Is Humor Fading as an American Art Form
An opinion piece laments a shortage of modern humorists and recalls classics by Sullivan Benchley Lardner Ogden Robert E B White. It questions if Americans have lost their sense of humor and argues that stressful times often birth sharp wit, suggesting the nation could use a new humorist to lift spirits.
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Frank Sullivan
Robert Benchley
Ring Lardner
Ronald Ogden Stewardt
E.B. White
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
Will Rogers
Reeves And Cohen Move On Too Fast In Maine Politics
Political writer Maryline White assesses young Maine legislators Bruce Reeves and William Cohen. Both are praised for effectiveness and ethics while their push for higher office risks leaving unfinished work and Maine voters shortchanged. The piece questions whether ambition outweighs public service in their urgent ascent from state senate and Congress toward national posts.
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Maryline White
Bruce Reeves
Maine
Senate
William Cohen
Congress
Reeves
Cohen
Augusta
Washington
Muskie
State House
Ior
Magseeves
Bill Cohen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maremont
Ain
Reagan signs on Nixon spy in campaign upheaval
Washington column traces Reagan backing Kenneth Rietz, a former Nixon Watergate operative, now handling events and organization for the California campaign. It notes Rietz’s history with the Kiddie Corps, his link to Fat Jack Buckley, and Haldeman’s praise as Rietz prepared for leadership roles before watergate headlines forced his resignation.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Reagan
Kenneth Rietz
Nixon
Rietz
Kiddie Corps
George Washington Uiversity
White House
John
Fat Jack
Buckley
Ed Muskie
Maine
Bower
H. R. Haldeman
California
Full employment as 1976 campaign issue rises for Democrats
The Nation argues Democrats should seize the full employment issue to pose a program against Ford or Reagan. It notes the cost and deficits of current policies, cites support from Leon Sullivan and Gar Alperovitz, and highlights Hawkins Humphrey and AFL CIO efforts, with potential GOP opposition and political risk.
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Tom Wicker
Washington
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Ford
Peomarty
Leon Sullivan
Philadelphia
General Motors
America
Sullivan
Council For National Policy Planning
Gar Alperovitz
Economist
Sembert Humphrey
Humphrey
Gallup
Augustus F. Hawkins
California
House
Senate
Hawkins- Humphrey
Federal Reserve Board
Carl Albert
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Reagan
Congressional Conference
George Wallace
Campaign finance by private citizens only supported
Letter to the editor endorses private citizen funding for campaigns, condemning contributions from corporations unions or special interests. Praises Emery for using private donations and cites Samuel Zaitlin’s mayoral bid in Saco with the same approach. Calls for nationwide honesty and integrity in public service.
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David F. A
Emery
Samuel Zaitlin
Saco
United States
Fire chiefs warn against open flame religious services
Twin-city fire departments urge the public to avoid open flame religious services as they violate state and local codes in places of assembly and pose serious fire and burn risks. Candles may be allowed only with strict limits. spray flameproofing for Christmas trees has no approved method in Maine.
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Biddeford
Saco
Life
Twin-City
California
Maine
Fire Departments
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