Franco to Step Down as Government Leader in Spain
Gen. Francisco Franco will relinquish the post of government head while remaining chief of state. An informant said Adm. Carrero Blanco would take the presidency, with Franco, 80, possibly transferring the chief of state role to Prince Juan Carlos upon retirement or death. Carrero Blanco is 70 and currently deputy prime minister.
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ASP
Francisco Franco
Spain
Associated Press
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Carrero Blanco
Franco
Juan Carlos
The
Poe
Sance
Hector J. Campora
Alejandro Rodriguez de Valcarcel
Cortes
Valcarcel
Tenants forming union at Blue Haven Mobile Park Saco
Residents of Blue Haven Mobile Home Park in Saco organize the Blue Haven Tenants Union with attorney Charles Lane to pursue actions against park management. Lane outlines possible suit over restricted fuel purchases and other promised improvements, while stressing cooperation with management.
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Saco
Portland
Charles Lane
Lane
Blue Haven Park
Peter O'Donnell
Greece to elect president with broad powers in new republic
Athens reports Greece will hold general elections to choose a president for seven years with no second term. The president would wield vast powers as the government pledges to restore individual rights after a July plebiscite that will oust King Constantine.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Judge weighs limits on TV coverage of Watergate hearings
Federal Judge John Sirica prepared a ruling on whether the court can curb television and radio coverage of the Senate Watergate committee hearings. Archibald Cox asks for closed or limited live coverage to protect potential indictments, while Sen. Ervin and Samuel Cash oppose court control of congressional proceedings. Indictments may come by summer.
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U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Philip B. Heymann
Samuel Cash
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Legislative Committee
Sen
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Congressional
Sirica
Washington Post
York County County Commissioners Set by Districts
York County will elect county commissioners from three districts starting in 1974 with at large voting to keep countywide accountability. Acton Berwick Buxton Cornish Eliot Hollis Kittery Lebanon Limerick Limington Newfield North Berwick South Berwick Parsonsfield Waterboro form District 1. District 2 covers Arundel Biddeford Kennebunk Kennebunkport Wells York. District 3 includes Alfred Dayton Lyman Old Orchard Beach Saco Shapleigh Seaford. Elections rotate so each district is represented at all times.
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Board of County Commissioners
James McMahon
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R-Strong
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Berwick
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Hollis
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Lebanon
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Kennebunkport
Wells
York
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Dayton
Lyman
Old Orchard Beech
Saco
Shapleigh
Seaford
Bath Iron Works Hit With Strike
A federal mediator meets with union and management at Bath Iron Works as a strike halts production. Union Local 6 rejected a three year contract with a $1.14 hourly raise, voting 3-1 amid a 1,000 member turnout. BIW employs 1,600 production workers of 2,300 total at the Bath yard along the Kennebec River.
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Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Beth Shipyard
BIW
John M. Conley Jr
B.W
Eugene L. McCabe
McCabe
Conley
Maryland Drydock
Alabama Drydock
Bethlehem Steel Yard
Sparrow’s Point
Nixon
Kennebec River
Navy
United States Lines
Bath Industries
U S Firms Plan Major Soviet Gas Imports
El Paso Natural Gas Co and Occidental Petroleum Corp sign an intention to import over 10 billion dollars of Soviet natural gas over 25 years from the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade. Occidental chairman Armand Hammer announced the agreement at a news conference. Quantities up to two billion cubic feet per day are contemplated.
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Soviet Union
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Occidental Petroleum
Hammer
U.S.S.R
U.S
Howard Boyd
el Paso
Boyd
Soviet gas tunnel project eyed with large scale needs
Discussion of a proposed Soviet gas export plan outlines a 2000 mile Yakutsk to Vladivostok pipeline, a large liquefaction plant, and a fleet of 20 cryogenic tankers. Estimated hard currency financing around 2 billion dollars with six years to delivery, potential Japanese participation, and price negotiations with Western buyers.
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Yakutsk
Vladivostok
Watergate Developments in Brief Court to Rule on TV Coverage
Major Watergate updates cover a request to limit live radio and TV coverage of Senate hearings by special counsel Archibald Cox. The Washington Post reports Sen. Sam Ervin plans to seek a broader Senate panel mandate to include White House actions framed as national security.
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U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Archibald Cox
Senate
Washington Post
Sam J. Ervin Jr
White House
Fred Thompson
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