Hiss Wins Right to Examine Pumpkin Papers
Washington AP Alger Hiss gains access to five microfilm rolls of the Pumpkin Papers after officials review for national security. Atty Gen Edward Levi said Hiss and three researchers will receive copies under the Freedom of Information Act. Hiss, a former State Department official convicted of perjury in 1949, maintains innocence amidst Whittaker Chambers’ spy allegations and the pumpkin-borne documents claim.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Hiss
State Department
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Uranium Monopoly May End
President Ford asked Congress to allow private industry to produce and sell enriched uranium for nuclear plants worldwide. He outlined broad proposals to end the government monopoly and keep three existing plants in Ridge Tennessee Paducah Kentucky and Portsmouth Ohio under federal ownership and operation.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
7 Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
Portsmouth
Ohio
Nuclear test yields far beyond Hiroshima impact in Nevada
A nuclear device ten times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site early today producing between 200 and 1,000 kilotons. The blast at 5:30 a.m. PDT was felt in Las Vegas, about 90 miles away, with no damage reported.
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Mercury
Hiroshima
Nevada Test Site
David Miller
Energy Research and Development Administration
Las Vegas
Davis Case Goes To Jury Today
Walter E. Davis Jr faces murder charges in the December killing of Saco dairy worker Troy Ballenger. Prosecutors say Davis planned Ballenger's death on December 2 at the Thibodeau farm. Davis testified he acted in self defense after Ballenger punched him and he claimed to have accompanied Ballenger to retrieve his car. The jury began deliberations after closing arguments and judge instructions.
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Alfred
Walter E. Davis Jr
Thibodeau
Troy Ballenger
Waldemar Buschman
Davis
Saco
Ballenger
Buxton Road
Buschman
Troy
Walter E. Davis
Flaherty
Sharon
Flahert
Suban
Biddeford
Richard Nason
Ballanger
David
Capt Nason
Rocky Road
Iddeford
Sharon Ballenger
Ubin
Thibodeau Farm
Michael Coombs
Decisions On Donahue Cases Move Toward Quick Ruling
Superior Court Justice Harry Glassman said he will decide the Donahue Brennan case as soon as possible after Friday's formal arguments. A ruling could come before next week end. The matter centers on a 1951 Maine law allowing the attorney general to act in place of the district attorney.
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Superior Court
Harry Glassman
Donahue
Ronald Caron
Biddeford
Brennan
York County
T.A. Fitanides
James Dineen
AG Brennan
Augusta
David Redmond
Council
Redmond
Fitanides
Basil Latty
Yarmouth
Maine
Biddeford Considers Formal City Employee Policy
Biddeford officials tabled for study a formal comprehensive personnel policy for all city employees not covered by union contracts. The plan, drafted with revisions by Finance Committee and Joanne Doyle, would replace the patchwork rules and carry stronger job security and advancement provisions. A revised pay scale for non union workers accompanies the policy and first reading is slated for next Tuesday.
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Biddeford
Joanne Doyle
Local Clam Diggers Battle for Mechanical Dredge Rake
Clam diggers sue the Marine Resources commissioner seeking a declaratory judgment on authority to approve a mechanical dredge for depuration plants. The dispute centers on regulation, depuration viability, and the impact on clam supply, wages, and prices amid heightened summer demand.
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Diggers
Marine Resources Commissioner
Alexander MacNichol
Spencer Apollonio
MacNichol
Cumberland County Superior Court
DMR
Lee Rogers
Jeaninste
Gene Libby
Pine Point
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San Francisco
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Mexico City
United Nations
U.S. Laos
Vientiane
Laos
United States
U.S
By Peter Kingsley
Martin Greeley
Christopher Couch
Syria
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Middle East
UPI
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Kathleen O’connell
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