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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1972
Page
1
The Senate voted 51 to 12 to override President Nixon veto of a 244 billion three year clean water bill aimed at eliminating water pollution by 1985. The measure funds municipal sewage and waste treatment and tightens industrial discharge controls. House action pending.
Coast Guard pilots heard emergency beacon signals about 10 miles west of Juneau while searching timbered mountains for the missing Cessna 310 carrying House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs and three others. Officials cautioned that signals can be false or misattributed.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie tours Maine in a county campaign swing for the Democratic ticket. He addresses the Maine Municipal Association at the Sheraton Eastland Hotel at 11 15 a m, visits the American Cyanamid plant at 2 p m, attends a Sanford reception at 3 15, and meets leaders at the Shawmut Inn in Kennebunkport at 7 p m.
Senator George McGovern resumes campaign after voting to override Nixon veto on pollution and debt bills. Nixon plans to campaign in Westchester County while Agnew and Shriver prepare trips. Judge Sirica sets Nov 15 trial date for seven Watergate defendants. further venue and dismissal motions to be heard. Connally to broadcast for Nixon. Eunice Kennedy Shriver blasts Nixon on charity and public needs.
Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher said he would attend the Kennedy rally at Biddeford High School this afternoon though not formally invited by the Hathaway arrangements committee. Sen. Guy Marcotte and Richard Jacques said no slight was intended and that all city officials are invited. The 5:30 p.m. event will include officials and candidates on the platform with Sen. Kennedy. The high school will close at 3:30 p.m. to ensure safety and traffic flow, a decision supported by Superintendent Frechette and the school board backed by Secret Service advice.
Sen Edward Kennedy visits area Democrats for a no ticket rally at Steve White Gym Biddeford High School this afternoon. He lands in Portland about 5 00 and heads to the gym for a major address before leaving Sanford for Burlington VI. Attending are Sen Edmund Muskie Congressman Peter Kyros and Gov Kenneth Curtis.
Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger landed in Saigon to join U S and South Vietnamese officials in a comprehensive review of the Vietnam war situation and ongoing Paris peace talks. He came from Paris after a secret meeting with North Vietnam and was greeted by Bunker Abrams and Weyand as Thieu aides rejoined talks.
A curfew was ordered in Chile as authorities seek to curb unrest. The measure targets major cities and applies from dusk until dawn, with police enforcing patrols to prevent demonstrations and curfews’ breach.
A retiring congressman blocked a fast track to a first federal noise-control law. The bill would have EPA set standards for machinery and vehicles, with fines up to 25 000 per day and one year in prison. Citizen suits against agencies could be brought for noncompliance.
Washington AP reports federal revenue sharing grants outline York County cities and towns allocations for the current fiscal year. Total Maine funding is 20,759,713 with 1,209,014 to state government and numerous sums listed for Biddeford Saco Berwick Buxton Eliot Kennebunk Kittery Old Orchard Beach Sanford South Berwick Wells York and county government totaling 1,637.
U S fighter bombers added to the Hanoi corridor attacks as another F111 was lost northwest of Hanoi during a strike. The second F111 loss follows a prior September crash. both crews listed missing. An Air Force F4 Phantom also crashed nearby with no injuries. Overall, 114 U S airmen killed or captured in operations since resuming bombing last April. Ground fighting and bombardment continue around Saigon with mixed gains and contested hamlets as regional security remains unsettled.
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