28 Oct 1974
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1974
Page
1
An analysis condemns closed meetings as a tool that shields officials from public scrutiny. It surveys legitimate and misused justifications for executive sessions, notes informal and opaque practices, cites the Kittery Town Council case, and quotes Judge Roberts urging openness and rejecting secrecy in public business.
Archbishop Iakovos, primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, arrives in Biddeford for the consecration at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. He receives the key to the city from Mayor Lucien Dutremble at Cascade Inn in Saco, then holds a news conference addressing youth exodus and the American image, speaking in French and English.
Police set up a field telephone from Scheveningen Penitentiary chapel where four armed inmates held 17 people hostage. A cabinet meeting focused on the crisis as the standoff stretched past 40 hours. Hostages included a priest, a boy, and several women and children. Guards provided food, blankets, pillows, and decks of cards while negotiations remained limited despite radio contact and some concessions like coffee and a coat for the boy.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger urged India to cooperate with efforts to curb nuclear weapons spread and stressed New Delhi's capability to export technology. He cited Prime Minister Gandhi's pledge to keep nuclear power for peaceful uses amid skepticism at home and abroad during his three day reconciliation visit.
President Ford rejects wage and price controls unless an international energy crisis of major proportions occurs. He favors an oil embargo if needed and urges Americans to restore morale by abandoning self-destructive attitudes. In a one hour AP interview aboard Air Force One he discusses Congress, Nixon’s pardon, energy, and the economy while reflecting on his tense last meetings with Nixon.
A comic panel in the Dear Abby section riffs on a dog and a door, delivering a light household humor moment as a daily cartoon item.
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