Biddeford Police Vote Union Into Council 74
Biddeford Police Department officers voted 15 to 101 to join Council 74 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes. Sergeants and patrolmen will be in the bargaining unit for a year, with wages and other terms to be negotiated. Local 1828 now includes Biddeford and other southern Maine departments. A 10 day waiting period precedes contract delivery and city union talks.
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Council 74
American Federation of State
Charlies Sherburne
Sherburne
South Portland
Saco
Mid Orchard Beach
Cape Elizabeth
Westbrook
Gorham Falmouth
Jerome Berger
Roger Beaupre
Albert Lamirande
Stuards
Donald Jarry
Gerard Jacques
Richard Gagne
Police Department
U S asks for 140 POWs return before Tuesday
U S officials after a Joint Military Commission subcommittee meeting on captured persons asked North Vietnam and the Viet Cong to release 140 more American prisoners of war before next Tuesday. They said they would take the request to their authorities for action.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Hanoi
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Laos
Kissinger
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Demilitarized Zone
Earthquake Shakes Up Los Angeles
A moderate quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Los Angeles at 8 46 am local time. No injuries or heavy damage were reported, though windows shattered and debris scattered as residents fled. The quake was felt within a 200 mile radius, with downtown high rises swaying and coast highways from Malibu to San Bernardino affected. The National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder confirmed the magnitude and scope.
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National Earthquake Information Center
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Colo
Highway Patrol
Malibu
San Bernardino
Inside The Journal Automobile Section Review
The Journal marks its annual automobile section highlighting extensive vehicle coverage from aging horseless buggies to modern cars. Readers are directed to pages 1A through 12A for complete details and features a light column titled Today’s Chuckle.
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Henry Ford
Nixon Defends Budget Cuts To Stretch Family Dollars
President Nixon defended budget cuts as a way to stretch the family dollar and said food prices will rise for months but may ease in the second half of the year. He argued reductions in social programs and continued wage and price controls, with emphasis on expanding food supplies to relieve housewives without harming farmers. He announced plans to send the economic section of the State of the Union to Congress and trim social programs from the budget.
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Nixon
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State of the Union
Go Meatless Urges Nixon Administration
Washington AP report says Nixon aides suggest meatless days to curb rising food costs after January prices jumped the most in 20 to 25 years. Burns urges voluntary meatless day while budget increases target aid to the poor, sick, elderly, and hungry. Nixon outlines monetary reforms and devaluation aims to correct trade imbalance in a Key Biscayne message.
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U.S
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Laos Cease Fire Signed Replacing 1962 Accord
Laos factions signed a cease fire to take effect at noon Thursday with a plan for a provisional national unity government. The accord calls for prisoner release within 90 days and withdrawal of foreign troops, overseen by the ICC. Local capital neutrality zones are to protect the government amid ongoing U S air operations and adviser withdrawals.
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Laos
Geneva
Pheng Phongsavan
National Union
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phowma
U.S
International Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Pheng
Luang Prabang
Israelis Raid Guerrilla Bases in Lebanon Kill Toll Reported
Israeli commandos raided two Arab guerrilla bases at Lebanon's northern end, with the Israeli military claiming dozens of guerrillas killed. Guerrilla sources in Lebanon reported 15 to 26 dead and more than 60 wounded as a Lebanese government statement alleged complicity in the attacks.
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Banon
Ity
Beirut
Nahr al Bared
Badawi
Black September Movement
al Fatah
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Munich
Public Hearing Set On Maremont Case
DEP will hold a public hearing on Maremont Corporation's license to discharge one million gallons of oil and metal waste into Goosefare Brook while a 960000 dollar waste treatment plant is built. Hearing expected late March or early April with ongoing review by the Saco Conservation Commission after DEP findings.
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Maremont Corporation
Goosefare Brook
State Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
David Leake
Leake
Maremont
Saco Conservation Commission
Sevigny to retire as Biddeford police chief in 1973
Chief Edgar Sevigny will retire July 20 1973 ending 31 years in Biddeford police work. He joined as captain in 1943 after Navy service and will depart as the department’s longest serving chief and captain. Mayor Boucher and Police Commission chair Rioux praise his career and impact on crime rates.
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Biddeford
Sevigny
U.S. Navy
Philippines
Gilbert R. Boucher
Chief Sevigny
Roland Rioux
Police Commission
Rioux
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