Planes Destroy Ammo Depot North Vietnam
U S Navy pilots from the Kitty Hawk struck the Dong Ngan ammunition depot, 12 miles northeast of Vinh, causing 100 secondary explosions and seven large fires. In Northern Ireland, about 1000 Catholic families ended a rent and tax strike in Londonderry, per the Londonderry Development Commission.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Kitty Hawk
Dong Ngan
Vinh
Londonderry
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Justice Dept Won't Defend Bugging Suspects in Suit
The Justice Department will not defend a White House aide and a Secret Service agent in a $1 million civil suit filed against five men accused of bugging Democratic headquarters. A spokesman declined to comment on why the department chose not to appeal a federal judge's ruling.
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Justice Dept
Washington
Justice Department
White House
Secret Service
New England Telephone seeks $61 million emergency hike
Boston AP report says the Department of Public Utilities will hear New England Telephone Co request for a $61 million rate hike in Massachusetts. Chairman John Verani said the DPU has never granted emergency rate relief of this nature in its history.
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Boston
Department of Public Utilities
Charman John Verani
DPU
New England Telephone Co
Massachusetts
Granite State Snell Plans Political Poll in N H
Edward Snell head of Snell Associates plans a statewide political poll on gubernatorial and U S Senate primary races. The 10 day survey of more than 500 voters will be released Sept. and four days before the Sept. 12 primary. Milan Okays Copper Mining in New Hampshire
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Snell
Barrington, N.H
Edward Snell
Milan Okays
Milan, N.H
New Hampshire
Humble O# and Refining Co
Two Lubec Girls Die in Maine House Fire
A two-story Lubec home fire killed Edwina Robichaud, 14, and Elizabeth Porter, 4. Tamara Ferguson, 14, escaped by leaping 12 feet from a second-story room. Fire Chief Clarence Small reported the identities of the victims and noted the surviving girl was visiting the home at the time. The incident occurred Wednesday in Lubec. The second item notes Spencer Apollonio’s confirmation as fisheries commissioner by Maine’s Executive Council for a four-year term, after serving as acting commissioner.
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Lubec, Maine
Tamara Ferguson
Lubec
John Ferguson
Clarence Small
Edwina Robichaud
Apolling
Augusta
Maine
Executive Council
Kenneth M. Curtis
Spencer Apollonio
Sire Fisheries
Apollonio
Fire destroys old Rec Center. arson suspected
Firefighters battled a blaze at the old recreation center on Circuit Road after a 1:50 a.m. call. Deputy Fire Chief Donald Lane suspected arson as the building was declared a total wreck and transport to hospital for a foot injury was noted. Fire Chief Ernest Weeks confirmed the damage and described the scene as severe.
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Circuit Road
Donald Lane
Mouth Hospital
Market Street
Kittery
Leonard
Ernest Weeks
Goyette
Winnacunnet Board Raises Luncheon Prices
Winnacunnet School Board votes unanimously to raise school lunch prices by five cents per meal. The increase brings high school lunches to 40 cents, up from 35 cents, after business administrator Robert Nolet notes the district did not need the suggested 10 cent hike.
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Mark Page
Hampton
Winnacunnet
Robert Nolet
Nolet
Imanager
Helen Savage
Eugene Hawley
Hawley
Sea Crest
Village Recreational Center
Armory Grounds
Willl
Powell
Alls
Ildi Ile
Padeene Powell
Republican Party
Powell Attacks McIntyre At 350-Plus Dinner Crowd
Republican Wesley Powell denounced incumbent Senator Thomas J. McIntyre and presidential hopeful George S. McGovern at a National Guard Armory dinner before about 350 supporters. He warned McGovern’s policies would weaken defenses and threaten the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, pledging to keep the facility open amid a broader anti McIntyre McGovern stance.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Wesley Powell
Powell
National Guard
Thomas J. McIntyre
George S. McGovern
George McGovern
White House
America
Tom McIntyre
United States
U.S
Senate
Louis Broadwick
Newfoundland
George Bridle
New Castle
John Anderson
Portameuth
Nixon Talks To Bunker About War
President Nixon, in Honolulu, puts Vietnam first in talks with Ely Ellsworth Bunker and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. Aims to secure a billion dollar, possibly two, upturn in orders for U.S. goods while shaping Japan relations and China ties. Mrs Nixon to visit Hawaii projects as part of a semi political campaign effort.
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Honolulu
Nixon
Vietnam
Japan
Kakuei Tanaka
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
Saigon
Hickam Air Force
United States
Tanaka
Fischer Trails by One Point in World Chess Showdown
In Reykjavik Bobby Fischer sits one point away from the world championship as he and Boris Spassky drew their 70th game. The challenger holds 113 points to Spassky's 84.2 with victory still possible in the next game or via two half point draws.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Zeiller Explains Welfare Aid Reductions in NH
Concord New Hampshire AP Health and Welfare Commissioner Gerard J Zeiller confirmed the state Welfare Division will cut aid due to higher Social Security benefits. He cited state and federal law as limiting options after a letter from George C Bruno of New Hampshire Legal Assistance warned cuts would hit disability and Old Age Assistance recipients hardest.
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Laconia
N.H
Robert Raiche
New Hampshire State Hospital
Concord
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
Chicago
Christos Koulas
Jereald Zeiller
Walter Peterson
Zeiller
Health and Welfare
Gerard J. Zeiller
George C. Bruno
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Bruno
New Hampshire
Reform In Taxes Urged By Gov Peterson
New Hampshire Governor Walter Peterson endorses President Nixon’s call to cut property taxes and reform the tax structure. He backs a tax levy idea, urges support for the Sandwich Notch preservation drive, and criticizes welfare costs while noting campaign contrasts with Meldrim Thomson.
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Associated Press
New Hampshire
Walter Peterson
Nixon
Peterson
Society For the Protection of
Sandwich Notch
Gerald, Zeiller
Thomson
Rochester
Roger Crowley
Warrants Issued for Suspects in Nationwide Drug Raids
State Police and York County units conducted coordinated raids across Washington and York Counties including Camden Boothbay Harbor and Augusta arresting suspects in illegal narcotics trafficking. Officials say 14 weeks of undercover work funded by a $34,000 legislative appropriation led to hard drug purchases and potential further action. The operation involved undercover agents described as college-kid types targeting amphetamines barbiturates and hallucinogens.
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Alfred
Warra
York County
Atty
Richards
Cohert
Gusta
Washington
York Counties
Camden, Boothbay Harbor
Augusta
Gilln Euans
Vilig
Boston
Cohen
Ten in York County Nabbed for Drugs
Ten persons were arrested and charged with sale of marijuana or dangerous drugs in raids across York County coastal resort areas. Suspects from Berwick Kennebunk Sanford York and Kennebunkport include Philip Pineo Collyer Timmons Timothy Butler Margaret Sherburne David Nadeau Joan Young David Higgins Richard Chapais Mark Stevens Robert L Lamberti John P Blake Jr Jerre Buxton Jr Thomas Dumont Robert Quitrion and Mark Borrie. Bail ranges from 500 cash to 2000 in sureties.
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Alfred
York County
Paul Hooper
Philip Pineo
Collyer Timmons
Berwick
Timothy Butler
Margaret Sherburne
David Nadeau
Joan Young
David Higgins
Kennebunk
Richard Chapais
Sanford
Mark Stevens
Cape Nordics
Robert L. Lamberti
Kennebunkport
Alto
John P. Blake Jr
York
Augusta
Jerre L. Buxton Jr
Thomas A. Dumont
T That City
Waterville
Robert J. Quitrion
Mark Borrie
Robert Jansen
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