Nixon reprieve seen as delaying U S Soviet detente
Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times warned that President Nixon’s impeachment politics could stall detente with the Soviet Union. He told a Thornton Academy audience that Nixon backs a milder pro Soviet line to win conservative senators, potentially delaying Kissinger’s Moscow SALT talks and a broader thaw.
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Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Kissinger
Kissinger Says Soviet Proposals Fall Short in Nuclear Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger traveled toward home after Soviet proposals failed to yield a breakthrough for a new treaty to limit nuclear weapons. An American official said Nixon intends a June summit with Brezhnev in Moscow, with further talks planned in Geneva and at the UN. Kissinger to return to Moscow possibly in May and will confer with Dobrynin and Gromyko as negotiations continue.
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Vnukovo
Meat Prices Rise Across Cities Amid Boycott After Freeze
An Associated Press survey of seven meat items in 19 cities last April amid a consumer boycott shows 56 percent of items higher, 26 percent lower, 10 percent unchanged, and 8 percent unavailable this year. City variations were stark, with Baltimore down and Seattle all items up. Wholesale prices fall. govt buys 45 million dollars of top quality hamburger for schools, a temporary producer boost.
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Seattle
Wash
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Pacer-Type Device Developed For Brain Grain Supply
A so-called pacer type device designed to influence brain grain supply draws concern among experts and researchers. Officials caution about unintended neural effects and call for further study before widespread use.
No Dancing In Tiger Gym Supervisors' Unit
Biddeford School Board recognized a group of twelve administrators as a bargaining unit to negotiate salaries and benefits with the district, while deferring on eligibility for membership. The plan includes principals, assistant principals, the curriculum coordinator, and other administrators, with questions remaining about which roles qualify. The vote was unanimous to recognize the association but unanswered who may join.
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Biddeford
Clara Stone
Emery School
Andrew Frechette
Teachers’ Association
Frechette
Walter Nelson
Chris Anton
Association of Administrators
Thornton Academy to add 350000 science complex expansion
Trustees signed a contract with Sanford and Low to build a two floor addition to the science complex at Thornton Academy. The project, funded by the academy, expands science art and business programs with new laboratories classrooms and two new teachers. Construction begins in two to three weeks with completion aimed for Oct or Nov.
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Thornton Academy
Sanford and Low
Portland
James Jortberg
Jortberg
Academy
Irving W. Hersey
Levitt offers land option to Kennebunk amid dispute
Levitt and Sons offers the town of Kennebunk or a suitable buyer an option to purchase 90 acres along the Kennebunk River for 65,000. The land is slated for a 154 condo development off Summer Street, with the town’s acceptance potentially ending a Superior Court suit. The property is valued around 140,600, totaling about 205,000 with the option costs.
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Long Awaited Pittston Oil Decision Postponed
AUGUSTA The State Board of Environmental Protection delays the Pittston plan to build an oil refinery and terminal at Eastport after a Maine attorney general ruling requires Pittston to prove clear title or interest in the land. The BEP votes to reopen the case and grant six months to establish property rights, with a new public hearing to be scheduled. Opposition from CRAC NRC EPA and support from Eastport.
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Energy Development Division
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Coastal Resources Action Committee
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