Wholesale Prices Climb Sharply in January Amid Inflation Surge
Wholesale prices rose 3.1 percent in January, the second-highest monthly gain on record, signaling higher retail costs to come. Farm products, industrial commodities, consumer goods, and fuels surged, with fuel and oil driving much of the jump. annual inflation would run about 37.2 percent if January's rate persisted. Lumber was the lone commodity group to decline.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Modity Group
Bureau
Ban Lifted For Liquor At School Functions In Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach occurs after a 3 to 1 school board vote allowing the Chamber of Commerce to use school facilities for recreation and alcohol service under strict guidelines. Opposed by PTA president Marie Smith, the plan includes insurance safety rules and an escrow for damages. The board also created a parental taxi fund for sick students and denounced an unsecured band loan, prompting a push to treat it as a community project.
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Old Orchard Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Chester Kimball
Louis DeAngelis
David Despres
Chamber
Old Orchard
Trg
Despres
PTA
Marie Smith
David Berthiaume
Nixon Tapes Confrontation Looms In Senate Fight
Senate Judiciary panel may rush action on Nixon tapes as Jaworski demands access to 27 meetings and calls. White House argues cooperation sufficient. St Clair negotiates White House file access for impeachment inquiry. Westinghouse cites gaps in tapes and experts to review potential tampering.
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Jaworski
James 0. Fastland
D-Miss
White House
Fastland
Mississippi
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Judiciary Committee
Gerald L. Warren
Key Biscayne
Fla
Gerald R. Ford
James D. St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
John Doar
House
Albert
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Westinghouse
Nixon
Dwight Chapin
John W. Dean II
Ralph Nader
Kennebunk budget up 25 percent for 1974 funding plan
Kennebunk selectmen unveiled a 1974 budget proposing 1.04 million dollars in appropriations, a 25 percent rise from 1973, with about 615 thousand dollars to be raised by assessment. Town Manager Kenneth Barrett framed it as a pay as you go budget, citing cost of living increases and highway needs, and noting no borrowing this year while planning to pay off existing debts.
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Kennebunk — the Selectmen
Budget Board
Kenneth Barrett
Barrett
Selectmen
David Crook
Barret
David Shields
Shields
Superior Court
Planning Board
Appeals Board
Norman Stevens
Herman Cohen
Stevens
Sea Road
Heath Road
Cohen
Quake Shakes Panhandle and Surrounding States
An earthquake centered about 50 miles northeast of Borger Texas rattled the Texas Panhandle and reached adjoining areas in Oklahoma and Kansas. The U S Geological Survey logged the temblor at 8 5 a m Texas time with an estimated magnitude between 4 and 4 5. The quake was felt in Spearman Perryton Borger and Guymon Goodwell and Liberal with reports of cracked walls in Perryton.
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Washington
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
U.S. Geological Service
Texas
Borger
Tex
Spearman
Perryton
Guymon
Goodwill
Hardesty
Okla
Liberal
Kan
Community confronts drug abuse at Old Orchard Beach event
Nearly 300 residents including police Chief Richard Lamb, parents, teachers and students attended Drug Awareness Night at Old Orchard Beach High School. Speakers from Portland PD and recovery centers outlined roles, dangers, and the need for community led action beyond law enforcement to curb drugs and alcohol harm.
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Old Orchard Beach
Richard Lamb
Portland Police Department
York County Counseling Services
Lamb
Michael Russo
Special Enforcement
Portland
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David Majercik
Plante
Saco River
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Charles Sutton
Inside the Journal
Dear Abby
Biddeford
Solzhenitsyn
Switzerland
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Leon Jaworski
Jenner
Newsmen
St. Clair
Ternal Revenue Service
Kennebunk
Panhandle
Michael Spath
John Donovan
Donovan
Meohol
Paul McDonnell
Milestone Foundation
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