Gifts to whom a 1975 foreign aid program debated
The editorial questions U S aid amid fiscal strains and a growing perception of a near addictive habit in military assistance. It cites a 1945–1973 US Agency for International Development report showing 119 countries aided to about 163.7 billion dollars, with Korea receiving 6 billion in military aid and 5.5 billion in economic aid.
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Congress
Senate
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
United States
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Korea
Africa
Chile
Picture book satire on the Ways and Means Committee
Russell Baker skewers the Ways and Means Committee and Wilbur Mills with ironic captions. The montage mocks tax power, lobbying, a Democratic Congress, and public morality while lampooning Washington figures and events at the Capitol, Junkanoo, and the Tidal Basin.
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Russell Baker
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Lincoln Continental
Ways and Means
Junkanoo
Connecticut Avenue
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Annabell Battistella
Fanne Foxe
Democratic Congress
Boston
United States
Democratic
Congress
New York Times
Maine Election Recount Echoes History of Stalemate
A Maine First District recount from the 1950s mirrors current delays as James Oliver and incumbent Robert Hale fought a tight race. The article notes ballots marked with erasures and unusual symbols, highlighting the chaos, legal questions, and Maine’s distinctive electoral practices.
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Maine
Washington
James Oliver
Robert Hale
Oliver
U.S
Congress
House Rules Committee
House Chamber
Life
Hale
Emery-Kyros
Augusta
Slogans USA Bicentennial contest invites nationwide entries
A盖 contest to craft a 200th birthday slogan for the United States offers top prizes including a cross country tour, a station wagon, and hotel nights. Slogans from Americans nationwide are welcomed with figures, organizations, and dates noted, plus examples from readers.
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Washington
America
White House
American Motors
Copernicus Society of America
Copernicus Society
Edward J. Piszek
American Legion
The
Jaycees
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Holiday Inns
Phillips Petroleum
Abc-Tv
Howard Cosell
Slogans USA
Box
Washington, D.C
U.sa
Ben Wattenberg
Lynn Lawson
Kremrey Elementary
Middletown
Wise
C. Corkran
Flint
Mich
Heidi Hills
North Bergen
N.J
Patty Diulus
Pittsburgh
Joe Long
Bethesda
Eugene Hummel
Waterville
Wash
Ford clemency program creates Catch-22 for draft evaders
The piece reviews Justice Department policy under Ford's clemency plan for Vietnam draft offenses. It notes three separate arms the program uses, the uncertain finality of lists, and warns that few took the offer before January 31. It argues the system fails to deliver true equity and calls for genuine amnesty.
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Washington
Joe Smith
Indiana
Ford
Justice Department
Selective Service
Smith
Charles E. Goodell
Defense Department
United States
Bruce Fine
Fine
Vietnam
New York Times
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and staff list
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse and W. Paul Casavant as publisher with Charles C. Sutton as managing editor Gladys M. Whitehouse serves as president and treasurer Its offices are on Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and editorial 282 1535 includes subscription rates and AP rights
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Alta W. Foster
F. C
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
N. Y
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Emery
Bruce Chandler
Kyros
Charles Cragin
Peter Damborg
USA
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Levittown
Frank R. Davis
Escondido
Calif
Walter Swanson
San Diego
William Dunn
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cynthia Feusi
Luther Burbank Senior High School
Saramento
Aarno Davidson
Sunland
Martin F. Jackley
Sturgis
S.D
Cindy Jorden
Alexandria
United, Secure and Able
A.M. Chambers
Akron
Ohio
Revive
By Anthony Lewis
Louis the Fourteenth
Sears
Woodmen of the World Magazine
Piddeford
Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
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