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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1972

Page

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Saco Votes on 1.5 Million Bond for New Junior High

About 125 residents attended a public hearing on a proposed 28 room junior high on Buxton Road in Saco. Wendell Lund urged a vote against the project citing birth rates and teacher shortages in the 60s, while officials presented plans including open to closed classrooms and potential double sessions. The plan totals 2,225,109 dollars with one third state share. November 7 vote set. Congress approves 24.6 billion antipollution bill guiding water quality through 1985 with funding for waste treatment plants and EPA-oversight.

Michael Spath Saco Wendell Lund Lund Forbes Magazine Hans Lunder Buxton Road Robert Shaw Lowell Innes Innes Howard Cushman Cushman Shaw Washington Congress Nixon House Senate

Ex-Marine describes role in Watergate bugging

Alfred C Baldwin III, former Marine captain and security worker for the Nixon committee, tells the Los Angeles Times he monitored a Democratic headquarters telephone tap in the Watergate complex and kept logs of about 200 conversations. He says he reported to James McCord Jr and assisted on May 25 and June 17.

Los Angeles FBI Times Georgemittee New Haven Conn the Times Baldwin Marine Corps Committee For The Howard Johnson Democratic Watergate Complex Washington D.C Nixon O'Brien Martha Mitchell Atty John Mitchell James W. McCord Jr Nixon Committee McCord United States Ing Watergate Spencer Oliver

Biddeford Board Grants Bus Rides to Six and Seven Year Olds

After a heated meeting, Biddeford School Board approves bus rides for six and seven year olds. A grace period lasts until next Wednesday while a busing study by Ralph Valliere is finished. Existing bused students keep riding. new walkers must use nearest stops.

Cleaves Street Biddeford Frechette Richard West Jr Cleaves Sen Guy Marcotte Bid Richard Jacques Walkier

Wholesale Prices Rise Amid Food and Industrial Increases

Government data show wholesale prices up 0.3 percent in September with farm products up 0.6 percent. Over 13 months under wage price controls, prices rose 4.3 percent annualized, while the index reached 120.2 from a 1967 base of 100. Fruits and vegetables dipped 0.6 percent for the month but rose 33.3 percent vs last year. meats and dairy products varied with milk up 0.7 percent and eggs up 15.7 percent year over year.

Washingston Bureau of Labor Statistics Nixon

Paris Peace Talks Bog Down Again

Viet Cong and North Vietnamese negotiators said the talks remain deadlocked with a wide gap between positions. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh called U S proposals unreasonable while Thuy accused the U S of intensifying war. U S ambassadors urged real negotiations and rejected the failure to discuss Nixon's May 8 cease-fire offer.

Paris Viet Cong Vietnam Nguyen Thi Binh Provisional Revolutionary U.S Xuan Thuy Mrs. Binh William J. Porter Nixon U. S William S. Porter North Vietnam Porter

F111s Cleared for North Vietnam Missions Amid Weather Delays

U S forces cleared the controversial F111 fighter-bombers after six days of tests and sent them on missions over North Vietnam. Two strikes were flown overnight as weather halted planned attacks, while reports say about 50 aircraft arrived at Takhli Thailand.

Saigon North Vietnam Takhli Air Base Thailand Dien Bien Phu Hanoi China Planation United States Air Force Navy Marine South Vietnam Saigon Command

Labor leaders clash with Meany over neutrality orders

AFL-CIO President George Meany faces pushback from state labor units upset by his order to repeal resolutions urging Nixon defeat. Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Colorado groups defy Meany while he seeks to enforce neutrality across the federation amid resolutions and a lawsuit related to Colorado.

Washington AFL Cio George Meany Richard Nixon Meany Nixon National Federation U.S Oklahoma Afl-Cio Henry L. Sikes Aflcio Council North Carolina Afl-Clo Wilbur Hobsby John F. Henning California Sacramento Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Texas George McGovern Colorado AFL

Inside The Journal Cartoons and Comics Feature

A brief notice lists pages 16 and 17 for cartoons and classifieds while page 10 hosts a Dear Abby column and a crossword. An editorial previews Nixon’s stance on taxes with no hike promised and a second piece on poetess Anne Brady on pages 6 and 7.

Abby Nixon Anne Brady

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