committee of the Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association approved final plans for a St Andre Health Care Facility in Biddeford. Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary sponsor the project with a 96 bed intermediate care unit and future services including day care, respite care, dietary and social services for York County elderly residents. Construction is slated to begin March 1, 1975, with a projected cost around $450,060 and plans to staff largely from local Maine communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association, Inc
St. Andre
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Bay View
Saco
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Saco River
York County
St. Andre Home, Inc
Bangor
Social Service Agency
John Cummings
Kennebunk
National Life Safety
Maine
Massachusetts
Uni
Immaculate Heart of Mary
New England Governors Asked To Fund Cost Study
Massachusetts official Barbara Hassenfeld said New England governors would be asked to finance a $350,000 region wide cost of service study for New England Telephone Co. The plan follows an anti trust suit by the U S Justice Department against American Telephone and Telegraph and parallels rate hike requests in several states. The governors meet in Newport Rhode Island on Wednesday to discuss the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New England Telephone Co
Barbara Hassenfeld
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
Maine
Vermont
New England Regional Commission
Newport
R.I
Hassenfeld
U.S. Justice Department
New England Telephone
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Massachusetts
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Connecticut
UM proposes ending chancellor post at University of Maine
Maine representative Louis Jalbert urges the trustees to not replace Chancellor Donald McNeil when he leaves Feb 1. He proposes a committee of college presidents to govern academic matters and budgeting via the state controller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Donald R. McNeil
Louis Jalbert
Jalbert
Legislative Appropriations Committee
Lewiston
Appropriations Panel
McNeil
Bangor
Orono
State Controller’s Office
Appropriations Committee
Uni
Spirit's Willing And She Succeeds In Art Cards
Jo Pearson, a 44 year old quadriplegic, aims to become financially self sufficient by painting Yule scenes and printing them on Christmas cards. She has invested in printing costs totaling 11 708 and has sold about 1 000 in advance, with orders handled by Linda Chamberlais of Portland and cards also sold at Portland Community College bookstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Pearson
Linda Chamberlaise
Portland
Portland Community College
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OOB Police Dept
Bay ST. Louis, Miss
Dunlap
Ald J. Binette
Rene Provencher
Frederick Elwell
Gordon Maddox
Robert Tarbox
John Ewing
Appropriations
MHI
N. E
James B. Longley
Mending
Jarbert
Gott
Forest Grove
Orc
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