York County Health Study Report Urges Health Service Upgrades
A 216 page York County Health Study Committee report, sponsored by the Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association, examines health services, financing, and coordination. It urges better transportation linking clinics and hospitals, merged public health nursing, improved ambulance services, two way radio communications, and shared emergency vehicles to meet growing needs.
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York County
Journal
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
United Community Health Services, Inc
IRS Ends Annual Proof Needed For Blindness Exemption
New IRS rule waives yearly doctor statements if a physician certifies blindness as irreversible. Disables in New York gain broader protection under a state Human Rights law signed by Governor Malcom Wilson, effective December 1, 1974, covering housing employment and public accommodations. Leonard Levasseur, York County Chairman, Governor's Committee for the Handicapped, Biddeford.
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Internal Revenue Service
I.R.S
Coene
New York
Malcom Wilson
Leonard Levasseur
York County
Governor’s Committee For the Handicapped
Granite St. Biddeford
Please No Speeding Holiday Message From Biddeford Police
The Biddeford Police Department urges safe celebrations this holiday season. They warn against abusive drinking and speeding and wish residents a quiet happy Christmas and a healthy start to 1975.
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Biddeford
Biddeford Saco Times Names Editorial Staff
Local newspaper announces Alta W. Foster and William E. Foster as part of the leadership along with B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant as publisher and editor team. Gladys M. Whitehouse holds president and treasurer roles as office lines list contact numbers for business and editorial departments.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Youthful congressmen and the career politics paradox
George F. Will argues that a young, careerist Congress risks short term thinking. Deregulating natural gas prices shows how politicians avoid tough long term choices for instant, uncertain gains. The piece critiques the shift from public service to professional politics.
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Washington
Republic
Congress
The
Washington Post
Debating Black Athletic Superiority Across Sports
Paul Harvey notes persistent claims about black dominance in boxing football track basketball and baseball. Experts discuss physiological traits historical data and cultural factors while acknowledging exceptions like Jesse Owens and urging caution against generalizing athletic potential to racial groups.
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Hank Aaron
Ebony Magazine
Eleanor Metheny
University of
Iiona
Rome
J.M. Tanner
Morris Steggerda
Jesse Owens
Ernst Jokl
University of Kentucky
UCLA
John Wooden
Quotations on concentration patience and kindness
A collection of brief sayings from various authors including Lord Chesterfield E P Roe Goethe and John Gay on topics such as concentration homework wisdom fear kindness invention and perseverance. The passages reflect on life as a test and the value of private learning paired with public conduct.
New Congress Faces Liberal Tilt and Fresh Faces in 1976
The 94th Congress, set to convene January 14, will be younger and more liberal, with 75 new Democrats and 17 new Republicans in the House and 11 freshmen in the Senate. Overriding vetoes rises under Ford’s administration, and power shifts in Ways and Means signal tax reform pressures. The era calls for battles over economic policy, executive power, and the 1976 campaign.
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Washington
93Rd
Watergate Congress
94Th
House
Senate
New Hampshire
Capitol Hill
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Carl Albert
Ford
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mill
Joe Fisher
Virginia
Joel Broyhill
Washington briefs flag economic focus and political notes
The column surveys President Ford prioritizing the economy while planning foreign travel. It hints at Nixon considering Catholicism, discloses Howard Hughes tax avoidance, forecasts high deficits and rising military spending, and cites oil company tax rates and gift exports to foreign leaders. It also mentions heating fuel concerns, tax privacy battles, railroad lobbying, and an FBI employee handbook.
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Washington
Ford
Barry Goldwater
Air Force One
China
Europe
India
Nixon
Friends of
Richard Nixon
White House
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Sun Oil
Gulf
Mobil
U.S. Treasury
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Gulf and Mobil
Standard of
California
Texaco
Exxon
U.S
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Winslow Homer
Reed and Barton
Boehm
Franklin Mint
Tiffany
State Department
Federal Energy Administration
Senate
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Commerce
Frederick Dent
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Capitol Hill
Securities and Exchange Commission
Milksop Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central
ICC
SEC
Senate House
FBI
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Alta W. Foster
Wm. E. Foster
B. F. C. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Maine
Associated Press
Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
N. Y
George F. Will
McNaught Syndicate
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Univeristy of
London
Lord Chesterfield
E P. Roe
J. W. Goethe
George W. Curtis
H. E. Jansen
John Gay
Wolfgang von Goethe
By James Reston
Washington Scene
Pierce
Kissinger
Albert
Turkey
Cyprus
Vietnam
Vere
Tey
Jerry Ford
Mansfield
Capital Briefs
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