Senate Approves 74.6 Billion Defense Bill Amid Vietnam Debate
The Senate pass a 74.6 billion defense spending bill largest since World War II defeating Proxmire amendment to end bombing in Indochina and adopting a 1971 end the war language. The measure includes 50 million to civilianize Army KP duties and funds for new weapons.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
William Proxmire
Congress
Nixson
Sen
Charles
Mathias
R-Md
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Appropriations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Hanoi
Nixon
Proxmire
D-Wis
House
White House
Philip Hart
D-Mica
Pentagon
Hart
Saco considers 1.4 million junior high cost and bonds
Saco leaders hear figures for a new junior high at 2 225 109 total with city share about 1 431 240 and state aid of 744 185. The plan would add 1 9 mills raising taxes on five thousand dollars by 9 50 and on twenty five thousand by 47 50. A sewerage system for the school would serve only the campus for 20 years.
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Howard Cushman
Saco
Cushman
Nicholas Scontras
Buxton Road
Armand Mercier
Biddeford Council Rejects Halloween Ban Proposal
The Biddeford City Council declined a plan to ban or restrict trick or treating on Halloween night. Mrs. Adrian Goulet proposed the idea noting Halloween should be private, while most councilors argued that younger kids enjoy it and older kids cause damage. Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher discussed vote-counting options but deemed a computer tally unlikely. Absent were councilors John Paquette and Paul A. Seymour. New appointments included John F. Xaphes to the Planning Board, Norman Nadeau as alternate, and Rev. John Miller as cemetery trustee.
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Biddeford
Adrian Goulet
Guy B. Farrell
Gilbert R. Boucher
John Paquette
Paul A. Seymour
John F. Xaphes
One F111 Vanishes Grounding Shifts Vietnam War Pace
Saigon AP reports the United States halted combat use of F111 bombers after delaying five days to disclose a disappearance on their first mission. F111s are grounded while F4 Phantoms carry out strikes near Hanoi and along the Laos border amid reports of a North Vietnamese buildup. Terrorist attacks hit Udorn base in Thailand. Ubon base also comes under mortar fire as the command withholds details.
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Saigon
United States
Thailand
Hanoi
Laos
U.S. Command
Ubon
Udorn
Korat
Na San
Yen Bai
Bangkok
U.S
Refus
Portland man runs marathon length of Maine for fun
AP reports 63 year old Jim Carroll, recent Portland Jetport retiree, has reached Maine mid point in a 400 mile run from Kittery. He plans to finish at Fort Kent in about ten days while eating heavily to offset the long miles.
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Crono
Portland
Maine
Jim Carroll
Kittery
Carroll
Portland International
Fort Kent
Nuclear accords put into effect at White House ceremony
President Nixon and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced that nuclear arms control accords are now in force. The ceremony in the East Room finalized steps on a treaty limiting defensive missiles and an agreement freezing most long range arsenals for five years. The leaders urged ongoing negotiations to broaden limits and reduce war danger.
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Washingto S (Ap
Nixon
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Moscow
Gromyko
Chest Parade in Saco Biddeford Sets Parade Route
Weather favors parade as four divisions of the Biddeford Saco Community Chest march from Beach Street Saco to Biddeford City Square. About 40 organizations join the kickoff led by Parade Marshall William W McKenney. Fund goal set at 67001 dollars, about 6000 higher than last year.
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Saco
Meadow Lane
Gordon Pendleton
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Main Street
Thornton Avenue
Arnold Ayotte
Summer Street
Burns School
Blanchard Associates
Kenneth Pendleton
Bryce Milne
Biddeford- Saco
Biddeford
Twin-Cities
Marshall
William W. McKenney
Beach Street
Jeffson
Biddeford City Square
Casco Bank
Seven American POWs Call for Release in Hanoi Meeting
AP Special Correspondent Peter Arnett recounts a dramatic Hanoi meeting with seven U.S. pilots held as prisoners of war. The scene shows the pilots seeking home while antiwar activists and reporters observe, with one man pleading Get us out of here as they depart.
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AP Special Navy
Eugene Wilbur
Peter Arnett
Columbia Cross Roads
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Dezen
Wilbur
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
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Southeast Asia
United Air Lines
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Los Angeles
Prisoner of War Left Behind
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