Editorial Page Urges Council-Manager Biddeford Charter
In Our Opinion Biddeford needs a non partisan council manager government with a professional manager and seven member council. The editorial argues the proposed charter concentrates power in the mayor, risks continuity, and fails to ensure voters a choice based on ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert R. Boucher
Biddeford
State of
Maine
Charter Revision Committee
Boucher
Word Oddities and Gym Nudity Origins
Bernstein muses on why G-string got its name linking violin strings to the lowest string and jokes about gym nudity origins from the Greek gymnazein meaning to train naked. He notes nudity was once essential in such places and traces to Greek roots gy n mo s meaning naked.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
The
New York Times Syndicate
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and staff listings
The Biddeford Saco Journal shows Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton editor Gladys M Whitehouse officers and address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 with Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates listed for one month three months six months and one year.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Nee Eens Ooo
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Grain barons profited from subsidies and Russian wheat deal
Senate subcommittee reports grain merchants reaped $333 million in export subsidies amid paper transfers and inflated U.S. prices. Cargill cited as example, with affiliate shuffles masking profits, while subsidies raised meat dairy and bakery costs for taxpayers.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Jackson
Dwash
Jackson
U.S
United States
Europe
Cargill
Tradex-Panama
Geneva
Department of Agriculture
Jack Cloherty
Presidential secrecy peak in Nixon era sparks court battle
The article argues executive privilege risks concentrating power as Nixon aides resist disclosure. It cites 75 historical refusals, notes White House staff growth beyond cabinets, and warns secrecy harms Congress and policy, urging legislative limits and staff accountability.
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Republic
Congress
Richard Nixon
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nixon
John Connally
Treasury
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
John Ehrlichman
Senate
Congressional
Henry Kissinger
Mr. Nixon
Mr. Kissinger
United States
Cambodia
Laos
Emmet John Hughes
Newsweek
White House
Full Time Mayor Debate and Call for Truth in Government
A reader questions if officials have accepted incriminating actions during campaigns or office holding. The letter urges a full time mayor and criticizes a city manager, urging citizens to demand transparency and accountability from those in governmental trust.
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Journal
United States
Texan Wright defends Nixon in Watergate cases
Charles Alan Wright, UT Austin law professor, will defend Nixon in Watergate disputes. He stresses he chooses only cases aligned with scholarly belief and discusses proceedings with Nixon via an intermittent attorney-client rapport. Wright notes limited precedent but regards the defense as a historic constitutional effort by a small White House team.
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Seattle
Waterloo
White House
College Park
Georgia
Billy Graham
College Park High School
Atlanta
Graham
Joseph Bastardi
Belli
Hanoi
Melvin Belli
U.S
Edison Miller
Miller
Navy
James Stockdale
Washington
Charles Alan Wright
Nixon
Wright
Supreme Court
Howard Hughes
University of Texas
Hughes
Erchibald Cox
Senate Watergate Committee
Right
Constitutionalaw
Leonard Garment
Watergate Legal Defensive Squad
Himself
Garment
J. Fred Buzhardt
Ing . Mos
Delphia
New England
Austin
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New York City
By Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Victor Marchetti
State Department
John Marks
Jack Anderson
Chile
Watergate
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Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
Dean
the Creep
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Cabinet Departments
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