Maine bond issues total over eighty three million dollars
Maine lawmakers unveiled bond proposals exceeding 83 million dollars for 1967 to 71 funding. Major allocations cover highways, education, mental health and corrections, airports, ocean research, and campus buildings including Orono and Gorham. Military conflict mentions headline the Saigon front with casualty counts as part of broader AP dispatches.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Curtis
Carl Cianchette
D-Pittsfield
Roosevelt T Susi
Susi
Overnor
Hinddot
University of Maine
Paris
Gorham
Israel warns of more hangings in Iraq and U Thant acts
Israel told U Thant that another group of Jews faces execution in Iraq after nine Iraqis and five others were hanged for spying for Israel. Thant said he would look into the report, while global leaders condemned the executions as barbaric and a risk to Middle East peace.
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Israel
U.N
U Thant
Iraq
United Nations
Joel Barrami
Thant
Abdullah el Samarrai
Baghdad
Barrami
Thant Sibly
Abba Eban
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
United States
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
American Jewish Committee
London
The
Guardian
Nixon
Washington
Soviet Union
Mideast
Remedies Proposed by Politicians Still Untested
A lighthearted note questions the efficacy of remedies politicians push. It argues that even if all proposed cures were tried, results might still be suboptimal, inviting readers to consider practical limits of political solutions.
Knox County Seeks Tepco Aluminum Plant in Rockland Area
Knox County Planning Commissioner Bernard Porter wrote Tepco Inc president LeRoy Shepard seeking a general statement of land needs for an industrial park. Voters in nearby Trenton rejected a $160 million bond for a proposed smelter, while Tepco weighs Rockland and other sites.
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Rockland
Tepco, Inc
Bernard Porter
Knox County Planning Commission
LeRoy G. Shepard
Development Corporation
Trenton
Bar Harbor
Shepard
Boston Edison Seeks Clean Air Upgrades For City
Boston Edison proposes anti pollution upgrades to cut sulfur dioxide by switching to lower sulfur fuel oil and installing scrubbers. Officials estimate $6 million yearly fuel cost rise and a $12 million scrubber installation with $3 million annual operating costs, while regulators cite Edison for 69 air violations since 1964.
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Boston
Boston Edison
Everett
Southton
Worcester
Beantown
United States
John L. Saltonstall
State Department of Public Health
Edison
Maurey Feldman
Consolidated Edison
New York City
Con Ed
State Health Department
Admiral to tell Pueblo seizure story in public hearing
Rear Admiral Frank L. Johnson will recount in public the unclassified portions of his closed testimony on the USS Pueblo seizure. Cmdr Lloyd Bucher, facing possible court martial, asked for support and criticized the court as fair while seeking another command.
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Coronado
Calif
Uss Pueblo
Navy
Frank L. Johnson
U.S. Naval
Japan
Johnson
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Yokosuka
Harvey Sai
Arvey
Harvey
Nixon sets drive to win Democratic Congress support
President Nixon, praised for his first news conference, launches a broad effort to win favor in the Democratic-controlled Congress. He plans visits to Capitol Hill leaders, the Pentagon, and major departments, with bipartisan meetings and a push for new U S leadership on Arab-Israeli tensions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
Statertment
Pentagon
Paris
Uni
Johnson
United Nations
United States
Small deeds shine in the week after Nix speech
An AP survey highlights acts of kindness across the United States during inauguration week. Yoke Leimo in Portland received free cotton candy for leukemia patients after zoo staff set up a machine in her ward. Karen Parker’s family in Sioux Falls raised 35320 for a kidney transplant. Brenda Shuffield Andry’s Arkansas transplant fund reached 28000 with civic help. Peter Jaskel saved a driver from the Delaware River in Philadelphia. A Mothers group in Washington offered support for families with wayward children.
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America
Nixon
Phillip Massinger
Portland
Ore
Yoke Leimo
Yoe T. Liem
Zoo
Ken Lewis
Sioux Falls
S.D
Karen Parker
Karen
Little Rock
Ark
Brenda Shuffield Andry
Arkansas
Philadelphia
Peter Jaskel
Villanova Universit
Delaware River
Jesse
Washington
Henry Breul
Parents of Hippies’ Association
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
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Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Dmz
Hanoi
3Rd Marne Division
Walpole
Farmington
Auburn
Bangor
Livermore Falls
Tis
Capitol
Augusta State Hospital
Bangor State Hospital
Pan Pineland Hospital
Boys Training Center
Stevens Training Center
Men's Correctional Center
Maine Maritime Academy
Poland Spring Sta'r
Ferry Beach
Saco
Damariscotta Lake
Popham Beach
Saco River
Machine Products Inc
Albert N. Carbee
Maine Dry Cleaners
Knox County
Porter
Tepco
Portier
Scammon
Elm Street
Andrew J. Fournier
Albert L Murray
Sullivan St
N. P. Scontras Real Estate Agency
E. Miles Harvey
Ence
Mike Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Keny
Mansfield
John F. Kennedy
Brenda
A. J. Sheffield
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