Maine’s March of cutbacks rocks state politics and economy
The letter warns that Loring Air Base closures and Maremont gun contracts threaten Maine’s economy, jobs in Aroostook County, and political standing of delegation members Muskie Hathaway Cohen and Emery. It questions Buy America adherence and Bath Iron Works frigate plans amid national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Air Base
Limestone
Maremont Corp
Saco
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Messrs
Muskie
Hathaway
Cohen
Emery
Pentagon
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Aroostook
Air Force
Thomas C. Reed
Loring
Washington
Maremont
Army
Belgium
Smoudeu
Ustic
Waruships
Lotolow
House Armed Services Committee
Be Litton Industries
Mississippi
Ford
Armed Forces
Mr. Ford
Margaret Chase Smith
Dollar diplomacy and Turkey US defense pact criticism
The new Turkish US agreement to reopen 26 American bases in exchange for one billion dollars in military aid over four years prompts critics to call for a reevaluation of mutual defense pacts. The piece argues dollar diplomacy shifts costs to the US and questions NATO deterrence, urging a shift toward genuine cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
United States
U.S
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Washington
Free World
NATO
State Department
Congress
Rumsfeld tightens grip as Pentagon reshuffle begins
Secretaries and aides shift positions in the Pentagon as Donald Rumsfeld consolidates power. He moves Ellsworth to deputy secretary, sacks Sullivan and several assistant secretaries, and brings in six new high level aides while clashing with Kissinger over foreign policy. A separate note reveals an EPA memo on a Jamaica pesticide incident that killed 16-17 people and was quietly suppressed to protect Jamaica's economy.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
James Schlesinger
Rumsfeld
Secretariat
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Robert Ellsworth
Defense
State Department
Ilsworth
Ellsworth
State Dept
Schlesinger
Ford
Leonard Sullivan
Sullivan
Senate Appropriations
PAE
James Cowan
Joseph Laitin
John Maury
Albert Hall
Adm
Earl Redanus
John Christie
Navy
D.S. Potter
Malcolm Currie
William Greener
Frank Shrontz
Samuel Wilson
Secretar
Ted Hullin
Rich Wiley
Richard Shriver
Eugene McAuliffe
Hungary
Senate
Umsfeld
U.S
Jamaica
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Renate Kimbrough
Phil Andrigan
U.S. Disease Control Center
Atlanta
Kimbrough
West Germany
Heidleberg
Residents debate blame over old dump pollution and accountability
Letters challenge city solicitor Ronald Ayotte and fault the City of Saco for groundwater contamination at the old dump. Residents defend Saco Tanning Corp. and explain the plant, sludge, and treatment plant ownership, urging the city to accept responsibility and follow engineers’ advice to prevent future issues.
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City of
Saco
Ronald Ayotte
Saco Tanning Corp
Saco Tanning
Factory Island
Saco’s
Conservation Commission
Maynard and
Catherine Cousens
Buxton Road
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Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biddeford
Journal
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Secty
Sen
McClellan
Lurie
LEC
Friendship Bridge
Los Angeles Times
America
Hazel A. Watts
Londonderry
N.H
Nurse
Webber Hospital
Iola Mitchell
Elizabeth Curry
R.N
Old Orchard Road
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
West Point Pepperell
Biddeford Textile
T. Green
South St
Biddeford, Maine
Louis LaCroix
Carll Ave
Old Orchard Beach
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