Proceedings May Last All Weekend on Nixon Impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee resumes today to vote on an article accusing President Nixon of obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover up. After Friday’s 12 hour session, Chairman Rodino signals possible Sunday action as Republicans push for specificity, with votes shaping the path to the House and then the Senate.
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Judiciary Committee
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
House
Senate
Charles W. Sandman Jr
R-N.j
Sandman
Henry P. Smith III
R-N.y
Harold V. Froehlich
R-Wis
Walter Flowers
Alabama
Flowers
Rodino
Charles E. Wiggins
Rcalif
David W. Dennis
Rind
Watergate
Peter W. Rodine
Charles W. Sandman
New Jersey
New York
Charles B. Rangel
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Portugal Offers Independence to Its African Territories
President Antonio de Spinola announced on national radio and TV that Mozambique Angola and Portuguese Guinea are to begin independence. He said the military junta will open the path to self determination and national futures for Guinea-Bissau Mozambique and Angola.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Spinola
Spinola
Mozambique
Angola
Portuguese Guinea
Guinea- Bissau
Biddeford Council Awards Contract For Alfred Road Park
Biddeford City Council voted 5-2 to award DesRoberts and Henry the contract to draw up basic engineering designs for the Alfred Road commercial industrial park. Four firms bid. debate focused on scope, with Dow and Coulombe offering lower prices if extras were omitted. The council referred bids to the Economic Improvement Commission for review before a second reading.
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Biddeford
DesRoberts
Henry
Alfred Road
Claire Malasnik
Dow and Coulombe
Saco
Economic Improvement Commission
Shield’s Meats
York County
Griffin Associates
E. C. Jordan
EIC
Finance Committee
Council
Malasnik
Cote Served Papers Over Zoning Violations At Beach Village
Robert Cote, owner of Guay's Village in Old Orchard Beach, was served notice on July 25 that alleged zoning violations will be brought to the courts. He claims selective enforcement and vows to expose other businesses he suspects of violations.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert Cote
Guay
Cote
Kennebunk River dredging hinges on disposal site found
Army Corps spokesman says dredging the Kennebunk River by next spring requires a suitable disposal site found by fall. About 44 000 cubic feet of spoils would be removed, with cost estimates up to 220 000 dollars at five dollars per cubic foot. Site size, soil tests, and wetlands approvals loom large.
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Kennebunks
Army Corps of Engineers
Kennebunk
Corps
Harmon Guptill
Abbot Pendergast
Kennebunkport
Robert Reid
Kenneth Barrett
Kebunkport
Guptil
Reid
Cape Porpoise to get automated horn buoy off shore
Coast Guard plans within a year to replace the Goat Island lighthouse with an automated light and horn buoy about two miles off Cape Porpoise Pier and add an unmanned beacon on Goat Island. Final purchase and sale steps depend on paperwork. the $16,000 buoy will be activated from Crow Hill Communications Center.
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Kennebunkport
Coast Guard
Goat Island
Cape Porpoise Pier
Ransom Boyce
U.S. Coast Guard
Crow Hill
David Walley
Abbott Pendergast
Boyce
Michael Paradis
Impeachment Proceedings Timeline Outlined by Congress
AP reports a timetable for impeachment work with the House aiming to finish by August and a Senate trial likely to start in late September. The Judiciary Committee would refer to the Rules Committee before floor consideration, with 60 to 100 hours proposed for articles of impeachment. Impeachment requires a majority in the House and removal a two-thirds Senate vote.
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Nixon
House
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
TV Hearings on Nixon Impeachment Drag Through Parley
As the House Judiciary Committee enters day four, they still lag on the first article of impeachment. Televised hearings shape tactics with debates over paragraph wording and time limits, amid charges of strategy and delays.
Picketing City Hall Over Air Pollution Ends With Parade Of Cars
Last week 50 protesters gathered at city hall demanding action on air pollution. After marching, they regrouped and left in 47 cars, returning home without a resolution.
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John Ewing
Alfred Road Park
Roger Johnson
Commission
Johnson
Karen Schroeder
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Kennebunk River
Peter Kingsley
Guptill
Off
Cape
Porpoise
Rom
Inside the Journal
Abby
IBM
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