Reckoning Day Near in Old Orchard Beach Election
The Journal weighs the Monday vote as a possible recall election led by Councilor John Bird against four colleagues. It frames the tight split over Rita Belair’s ouster and Jerome Plante’s fiscal policies, urging five new councilors to reset the town’s course for 1975.
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Letter to the Journal: town official mocks finances
A reader from Old Orchard Beach Maine signs as C Beecher West delivering a satirical letter to the editor. The piece mocks a boastful town hall official claiming flawless budget management while referencing overdrawn funds and potential legal trouble. Beach locale and sheriff imagery underline satire.
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Thanks to Pea Town Council for Old Orchard Beach progress
A reader expresses gratitude to the Pea Town Council and Town Manager Mr Plante for improving roads expanding the fire and police complex and reducing taxes. The writer hopes the new Town Council will retain Mr Plante to keep Old Orchard Beach on a path of progress.
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Old Orchard Beach council chairunder fire in 1975 race
The council’s 1975 chair Thomas Lee Sr. faced harsh criticism for silencing discussion and ejecting audience members at meetings. Supporters say Lee ignored citizen input in favor of allies Richard Marshall and Jerome Plante, harming governance ahead of the Dec 8 election.
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Jerome Plante
Lee
Old Orchard Beach
Journal Letters Policy Prefers Signed Local Submissions
The Journal invites letters to the department signed with a street address or town. Prefer one-sided typed pages under 300 words. The Journal supports free expression of ideas and opinions, but views expressed in these letters are not necessarily the newspaper's endorsement.
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Deadly cargo on U S rails prompts safety alarm
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports vulnerable casks loaded with lethal radioactive materials move by truck and rail through population centers. NRC safety tests and leaks disputes draw NYPIRG scrutiny while Congress overruled air plutonium shipments. Security concerns rise as hijacking risks and insider access grow.
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New York Public Interest Research Group
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Ennedy
John Gorman
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Congress
Ford
Djakarta
Indonesia
U.S
New York politicians smile as taxes rise again
Observer notes New York's high taxes persist amid praise for political leaders. He warns that tax hikes will harm the middle class, push growth outward, and threaten city services and jobs while politicians smile for re election. He criticizes blame games and calls New York saved yet precarious amid ongoing fiscal pressures.
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Analysis Brazil poses dilemma for Gen. Geisel
In this 1970s profile, C.L. Sulzberger describes Brazil under General Geisel as an authoritarian regime balancing economic growth with slow moves toward political openness. The army views itself as a stabilizing force, while right-wing factions fear lost control and left-wing groups push for human rights and democracy. Geisel navigates cautious reforms, church influence, student unrest, and rising mass participation to avoid a political collapse, with a likely continuation of military leadership beyond 1979.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Ernesto Geisel
Geisel
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Obituary list of Fos Foster Whitehouse Casavant Casavant editor
A brief obituary card lists William E. Fos 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster 1891 1971 Wm B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 and W Paul Casavant publisher Brian C Thayer executive editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer.
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Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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