Gallen Leads Filing as NH Governor Candidates Scramble
State Rep. Hugh Gallen released his 1973 income tax return totaling 63 113 with 19 139 paid to federal taxes as NH filing for governor kicks off. Merrimack Sheriff Ronald Daniels beat him to the secretary of state’s office by hours, Elmer Bussey also filed, while Nixon and Thomson sparred over donor disclosures.
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Concord
N.H
Hugh Galten
Littleton
Gallen
Secretary of State
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
Ronald D. Daniels
Elmer Bussey
Salem
Senate
David L. Nixon
New
Boston
Meldrim Thomson
Nixon
Mass Transit Stalled in Montreal Amid Worker No-Shows
Montreal in gridlock as MAC Transit Commission staff including bus drivers, subway operators, ticket sellers, and information agents fail to report for early morning shifts causing widespread service disruption across the city.
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Montreal
MAC Transit Commission
Nation Tax Reform Hopes Dim After Debt Limit Setback
Senate liberals vow to press tax reform again though chances of finding a new vehicle in the 1974 session appear slim. In other AP copy, plans for Boston to Chicago rail service restoration by National Rail Passenger Corp. with Rep. Stratton announcing the move.
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Washington
Senate
Chicago
National Rail Passenger Corp
Boston
Am Cage
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Vermont youth body identified in Washington burial
The state medical examiners office identified the body found Wednesday afternoon off the Williamstown Chelsea Road as 15-year-old Byron Outbrown of Barre. Police located the youth buried near the road in Washington Vermont.
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Vermont
Burlington
State
Asa
Washington
Byron
Barre
Williamstown
Chelsea Road
Somersworth Council Asked to Fire Building Inspector
The Somersworth Planning Board voted to urge the city council to dismiss building inspector David Bouchard over a $3 million condominium permit dispute. In a separate case in Concord, a judge denied punitive damages to two inmates claiming illegal mail opening by prison authorities.
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Somersworth
N.H
Somersworth City
Concord
Petition Ready for Maine Truck Weight Reform
Maine residents await the midnight deadline as petitions for increasing truck weight limits are delivered to Secretary of State Joseph Edgar. In Augusta the PSC allows a base rate cut for Public Service Company of New Hampshire while adding a fuel adjustment charge.
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Portland
Maine
Joseph Edgar
PSC
Augusta
Public Service Co
Hampshire
Maine Public Utlies Commission
Power Company
Nixon arrives in Moscow for nuclear summit amid crowd control
President Nixon lands at Vnukovo Airport for a Kremlin summit aimed at halting underground nuclear tests and slowing arms development. Brezhnev greets him as police manage large public turnouts with crowd barriers. Nixon later meets ambassadors and heads into the city after talks with NATO partners in Brussels.
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Richard M. Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Vyukovo
Moscow
Nixon
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vnukovo
Brezhnev
Nix
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Brussels
America
Atlantic Alliance
St. Clair Opens for President Nixon Impeachment Defense
Attorney James St. Clair opened President Nixon's impeachment defense before the House Judiciary Committee. He argued the $75,000 March 21, 1973 payment to E. Howard Hunt Jr. covered legal fees, not a Watergate cover up. The panel split 19-19 on expanding witness list, and St. Clair said he will address all allegations in two days.
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Washington (Or
James St. Clair
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
E. Howard Hunt Jr
St. Clair
Hunt
Guand
Charles W. Sandman Jr
R-N.j
Thomas F. Railsback
Inn-W
Stair
Prior W. Iret Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
New Hampshire ConCon delegates back amendments to ratify
New Hampshire delegates at the Constitutional Convention advance amendments to the legislatures' term start in December, allow recalls into special sessions, and curb pocket vetoes. Other measures strengthen judiciary tenure, empower the chief justice as administrative head, and raise jury trial thresholds. Former Gov Walter Peterson praised the work while Sen Laurier Lamontagne noted main accomplishments include rejecting peace terms.
