Kissinger Heads for Hanoi on Postwar Mission
Henry Kissinger began a multi country trip from Bangkok to Hanoi and Peking to ease postwar relations with Vietnam and broaden US Chinese ties. He will meet North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi and then discuss Laos and Cambodia ceaseFire prospects with Laotian officials and Premier Chou En Lai in Beijing.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Bangkok
Vietnam
Hanoi
Peking
America
Nixon
Vientiane
Laos
Kissinger
North Vietnam
U.S
Chou En-lai
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
C. Emery Swank
Cambodia
McMurtrie Godley
One Dies In Boston Train Fire
A Boston commuter train fire during rush hour killed one man, 74, and sent 94 others to hospitals. Smoke filled the subway as hundreds fled the tunnel, with MBTA crews aiding evacuations. Fire officials cited burning grease and oil in the undercarriage. cause under investigation.
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Boston
MBTA
South
Sout
George Paul
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Lou Goodman
Adolph
Washington Street
Goodman
Arthur Rotch
Milton
Paul
Joseph Kelly
Diane Coughlin
Dorchester
University Change Among Locally Sponsored Bills
State Rep Elmont Tyndale proposes a feasibility study on absorbing the University of Maine into the State Department of Education to examine administration and campus coordination. Other bills include fringe benefits for part time workers, abolition or reform of county government, and a mandatory six month jail sentence for breaking and entering.
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Augusta
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
University of Maine
State Department of Education
Rep
Tyndale
House
Legislative Education Committee
Department of Education
Donald MacNeil
Senate
Maine
Carroll W. Farrington
China
Walter E. Morin
Fort Kent
Health and Welfare Department
Charlotte H. White
Guilford
Elmont S. Tyndale
Rhennebunkport
York County
Stennis Still Grave as Senator Improves Slightly
Sen John C Stennis 71 remained in grave condition after gunshot wounds though officials reported some improvement. Walter Reed spokesman Maj Frank Garland said he rested well five hours awake alert and conversant. Surgeons say condition stabilized since yesterday surgery.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Maj
Frank Garland
Stennis
Sen. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Biddeford High students ask Maine poll on death penalty
In Biddeford Maine United States history class students surveyed opinions on reviving capital punishment. State Rep Armand Fecteau said he opposes the bill and supports life imprisonment, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling. He predicted the measure has no chance of passing. The discussion followed a rise in murder rates and included a questionnaire circulated at the school and to police.
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Armand Fecteau
D-Biddeford
Fecteau
Biddeford - Saco
David Redman
Biddeford High School
Biddeford
Maine
Fcteau
Supreme Court
Redman
Emergency Bill Funds Social Services in Maine Senate
The Maine Senate sent to the governor an emergency bill to appropriate 350000 to fund social service programs cut by federal action through March 15 with unanimous support in the Senate and a 116 to 29 vote in the House. Provisions cover neighborhood centers and meals for the elderly.
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Augusta
Senate
House
2040 POW Releases Planned For Saturday
A senior U S official said the United States plans to receive 20 to 40 American prisoners of war from jungle camps along the Cambodian border north of Saigon on Saturday. The first group may be released early next week to coincide with Kissinger’s visit, with helicopters taking them to Tan Son Nhut and then to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. International Commission of Control and Supervision teams from Canada, Indonesia, Poland and Hungary prepared to move on two hours notice. Red Cross delegates from Canada and Poland joined prison camp tours, as an annex to the Paris cease fire pact assigns Red Cross access to prisoner sites. Saigon reported 121 cease-fire violations and North Vietnamese movement toward the A Shau Valley, with 443 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed and 42 South Vietnamese troops dead in the past 24 hours.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
An Loc
Tan Son Nhut
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Red Cross
Vietnam
Paris
Central Highlands
Pleiku
A Shau
Hue
York County Taxes Get New Revision
Revised 1973 York County tax figures show a total $465,255 to be raised by taxation after credits. The 1973 state valuation is $433,100, and the tax rate is $1.05 per thousand, down from $1.15 in 1972. Cities and towns in the Journal area list varying increases and decreases from 1972 totals.
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Alfred
York County
Board of County Commissioners
Lucien Dutremble
Augusta
Registrar of Deeds and District Court
Journal
Arundel
Biddeford
Dayton
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Wells
Inside The Journal Hospitals Await POWs
Kennebunk area news notes hospital space and care plans as POWs may be housed locally. Political smearing concerns arise around local issues. Crossword puzzle and daily chuckle provide light features.
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Kennebunk Area
Sanderson
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