Gary Merrill Turns Lighthouse Into Home at Cape Elizabeth
Actor Gary Merrill owns the West Light,one of Maine’s Two Lights lighthouses near Cape Elizabeth. He plans a year round home remodel with a glass walled bedroom atop the 54 foot tower and six level living quarters reachable by a spiraling iron staircase. The dome and lantern were removed when the light went out of service. The 129 foot tower offers a 360 degree view across the Atlantic to New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.
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Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Gary Merrill
Merrill
West
Atlantic Ocean
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
Wholesale Price Report Tests Nixon Wage Freeze Impact
The Labor Department reports August wholesale prices for food and industrial goods as the Nixon wage price freeze nears six weeks. George Meany signals openness to bargaining on economic plans after the freeze ends November 13, while Treasury exempts 1.5 billion dollars of goods from the 10 percent import surcharge. Nixon orders postponement of blue collar raises to February 15 and seeks July 1 1972 for white collar and military pay. Meany declines Senate hearing but hints labor will push for broader controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Organized Labor
George Meany
White House
Treasury Department
United States
al Education Association
Donald E. Morrison
Treasury
Charls E. Walker
Congress
Meany
Senate
House Economic Committee
Nixon wage-price freeze Q and A ruling on fees
The Cost of Living Council released the 12th set of Nixon wage-price freeze questions and answers. It states that raising a utility franchise fee by a municipality is not allowed as it is a charge for service, not a tax.
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Washington
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Navy Turns Tug Over To Samoa
In San Diego the Navy tug Koka was decommissioned and presented to American Samoa as a gift of friendship. Ma alona Elisara became the ship's new skipper after the ceremony. The 144 foot vessel will be used for salvage and rescue work in the South Pacific territory.
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San Diego
Calif
Ken
J.g
Timothy McGarvey
American Samoa
U.S
South Pacific
Welfare rolls fall for Arabs in Gaza Sinai after 1967 war
The number of Arabs on welfare in the Israeli occupied Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula dropped from 70 000 to 30 000 since the 1967 Middle East war.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
Sinai Peninsula
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