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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1975
Page
3
A New York Times report describes routine life in Jerusalem and Israel despite bombings and grenade attacks. Daily scenes of shopping, travel, and security checks persist, while outsiders misread the ongoing calm and fear as constant warfare.
The FBI's annual report for fiscal year 1974 warns that nuclear weapons could fall into terrorist hands and notes increased investigations under the Atomic Energy Act. It cites sharp rises in bank robberies and white collar crime, and details Soviet bloc and Chinese presence in the United States.
Abner Lopez a 72 year old retired factory worker in Springfield is valued at least 140000 by Judge George C. Keady Jr after fire crews found cash bank books bonds and stock certificates among debris He is under temporary conservatorship while probate actions proceed and neighbors describe him as reclusive and frugal with limited income expectations.
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination found Smith College guilty of sex bias in a 1972 complaint by two English department faculty members. The decision orders reinstatement to associate professor with tenure and back pay, plus an affirmative action plan. Smith plans an appeal.
Former star Betty Hutton, 53, quit as cook at St Anthony’s Rectory in Portsmouth Rhode Island to pursue a return to show business. Father Peter Maguire says she’s not retiring, seeks work, and has been hospitalized for mental and physical care after past hardships.
Premier Gerald Regan says John Shaheen’s claim that pipefitters block the Strait of Canso refinery holds some truth. Union leaders seek more for pipefitters than other trades, while nine of 13 trades have tentatively settled with the New Glasgow Building and Construction Trades Council. Federal financing for a common-user dock remains a hurdle. Construction would begin in spring if the project proceeds.
President Ford signed a sweeping trade reform bill granting authority to ease tariffs for a new round of talks and linking some concessions to emigration policies. He voiced reservations over Soviet and OPEC-linked provisions while noting the measure aims to avert oil price shocks and food shortages.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas remains with partial left side weakness after a stroke during Bahamas vacation. Doctors report he has improved, is alert, on a full diet, and began physical therapy. No medical bulletins are expected over the weekend.
The Soviet cruise ship Alexandr Pushkin was cleared of dumping garbage off the Gaspe coast on July 28, 1975. Judge Guy Guerin threw out the pollution charge after a postponement request, while another judge previously acquitted the ship in 1973 for a wake slick not proven to be a pollutant.
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