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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1975
Page
4
The piece argues that public boards should schedule meetings at hours when citizens can attend. It cites Biddeford and Portland examples where 9 a.m. or 4 p.m. meetings reduced attendance. It warns trustees against excluding the public with inconvenient times.
Richard G. Hawes denounces the move to abolish the Saco Conservation Commission as vindictive and ill considered. He cites the Commission’s work on the dump problem Goose Fare Brook zoning and the Irving Street Park project and questions why the action was pushed under other business. He urges voters in wards 3 4 6 and 7 to remember in the next election.
Citizens protest after the Saco City Council votes to disband the Conservation Commission led by Sam Zaitlin. The decision occurred off agenda with Zaitlin absent and pollution concerns among residents underrepresented.
Paul Harvey argues that price and branding drive liquor purchases more than taste. He cites tests showing consumers pick the priciest labeled vodka and scotch despite identical contents, and notes rising teen alcohol use and widespread detox centers. He reflects on marketplace manipulation and economic motives behind drinking choices.
The page lists Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster 1891 1971 B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer reflecting historical staff and leadership credits.
Washington column details Jacqueline Onassis’s sudden marriage to Aristotle Onassis and the financial arrangements and tensions that followed. It cites premarital contracts, a trust for her children, large allowances, and shifts of control, with Rose Kennedy and other sources weighing in on Camelot’s fading image.
In this essay by Russell Baker, the narrator laments tax ignorance in schooling and jokes about steering careers toward tax shelters. He recalls advisors and friends promoting sheltered income like municipal bonds and oil royalties, while schooling fails to teach practical tax strategies. The piece blends humor with frustration over shifting tax laws and missed opportunities.
A compact reflection on the Lexington Concord outbreak of 1775 and the American drive to independence. The piece weighs colonist sentiment, British missteps, and the decisive role of a small, unpaid core of soldiers led by George Washington in shaping the rebel outcome.
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