Saco Band Gets New Blues and Gold Uniforms
The Saco School Band unveiled 100 new blue and gold uniforms funded by a major donation from the John Locke Fund of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union and driven by the Young Burns-Fairfield Music Boosters. The drive raised over $5,000 through dances candy sales and appeals to the community aiding instruments and awards as about 350 students perform under Marcel Drapeau and Thomas Davis. Upcoming events include exchanges with Biddeford Junior High and Memorial Day parades.
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John Locke
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Young
Burns-Fairfield Music
Ways and Means
Robert W. Moody
Ralph Loring
Ronald Denyer
Saco Public
Marcel Drapeau
Thomas Davis
Moody
Young-Burns-Fairfield
Biddeford Junior High School
Saco Little League
Burns Junior High
Thornton Academy
Nixon proposes nonpartisan election reform commission
Nixon mentions future disclosures of 1972 campaign misdeeds without naming Watergate and backs a joint resolution creating a 17 member Nonpartisan Commission on Election Reform tasked to report by December 1. The panel would have a broad mandate aligned with federal standards.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Nonpartisan Commission On Election Reform
Dee. 1
Feder
Nixon urges constitutional amendment on term limits
Nixon urged the commission to consider a constitutional amendment to limit a president to a single six year term and to double House tenure to four years. He said he personally favors a four year term for House members with half elected every two years.
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Nixon
Commission
House
Rogers Faces Tough Talks With Peruvians
Secretary of State William P. Rogers meets Peru's leftist military leaders in Lima to discuss nationalization of American business interests and tuna fishing limits. Peru has already nationalized fishmeal and fish oil operations and may move on mines. Washington seeks fair compensation for expropriated assets, including a disputed $690 million oil claim linked to International Petroleum Co.
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Lima
Peru
William I’. Rogers
United States
Latin America
Juan Velasco Alvarado
U.S
Washington
Rogers
International Petroleum Co
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Rhode Island Abortion Law Ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Rhode Island’s two month old anti abortion law unconstitutional on its face. The court said life begins at conception and a fetus has constitutional rights, overturning the measure which allowed abortions only to save the mother’s life. The decision follows the Supreme Court Texas ruling and could prompt an appeal by Atty. Gen. Richard J. Israel.
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Providence
Rhode Island
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. District Court
Raymond J. Pettine
Supreme Court
Preme Court
Pettine
Texas
Atty
Richard J. Israel
Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
American Civil Liberties Union
Philip Noel
Rich
Ard Zacks
Ervin Blames Nixon Crew for Muskie Campaign Setback
Sen. Edmund Muskie’s presidential bid was undermined by the Nixon reelection committee, says Sen. Sam Ervin at Bowdoin College. Ervin, entering his Watergate inquiry chair role, calls for stronger congressional oversight and limits on campaign abuse while praising the press for watchdog work.
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Brunswick
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Nixon
Sam Ervin
Sen. Muskie
Department of
Jackson
Humphrey
Ervin
Sen. Ervin
Bowdoin College
Kissinger Heads to Paris for Vietnam Peace Talks
President adviser Henry Kissinger departs for Paris to meet North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho to salvage the Vietnam peace agreement. Talks expected to start Thursday and run about a week amid mutual cease-fire violation charges from Hanoi and Washington.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Hanoi
All That Glitters Is Gold In Journal Feature
The Journal highlights Goldwater urging Nixon to be a strong leader while noting ongoing Redmond case updates. The column also includes light commentary and a reflection on youth and aging.
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Goldwater
Nixon
Redmond
Nixon proposes new bipartisan campaign reform commission
The plan would have Congress appoint eight members split evenly between Democrats and Republicans from both chambers, plus seven presidential appointees with no more than four from one party. The panel would elect its own leaders and work independently of the Ervin committee hearings.
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Commission
Congress
Senate
House
Nixon
Ervin Committee
Nixon Leans on Campaign Reform With Bipartisan Support
Nixon said his message incorporated suggestions from congressional leaders of both parties at a White House conference. He backed strict limits on campaign contributions and fundraising, shorter election cycles, and stronger disclosure rules. He urged free radio and TV time and a federal commission to enforce federal election laws.
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Nixon
White House
Astronauts mull shield to cool overheated Skylab
NASA teams weigh placing a shade device or balloon to cut heat in Skylab after readings hit 150 degrees in an air lock while surface temperatures stay extreme. A plan to send Conrad Kerwin and Weitz for a Sunday linkup faces delays from failed solar panels and possible space walk.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Orbiting Laboratory
Charles Conrad I Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J Weitz
Mission Control
NASA
William C. Schneider
Skylab
Conrad, Kerwin and
Wells
Puddy
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Monay
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
White House Admits To Wiretapping Aides
The White House acknowledged that President Nixon personally approved wiretapping of more than a dozen National Security Council and Pentagon aides starting in 1969. The taps were cited as a national security measure and approved by the President with attorney general and FBI coordination. The Times reported targets included Kissinger associates Daniel L Davidson Anthony Lake and Winston Lord.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Pentagon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York Times
Henry A. Kissinger
Daniel L
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Scott Schilroth
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Saco
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Portland
Agnew
Cambodia
General Accounting Office
Dr. Kissinger
Inside the Journal
Schneider
Don
Davidson, Anthony Lake and
Winston Lord
William Beecher
Beecher
Defense Department
Times
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