Sewage Treatment Series Probes City Plants
A six part Biddeford Saco Journal series tours the blue white municipal and industrial plants on the Saco River. It features tours, interviews, independent water tests, and sediment analysis to assess treatment effectiveness and future challenges under stricter federal rules.
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Biddeford
Saco
Biddeford- Saco
Maine
Maryline White
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Saco River
Dayan Outlines Terms for Possible Suez Withdrawal
In Washington Moshe Dayan and Henry Kissinger discussed what Egypt might receive in return for a sizable Israeli withdrawal from the Suez Canal and the viable buffer line. They addressed disEngagement distances weapons to be allowed and thinned Egyptian forces while Dayan cautioned no final plan yet.
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Washington
Moshe Dayan
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Israel
Dayan
Kissinger
East Bank
Cae
Mariner recalls mighty Atlantic storm aboard ship American Legacy
Executive officer Carl Swanson of the United States lines container ship American Legacy recounts a four day gale from Le Havre to New York that hurled ten 40 foot containers overboard, damaged 23 more, snapped 4400 pound cables, and delayed the voyage from seven days to eleven, with 85 mph winds and seven foot seas.
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Kennebunkport
Neve
Carl Swanson
Swanson
American Legacy
New York
Europe
United States Lines
LeHavre
France
Anti-Oil Refinery Group Is Formed
In Kittery on the New Hampshire border the Committee for Regional Oil Planning CROP forms to oppose a proposed 600 million oil refinery at Durham Point New Hampshire They urge New England governors to fund a regional refinery site study Arthur Martin a naval architect and boat builder leads CROP and says pamphlets on economic and environmental impacts are underway He challenges claims of jobs and taxes from the refinery and criticizes Governor Meldrim Thomson for not doing his homework
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Martin
New England
Aristotle Onassis
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Biddeford council creates deputy parks and recreation director
Biddeford Mayor Lucien Dutremble and City Council designate Richard J. Saucier as deputy director of parks and recreation at $9,500 annually. Council President Michael Bergeron says Braley remains head unless he chooses otherwise amid factional dispute over the post. Some council members say no vote occurred during organizational sessions, while others recall discussion about the deputy position.
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Lucien Dutremble
Biddeford
Michael Bergeron
John Braley
Bergeron
Richard J
Joe” Saucier
Parks and Recreation
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Mitchell Campaign To Visit Biddeford In Maine Race
Portland attorney George Mitchell announced a Maine campaign for governor with Biddeford slated as a frequent stop. He pledged full disclosure of finances and emphasized campaign finance reform, while outlining plans on oil refineries and future energy needs amid unemployment concerns. He noted Lloyd LaFountain’s bid would not deter him and urged direct voter outreach.
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Portland
George Michell
Biddeford
George Mitchell
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Muskie
Maine
Mitchell
Lloyd LaFountain
Maines
Sanford
Saco Plans Low Income Duplex Housing Subdivision
Saco Planning Board approved Rich Vale Construction Co plans for seven two unit duplexes to aid low income housing. Sites include Bonython Avenue Glenwood Avenue and Lincoln Street with two more planned. Project subsidized by federal funding. Board also reviewed charter amendments and decided to forward names and term expirations for board members and alternates including James Wilkinson 1974.
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Saco Planning Board
Richard Valentino
Rich Vale Construction Co
William Boucouvalas
Valentino
Betts
Boucouvalas
Bonython Avenue
Glenwood Avenue
Lincoln Street
Carl Laws
James Wilkinson
Nixon Hires Attorney To Handle Watergate Case
News brief notes that President Nixon has hired counsel to manage legal proceedings stemming from the Watergate scandal. The report references the political climate and ongoing investigations shaping public reaction.
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Humphrey
Nixon
Nation adopts year round daylight saving time
Washington AP reports clocks move ahead one hour to start year round daylight saving time. The change, effective 2 a.m. Sunday, lasts through October 1975, with Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and much of Indiana exempted. Secretary Brinegar granted exemptions for Idaho, Oregon, Arizona, and Kentucky’s northeastern counties.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Indiana
Claude S. Brinegar
Nixon
Idaho
Oregon
Arizona
Kentucky
Kremlin Attacks Gulag Book as Slander in TV Broadcast
Soviet television denounced Alexander Solzhenitsyns Gulag Archipelago as malicious slander against socialism and detente. Anatoly Potapov called the work a novel attacking memory of Soviet soldiers and implied allies of the West seek to poison life in the Soviet Union. The program revealed the book title and described it as about Soviet labor camps.
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Kremlin
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Anatoly Potapov
Tass
Potaspov
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Potapov
Potanov
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James R. Schlesinger
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R’port Mariner
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Ireland
North Atlantic
Anti-Oil Refinery Group
Biddefords
Saucier
Braley
Guy Farrell
Joseph Zuke
Boucher Administration Council
Zuke
Augusta
Mitchel
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