Watergate Panel Recesses as Nixon Spying Debate Roils
Presidential speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan accused Democrats of a double standard over paid spies, citing Joe McGinniss who exposed Nixon aides in 1958 and wrote The Selling of the President. The Senate Watergate committee shifted from bugging to exploring the issue.
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Washington
Patrick J. Buchanan
Nixon
Joe McGinnis
Buchanan
Sentate Watergate Committee
Watergate
Senate Approves Trident Submarine Schedule
The Senate approved an accelerated Navy plan to build a fleet of Trident submarines by a 49 to 47 vote, defeating an amendment to cut 885.4 million from a 21 billion weapons bill. The move sustains the 1978 first-unit delivery amid Nixon and Defense Department opposition to the delay. The hearings will resume next Tuesday with no live TV coverage as networks end their three-way broadcast agreement.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Nixon
Defense Department
Buchanan
Joseph Montoya
Dn.m
Montoya
Joe McGinnis
Washington Post
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
George McGovern
Daley
McGovern
Clothing Prices Rise As Demand Goes Up
New York AP report warns higher prices and tighter selections in cotton and wool clothing. Global shortages and strong demand push costs for mills like Greenwood, Wranglers, and Cluett Peabody, with U.S. prices likely rising by fall and spring.
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New York
United States
U.S
Robert Eisen
Urers Institute
Cluett Peabody
Cone Mulls
Burlington Mills
New York Cotton Exchange
Recycling Business Grows with Paper Shortage
J Zaitlin and Sons Inc bids for scrap paper as paper shortages lift prices. Sam Zaitlin says towns can profit from recycling and reduce dump costs by collecting red newspapers at 12 dollars per ton and clean cardboard at 20 dollars per ton. He notes 40 to 60 percent of a town’s solid waste could be recycled, needing separate waste streams.
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Sam Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Kennebunkport Sees Valuation Jump Up to 43 Million
A preliminary re assessment study by state official Wilfred S. Leavitt suggests Kennebunkport total land and personal property could reach about 43 million by 1974 from 12.7 million today. A March town meeting must authorize the full re valuation. Avis Airman Inc plans color aerial photos for a town tax map at 20 000 dollars, with five cartographers cataloguing properties and a 1974 completion target.
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Kennebunkport
Wilfred S. Leavitt
State Bureau of Taxation
Carter Radley
Leavitt
Radley
Avis Airman Inc
Brookline
Mass
Cape Porpoise
Goose Rocks Beach
Avis
Grand Jury Probes Agnew in Baltimore inquiry
A federal grand jury began hearing evidence in Baltimore on alleged tax bribery extortion and conspiracy ties to Vice President Spiro Agnew. The probe, guarded by federal marshals, could lead to impeachment debates and potential injunctions from U S District Judge Walter Hoffman as Democrats and Republicans clash over the proper channel for inquiry.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
United States
Carl Albert
House of Representatives
U.S. Dist
Walter Hoffman
Norfolk
Maryland
Elliot L. Richardson
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ray J. Madden
Saco Street Department Advances Major Storm Drain Project
The Saco Street Department is executing phase 1 of a Tasker Street storm water drainage system. Workers excavate and install 18 to 36 inch pipes from Tasker Street south to Bradley and Lincoln streets toward the river. The project faced ledge mud and water but locals and officials expect long term drainage relief and public confidence in the department.
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Saco Street
Tasker Street
Bradley Street
Lincoln Street
Saco
Berton Braley
Braley
Richard Murray
Brentwood Circle
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mitchell Enters Maine Governor Race Opened Office in Portland
George J. Mitchell, a Montana attorney and former Muskie campaign director, begins a Maine campaign push for the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He opened an office in Portland with two Saco Young Democrats aides Debbie Bedard and Michell Rube and plans full-time campaigning starting January.
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Portland
George J. Mitchell
Saco
Muskie
Saco Young Democrats
Debbie Bedard
Michell Rube
Mitchell
Sheraton-Eastland
Jensen
Maine
George Mitchell
Cen
Marriage Wobbles Showed In Silent TV Commercials
A quip notes that a shaky marriage becomes evident when partners stop talking during TV commercials. The cartoonish observation highlights domestic tension with a light, reflective tone.
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Portland Road
Leo Lariviere
Brian Thayer
Dick Danforth
Republican Party
Michael Spath
J. Zaitlin and Sons Inc
Kennebunks
Grand Jury
N Dale Anderson
Baltimore County
Anderson
Albert
Ind
House Rules Committee
Paul Findley
R-Iil
Findley
Big Saco
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Union St
Lr Aube
Dyer St
Maryline Kite
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