Old Orchard Optimistic on a Strong Tourism Year
A New England chamber meeting in Old Orchard Beach heard optimism for a robust summer despite gas worries. Leaders cited planned rail and travel outreach to Canada and Maine, plus local fixes like traffic relief and family entertainment to attract visitors.
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Old Orchard Beach
Chamber of Commerce
David Despres
Chamber
Maine
Atlantic City
Ervin Jalbert
Manduca
New England
Old Orchard
Robert Cote
Rita Dube
Joseph Mokarzel
Kennebunk Town Meeting Sets Long Day for 1974 Budget
Town meeting readers will convene at 8 a.m. in the upper town hall and vote through 6 p.m. with 31 articles, then approve the 1974 budget totaling 1 039 914 dollars. The plan calls for no borrowing, 615 704 dollars raised by assessment, and a possible 3 dollar per thousand tax rate increase amid a rising valuation and school costs.
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Selectmen
Budget Board
Kenneth Barrett
Barrett
Kennebunk
Goldfish Swallower Recalls Famous College Stunt Streak
SEATTLE AP Irving M Clark the Seattle attorney and former radio host recalls the Harvard goldfish swallowing stunt he performed as a sophomore in 1939. He says streaking and similar dares were casual college fads with little significance and notes the stunt nearly cost him his scholarship.
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Seattle
Irving M. Clark
Clark
Lathrop Withington Jr
Los Angeles
Harvard
Joseph Lyford
Lyford
Harvard .Crimson
Pennsylvania
Speed Limits Cut Highway Death Toll by Over Twenty Percent
Dr James Gregory head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says lowered speed limits and reduced traffic have reduced highway deaths by more than 20 percent. He notes variability by state and questions keeping 55 mph if gas supplies improve.
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Washington
Federal Highway Safety Agency
James Gregory
The
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Golan Heights Front Calms After Firefight
The Israeli Syrian border clash eased with no reported casualties. Jewish residents in Golan were told to shelter near bomb rooms as Israeli infantry and tanks stayed on high alert amid renewed tension and possible reserve calls. Prime Minister Golda Meir claimed Syria planned an attack to recapture territory but Israel learned of the plan.
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Golan Heights
Golan
Golda Meir
Syria
Israel
Embargo Lift Scheduled Tomorrow
Arab oil ministers planned a Cairo meeting Sunday to decide lifting the embargo on oil to the United States. Algeria and Libya opposed the timing, with Libya citing hotel-room shortages and Algeria favoring a Tripoli venue midweek. Egyptian officials said Cairo remains the plan and attendees include Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abu Dhabi Bahrain and Qatar.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Ahram
United States
Algeria
Libya
Tripoli
Anwar Sadat
Mahmoud
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Hafez Assad
Houari Belmedienne
Sadat
Middle East
Four charged in Dix Hills boy kidnapping case
The FBI says two more suspects, Norberto and Eligio Fernandez, were arrested in Union City New Jersey connected to the Dix Hills New York kidnapping of 8 year old John Calzadilla who was freed after a 50000 dollar ransom. Investigations continue as authorities seek up to five more suspects. The incident coincides with renewed death penalty calls for kidnappers.
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FBI
Dix Hills
N.Y
John Calzadilla
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Congress
Patricia Hearst
California
Roanoke
Betty Ann van Balen
Atlanta
Calzadilla
Norberto M. Fernandez
Eligio R. Fernandez
Union City
N.J
Service Stations Will Use Colored Flags For Gasoline
Maine service stations will begin using colored flags to signal motorists if they sell gasoline. The Maine Gasoline Retailers Association says about 150 sets of red and green flags will be distributed in the Augusta Gardiner area this weekend and in the Portland area on Monday. A green flag means gasoline is available and a red flag means it is not.
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Russell Durant
Boston
Portland
Despres
Washington
William Hathaway
Chamber
Augusta
Maine
Maine Gasoline Retailers Association
Augustae
Gardiner
Portlan
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Jack Libby
Judith Dow
Alan Jasper
Robert Soukas
Robert Walsh
Edna Wentworth
David Angel
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