Editorial: Coaching controversy at Biddeford High
The Biddeford School Board voted to hire David Kerry for the head football job, despite Open debate and pressure from fans who favored David Redmond. The dispute strains the local Athletic Activities Association and may prompt grievance hearings on April 18. The piece urges resolution and notes voters can remove elected officials at the ballot box.
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Biddeford High School
Biddeford
David Kerry
David Redmond
Biddeford Athletic Activities Association
Redmond
Biddeford Teachers Association
First Skyjacker of 1961 Named and Remembered
Paul Harvey recounts the 1961 Chico California skyjacking attempt by Bruce Britt that left Capt. Cleal shot in the eye and later inspired the term skyjacker now in the dictionary. Cleal recovered and pursued anti skyjack measures while aiding agencies and lawmakers.
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Paul Harvey
Cleal
Pacific Airlines
Chico
Calif
Bruce Britt
Washington
California
FBI scandal alarms expect reform at Hoover era end
Washington agitation over an FBI agent accused of Mafia payoffs prompts L Patrick Gray to dispatch Detroit inspectors. Proposals call for splitting the bureau, watchdogs on files, and renewed police ties while stressing no broad agent crisis.
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Washington
FBI
Detroit
L. Patrick Gray
Congress
J. Edgar
Hoover
International
Association of Chiefs of Police
Gray
IACP
Quinn Tamm
Biddeford Football Coach Hire Sparks Local Debate
Letters criticize Biddeford School board for not hiring Dave Redmond, praising his coaching and youth league work while questioning the board's motive, urging transparency about hiring outside the district and contract terms. The page also reprints a lighthearted old story about frogs and a signature from Camille Bolduc.
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Biddeford
Dave Redmond
Dick Jacques
BTA
The Harding Era as Washington Lesson for Nixon Era
Bruce Biossat reviews Robert K. Murray’s The Harding Era, a balanced 1969 biography of Harding 1921 23. The piece draws lessons for Nixon era officials and journalists about graft, cover ups, and the dangers of sensationalism and unfounded claims.
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NEA
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Harding
Robert K. Murray
Warren G. Harding
Teapot Dome
Veterans’ Bureau
Ohio Gang
Murray
Albert Fall
Elk Hills
Calif
Salt Creek
Charles Forbes
Charles Cramer
Cramer
Forbes
Europe
Cab drivers unite to aid two boys daily in St Louis
Six to eight year old brothers faced long bus trips to a center for disturbed children. Six cabbies pooled time and fuel, picking up the youngsters each day and returning them home. One driver said they would taxi them "as long as they need it" in a charitable gesture praised as faithful in small deeds.
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St. Louis
Tyke
Tess
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