Arundel Students Face No Local High School Option
The Arundel community lacks a public high school for 125 pupils who attend Biddeford, Thornton Academy and other nearby schools. A proposed district with Old Orchard Beach would give Arundel a say but would shift pupils away from Biddeford-Saco. editorial favors remaining independent and subsidizing transportation to allow choice.
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Arundel
Biddeford
Biddeford Vocational
Thornton Academy
Kennebunk High School
Old Orchard Beach
Salmon Falls
Asa Gordon
Old Orchard High School
Old Orchard
Biddeford-Saco
Wells
SAD
Buxton
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport
SAD 71
Old Orchard Beach High School
Kennebunk
Saco
The Will Report Committee Was Un-American
Washington column reviews how the House Internal Security Committee, once the Un-American Activities Committee, declined from fiery anti-Communist zeal by 1967. It recalls hearings on Hollywood, witnesses like Harvey Matusow, and public figures such as J. Parnell Thomas, with critique of its methods and rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Will
Washington
House of Representatives
Internal Security Committee
Halcyon
Un-American Activities Committee
Kremlin
Martin
D-Tex
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N.j
Edwin Willis
D-La
Areopagitica
Secretary of the Navy
J. Edgar Hoover
Aware, Inc
Harvey Matusow
New York Yankees
Yankees
Yogi Berra
Hollywood
John Rankin
Comintern
Rankin
Charles Chaplin
Great Britain
Gerald L.K. Smith
Frank Sinatra
Gary Cooper
Murray Kempton
New York
Metropolitan Music School
Kempton
Stalin
Genghis Kahn
Congress
Walter Goodman
H.L. Mencken
United States
The
Washington Post Co
Biddeford Race Journal Names Editors and Publisher
The Biddeford Race Journal announces Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C. Whitehouse W. Paul Casavant as publishers and names Charles C. Sutton managing editor with Gladys M. Whitehouse serving as president and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Race Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes on Ford era cooperation
Washington columnist highlights a shift from partisan clashes to bipartisan hollow relief as President Ford and House Speaker Carl Albert seek workable budget solutions. Betty Ford shapes speeches, while stories cover lobbying by ex-congressman Roger Zion and a questionable Air Force project in Rome New York with compared cost estimates. A Colorado deed links Nixon to a five acre parcel, raising questions about funding and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Congress
White House
House
Carl Albert
Betty
Roger H. Zion
R. Ind
Zion
Air Force
Rome
N.Y
Air Command
SAC
Massachusetts
Ohio
Don Mitchell
R.N.Y
Colorado Springs
James W. House
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
IRS
Ford’s State of the Union spurs push for new direction
Washington scene reports President Ford’s January 15 State of the Union message as urging a new partnership with Congress and the people while facing a growing Capitol Hill split on economy and energy policy. He pledges consultation with Congress but faces stiff opposition and debate from critics including economists Friedman and Samuelson.
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James Reston
Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Capital Hill
State of the Union
Milton Friedman
Paul A. Samuelson
Democratic Congress
Capitol Hill
Gerald Ford
Vietnam
New York Times
Prisons in New York and California Face Reform Pushs
As new Democratic governors in New York and California outline plans, criticisms mount over overcrowded prisons housing about 24 000 inmates in California and 15 000 in New York. Advocates urge reforms from improved health care and furlough programs to a stronger civilian oversight and expanded job training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wicker
New York
Union
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Raymond Procunier
Hugh Carey
Peter Preiser
Carey
Brown
Franklin H. Williams
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Department of Correctional Services
Williams
Community Service Society of
Malcolm Wilson
Attica
Corrections Department
Corrections Commission
Bedford Hills
Civil Rights Advisory Committee
Quotes About Patience and Courage
A collage of quotes on resilience and perspective. Walt Disney notes that small blows can spur growth, Plautus praises patience as remedy, and Don Marquis likens publishing poetry to a rose petal echoing in the Grand Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Disney
Plautus
Grand Canyon
Don Marquis
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Mrs. Ford
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
James V. House
Summit County
Colo
Richard Nixon
Washington, D.C
Colorado
Washington Scene
Wilson
F.B.I
Pete Lisagor
Rockefeller
Lurie
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