Post Offices Lions of Maine Show Deficit Picture
A Maine column argues the U S Postal Service runs large deficits at small offices. Moody and Ocean Park illustrate systemic costs and staffing burdens. Calls to close underperforming stations and rebalance service to maintain access.
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U.S
Moody
Ocean Park
Postal Service
Oceanside
Wells
Ogunquit
Moody's
Biddeford
Margaret Parsons
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Saco
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Hollis Center
Theost
Postal Eorganizing
Postal Service Brass Repeat
Congress
Biddeford Pool
Pool
Cape Porpoise
Federal
Tax filing reform proposal rows tax deadline change
Taxpayers weigh a House Ways and Means plan by Chairman Vanik to stagger filing dates instead of April 15 to reduce IRS temporary staff needs and errors. He argues birth-date based deadlines could ease workload, cut costs, and improve accuracy. Names listed include Wm. E. Foster, Alta W. Foster, Briar C. Thayer, and Gladys M. Whitehouse.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Charles A. Vanik
House
Ways and Means
Vanik
Hoover’s blackmail files spanned presidents and power
Washington reports claim J Edgar Hoover kept extensive blackmail dossiers on major figures including John F Kennedy Lyndon B Johnson and Richard Nixon with gossip from FBI offices fed to allies. The files housed intimate details used to curry favor and intimidate while the late director’s personal custody of the most sensitive folders drew scrutiny after his death.
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Les Whitten
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
FBI
Hoover
Clyde Tolson
Jackmail
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Joseph Stalin
KGB
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oval Office
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Rgand A
Washington Post
Benjamin C. Bradlee
Bradlee
Capitol Hill
Johnson
White House
Muckamuck
Nixon
John Dean
Congress
MOBIL
JAWS
Mobil Oil
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Washington Scene Presidential primary best show In town
Washington columnist James Reston critiques the presidential primary season as a chaotic spectator sport, noting the enduring pull of the process despite its flaws. He observes candidate endurance in demanding schedules, cites figures like Kennedy and Rockefeller, and recalls FBI dirt and political intrigues shaping public life, while acknowledging the primaries could yield a competent leader.
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James Reston
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Hampshire
America
CIA
Angola
Italy
Teddy Kennedy
Muriel Umphrey
Minnesota
Hubert
Nelson Rockefeller
Idea killers honing axes
Washington column by William Safire on the rise of Idea-Killers in political campaigns. It traces how critics ridicule new ideas from candidates like Goldwater Romney McGovern and Reagan, transforming thoughtful proposals into targets for derision. The piece argues for open debate and notes current welfare reform proposals.
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William Safire
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
George Romney
Vietnam
Saigon
George McGovern
Ronald Reagan
Onner
Ford
New Hampshire
Florida
Reagan
Hubert Humphrey
Smu
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Biddeford -Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Briar C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Jack Anderson
Lurie
Washington Scene
Ender
Humphrey
New York
Kansas City
George Wallace
Alabama
Gene McCarthy
Fritz Mondale
Reuben Askew
Kingman Brewster
Yale
Nixons
Ronald Reagans
Jerry Fords
Scoop Jacksons
Jimmy Carters
California
Pat Iown
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
John Connelly
Texas
Connelly
Iowa
Jefferson
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