Farmers eye crucial June weather for York County dairy and crops
York County dairy farmers face high grain prices and reduced feed as a wet period lingers. Wildes warns a May planting window may limit hay and corn yields, risking fall feed shortages and possible farm closures. Orchardists and potato growers in Maine also brace for delays and crop risk due to wet fields and late plantings.
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Glenn Wildes
York County
Wildes
Robert McDougal
Springvale Orchardman
David Tuttle
Route 1
Moody
Wells
North Berwick
Maine
Associated Press
James Bernard
U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Aroostook
Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bernard
Watergate Hearings Open With Gemstone Wiretaps
Senate Watergate committee resumes televised inquiry after denying Archibald Cox’s request for a delay. Witness Sally Harmony, secretary to G. Gordon Liddy, describes Gemstone wiretap logs and related actions. Robert Reisner and others slated to testify as committee probes into the Nixon campaign.
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Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Cox
Watergate
Sally Harmony
G. Gordon Liddy
Harmony
Democratic Party
Robert Reisner
GOP
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Senate Democrats push 90 day wage and price freeze
Senate Democrats declare Nixon economic controls failed and move to attach a 90 day mandatory freeze on prices profits wages rents and consumer interest rates to an opposing bill. The caucus vows immediate floor action.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic Caucus
Senate Democrats push for mandatory Phase 3 freeze
After a closed session, 33 or 34 of 57 Senate Democrats attended with no dissent. They back attaching a mandatory freeze to the first suitable bill, opposing Nixon’s relaxed Phase 3 controls. Mondale calls Phase 3 an unmitigated disaster and fastest price rise in 22 years. Proxmire suggests raising the debt ceiling as vehicle.
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Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Mike Mansfield
Senate Democrats
William Proxmire
Dwis
Nixon
Old Orchard Beach Considers 1973 Budget Increases
Town council heard a proposed 1973 budget with municipal costs rising about 60 000 and the school budget up about 115 000 from last year. The total municipal budget request is 1 087 848 and the school budget around 750 000 after subsidies. last year 640 000 for schools and 1 033 661 for the municipal portion. A work session is set for next Monday to finalize figures ahead of a June 18 vote.
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Old Orchard Beach
Louis Savelas
Biddeford Zoning Referral Moves To Committee
The Biddeford City Council referred the revised zoning ordinance to the ordinance committee for study after three public hearings. The council also approved $600 to create a small public beach and authorize a temporary city van, while backing a petition denouncing an open sewer behind Plymouth Drive.
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Biddeford
Plymouth Drive
Planning Board
Car Pool Program Spurs Free Parking and Trading Stamps
Walker and Dunlop in Washington offered employees a monthly book of trading stamps or free parking for car pooling or walking and bicycling to work. With 51 of 90 staffers participating, the plan aims to cut auto use and downtown pollution. The firm pays 25 dollars monthly for parking and 135 dollars monthly for trading stamps. Carol Church, who used to drive alone, now carpools after joining the program.
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Washington
Walker & Dunlop
Detriet of Columbia
Carol Church
Dollar Hits New Lows In Europe
The dollar slid to fresh lows against major European currencies as gold climbed to new highs for the fifth straight day. Dealers blamed the Watergate fallout, while bankers hinted floating exchange rates may fail to prevent another crisis. The dollar fell to 2.5850 marks, 4.16 francs, and 3.0250 Swiss francs, with the pound at 2.5860 dollars.
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London
U.S
Europe
Treasury
Paris
Zurich
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A witty item hints a woman rejected marriage for wealth yet finds no alternative to obtain money. The joke plays on twisted priorities and comic irony.
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