Maine 1973 Top News Stories Compiled by The Press
The top Maine news story is rejection of a statewide power authority on the 1973 ballot with a 3-2 vote against public power. The No 2 story covers the Pittston Co plan for an Eastport supertanker terminal and Gibbs Oil Sanford refinery. The third story is the energy crisis and its economic impact as Maine enters 1974.
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Maines
The
Maine
Associated Press
Eoas Oil Development
Pittston
Tour
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
New Hampshire
U.S. Supreme Court
New England
Newport
R. I
Boston
Logan Airport
Chelsea
Mass
Arab oil boost promised. embargo still in effect for U.S. and Netherlands
Kuwait meeting ends with Arab ministers announcing a partial rollback of August oil cuts. Production cuts reduced from over 25 percent to about 15 percent while the embargo on U S and Netherlands shipments remains. Britain Japan and France welcomed higher supplies but warned energy crises persist.
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Kuwait
United States
Netherlands
Israel
Washington
White House
Nixon
Henry
Kissinger
United
Japan
Britain
France
Saudi Arabia
Oid
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Belgium
U. S
Hirotaka Mitsuda
Japan Oil Federation
International Trade and Industry
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Christmas 73 Marked By Uncertainties
Christmas 1973 brought terrorism fears economic worry and fuel shortages with lighter road travel and security in Bethlehem Vatican Masses in Rome and a peaceful London Christmas. Nixon discussed oil policy while Kohoutek watched and German border tensions rose as East and West halves held wary calm.
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Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter’'s Basilica
Soyuz 13 Returns to Earth After Eight Day Mission
The Soviet Soyuz 13 crew Major Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev landed safely in Kazakhstan after an eight day flight. Tass reported the craft and on board instruments operated normally and the cosmonauts exited without assistance.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Kazakhstan
Baikonur Space Center
Maj
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
United States
Karagandain
Uz 11
U.S
Skylab astronauts record Kohoutek images in seven hour space walk
Skylab 3 Commander Gerald Carr and astronaut William Pogue spent seven hours outside the space station to photograph comet Kohoutek in multiple spectral wavelengths. Edward Gibson managed the craft from inside. Ground teams expect to analyze the footage upon return to Earth in February.
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Space Center
Houston
Kohoutek
Mayo Greenberg
Dudley Observatory
Earth
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Carr
Pogue
Gibson
Astro
Mao at 80 Healthier Than Ever
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports Mao Zedong turning 80 in good health despite privation and struggle. He plans a quiet day with a few friends and China will not stage public celebrations. Congratulatory messages come from Le Duan and Kim Il Sung as Mao remains active in meetings with foreign leaders.
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Tokyo
Mao T’se-tung
Mao
China
le Duan
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
Peking
Communist Party
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Jerry Harkavy
State House
Brouhaha
Joseph Sewall
Legislative Ethics Committee
Old Town
Appropriations Committee
Bigelow Mountain
Land Use Regulation Commission
Story
Elks Lodges
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Kazutaka Kikawada
Peter Walker
Bethlehem
Indochina
Henry A. Kissinger
London
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Hanoi
Biddeford
Skylab
Three View
Nauts
Inside the Journal
Abby
Horosope Movies
Sports Television
Ed Lie
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