Adversaries Meet In City Budget Tug Of War
A Monday feature analyzes the tense relations between elected city leaders and department heads in Biddeford as the budget season opens after Parks and Recreation Director John Braley’s firing. The piece outlines how finance committee power, political risk, and press role shape the remarkable push and pull between administration and council.
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Parks and Recreation
John Braley
Biddeford
Braley
Dutremble
Finance Committee
Food budgets rise 23 percent for family of four
Government figures show a family of four would spend at least 43.10 per week in February under the USDA low cost plan, up 8.10 from a year earlier. Moderate and liberal budgets also rose, to 54.89 and 66.60 weekly, reflecting higher costs for two parents and two school-age children.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
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Fraud Possibilities Not Ruled Out On Nixon Tax Returns
IRS chief says fraud charges against Nixon staff possible though no basis found for charging Nixon himself. White House to pay $432787.13 in unpaid taxes 1969-72 with interest, tax lawyer says a deduction of about 125000 for 1969 year may apply.
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Nixon
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Donald C. Alexander
White House
Alexander
Los Angeles
Arthur Blech
Blech
CBS
Firemen's Contract Accepted in Old Orchard Beach
The newly formed firefighters union and the town council settled a pay and benefits agreement after months of talks. The contract runs Jan 1 1974 to March 31 1975 with a 30-cent hourly raise about 12 percent, effective May 1. It adds a $100 clothing allowance and an extra Columbus Day holiday, while preserving three weeks vacation after 10 years. The union had sought a $41 weekly increase retroactive to Jan 1. It will be signed May 1.
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Old Orchard Beach
Union of
Offshore Oil Report Prep Focus On East Coast Impacts
Nixon adviser Russell W. Peterson outlined a year long study noting offshore drilling could create tens of thousands of jobs but poses environmental risks. The report suggests permits for East Coast and Gulf of Alaska with safeguards, while Southeastern Coast and certain Atlantic zones face high risk.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Commerce Committee
Russell W. Peterson
Council of Environmental Quality
Peterson's Council
Associated Press
East
Gulf of Alaska
Long Island
New Jersey
Alaska
New England
Maryland-Delaware
Atlantic
Good Behavior Time in Maine Jail Becomes Civil Rights Issue
Four prisoners including Alfred-Charles Nason of Old Orchard Beach sue York County Sheriff Dutremble and county commissioners over alleged substandard jail conditions. Nason claims the sheriff denied 18 days of good time for good behavior, citing a work-release violation, while the sheriff cites constitutional prerogatives and a work-release breach. The Maine Civil Liberties Union backs the suit seeking due process and hearings on jail rules.
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Alfred — Charles Nason
Old Orchard Beach
Nason
York County
Richard Dutremble
Terrence Farrell
Portland
Maine
Dutremble
Maine Civil Liberties Union
Mileage data plan to aid buyers of 1975 cars
EPA plans simplified gasoline mileage data as a buyer guide for 1975 models. Current method lists about 500 figures with multiple results per model, drawing auto industry protests over accuracy. Deputy director Eric Stork says grouping by weight and engine size would ease use and clarity.
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Detroit
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Eric Stork
Stork
Ann Arbor
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