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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1973

Page

13

Boston Solon Pushes Referendum On Legalized Prostitution

Boston councilmen Joseph Tierney and Gerald O Leary discussed legalizing prostitution in a questionnaire response. O Leary supported sanctioned bordellos and a restricted red light district to curb crime and protect neighborhoods. Tierney urged a public referendum to let residents decide, noting potential city revenue and licensing controls.

Boston Joseph Tierney Gerald O'Leary O'Leary Tierney

Middle East Becomes Soviet Testing Range

The Middle East war is described as a vast testing ground for Soviet weapons and advisers. Estimates place 1,000 Soviet instructors in Egypt, 3,000 in Syria, and 1,500 in Iraq, with American advisers in Israel near 50. The article notes extensive testing of SAM systems, tanks, and antitank missiles, and highlights the role of Soviet airlift and new equipment like the T-62 and Sagger missile.

New York Times News Service New York Middle East International Institute For Strategic Studies London Egypt Syria Iraq Israel Pavel Damchenko Pravda Washington North Atlantic Treaty Organization United States

Lesbian meeting set in Augusta Maine for Wednesday

NOW announces a lesbian conference in Augusta at 7 30 p m in the Cerebral Palsy Association Building Central Maine with topics including a finding that many residents favor decriminalizing homosexual acts between consenting adults and support revisions to criminal laws.

Augusta Maine Cerebral Palsy Association National Organization For Women (Now NOW

Navy awards 92.4 million Bath Iron Works contract

Bath Iron Works receives a 92.4 million Navy contract to design and build the lead ship of a new patrol frigate class. Sen. Edmund Muskie says the award will secure BIW jobs through the decade as the Navy plans 24 to 50 frigates across three shipyards. The project could total up to 3.2 billion, boosting Bath Industries backlog to a record 286 million.

BATH Bath Iron Works BIW Edmund S. Muskie D-Maine Navy Muskie BSW Robert R. Greenwalt Bath Industries, Inc Milwaukee Wis Greenwalt Patrol Mississippi

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