Editorial on election reform and proposed federal limits
In Our Opinion the Senate passed an election reform bill 82-8 and the editorial urges the House not to weaken it. It supports a federal election commission replacing the Justice Department for enforcement and outlines gift, contribution, and expenditure limits including $3,000 per candidate, $25,000 per voter year, and presidential caps around 34.7 million. It notes unresolved issues with political action committees and national lobbies and urges tighter controls.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Federal Election Commission
Justice Department
Nixon
House
Reading Proust as Everest in the Sherpa Reading Club
In diary fragments from July readers commit to finishing Remembrance of Things Past, with Tenzing as a praised Sherpa helper. The entry spans pages read and meals described, noting fatigue, humor, and heroic resolve in the quest to complete the seven volumes despite tedium.
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Marcel Proust
Shackleton
Everest
Testles
Washington
Lindbergh
John Glenn
John Wayne
Proust
Anatole France
Tenzing
Warren G
Terry Thomas
Enzing
Broadway
Biddeford Saco Journal Key Staff and Metrics
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alta W Foster founder 1891 1971 and B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 among its history, with W Paul Casavant as publisher and Charles C Sutton as managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse as president and treasurer and office numbers 283 3625 282 1535. The paper is published daily except Sunday at 1 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and is a member of the Associated Press with subscription rates of 3.00 monthly 18.00 semi annual and 36.00 yearly. National advertisers are represented by Mathews Shannon Cub Inc New York City.
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Foster
B. F. C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Calley tapes fuel debate on sanity and war guilt
Washington coverage centers on Lt. Calley psychiatric interviews from secret tapes. Doctors split on mental state while President Nixon pledges review, as public opinion weighs monster versus victim narratives around My Lai.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Supreme Court
White House
L. Willam Calley
My Lai
Nixon
Calley
America
Gust Calley
The Nation Hearsay and Press Innuendo In Washington
The speaker defends against charges of lying by asserting that press stories about Washington are based on hearsay and innuendo and character assassination. He stresses the need for responsible reporting while defending the Presidency and national security.
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Watergate
White House
At Home Abroad There is no place for such lawlessness
London observations on U S leaders defending actions in the Watergate era and other covert abuses. Anthony Lewis critiques a culture of impunity from the White House to Congress, urging accountability and a public cleansing of wrongdoing. He warns against cynicism and calls for renewed respect for democratic institutions.
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Seagram
Mama San
Joe
Calley
Vietnam
My Lai
Justice Brandeis
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
London
Washington
United States
White House
F.B.I
Cambodia
Cenforce
Is Vi
Laos
Congress
John Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Tate
Times
Newsweek
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
Watergate
Word Usage Sparks Grammar Debate in Ads and Prose
Readers critique use of LIKE as a conjunction in a TV ad and discuss whether NOT should precede OR in a sentence about presidential scope. J. C. Hepler argues the commercial sounds natural yet misleading while a Columbus, Ohio reader questions if OR should be preceded by NOT in complex negations.
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Ree
Stein M. Bern
J. C. Hepler
Huntingdon Valley
NOR
Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert B. Kirkpatrick
Columbus
Ohio
Lincoln
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New York Times News Service
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Oval Office
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