Saco Planning Board Takes No Action on Scontras 485 Lot Vision
The Saco Planning Board postponed decision on Nicholas P. Scontras 485 lot Wildwood expansion, saying a preliminary plan does not bind final approvals. They want a construction timetable and review of the lagoon treatment system with state health and environmental officials.
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Nicholas P. Sontras
Wildwood
Saco Planning Board
Saco District
Atty, Er. Elliott
Scontras
Boucouvalas
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
E.K. Day
Thomas Griffin Jr
Day
Griffin
Soil Conservation Service
Elliott
State Department of Health and Welfare
Planning Board
Department of Health and Welfare
McKenny Road
Alfred Nelson Jr
State Department of Environmental Protection
Saco
Buddhists Bombed In Saigon Amid Violent Attack
A pre dawn attack on Buddhists at Seai Kiem Pagoda in Tra Cu Vinh Binh province killed 17 to 20 and wounded 82 to 88 as rockets or grenades sparked violence. Officials blamed Communist terrorists amid Mekong Delta unrest and an ICCS inquiry was launched.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
le Trung Hien
Hien
Seai Kiem
Tra Cu
Vinh Binh
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Walpole Prison Guards Go on Strike Amid Lockdown
Walpole State Prison guards struck at 9 a.m. and were suspended five days without pay. State police reinforced wall towers as 580 prisoners remained in cellblocks. Negotiations in Boston aimed to end the dispute over inmate control and the firing of the corrections commissioner.
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Walpole
Mass
Walpole State
Wapole
Boston
Correction Department
John McLean
McLean
Howard Doyle
Crines
John O. Boone
Foxboro
Doyle
Maine House defies committee reports on land and insurance bills
In Augusta the Maine House rejected several committee recommendations and advanced bills affecting land control and casualty insurance. One bill would tax owners of 500 acres or more of wildlands. Another would create assigned risk pools to prevent insurers from dropping high risk buildings. The House also blocked a pay raise for elected county officials. Lawmakers question committee performance and caution against setting a bad precedent.
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Augusta
Maine
John Q
House
Walter A. Birt
East Millinocket
Education subsidy cuts could hurt York hardest
Nixon cut a federal education subsidy program that aids about 80 Maine communities by 1.5 million dollars annually. York could be the worst hit, with the town receiving 106,969 dollars for B pupils whose parents work on federal installations. The memo notes A funds likely stay intact, but B funds are virtually eliminated starting July 1, raising concerns for local schools and taxpayers.
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Augusta
Nixon
Maine
House
John L. Martin
Martin
York
Bangor
Biddeford
Brunswick
Caribou
Kittery
Limestone
Lisbon
San
Ford
South Portland
Presque Isle
Gardiner
Hampden
van Buren
South Berwick
Berwick
Kennebunk
Topsham
Eagle Lake
Lawmakers Clash Over Social Services Cutbacks
In Washington Senate aimed to curb welfare spending and faced opposition. Kennedy led a subcommittee calling new rules unwarranted and dangerous as costs could rise toward 5 billion in 1973. Bills seek delays and protests. AFL-CIO urged against trimming programs.
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Washington
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Special Committee On Aging
Kennedy
Subcommittee
House
Republican Sons
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
Clifford P. Hansen Jr
Wyoming
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Andrew J. Biemiller
Labor Federation’s
Department of Legislation
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Panama City Hosts U N Security Council Session
In Panama City the U N Security Council opens its first Latin American session focusing on the Panama Canal. Omar Torrijos Aquilino Boyd Kurt Waldheim speak as Latin American ministers and Cuban and Puerto Rican issues loom with debates on colonialism and Guantanamo Bay. John Seals arrives as Nixon’s new U N envoy amid tensions over the canal zone status and U S control since 1903.
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Panama City
Panama Canal
U.N. Security Council
Panama
Omar Torrijos
U.N
Security Council
Aquilino Boyd
Kurt Waldheim
Council
Labor Ministry
Panama Canal Zone
Latin America
New York
Paris
General Assembly
Ethiopia
Torrijos
Canal Zone
U.S
Guantanamo
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Chile
Kenne Scott Cooper
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nixon
United Nations
White House
John Seals
United States
Protesting Remark Sparks Quiet Classroom Chuckle
A small girl tells another during a protest march that it resembles an antrum but is more organized, prompting a muted classroom moment in Today’s Journal.
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William Boucouvalas
Atty. Elliott
Wildwood Drive
Grant Estate
Theodore Scontras
Ays
State Department
Frozen Wells
Brian Thayer
AP News
Maine House
Larry E. Simpson
K Standish
Simpson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
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