Project Pride clean up planned for Old Orchard Beach students
About 1,200 students from kindergarten to high school will canvass Old Orchard Beach streets and public property Friday to pick up debris as the summer tourist season opens. The event includes police and public works support, a school lunch picnic, and aims to foster long term pride and reduce litter.
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Old Orchard Beach
David Majercik
Majercik
Public Works Department
Police Departments
Police Department
Louis Savelas
Pompidou warns Nixon on European troop cuts
In Reykjavik the French president told Nixon that unilateral reductions of about 300000 U S troops in Europe would be dangerous. The two leaders held a 21 hour summit focus on NATO, with ministers tackling Middle East Vietnam and monetary issues.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Georges Pompidou
France
Nixon
America
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pompidou
United States
William P. Rogers
Michel Jobert
Mideast
Vietnam
Cambodia
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Finance
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Atlantic Alliance
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Death Penalty Bill Defeated In Maine House
The Maine House defeated on a 94 42 vote a bill to reinstate capital punishment and backed an alternative life without parole for murderers. Debate centered on case by case justice versus mandatory terms and the measure’s public support.
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Augusta
House
Maine
Gerald E. Talbot
Portland
Armand Fecteau
Biddeford
Judiciary Committee
Fecteau
Talbot
Mildred F. Wheeler
Lowell D. Henley
Norway
Edward C. Kelleher
Bangor
Senate Moves To Cut Off Funds For Cambodia Bombing
The Senate prepared to vote on amending a 3.6 billion supplemental bill to deny funds for U S bombing of Cambodia and Laos. Pentagon sources say B52 runs over Cambodia have fallen about one third from the daily average, with costs and crew morale cited.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Pentagon
Laos
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate Appropriations Committee
Guam
Thailand
Skylab Crew Cuts Power Drains Reduces Experiments
Skylab astronauts and mission control faced a power shortfall as another battery failed, reducing the range of experiments. Commander Conrad, Dr. Kerwin, and Weitz shifted from earth resources to medical and solar observations while considering a space walk to free a jammed solar panel.
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Space Center, Houston
Skylab
Mission Control
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Orbiting Lab
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
United States
Neil Hutchinson
Kerwin
Majercik Explains OOB School Board Contract Refusal
Old Orchard Beach Superintendent David Majercik says the School Committee cited reasons for not renewing his contract after its July 1 expiration. He notes he has led School Union 8 since 1972 and sought formal reasons for their January 1973 decision.
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Old Orchard Beach
David Majercik
Majercik
School Union 8
Old Orchard
Old Orchard Beach official defends actions amid committee charges
Beach Committee members cited five reasons for their actions including currying press favor and time spent on school business. The speaker says he answered at a meeting but won t engage in public debate, condemning attempts to withhold reasons from the public to protect him.
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Old Orchard Beach Committee
Old Orchard School
Colombian airliner hijacked over Aruba demand change
hijackers of a four engine Electra diverted from Aruba to Lima before returning as oil ran low. They released 33 women and children. 56 remain aboard with two hijackers. Colombian government and President Pastrana faced unclear demands and tensions rose.
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Colombia
Aruba
Caribbean
Venezuela
Lima
Peru
Princess Beatriz
Jorge Lucena
Lucena
Misael Pastrana
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Ice
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Congress
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
O. O. Beach
Michael Spath
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