Tunnel Fire Strands Passengers in Boston Subway
About 400 commuters walked through a smoke filled MBTA tunnel to Broadway and ground level after a fire on an inbound Red Line car near South Boston. One passenger Robert Purcell of Dorchester was in fair condition at Boston City Hospital, and a fireman was treated and released. The blaze damaged two cars and halted service, with 1,000 foot hose lines needed to reach the engine room.
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Boston
Boston City Hospital
MBTA
Broadway
Robert Purcell
Dorchester
South Station
Fort Point
Boston Harbor
Quincy
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Study Panel Proposes Lobster Control Zones
The Maine Study Committee on Fisheries recommends local zone management for lobstering under the Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission. Proposals include seven lobstermen per zone with two dealers, license caps, trap limits, new escape features, a moratorium on licenses, and two year review.
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Roger Berthiaume
Augusta
The
Has
Maine
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission
Richard N. Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Senate
Sea and Shore Department
York County
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Two Injured In Buxton School Bus Collision On Route 4A
A Volkswagen driven by Don Maddocks and carrying Miltonry Pelletier collided with a Bonny Eagle High School bus in Buxton on Route 4A after icy roads. Both occupants were treated for facial bruises at Maine Medical Center and released. No serious student injuries were reported. The bus, operated by Louise DePaulo, began its run at 6 25 a m.
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Buxton
Bonny Eagle
Portland
Maine Medical Center
Don Maddocks
Miltonry
Pelletier
Hollis
Peter A. Center
Louise DePaulo
Bar Mills
Biddeford High School to add basement admin area
Biddeford High School will add a 70 900 dollar central administrative area in the basement of the new addition after a change order approved by the Building Committee. The planned space includes a school board room conference room offices and storage with 18 percent state subsidy reducing city cost to 7 900 dollars.
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John Surran
Biddeford High School
Andrew C. Frechette
Frechette
C.m.cimino
Falmouth
Cimino
State Board of Education
Subcommittee
Losses Grow as US B52 and F111 Downed in Vietnam War
SAIGON AP report: U S Command confirms the downing of another B52 heavy bomber and an F111 fighter bomber in the air war over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Snowmobiles Banned From Mt Washington Road
The Mt Washington Auto Road company bans snowmobiles from the eight mile route to the 6288 foot peak citing extreme wind low temperatures severe storms and large drifts. Cross country skiers and snowshoers will still be allowed with no restrictions.
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Greens Grant, N.H
Mt. Washington
Douglas Philbrook
Philbrook
Anti-War Sentiment Dominates Opening of 93rd Congress
At the 93rd Congress opening in Washington, Senate Democrats push to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam if Nixon does not act, backing Kennedy’s proposal to cut off war funding immediately with prisoner release and safe withdrawal as conditions. Republicans back negotiated settlements despite internal confusion.
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Congress
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Vietnam
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
House
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Indochina
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
William Brock
Tennessee
Edward M. Brooke
Massachusetts
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
John Tower
Texas
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Michael J. Herrington
D-Mass
Defense
North Vietnam
Senate Democratic Conference
Majority
Mike Mansfield
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Charles Percy
Illinois
Beccause
Sheltra Named Chairman of York County Delegation
Rep. Carl F. Sheltra of Biddeford was unanimously elected chairman of the York County Delegation at a brief session after the 106th Legislature opening. The delegation includes four Senators and 16 House Republicans with Democrats holding the majority in the chamber and two Senate seats assigned to Republicans.
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Maryline White
Augusta
Carl F. Sheltra
D-Biddeford
York County
Richard D. Hewes
Cape Elizabeth
Elmont S. Tyndale
Rhennebunkport
Agriculture Committee
Norman Pratt
R-Parsonsfield
Philip Berry
D-Buxton
Sheltra
Henry Hodgdon
Kittery
Inside The Journal Cartoons And Classifieds
A roundup of features includes cartoons, classifieds, a crossword puzzle, and an Inside The Journal page with Dear Abby editorials and Baxter State Park news. The issue notes a winter halt caused by snow and reports an unusual escape from Thomaston.
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Abby
Baxter State Park
Jupiter
Thomaston
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Dick Danforth
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Leatrice Mein
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Robert Farley
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Armand Fecteau
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