Maine Gov Curtis Signs Emergency Tax Increase Measure
Maine moves to 5 percent sales tax on June 1 and raises cigarette tax to 12 cents per pack. Trade-in exemptions on vehicles and farm tractors end. The $31 million revenue plan finances the Part I budget and new services for two fiscal years amid higher salaries and costs. House debated two income tax bills aiming to bolster revenue, with mixed committee votes on each proposal.
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Augusta
Maine
Curtis
General Fund
Senate
House
John B. Cottrell Jr
Portland
Gov. Curtis
Cottrell
Emilien A. Levesque
D-Madawaska
Space Center astronauts head to moon rendezvous
AP reports space crews move toward a Wednesday rendezvous with the moon as Saigon battles in the hills marked the 101st day of the assault. Nixon may meet Thieu this week, while US policy debates and legislative shifts unfold in Washington.
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Associated Press Space Center
Houston
Washington
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
United States
U. S
Europe
Piglet Heading For California to Vietnam Surprise
Old Orchard Beach resident Susanne Brousseau won a 13 pound 4 ounce piglet in a weight guessing contest at W T Grant Co Biddeford. Her son Stephen, a Marine Private First Class at Camp Pendleton, is due to be shipped to Vietnam soon. The family plans to ship the piglet to him as a joke and the store contest offers a chest freezer prize.
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Susanne Brousseau
W. T. Grant Co
Larry Bowie
Grant's
Vietnam
Mar
Summit St
Old Orchard Beach
W. T Grant Co
Biddeford
Silenciard
Cates Wight
Brousseau
Ernest Brousseau
Stephen
Camp Pendleton
San Diego
Calif
Old Orchard Beach High School
Gorham State College
Marine
Tim Murphy Bill Causes Confusion in Augusta
The Tim Murphy Bill proposing to raise the mandatory retirement age for the Liquor Commission enforcement director from 65 to 70 stirred new parliamentary confusion. Rep. William E. Dennett moved to reconsider a Monday vote sending the bill to the Retirement and Pensions Committee, with the matter tabled until Wednesday. Gov Curtis’s veto drew unusual attention for its stated grounds, as there is no Senate recall mechanism.
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Retirements & Pensions Committee
Gov. Curtis
Dennett
House
Senate
Maine toll charges cut under new Maine PUC plan
Augusta AP Maine Public Utilities Commission announced new toll schedules by New England Tel and Telegraph Co reducing daytime rate to 75 cents for three minutes and lowering night and weekend rates. The plan aims to boost usage while cutting intrastate revenue by over 300000 annually.
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Augusta
Shane
Maine Public Utilities Commission
John G. Feehan
New England Telephone & ‘Telegraph Co
Maine
Feehan
FCC
Intrastate
Inter
Marines Take Mountain Top in Saigon Frontline Fight
American paratroopers and South Vietnamese infantry seized a North Vietnamese mountaintop fortress on the Laos frontier to halt a major assault near A Shau valley. The 3,000-foot Dong Ap Bia peak was stormed from four sides as U.S. and allied troops pressed a multi-day fight, with hundreds of Viet Minh casualties and rising U.S. losses.
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Dong Ap Bia
Laos
U.S
A Shau
Advatee
101St Airborne
187Th Infantry
Weldon Honeycutt
Columbus
Wean
Cers
Vally
South Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
United States
Nixon
Nixon to Meet Thieu in June on Midway Island
President Nixon and South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu will convene June 8 on Midway Island for a one day discussion on the Vietnam war and peaceful settlement. The White House said Agnew will stand in for Nixon at the commencement address on June 7.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Thieu
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Pacific
Saigon
U.S
William P. Rogers
Ohe State University
Spiro T. Agnew
San Clemente
Calif
William P. Papere
Rogers
Vietnam
Thien
Apollo 10 Prefaces Lunar Flight Toward Moon
Apollo 10 speeds toward the moon on a 251,307 mile journey. Command ship pilot Stafford and crewmates Young and Cernan prepare for a lunar orbit and a close LEM descent near the Sea of Tranquility. They report a smooth flight with lighthearted moments aboard as mission control confirms midcourse corrections.
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Earth
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Mission Control
Houston
Poe
Moon
Apollo 11
Cernan
Sea of Tranquility
Neil A. Sree
Edwin E. Aldrin
Lunar
Cape Kennedy
Young
Glenn He Voles
Pam
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Import Controls on Oil Urged as Vital for Security
Former Interior official Cordell Moore told a Senate subcommittee that oil import restrictions raise consumer costs but protect national security by maintaining domestic production incentives. He warned that ending controls could boost dependence on foreign crude and reduce exploration. Moore cited studies showing consumer costs from 1 to 2 billion dollars annually, with others placing it higher. Prepared by Moore for the anti trust panel, the testimony supported the import program, while noting his views are his own.
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Washington
Interior Department
Securi
Cordell Moore
U.S
United States
Moore
Mineral Resources
Um Association of America
Trade Association
Robert E. Mead
Dallas
Bob Burch
Denver
McClure
Oore
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Old Mill Must Move in Biddeford Zoning Dispute
Biddeford officials say the Old Mill antique store at 59 Elm St must relocate due to zoning. Building Inspector John Ray announced the plan, noting the retail use in an industrial zone cannot receive a certificate of occupancy. A 30 day grace period was extended for Robert F. Melanson and H. Poisson to relocate if possible.
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Elm St
Biddeford
John Ray Annou
Ray
Robert F. Melanson
H. Poisson
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