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Roberts
House
Marshall W. Cobleigh
Nashua
Adj
Judicial J
Supreme Court
Walter Peterson
Peterson
Laurier A. Lamontagne
Berlin
State Senate
Local Banks Yet To Begin Issuing Food Stamps In NH
Portsmouth banks have not yet become issuing agents for food stamps as negotiations continue after a public hearing at City Hall. State official Irvin Grubbs said meetings with bankers will resume and that banks in Dover Nashua and Concord have signed up while Portsmouth and other cities lag.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
City Hall
Irvin Grubbs
Council Chamber
Grubbs
State Division of Welfare
Surplus Foods
Lown
City Ralks
Dover
Nashua
Concord
Charles Colburn
Division of
Welfare Assistance Payments Department
Division of Welfare
Grabbs
Public meeting on fishing pier plan tonight
A public information meeting is set for 7:00 p m in the Council Chambers. The commercial fish pier committee will hear Wright Fierce Barnes and Woman present a preliminary feasibility study on a proposed pier site between Preace Coll Park and Four Tree Island. Representatives from DRED and the State Highway Department are expected.
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Johan J. Whaley
Wright, Fierce, Barnes and Woman
Pierce
Preaecoll Park
Four Tree Island
DRED
Special Services
State Highway Department
Lebanon to Seek Oil Cutbacks if Israel Attacks Persist
Lebanon plans to urge Arab nations to renew oil production cuts if Israeli raids on Palestinian positions in Lebanon continue. Premier Takieddin Solh will push the demand at an Arab League defence council meeting in Cairo.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Israell
Beirut
al Jarida
Takieddin Solh
Arab League Defense Council
Cairo
Lebann
League
Israel
Solh
Mt. Hermon
Mar Dov
Har Dov
Naharivva
Fimr
Budget 13.7 Million Approved by City Council
The City Council passed a 13.7 million dollar budget with a 1.90 tax rate increase calculated by City Manager Calvin A. Canney. The measure, approved 7 to 2 after 46 roll calls, trimmed about 209 thousand from the budget including 100 thousand from the school budget.
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Calvin A. Canney
Sprague Oil Refinery Vote Set In Newington Tomorrow
C H Sprague & Sons faces a 404 voter referendum to decide if a 1000 barrels per day oil refinery may be built in Newington. The town meeting pass is open 10 am to 8 pm. SOS calls the plan misleading while most local officials back Sprague.
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Newington
C. H. Sprague & Sons
Save Our Shores
SOS
Sprague
Planning Board
Board of Selectmen
Seacoast
iSouth
Nancy Sand
Rail survey angers Newmarket officials over Olympic ties
Newmarket officials say a railroad company was surveying right of way in town for Olympic Refineries Inc. both sides deny involvement. Olympic president Gratsos and a railroad official call the report unlikely. The board also notes a Massachusetts firm may study Newmarket as an industrial site via the Office of Industrial Development.
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Newmarket
Olympic Refineries, Inc
Olympic
Constantine Gratsos
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Gratsos
Board of Selectmen
Isclecimen
Massachusetts
State Office of Industrial Development
Paul WH. Guilder
Lottery Tax Exemption Sought By State Lotteries
Concord New Hampshire AP reports NASL led by Edward Powers seeks federal tax exemption for state lotteries. Powers notes NH would owe about 4 million dollars retroactive to 1971 when the state adopted a lottery system.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission
National Association of State Lotteries
NASL
New Hampshire
Edward Powers
Powers
Kimball's to Stay Downtown in Portsmouth
Dexter Guid, head of Kimball's, announced the downtown Portsmouth store will remain in place while a new branch opens at Newington Mall. He called the Newington expansion a vote of confidence in the Seagnast area, noting no move for the Portsmouth site.
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Kimball's
Portsmouth
Newington
Dexter Guid
the Herald
Kimball
Maine Lottery First Drawing Winners in Augusta
In Augusta the Maine State Lottery announces the first drawing results. The two winning numbers are 441 and 067 and the single digit wianlog number is f.
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Maine
Augusta
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