New England eyed for federal Solar Energy Lab in Wakefield
Massachusetts officials say a federal Solar Energy Research Institute could locate in New England to leverage high tech industries and universities. SERI could have a $50 million yearly budget by 1980. proposal timing nears as ERDA invites formal bids next month.
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Wakefield
Mass
New Enland
Federal Solar Energy Laboratory
Irving Sacks
Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation
Solar Energy Research Institute
SERI
Ener Research and Development Administration
Move Maine primary date from June to September bill
A bill to shift Maine’s primary from June to September will be introduced in the legislature next month. If approved, the first Thursday in September would be the primary date, but the 1976 election would not be affected. the change would start with 1978.
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Augusta
Maine
Egy
Edward Kelleher
Dbanger
Elizabeth Mitchell
D-Vassalboro
Kelleher
Mitchell
Lawrence Bagley
R-Monmouth
Mark Gartley
Earth shape debate cites two NatGeo measurements
The National Geographic Society notes the earth is round with an equatorial circumference around 24,902 miles, while other measurements place it at about 24,818 miles. The figures reflect small discrepancies in geodetic data.
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National Geographic Society
Nations Unite In Rescue Effort For Indian Mine Workers
The United States, Soviet Union, and France joined to send ten high capacity pumps and technicians to the Chasnala coal mine near India’s northeast, where 372 miners are feared dead after a gas explosion flooded a shaft. Despite pumping efforts, officials expect low survival chances though air pockets may save some.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
France
United States
Robert Barrett
U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Washington
Midland
Tex
Chasnala
Justice Department Gets Word Represent Indians
The First Circuit ordered the U S Justice Department to help represent the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes in a $300 million land claim against Maine and Massachusetts. The ruling upholds a 1790 statute to protect tribes in supervised dealings and could affect other cases. the government may appeal to the Supreme Court within 90 days.
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Portland
Penobscot
Maine
Massachusetts
Justice Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Thomas N. Tureen
Indians
U.S. Supreme Court
Green
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Tureen
Supreme Court
Milk Scale Wins Nod in Maine Dairy Pricing Move
Cumberland Farms Northern Inc says the Maine Milk Commission price schedule is a step forward though not enough. The order raises the minimum price to farmers from 10.68 to 11.82 per 100 pounds and keeps half gallon milk at 78 cents while squeezing middlemen margins from 64 to 52 cents per gallon, with further margin cuts planned for March and June. Cumberland Farms may pursue court action if the change is deemed insufficient. The hearing on an injunction was continued pending the decision.
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Augusta
Maine
Eee
Cumberland Farms Northern Inc
Maine Milk Commission
David Cohen
Cohen
Cumberland County Superior Court
Ohen
Maine Senator Criticizes Disconnection Policies
State Senator Bruce M. Reeves accuses New England Telephone Co. of violating the spirit of Maine legislation with its disconnection practices while agreeing the company does not break the law. PUC Chairman Peter Bradford says regulations will come in January, with notices of termination and procedures for appeals, installments, and reconnection pricing to be set. Reeves notes constituent complaints and supported the disconnection bill.
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Augusta
Maine
Bruce M. Reeves
Pittston
New England Telephone Co
Reeves
Telephone Company
John McCatherin
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Peter Bradford
Maine association seeks 10000 to stay open till June
The Maine Association for Retarded Citizens states it needs at least $10,000 to remain operating through June. Executive seed John Dickens says a state grant request is with the Executive Council, a hearing on the rev est tentatively set for Jan. 14, though state aid seems unlikely. The group has launched a statewide fundraising drive and its board meets Jan. 10 to discuss further ideas.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Association For Retarded Citizens
John Dickens
Executive Council
Mexican minister quits amid policy flap in Mexico City
Foreign Minister Emilio C Rabasa resigns amid a row over Mexico United Nations votes on Zionism. President Luis Echeverria names Alfonso Garcia Robles as his successor. Garcia Robles has led Mexico at the U N since 1971. Rabasa plans to seek a Senate seat next July.
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Mexico City
Emilio C. Rabasa
Mexico
United Nations
Luis Echeverria
Alfonso Garcia Robles
Rabasa
Garcia Robles
U.N. General Assembly
Echeverria
Art Waldheim
U.S
United States
Rael
Olympic Decorating Contest Halted in Montreal
The Olympic organizing committee was ordered by a Quebec Superior Court justice to stop a street decorating contest for the 1976 Games pending an injunction hearing. Artist Jerre d Amour claimed officials used his original idea without permission and said he suggested it to the committee in March 1974.
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Montreal
Olympic Organizing Committee
Quebec
Jerre d Amour
D’amour
Comey
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N.E
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Boston
Rank C. Vytal
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UPI
Peri
Government Ethics and Election Practices Commission
Jor
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Tripoli
Irons
The
Arab League
Mahmoud Riad
Baath Socialist Party
Riad
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Zohair Mohsen
Saiga
Damascus
Farouk Kaddoumi
Gyor
Hungary
Dairies
Cumberland Farms
Ma Bell
McCatherin
Marc
Vest
Dickens
U.N. Assembly
Algeria
Algiers
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez
Carlos
Paris
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Libya
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Austria
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