For Better Or Worse Couples Skip Traditional Marriage
The article surveys the rise of unmarried couples living together across the nation. It notes a 700 percent rise from 1960 to 1970 with about 150000 couples, discusses common law marriage in 18 states, and cites Maine’s 19th century crime statute. It explores social causes, including birth control, rebellion, divorces, feminism, and government programs, and includes local interviews from Biddeford Saco area.
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Unitedtates
United States
Maine
Pine Tree
American
Women's — Liberation Movement
Biddeford-Saco
Journal
Patty
Ford Turns His Attention To Problems In Mideast
President Ford meets Syrian foreign minister Abdel Halim Khaddam in the Oval Office as Kissinger attends. They aim to set the stage for broader peace talks with Arab and Israeli leaders to advance a permanent settlement.
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Ford
Mideast
Washington
Middle East
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Henry A. Kissinger
Oval Office
Khaddam
Kissinger
Omar Sakkar
Yitzhak Rabin
Passamaquoddies Sueing For Lost Land In Maine
Passamaquoddy Indians seek $150 million in land damages from Maine and federal Indian services funding. The case, Passamaquoddy vs. Morton, argues past treaties and the Constitution support their claim while the Interior Department contends Maine and Massachusetts acted as trustees for two centuries. The suit highlights long standing discrimination of Eastern Indians and the loss of millions of acres, with a decision expected this fall.
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Indian Township
Maine
Passamaquoddy
West
U.S
U.S. Interior Department
Massachusetts
Allen Sockabasin
Passamaquoddy Reservation
Tom Tureen
Ameri
Can Rights Fund
Tureen
Indian Services
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc
Morton
Rogers Morton
Congress
Misused Assignments Put 46,000 Soldiers in Wrong Jobs
The Army acknowledges about 46,000 soldiers are serving in misassigned roles while forces are at a 24 year low. The internal publication warns this may lower job satisfaction and performance and affect promotions skill pay school selection and reenlistment. About 9 percent of enlisted personnel face this mismatch.
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Washington
U.S
Pension Bill Approved by Congress Move Reaches Ford
The Senate passed the stronger pension bill 85 to 0 and the House 407 to 2 as President Ford signaled plans to enact the reform. The measure guarantees promised retirement benefits for 35 to 40 million workers, adds tax incentives for self employed and firms without plans, and sets funding and portability rules to boost coverage and funding over decades.
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Congress
Ford
Washington
Senate
House
U.S
Ford Urged To Open Administration Amid Transition Debate
Washington AP Ford transition team urges shrinking OMB power and broadening domestic adviser group. Proposes six top aides including Kissinger, plus budget and policy experts. Suggests Treasury chief dominate economic policy and a smaller White House staff for a more open administration.
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Washington
Ford
Office of Management and Budget
Richard M. Nixon
Rovers ¢. B. Morton
OMB
Henry A. Kissinger
Morton
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Council of Economic Advisers
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
John O. Marsh
NATO
Donald Rumsfeld
Nixon
Ray L. Ash
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ash
Inside The Journal Cartoon Section Highlights
The page teases contents of the Journal with features across cartoons classifieds a crossword and the Dear Abby column. It notes a soap opera plot line about a woman facing a premature baby and hints at related entertainment and advice items.
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Abby
Pittston Hearing Rejected by Officials Over Eastport Oil Plant
Coastal Resources Action Committee, a coalition of environmental groups, warned Canada could halt the project by closing Head Harbor Passage to supertankers. Pittston’s $330 million Eastport refinery plan was deemed dead after the Board of Environmental Protection denied a second permit and the Attorney General ruled Pittston lacked sufficient airport ownership. Pittston appeals to the State Supreme Court.
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Augusta
Canada
Pittston Co
Eastport
Coastal Resources Action Committee
Head Harbor
Pittston
Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Board of Environmental Protection
State Supreme Court
Hildreth
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