Police departments face rising crime and budget needs
The Journal notes rising domestic complaints in Old Orchard Beach and burglaries in Saco, with juvenile thieves outpacing adults. Kennebunk schools were hit, Biddeford reports a terrorizing charge involving a handgun, and the piece urges serious attention to police funding while urging public support for law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Richard Lamb
N Saco
Richard Nason
Men In Blue
Journal
Kennebunks
Biddeford
Solar heating arrives promises cheaper fuel later
PAUL HARVEY notes ERDA reports solar heating already rivals electric heat under certain conditions. government bets $290 million to accelerate solar R D with a four year payoff, predicting a home installation of 6 000 to 12 000 and tax relief could cut costs. Carter pledges stronger solar push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Jimmy Carter
America
Biddeford Letters Clash Over Parks Budget
Editor replies to Scott A. Cochranes Jan 18 letter about Biddeford Parks and Recreation budget. A reader, Robert J. Zuke, objects to a below the belt remark and accuses the letter of back-stabbing councilor Zuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott A. Cochrane
Parks and Recreation Department
Biddeford
Zuke
Navy Sub Fleet Misfed as Pentagon Report Warns
America faces a neglected nuclear submarine supply chain says a Pentagon leak. Inspectors found radiography oversight and unaudited programs, with 21 firms on an internal problem list and 14 selling rejected supplies. The report flags weak management and delays Navy responses. A separate note warns of biological warfare risks and past tests at Dugway.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
America
Sea Systems Command
Pentagon
Navy
New York City
San Francisco
United States
U.S. Army
Richard Nixon
Ft. Dietrich
Army Test Center
Dugway
Utah
Army Laboratories
U.S
Army
George McGovern
D.S.D
Internal Avenue Service
Malta plans to evict fleets from the Mediterranean
Maltese Prime Minister Mintoff envisions expelling both Soviet and United States fleets to form a Eur African neutral bloc. The idea, backed by some and opposed by NATO, hinges on Malta’s long strategic role as a crossroads. Mintoff warns a premature move could destabilize freedom goals and diplomacy in the region.
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C.L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Valetta
Malta
Dom Mintoff
United States
Mediterranean
NATO
U.S.A
Britain
Hannibal
Napoleon
Churchill
Eisenhower
Mintoff
Europe
Marshall Planaid
Germany
Italy
Labor
United Kinddom
Iceland
Is Union
Free World
Libya
Muammar el-Qaddafi
Qaddafi
London
Owever
U.S
Valletta
Moscow
Oscow
America
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Robert J. Zuke
Prospect St. Biddeford
Carter
Ernest E. Fairbanks
Brown St
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Sac
Alfred Read
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Lurie
Newsday
Knights of St. John
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