Senate Leaders Acknowledge Seniority Still Shapes Committees
Senate leaders say the chamber has abandoned strict seniority yet practice shows senior members still prevail for chairmanships in most committees. Democrats and Republicans elected ranking members locally while chairmen are chosen by secret ballots before caucuses and the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
McGovern
Humphrey
GOP
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Emery Appointed OOB Assessor By MICHAEL SPATH
Bernard Emery was unanimously named single assessor for Old Orchard Beach at a regular council meeting. Emery, a retired tanker captain and lifelong resident, will work full time for a salary of 2500 dollars yearly. The council also appointed Portland attorney Barnett Shur as town attorney with a 6000 dollar retainer plus 40 dollars an hour.
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Bernard Emery
Loranger
Emery
Merchant Marine
Charles Beaudoin
Louis Savelas
Henry Wells
Old Orchard Beach
Raymond Nadeau
Sanford
Portland
Barnett Shur
Shur
Joseph Mokarzel
Man Killed Driving On Maine Turnpike
Retired deputy state police chief Ralph E. Staples, 47, of Farmingdale, died Monday afternoon after being stricken while driving on the Maine Turnpike. He was alone and traveling north when his car veered off the right side and stopped without overturning. A state medical examiner attributed the death to a heart attack. Staples had retired in 1970 as a deputy state police chief.
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Lewiston
Ralph E. Staples
Farmingdale
Maine
Staples
Police officer rise through ranks from 1950 to 1963
The obituary notes a state police career starting in 1950 with early duty in Scarborough. He advanced to sergeant in 1957, lieutenant in 1959, and captain in 1963 when named chief of the special services bureau. Cockfighting is illegal in the United States, Canada and many other countries.
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Scarborough
Special Services Bureau
The
United States
Canada
Countries
Phase 2 Proves Costly Wage-Price Controls
The Phase 2 wage and price controls cost the U S about 95 million for 14 months. IRS accounted for 62.7 million in enforcement expenses. Treasury Secretary George P Shultz said Phase 3 costs should be lower and a reduced bureaucracy is hoped. John T Dunlop named as new wage price chief and to face Congress.
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Department
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Cost of Living Council
Shultz
John T. Dunlop
Congress
Senate
Dunlop
Harvard
Donald Rumsfeld
Nicaragua Begins Reconstruction After Deadly Managua Quake
Gen. Anastasio Somoza announced evacuation complete and 15,000 U S and OAS donated houses under construction as relief workers estimate 10,000 to 12,000 dead from the December 23 quake that leveled 600 blocks and caused about 1 billion dollars in damage.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Organization of American States
Tammy Beaulieu Patient At Maine Medical Center
Tammy Beaulieu daughter of Mrs Martha F Beaulieu of 5 Bernard Ave Biddeford is a patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Saccharin is 400 to 500 times as sweet as sugar but contains no carbohydrates and has no food value.
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Martha F. Beaulieu
Bernard Ave
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Bonanza Ends Its Run On NBC After 430 Episodes
New York AP reports Bonanza ends tonight on NBC after 430 original performances. The sendoff teleplay The Hunter is written and directed by Michael Landon who has played Little Joe since the show began on September 12 1959.
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New York
NBC
Michael Landon
Tombstone Territory
Rough Riders
Clint Eastwood
Hec Ramsey
ABC
CBS
Dodge City
Phase 3 Nixon plan fuels uncertainty in economy
Uncertainty surrounds Phase 3 of Nixon economic policy as mandatory controls ease yet inflation concerns remain. Analysts note signs of restraint and forecast more limited gains, with data showing autos and housing demand at record levels and retail sales rising strongly.
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Henry C. Wallich
Yale
Lunokhod 2 Soft Lands on Moon with TV Rover
Soviet Tass reports Lunokhod 2 landed on the eastern Sea of Serenity inside Lemognier Crater at 1 35 a m EST 5 35 p m. The 1848 pound rover rolled down the gangway at 4 14 a m and began sending television pictures while its systems were checked.
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Tass
Sea of Serenity
Lemognier
Lunokhod
Earth
Lunokhod 1
Lunokhod 2
Elvis Presley Draws Massive Japanese TV Audience
Nippon Television reports Elvis Presley's one hour Sun day show televised from Honolulu drew 17.8 percent of Japanese sets, one of its highest ratings since NTV began 20 years ago, across 27 stations.
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Elvis Presley
Nippon
NTV
Honolulu
Whch
Japan
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