Portsmouth Chamber Direc tor outlines downtown growth plan
Portsmouth new chamber director David P. Cordeau, after five days on the job, stresses guiding city growth, coordinating business input, and boosting post 5 pm activity. He urges a united effort with city government, proposes a tourist package, and aims to showcase professional chamber coordination to aid downtown vitality. he notes prior lack of city-chamber collaboration and the need for economic data and balanced programs.
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Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
David P. Cordeau
Chamber
Cordean
Cordeau
Teens Put Dent In Jobless Rate
The May unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent as teens entered the labor market, with employment and labor force expanding but job growth lagging. Labor Department data show 4.7 million unemployed, 86 million employed, and expectations tempering near-term gains as economists predict a rebound after a three-month downturn.
Liaison Man Will Stick It Out in NH
Maurice Geiger, U S Justice Department liaison with New Hampshire Crime Commission, said he will not quit despite the commission wanting his removal. He accused the agency of failing to present its 1973 comprehensive plan and being unrepre sentative. He warned federal funds underwriting programs could be jeopardized if federal requirements are not met.
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Chamber
Cordeau
Laconia
N.H
Maurice Geiger
U.S. Justice Department
New Hampshire Crime Commission
Geiger
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Commission
Newport News Shipyard to lay off 250 workers
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co to lay off about 250 workers and transfer 200 to 250 to new departments. John P. Diesel, president, says higher costs create a critical challenge for the yard, which employs about 25,000 people.
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Newport
Newport News. Va
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
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John P. Diesel
Riscosts
Nixon Officials Linked to Politicized Government Programs
A Senate Watergate committee staff draft report accuses the Nixon administration of using federal agencies for political gain and potentially violating criminal statutes. The 140 page document details the Responsiveness Program aimed at aiding Nixon’s re election, suggesting conspiratorial conduct and possible defrauding of the United States. It names no individuals but urges prosecutions of several officials. The plan involved disguising political activities as official government business across federal programs and Cabinet level committees.
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Senate Watergate Committee
Associated Press
White House
Nixson
Watergate Committee
Executive Branch
United States
Supreme Court
Samuel Cash
Nixon
Capitol
Ruling Finds Timberlane Meeting Illegal Yet Substitutes Allowed
Rockingham County Superior Court ruled the March 12 Timberlane Regional School Board meeting illegal for insufficient notice and voided actions taken. The judge upheld the board’s ability to hire substitutes during the ongoing strike, while the board’s renomination lapse was not a constitutional violation. The district, serving Plaistow Atkinson Sandown and Danville, Massachusetts border towns, has rehired five strikers as the 10 week walkout continues.
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Exeter
Rockingham County
Timberlane
Hardwick
Nixon Teeters on Brink Of Contempt Statutes
Patricia Hearst declares love for SLA member William Wolfe known as Cujo and vows to fight on with the Symbionese Liberation Army. She describes herself as reborn on May 17 and says SLA members saved her life during the February kidnapping. She dismisses brainwashing theories and refuses surrender while expressing fear of death. Wolfe, father of Wolfe, calls her praise of his son accurate and notes his gentleness.
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Patricia Hearst
Symibionese Liberation Army
William Wolfe
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Pi Hearsts
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Wolfe
Hillsborough
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Tania
Miss Hearst
Los Angeles
Emmaus
LS. Wolfe
Budget Hearing Set for Monday Night City Hall
Residents are invited to speak on the proposed municipal budget at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The hearing covers the municipal portion of about 6.8 million dollars, separate from the school budget. Also on the agenda are a $39,000 appropriation from surplus for Dondero School site development and a first reading for stricter carnival regulations.
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Dondero School
Flotilla Stops In at Resort City on Fishing Limits
A 103 foot New England trawler named Sharon Noreen with 10 crew halted at Cape May on Friday to press for extending the territorial fishing limit from 12 to 200 miles. Frank Grice and Kenneth H. Land joined the stop, noting similar issues for New Jersey and New England fleets. State Sen. Barry Parker greeted the ship director. The vessel planned to continue to Washington on Tuesday.
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New England
Sharon Noreen
Washington
New Jersey
Frank Grice
Massachusetts Division of Game Fisheries
Kenneth H. Land
New Hampshire
Local Teenagers Die In Portsmouth Car Crash
Tragedy struck two Portsmouth homes as a sports car and a sedan collided on Greenland Road. A 17 year old boy and 14 year old Donna L Blackston were killed, while 65 year old Donna Blackston’s passenger was injured. Police identified Steve D McDonald as the car’s driver who died at the scene.
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Portsmouth
Greenland Road
Friend
Steve D. McDonald
Maplewood Ave
Donna L. Blackston
Aldrich Road
Portsmouth Senior High School
Donna
Paul K. Blackston
Steve McDonald
Advertising Claims Called Misleading
NEW YORK AP A 1.8 million advertising campaign by the nation s second largest electric power producer was attacked as quite misleading by the federal environment chief Russell E Train administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency He said American Electric Power Co s campaign wrongly criticized scrubber devices that remove sulfur oxide pollutants from power plant emissions Train noted that Federal Energy Administrator John Sawhill had urged the company to cease such advertising The company countered that the technology on a commercial basis is not available and even if it were availability would miss the July 1975 deadline The utility parent operates firms in Michigan Ohio West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee The notice directs readers to turn to page 2 est 2
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U.S. Court of Appeals
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Lewis Fielding
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehhrlichman
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
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ITT
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New York
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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American Electric] Power Co
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Federal Energy
John Sawhill
Donald C. Cook
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Michidiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Election Chief Warns of Voter List and Absentee Ballot Risks
Maine Election Division chief Teter M. Damborg voiced concerns over inaccurate voter lists and abuse of absentee ballots ahead of the primary. He cited deceased residents, moves out of state, and a need to update rolls citywide, with Portland pushing postal unification. A statewide effort and a smart survey in Lewiston were proposed to improve registrations.
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Sam. Vary
Tursday
Teter M. Damborg
Perpie
Prapir
Portland
Damborg
Cial Omieiais Onen
Lewiston
Aio Percon
Concord Monitor Seeks Public Access to School Negotiations
The Concord Monitor asks New Hampshire Supreme Court to open salary negotiations between the Concord Union School District and its teachers to the public. The paper’s lawyer argues that Right to Know Law makes such negotiations public and that trust in public proceedings is essential.
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NHS
Concord Monitor
State Supreme Court
Concord Union
Robert HH. Reno
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