Open meetings urged for police talks in Saco
Mayor Berton Braley earns praise for opening negotiations on a police contract to the Journal and press. He argues taxation justifies transparency and cites Watergate as an example of closed talks leading to trouble. The piece urges broader openness, especially from the planning board, to address community questions on projects like Wildwood.
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Saco
Berton Braley
Journal
Augusta
Braley
Planning Board
Weather prophet Skeptics Contradict Climate Fears
Paul Harvey forecasts uncertain weather while a UC conference on radiation and satellites reports no human-driven climate change. The piece notes droughts and floods across regions including Africa, Russia, India, China, and Pakistan, but cites cooling in the hemisphere over four years and hints at long term shifts in climate patterns.
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University of California
Africa
Sahara
Great Plains
Plains States
Mississippi River
H.H. Lamb
United States
Quotes from women in the week highlight public service and courage
A compilation of quotes from Rose Kennedy, Claude Poinsard, Elinor Guggenheimer, and actress Ann Blyth. The remarks cover industry development in Bed-Stuy, hijack incident reflections, women’s educational duty and future roles, and personal pride in work and example for children.
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Associated Press
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bobby
America
Rose Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Textie
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bedford Stuyvesent
Kennedy
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff credits
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alta W Foster as president and treasurer with Charles Sutton as managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse in the business office. It notes subscription rates and AP content rights with Mathews Shannon Cullin Inc. in New York City.
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Paul Casavan
Charles Sutton
Gladys M Whitehouse
Udms Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
AP News
National Entives Mathews-Shannon Culen Inc
3Rd Ave
York City
Oil giants under scrutiny pressuring government
Washington lawmakers demand curbs on Big Oil amid a growing energy crisis critique. Senators Hart and Abourezk push to separate oil from gas and other linked industries, citing interlocking directorships across major firms and alleged media and institution influence.
Oil executives form close interlock web across banks and firms
A center study details oil company directors sitting on 460 interlocks across 18 firms including Exxon's ties to banks and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Gulf, Texaco, Mobil, ARCO and others are named with boards from Time Inc to Hallmark Cards. The report calls oil directors a cozy club and urges laws to curb cross holdings.
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Exxon
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Northwestern Bell System
Mayo Foundation
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
National Pollution Control Committee
Dow Jones
IBM
Committee For National Trade Policy
Texaco
Gulf
Metropolitan Opera
Hollywood Turf Club
Nixon
Mellon National Bank & Trust
General Foods
Ralston Purina
Jones Laughlin Steel
University of Texas
Columbia
American Express
Con Ed
HJ. Heinz Company
Atlantic Richfield
ARCO
Bo Scouts
Eisenhower Fund
University of Chicago
Pepsico
Lockhee
Atchison Topeka
Santa Fe
Phillips
Nixon Cama
Campbell’s Soup
Hallmark Cards
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
Kansas University
Falcombridge Nickel Mines
Kissinger and Israel in Geneva Talks Highlight Risks
Geneva report analyzes how Israel's 1967 victory bred overconfidence and a push for broader frontiers. Kissinger’s early warning is weighed against Arab unity, oil power, and UN involvement shaping the Geneva conference. The piece warns Israel could face mass risks if diplomacy fails and notes two stark survival options.
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Moscow
Egypt
Syria
Palestine
Israel
el-Sadat
Nasser
Africa
Jerusalem
Jordan
Hussen
U.N
of Israel
Masada
Nixon Gift of Papers Deepens Tax Question in 1969
Tax experts debate a $576000 gift of Nixon papers dated March 1969 used for large deductions. Critics allege deliberate irregularities and possible criminal tax evasion, with the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation urged to probe whether deception occurred.
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Boston
Nixon
General Services Administration
G.S.A
George Guest
Columbia Law School
Congress
Cooper
Beens
Ixon
National Archives
Edward L. Morgan
White House
United States
California
Frank de Marco Jr
Marco
Morgan
Senate
House-Senate
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
de Marco
Santa shortfall and a call to resign in letters to the journal
Readers mock Santa as shortages strain his gifts and logistics. A letter from Ralph Kimball urges resignation while Edith Gamash warns thieves and urges car security after grocery thefts. A third letter criticizes Russian strategy, NATO borders, and global disruption amid energy concerns.
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Russia
NATO
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Paul the Prophet
Our
India
China
Pakistan
Claude Poinsard
Kuwait
Elinor Guggenheimer
Consumer Affairs
New York
Ann Blyth
Saco Journal
Alta
Foster Isyl
C. Whitehouse
Washington
By Jack Anderson
Federal Trade Commission
Mobil
Standard of California
Standard of
Diana
Shell
Phil Hart
D-Mich
James Abourezk
D-S.c
Los Angeles Rams
Boy Scouts
Center For Science
Red Cross
United Airlines
AT & T
American Potato
Foreign Affairs
C. L. Sulzberger
Geneva
Henry Kissinger
Sinai
Peninsula
U.S
Golan Heights
By Anthony Lewis
Richard
Santa Claus
Ralph Kimball
Ferry Rd
Sace
Edith Gamash
Central Park Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Vietnam
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