Saco faces proposed Industrial Development Commission
An opinion questions a new ordinance creating a Saco Industrial Development Commission and its implications. The five members would be council-appointed, may be residents with no profession or ward limits, and could buy land lease sites negotiate and sell under council oversight. The piece warns of potential centralization of power and risks of conflicts of interest.
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Saco
Conservation Commission
Developent Commission
Tech
Ordinance Committee
Kremlin
Helsinki
U.S.R
U.S.S.R
Vaeeen
Sputnik
Europe
Germany
United States
NATO
Russia
U.S
Helsinki Congress
Henry Kissinger
Portugal
Will on Privacy and TV Ads for Condoms in American Life
George F Will argues that Madison Avenue normalizes intrusion into private life through television ads including condoms. He traces shifts from propriety to openness, cites Playboy and magazine stands, and predicts more direct, feature driven advertising as society embraces advertising driven commerce. He notes a debate on taste and privacy in a permissive media era.
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George F. Will
Washington
Prudence
Madison Avenue
Madison
Whipple
Ohio
California
Trojan
Playboy
The
Washington Post Co
Baltic Omission Spreads Weight of Fear Across Exiled Legations
Ford’s Helsinki text omits a line denying Soviet incorporation of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia triggering gloom in Baltic legations on Embassy Row. Kissinger detente stance and State Department assurances fuel Baltic anxieties as aging diplomats fear loss of independence.
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Jack Coed
Les Whitten
Washington
Ford
Helsinki
United States
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Russia
State Department
U.S
Arthur Hart
White House
Baltic States
Henry Kissinger
Gerald Ford
Lyndon
Lady Bird Johnson
Department of State
Ford’s first year in the White House and 1976 bid
James Reston analyzes President Ford after one year in office. He commends his decency and openness, notes the transition from Nixon, and questions Ford’s readiness to lead through the 1980s amid global shifts and Republican uncertainty.
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America
Gilbert Stuart
George Washington
White House
Capitol Hill
Ford
Jackie Kennedy
Rose Garden
Nixon
Ashland
Ashland Oil
Oe Potentates
Ecurities and Exchange Commission
Washington
Carl Arnold
James Reston
Mike Mansfield
House of Representatives
Grand Rapids
Nam
Watergate
Helsinki
Europe
Vietnam
Gerald Ford
New York Times
The California Economy in Recession Meeting Invite
Various readers comment on economic concerns noting a fifty dollar entry to attend a discussion titled The California Economy in Recession. They joke about affordability and question the cause of the downturn.
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California
Jack Pickett
Greenwood
Democracy vapor evaporates after Helsinki summit
In a Helsinki security summit analysis, C L Sulzberger argues Soviet diplomacy gains influence while Western unity frays. He cites U.S. policy missteps, Pakistan pivots toward China, Portugal concerns, and congressional meddling as democracy’s vapor grows weaker since 1950s and Helsinki.
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C.L. Sulzberger
Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Kremlin
Pakistan
Peking
Soviet Union
India
China
Japan
Russia
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Mediterranean
Washington
CIA
Portugal
Henry Adams
Brooks Adams
New York Times
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Kissinger
Los Angeles
Washington Scene
Reagan
Palace
New York
Travel & Leisure
Forbes
Penal Revenue Service
Foreign Affairs
Brezhnev
Berlin
Rocky Road
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