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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1975
Page
3
The federal Council on Wage and Price Stability will study rising medical care costs. Albert Rees cites medical care as a remaining inflation trouble spot. CPI shows medical costs up 14 percent in 12 months and 2.7 percent in three months.
Frank Sinatra drew an eight thousand plus crowd at Stadthalle Arena Vienna with 8 135 tickets sold and ticket prices from five to ninety eight dollars. An unconfirmed report claimed Sinatra refused to perform until a two hundred thousand dollar fee was paid and the matter’s settlement remains unknown. Meanwhile at Newport Rhode Island an unnamed Cambodian naval officer seeking asylum said he would return home if the new government guarantees his safety and many officers share his view after fleeing Cambodia’s collapse.
Palestinian guerrillas and Phalangist private army battled on the fourth day outside Beirut with mortars machine guns and bazookas. Casualties surpassed 25 dead and 150 wounded as efforts to create a buffer zone failed amid crossfire.
In Brussels James R. Schlesinger signaled sympathetic regard for NATO allies requests to increase US arms orders with European producers during the opening of a spring NATO meeting. Roy Mason argued Europe should buy more from the US, urging a 5 to 1 balance instead of the current 10 to 1 ratio.
Paris AP outlines Mme Claude, famous Parisian sex entrepreneur, as a promoter of restraint and money driven relationships. The article describes her 15 year tenure running a network supplying women to diplomats and stars, and her view that pleasure should not outweigh financial power. She argues acquired skills can surpass natural talent and stresses maintaining elegance and naturalness.
Former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford, president of Duke University, will announce next Thursday his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. He will hold a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington at 11 a.m. to deliver a statement and take questions, spokesman Paul Clancy said.
Denver Post reports former astronaut Charles Pete Conrad Jr. is favored to become administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The piece notes Alexander Butterfield resigned as FAA head on March 31, and the story ran in the Denver daily edition.
Thomas College honors include Lorri J. Doyle Biddeford with an Associate in Science in Fashion and Retailing Merchandising Patricia A. Martin Saco earning a Bachelor in Business Education Stephen D. Staples Winslow Biddeford native earns a Bachelor in Business Administration and Management Also news of Weatherbee Kennebunk elected development council chair plus other local graduations and assignments.
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