F-16 deal eyed amid European lobbying and Franco Dutch ties
The article details how General Dynamics used public relations and local production incentives to win the F-16 contract in Europe. It notes Burson-Marsteller support, Brussels office setup, and high level briefings to sway European press and officials while Dassault Saab-Scania promoted their offerings.
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General Dynamics
N.Y
Paris
NATO
Dassault
Saab-Scania
Burson-Marsteller International
Lido
Europe
James F. Schlesinger
Latecomer
Brussels
Jack Phelan
Jim Murphy
Air Force
Burson-Marsteller
United States
Washington
Andre Spehl
Belgium
Societe Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautique
David Lewis
American Air Force
Frank A. Shrontz
Air Forces
Frederick Wood
Defense Department
Fokker
John Renner
Phelan
Jack Egginton
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Denmark
Norway
France
Massachusetts
Mirage
Department of Defense
Vanden Boeynants
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Biddeford-Saco
Maine
House approves weapons bill advancing women at service academies
The House passed a $31.2 billion weapons authorization bill by 348 to 60 sending it to the Senate. It authorizes production money for the B1 bomber test program without committing to production and allows $7.7 million for binary nerve gas weapons with a national interest trigger. The bill lets women enter West Point Annapolis and the Air Force Academy starting next year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Ford
West Point
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Noise dispute at Kennebunkport pits inn against motel
A public hearing on Ocean Avenue noise from the Porthouse restaurant ended with双方 agreeing to private talks over alleged late night disturbances. Yachtsman Motel owner Llewellyn Lloyd-Davis pressed for licenses and zoning concerns, while adjustments were promised to curb vibrations, vandalism, and late hours.
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Kennebunkport
Arthouse Inn
Ocean Avenue
Porthouse
Gordon Ayer
Llewellyn Lloyd-Davis
Charles Reid
Florence Lloyd-Davis
Lloyd-Davis
McMahon Defends Right to Know Bill
State Rep. James McMahon R Kennebunk defends a new open government law as not closing public access. He criticizes a Sunday article by Bob Cummings and argues the bill limits closed sessions to seven precise subjects and preserves welfare case confidentiality. He says planning boards may convene privately only as quasi judicial bodies with safeguards to be clarified.
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Portland
James McMahon
Kennebunk
Bob Cummings
Cummings
McMahon
Kittery
Planning Boards
Zoning Boards
Maine Municipal Association
League of Women Voters
Maine Civil Liberties Union
Common Cause
Maine Supreme Court to rule on governor council removal clash
The Maine Supreme Court was asked to decide if the governor and executive council may hold a quasi judicial removal hearing for York County District Attorney William Donahue. Dean Bert Prunty argued the statute may bypass legislative action and potentially violate the constitution, with a decision not yet estimated.
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Maryline White
Maine Supreme Court
Donahue
Bert Prunty
Maine
Law School
York County
William Donahue
Biddeford
Prunty
Atty
Joseph Brennan
Alfred
Brennan
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Executive Council
Dean Prunty
The
Journal
Superior Court
Joseph Hochadel
Portland
Gordon Scott
Lloyd LaFountain
Runoff Election Proposed for New Hampshire Senate Seat
Democratic leaders agreed to back a runoff to settle the contested New Hampshire seat after John Durkin reversed his position. Durkin and opponent Louis Wyman drew attention to campaign funds as Mansfield and others prepared a vote on declaring the seat vacant and scheduling a runoff under state law.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Mike Mansfield
John A. Durkin
Durkin
Louis Cyman
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Senate Rules Committee
Byrd
Cannon
Wyman
Manchester
Louie
Helsinki Hosts Historic Security Conference Ahead of Peace
Urho Kekkonen called the gathering the largest world leaders meeting in 160 years as 35 heads of state from Europe the United States and Canada assemble in Helsinki Finland for the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ford and Brezhnev plan talks on nuclear limits with a Friday signing ceremony and cautious hope for nonbinding but guiding principles.
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Helsinki
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Europe
Ekkonen
United States
Canada
Kekkonen
Ford
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Reid
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Grace Howard
Diane
Pleasant Street
Bill
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Andre Gromkyo
Middle East
UPI
Inside the Journal
New England
Rts
N.H. Senate
Super Talks
United Nations Secretar
Kurt Waldheim
Finlandia Hall
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
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