Institution mentality blamed for truancy problem in Maine
Editorial argues against returning to coercive custody for chronic truants and incorrigibles. It questions sending youths to institutions, notes truants often are alienated by school and home, and urges humane, flexible approaches such as work programs, teacher outreach, Vista volunteers, and innovative schooling options to engage troubled youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Boys Training Center
South Portland
Leathce Morin
Old Orchard Beach
Ford turns stance as economy crisis tests politics
James Reston notes President Ford shifted from austerity to expansion, seeking a compromise with Congress amid a world price surge and unemployment. The piece contrasts White House coherence, Treasury concerns over deficits, and Vice President Rockefeller pushing for better executive-legislative coordination to avert a ruinous clash.
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James Reston
Washington
Ford
New Democratic Congress
Simon
Giscard D'Estaing
France
United States
Europe
Japan
Schmidt
West Germany
Rockefeller
Executive
Congress
U.S
New York Times
Atlass Brings New York Flair to Maine Commerce Role
In Augusta Hadley Atlass, ex Young and Rubicam executive from Orr's Island, seeks to serve as Maine Commerce and Industry Commissioner. He quit the rat race for a year round Maine life with wife Josephine, running a small motel and gift shop while staying connected to advertising craft. The governor’s panel interviewed him. council members agreed he is the right choice to help Maine grow and boost jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryline
Augusta
Nan
Executive Council
New York
Hadley Atlass
Orr's
Atree
Rubicam
Atlass
Maine
Orr's Island
Young
Doyle
Dane
Ife
Josephine
Agency
New England Group
Portland
Commerce and Industry
Longley
Scholar spy network and Capitol Hill newsletter racket
Washington reports about 400 Soviet scholar spies on American campuses and KGB controls guiding many from Moscow while some report back in the United States. The piece notes CIA silence, debates U.S. debriefings, and estimates tens of thousands of debriefings on file. It also exposes the newsletter racket in Congress, detailing franking abuse, taxpayer costs, and secret funds among lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Whitten
Washington
CIA
KGB
Moscow
United States
U.S
America
Capitol Hill
Two kinds of blues in a wary America
Paul Harvey argues there are two low moods afflicting Americans a monetary strain and a sagging spirit. He notes inflation recession worldwide yet laments psychological stress from lifestyle shifts and a national trauma while predicting a counterculture of thrift and a remedy in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
United States
Europe
America
Will Rogers
E.H. Uhlenhuth
University of Chicago
Maine letter warns fuel costs threaten rural households
Richard A Hodgdon of Portland writes the Journal voicing alarm over proposed fuel import cost increases. He cites Maine's reliance on long-haul transport for goods and heating, arguing higher prices hit rural residents hardest. He urges federal action to address heat, transport and unemployment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Washington
North America
Richard A. Hodgdon
Westbrook Street
Portland
Foster family leads Biddeford lace journal firm
The Biddeford lace journal announces management by Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 and Alta W. Foster along with W. Paul Casavant as publisher Charles C. Sutton as managing editor and Gladys M. Whitehouse serving as president and treasurer in a sibling circulation shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Lace Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Washington Scene
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Hadley Arlass
Lurie
Los Angeles Times
Sarah Larson
Tom Martin
House
Tom Bevill
D-Ala
Dominick Daniels
D-N.j
William Dickinson
R-Ala
William Hudnut III
R-Ind
Dale Milford
D-Tex
Nn Montgomery
D-Miss
Carlos Moorhead
R-Calif
Daniel Rostenkowski
D-Ill
John Rousselot
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Milford
Texas
J.J. Pickle
Charles Chamberlain
R-Mich
Norman Lent
R-N.y
Wright Patman
Dtex
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Paul Harvey News
Richard Hunter
The
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