Senators Push Senate House Panel to Oversee CIA
Two members of the Watergate committee Sen Howard Baker Jr and Sen Lowell Weicker Jr call for a new 14 member joint Senate House oversight panel to strengthen congressional review of CIA and other intelligence agencies. They say current oversight fails to deter misconduct and serves as a shield to agencies amid Watergate and covert Chile operations. President Ford and Henry Kissinger brief leaders on CIA covert actions as controversy continues.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Senate
House Committee
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
Chile
Kissinger
Baker
Armed Service and Foreign Relations Committees
House
Baker-Weicker
Lion Cub Ruffy Finds Friends at York Beach Amid Family Loss
In Portland, Ruffy the six month old lion cub remains in the care of human friends after his brother Leo was sold last week. The piece notes their Canadian origin and bottle feeding after their mother refused milk. The tone centers on community warmth and animal welfare.
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Ruffy
York Beach Animal Forest
Leo
Gasoline Prices Decline Across Independent Stations
Independent gasoline stations cut pump prices by up to 23 cents a gallon, eroding sales of major brands. Dan Lundberg notes easing prices especially in wholesale supply to independents, reviving a market that had nearly dried up two months earlier.
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New York
Associated Press
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Society of Independent Gasoline
Coal Tar Spill Prompt Containment Efforts in Lewiston
Cleanup crews erected booms along the Androscoggin River to contain coal tar leaking from a storage tank in Lewiston Maine. Two juveniles were taken into custody and facing malicious mischief charges after allegedly opening a valve. Initial estimates ranged from 2000 to 3000 gallons with the substance spreading toward the river.
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Lewiston
Androscoggin
Maine
Lincoln Street
Department of Environmental Protection
Mark Guerin
DEP
Oil Conveyance Services
Guerin
Seacoast Ocean Services of
Portland
Northern Utilities, Inc
Maine Draft Amnesty Affects Few Evaders
Maine officials report 14 evaders in the Ford amnesty period from Aug 1964 to May 1973 with most abroad or unlocated. In Maine 63 total draft violations were charged, including 61 failures to report for induction. one failed physical, and one conscientious objector. Authorities note 29 warrants remain and a next step is to pull files to identify suspects.
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Maine
Selective Service System
York County
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Portland
U.S
Peter Mills
Ford
Mills
Paul Merrick
Merrick
Canada
England
Cumberland County
Aroostook
Washington County
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Oxford
Penobscot
York
Amry
Siamese twins in Philadelphia separated after 62 hour surgery
Siamese twin girls from the Dominican Republic slept in separate cribs for the first time in their 13 months of life after a 62 hour operation at Children's Hospital. Dr. C Everett Koop led 23 surgeons and nurses. He said the girls are healthy and expected to live as separate individuals.
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Philadelphia
Dominican Republic
Dr. C. Everett Koop
Children’s Hospital
Twins Separated After Groundbreaking Surgery at Santo Domingo
Clara and Altagracia Rodriguez, joined at pelvis and abdomen, gained complete internal organs in a pioneering operation. They are expected to live normal lives and may have children. Initially in two beds, they will share a bed to avoid psychological trauma. Their mother Farida Rodriguez brought them from a Santo Domingo area farm 11 days ago after doctors warned they might die at birth.
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Clara
Altagracia Rodriguez
Altagracia
Shirley Bonnem
Farida Rodriguez
Santo Domingo
Foliage Season Drives Tourism in Northern New England
The first reds and oranges appear in northern Maine New Hampshire and Vermont as foliage season boosts the tourism economy. Vermont reports 25 million dollars of its 250 million annual tourist spend during foliage while Maine notes about 30 million of 137 million. Peak is late September to early October with Columbus Day weekends often booked. traffic jams have occurred at North Woodstock New Hampshire during peak periods.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
State Agency of Development and Community Affairs
State Department of Commerce and Industry
John Brennan
State Office of Vacation Travel
Kancamagus Highway
U.S. 3
Woodstock
N.H
Jay Gallager
State Parks Department
White Mountains
Brennan
Mount Washington
Delays Fuel FOIL Fight Against Sanford Oil Refinery
FOIL leaders credit delays in New England Energy Co. refinery filings for renewed momentum. Morton Mather becomes FOIL executive director to run outreach, fundraising, and a speakers bureau while FOIL plans energy alternatives and questions the Sanford zoning vote and DEP delays. MOUSAM River setback issues and court challenges cited as factors shaping the campaign.
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Kennebunkport
FOIL
New England Energy Co
Sanford
Lyman Page
Page
Morton Mather
Wells
FOI
NEECO
Gibbs Oil, Revere
Mass
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Mousam River
Mather
America
York County
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City Editor
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Revere
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Boston
Lovett Peters
Burmah Oil Tankers Ltd
Journal
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Springvale
South Portland
Westbrook
Gorham
Scarborough
Saco
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Arundel
North Berwick
South Berwick
Eliot
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
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