10 000 Troops Invade Quang Tri Province
Saigon reports a large-scale push as more than 10,000 marines and paratroopers cross the My Chanh river toward Quang Tri with B52 bombing, armor, and naval air support. North Vietnamese resistance and casualties are not yet known.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
My Chanh
South China Sea
Highway 1
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Thieu
Vietnam Press
Col
Nguyen van Chuc
Binh Dinh
Nixon Plans Two Month Vietnam Troop Withdrawal
President Nixon announced a two month plan to pull 10 000 U S troops from South Vietnam and ordered that future deployments rely on volunteers among draftees.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Senate Debates Handgun Ban Targeting Sat urday Night Specials
Senate debate begins on a bill banning cheap handguns known as Saturday Night Specials. The Judiciary Committee approved the measure, seeking to outlaw ownership and sale of all handguns by adding restrictions on revolvers under three inches and pistols under six inches in overall length.
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Central Highlands
Hoang Dinh Tho
Kuang Tin
Nguyen van Toan
Binh Dinh
Hese
Col Tho
Toan
Saigon
Chuc
Thieu
Senate
Nguyen van Huyen
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Conservationists Win Round In Salt Marsh Fill-in Dispute
In Augusta the Wetlands Control Board vetoed the State Highway Commission’s bid to fill 47 acres of Stroudwater salt marsh for an arterial link between downtown Portland and Westbrook. The decision was 3-2 with four affirmative votes required. The vote follows strong conservation opposition and the case moves to the new Department of Environmental Protection for possible further hearings.
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State Highway Commission
Stroudwater
Portland
Wetlands Control Board
Westbrook
State Department of Environmental Protection
David Stevens
Austin Wilkins
Dean Fisher
Fish and Game
Maynard Marsh
Sea and Shore Fisheries
Spencer Apollonio
Henry Warren
Environmental Improvement Commission
Stevens
Apollonio
Highway Commission
Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Atty
James S. Erwin
Hildreth
URI Trident battles leak as ship heads to Halifax
The URI oceanographic ship Trident, with 28 crew and science party aboard, was leaking from an eight inch hull crack but regarded as not in immediate danger. A cement patch was planned from inside while a Navy frigate and Coast Guard cutter assisted, the vessel moving toward Halifax about 400 miles southeast of there.
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Kingston
R.I
University of Rhode Island Oceanographic Research
Trident
Halifax
N.S
Terry Hansen
Harry E. Yarnell
Newport
Hansen
Yarnell
Coast Guard
Gallatin
Janet A. Radway
Moodus
Conn
Nantucket
Mass
Azores
URI
Narragansett Bay
Air Force
Wesleyan University
Army
Democrats push 20 percent Social Security rise on debt bill
Washington Democrats plan to attach a 20 percent Social Security increase to a bill raising the national debt ceiling. Senator Frank Church said his amendment is ready to be offered when the Senate acts, likely Thursday. The House approved the debt limit bill 211 to 168, and leaders seek to accept the Senate amendment upon return.
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Washington
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
House
Flood Funds Voted for Agnes Victims in East
The Senate approved 200 million in emergency relief for Tropical Storm Agnes victims in the Eastern U S, doubling Nixon's request. Funds will be managed by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and cover bridges roads and public facilities as part of a broader aid package.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Nixon
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Virginia
Maryland
New York
Office of Emergency Preparedness
House
Small Business Administration
Hugh Scott
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Charles Mathias
State buys two Casco Bay islands in Maine
Gov Curtis and the Executive Council approved paying 355000 for Little Chebeague and two thirds of Jewell Island in Casco Bay. The Parks and Recreation Department plans recreational use for Little Chebeague while keeping Jewell Island natural. The Absmeier estate sold the lands. federal funds cover half the price.
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Augusta
Kenneth Curtis
Executive Council
Little Chebeague
Jewell Island
Casco Bay
Department of Pa and Recreation
John B. Absmeier
Huntington
N.Y
Absmeier
Parks and Recreation
Lawrence Stuart
Kenneth MM. Curtis
Maine
Legislative Panel Probes Vahlsing Sugar Works
A Maine legislative subcommittee opened hearings into the Easton refinery and the management of Magnum Northern Sugar Inc. The probe targets the lease and associations with Frederick Wahising Jr., president of Maine Sugar Industries, amid questions about the refinery’s loss.
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Vahlsing
Presque Isle
Legisla
Magnum North
Easton
Magnum Northern Sugar, Inc
Fred H. Wahising Jr
Maine Sugar Industries
MSI
Fore
Maine Industrial Building Authority
Magnum Northern
John Cancelarich
Harvey Johnson
R Smithfield
Chichester Sails Home as Transatlantic Race Develops
Britain’s Sir Francis Chichester, 70, appears to be heading home in the single handed Transatlantic yacht race aboard Gipsy Moth V. Sighted off Plymouth by a British freighter, RAF jets later tracked his course showing he is moving northeast toward Plymouth.
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London
Britain
Francis Chichester
Voyager
Plymouth
Newport
R.1
Chichester
Royal Air Force
RAF
Bachelor Delivers Witty Take on Opportunites
A humorous line notes that a bachelor is a man who failed to embrace his opportunities, delivering a playful quip in a lighthearted column.
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Ray Doherty
Youth Corps
York County
D. A.V. Hall
Quang Tri Province
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D-N.y
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
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Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Robert F. Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Department of Environmental Protection
Fore River
James Gagan
The
Maine Audubon Society
Greater Portland Landmarks
Stroudwater Association
CSW
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Whirlpool
G. E
Emerson
VIC & Whit’s Italian Sandwich Shop
Beach St
Saco
Dagwood
Tiny Tot Nursery
Choo Elm Street
POLI
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Biddeford Scammon
Elm Street
LEO
Syn-Flex Industries
Casco Bay Islands
Louis Jalbert
Grees Weer Tree
D-Lewisch Sau
KNOL
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Countrie Azoresty
Johnson
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