Endorsements for Old Orchard Beach council and school board
An editorial endorses Clarence Roberts for a three year council term and John Bird Leslie Wyman for two year seats, plus Francis Manduca and James Marshall for one year terms. It favors Katherine Lee and Rita Belair for the school committee, urging focus on town needs, openness, and professional management. It notes concerns about the town manager transition and calls for nonpartisan caretaker leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Christopher Kent
Jerome Plante
Plante
Beach
Journal
Clarence Roberts
Roberts
John Bird
Leslie Wyman
Bird
James Marshall
Richard Marshall
Manduca
Katherine Lee
Ita Belair
Agnew seeks pardon from Ford amid White House hesitance
Former Vice President Spiro Agnew seeks a presidential pardon from Gerald Ford after his 1973 tax evasion case. White House lawyers say procedures exist at the Justice Department, and the inquiry was a routine step by Agnew's attorney. The report notes Agnew pleaded no contest in 1973 and began receiving payments as Maryland governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
White House
Richard Nixon
Agnew
Justice Department
House
Philip Buchen
Lea
Maryland
Judah Best
Carter
Jimmy Carter
The
Jacks
Big Labor
Congressional Black Caucus
Tncan
John Dunlop
Dunlop
Ford
Labor Department
Mary Lepper
Deatih of Health, Education and Welfare
Harvard
Rotary of Labor
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
UMW
Miller
Harry Patrick
Sover Y
Tony Boyle
Jock’’ Yablonski
Joe Rauh
Boyle
Patrick
Union Democracy
You
Harry
Rauh
Owever
Henry Reuss
D.wis
House Banking Committee
Reuss
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Secretary of the Interior
Harris
LaDonna
Martin Luther King
Justice
Maine has its share of wild drivers says Sharon McCrory
Sharon McCrory chronicles Maine driving habits with comic portraits of the creeper busybody and other types. She notes dangers on local roads and suggests using a spotter to monitor mistakes while urging safer driving practices. McCrory, resident of Old Orchard Beach and UM Gorham student, signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon McCrory
Massachusetts
Maine
Old Orchard Beach
University of Maine
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Francis Manduca
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biddeford
Saco
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Ilurie
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