Town Officials Defend Pier Safety Insured and Protected
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Code Enforcement Officer Norman Rees announced Trusteed Estates Inc had no claim against the pier. The council said the pier is safe with 1 million dollars in general liability insurance and criticized McNally for alleged actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Norman Rees
Robert J McNally
Trusteed Estates Inc
McNally
Rees
Graytown Council
In Engineering Inc
Owners Insurance Co
Morse, Payson and
Noyes
Surance Agency
Portland
Reef
Council
Crest Storm Ravages East as Toll Rises
Storm floods the Eastern Seaboard, killing eighty and displacing more than 120000. Rescue centers in schools and hospitals mobilize volunteers while river crests sweep Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Ohio.
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Eastern
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
U S Must Go To Court For Passamaquoddy Land Claim
U S District Court Judge Edward Gignoux ordered the Justice Department to file a protective land claim suit on behalf of the Passamaquoddy Indians against Maine to preserve their claim until a federal protection decision. The tribe seeks to move from state to federal status over land allegedly taken in a 1794 treaty, with land valued around 150 million dollars. The order comes as litigation timelines loom and the Passamaquoddy case faces July 1 deadlines.
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Portlaid
U.S. District Court
Edward T. Gignoux
Justice Department
Maine
Gignoux
Oie
Passamaquoddies
Suakecu
Susquehanna River Valley
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Term Papers Will Be Scarce
New York firm Term. papers Inc. is ordered to stop selling ghostwritten theses. State Supreme Court Justice Peter A. Quinn imposed a permanent injunction and a $10,000 fine. A receiver will continue handling the firm's affairs amid accusations it sold papers to about 965 students in 109 colleges at $1.90 to $4.85 per page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Term.papers Inc
State Supreme Court
Peter A. Quinn
State Aty
Louis Lefkowitz
Maine Democrats Win Delegate Open Party Rule Case
A hearing officer for the Democratic National Committee ruled the Maine Democratic Party complied with rules on female representation for the National Convention. The decision kept the slate at eight delegates and four alternates of both genders, rejecting a proposal to swap four male delegates for four women alternates. State Chairman Severin Beliveau praised the ruling as proof Maine is an open party.
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Augusta
Democratic National Committee
Maine
Democratic Party
Yale Law
John J. Baker
Baker
Waterville
Severin M. Beliveau
Rumford
Gunmen Arrested after Maine chase through multiple towns
Richard J. Gordon and Edwin D. Strode, both from Westchester PA, faced charges after fleeing from the Franklin County Jail in St Albans VI. Gordon was arrested near a state police barracks in Maine. Strode was wounded by police gunfire and underwent neck surgery.
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Maine
Richard J. Gordon
Westchester
Gordon
U.S. 1
Edwin D. Strode
Strode
Portland
Franklin County
St. Albans
Westbrook
South Portland
Scarborough
Vietnamese forces push toward Hue then retreat with heavy losses
North Vietnamese troops backed by South Vietnamese and U S heavy weapons attacked the northern defense line above Hue, but retreated with heavy casualties. Saigon says 19 tanks destroyed and combat north and southwest of Hue reported. In Belfast a mine killed three soldiers and a teenager was shot amid Northern Ireland violence ahead of a cease fire. Paris frightened by renewed monetary crisis as Europe’s central bankers meet after Britain's pound floated, forcing exchanges to close.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
Hue City
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Paris
Britain
U.S
Europe
Vietnam Defoliants Showed Costly Military Failures
Boston surgeon Dr. John Constable and a three person team say herbicides used to defoliate Vietnam failed as a military tactic, damaged agriculture, and caused health harm including birth defects. They warn against indiscriminate future use and note the U.S. has not signed key international agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vietnam
John Constable
U.S
South
Constable
McCord Released on Bail in Bugging Case
James W. McCord Jr., once security chief for Nixon’s reelection committee, was released on $3,000 bail. Judge Belson ordered him to live in Bethesda Maryland and check in four days weekly by in person and three by phone. The other four alleged bugging defendants remain jailed. A Nixon committee spokesman alleged a Democratic candidate planted two people on the Nixon campaign staff.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Democratic National Committee
McCord
Nixon
Superior Court
James A. Belson
Bethesda
Shome
DeVan L. Shumway
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Cone P. M. Ali Pool
Rene Descoteaux
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Richard Murray Saco
Harvard Medical School
Gospel Sing
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Music Incorporated
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Main ST
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His
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