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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1974
Page
4
Biddeford Saco Journal notes Saco City Administrator John Dexter and staff deliver the 5.5 million dollar budget ahead of the December 15 charter deadline. Early presentation lets council and department heads plan expenditures. Old Orchard Beach faces delays due to late budget approvals.
Paul Harvey argues private nursing homes can be beautiful and well run while warning that increases in government oversight may lead to costly inefficiency. He cites a Senate Aging Committee report on abuses and contrasts it with the Cheyenne Mountain Nursing Center’s high standards as an example of private care.
Letters to the Journal allege four newly elected councilors plan to oust Town Manager Rita Belair and install Jerome Plante as manager with a proposed $5000 salary increase. The rebuked claim targets a slate of fiscal responsibility and cites possible salary changes.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster 1381 1963 B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 Alta W Foster 1891 1971 W Paul Casavant Publisher Charlies C Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M Whitehouse President Treasurer Business Office Editorial Department 283 3625 282 1535 Published Daily Except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 Second Class Postage paid at Biddeford Maine 04005 Member of the Associated Press Subscription Rates Payable in Advance One month 3.60 six months 21.60 one year 43.20 The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for repub lication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches. National Advertising Representatives Mathews Shannon Cullen Inc 757 3rd Ave New York City NY
The piece compares post election turmoil in Maine and New Hampshire with similar disputes. It details Kyros Emery in Maine and Durkin Wyman in New Hampshire, recounts, certifications, and orders from governors, ballots boards, and courts, plus tense sessions due in January. It notes political norms in Augusta and Washington.
Top secret Rand findings recount 1958 Pentagon plan to test tactical nuclear weapons against China during the Quemoy Matsu crisis. Eisenhower and advisers considered, while White House was misled about bomb rack capabilities. Deception described alongside later leak intrigues and secrecy patterns.
Pope Paul VI opened the holy year in St Peter's Basilica signaling a period of self scrutiny for Catholicism and its Christian allies. He urged reconciliation and unity to repair internal divisions and inspire ecumenical renewal amid broader secular pressures and questions about evangelism.
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