New Congress and the Federal Reports Act Burden
The Biddeford-Saco Journal editorial notes the 94th Congress will likely pursue many proposals while urging scrutiny of existing laws. It highlights the 1942 Federal Reports Act, aimed at reducing reporting load, but claims federal actions since 1967 have increased government reports by 130 million man hours annually, with business compliance rising 50 percent.
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Congress
94Th
Office of Management and Budget
Most Admired Americans a Reflective List of Names
Russell Baker argues Gallup’s top ten reads as a parade of familiar names rather than true admiration. He notes Kissinger Graham Ford Nixon Kennedy and others dominate headlines, while public service figures and unread topics reveal what readers avoid.
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Russel Baker
New York
Dr. Gallup
Henry Kissinger
Graham
President Ford
Kennedy
Wallace
Rockefeller
Reagan
Goldwater
Jackson
Richard Nixon
America
Judge Sirica
Leon Jaworski
Archibald Cox
Elliot Richardson
William Ruckelshaus
Senator Mondale
Kojak
Colombo
Hudson
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Catfish Hunter
Cambodia
George Wallace
George
The
Republic
New York Times
Letter To The Journal on Town Manager Debate
A reader argues Rita Belair was not appointed town manager and urges council accountability. The writer backs the council’s actions, labels Bird and his allies as violating majority rule, and calls for Bird to be voted out if a new election occurs.
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Helen Marshall
Rita Belair
Rita
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff listed
Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant serve as publishers and editors. William E Foster era 1881 to 1963 noted. Charles C Suttom and Gladys M Whitehouse hold managing editor and president treasurer roles.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Suttom
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Texas Watergate echoes reach Sen Eastland in Dallas grand jury
Washington reporters reveal a Dallas grand jury probe into Nelson Bunker Hunt and a wiretap case tied to former senator James Eastland. The column alleges a $50,000 to $60,000 payoff for Eastland to intervene with the Justice Department, and notes Eastland’s denial and ties to Hunt via cattle deals. The piece promises more disclosures while also summarizing a separate Army fuel economy dispute over new trucks.
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Jack Anderson
Ith
Les Whitten
Washington
Watergate
Federal Grand Jury
Dallas
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Hunt
Texas
Senate
James Eastland
D-Miss
Justice Department
Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard Kleindienst
Henry Petersen
Petersen
Kleindienst
Bunker Hunt
Herbert
Leindienst
Hunt Brothers
Patrick McCann
McCann
Federal Parole Board
Maurice Sigler
Courtney Pace
Bond
Bunker
Parole Board
John Curington
Mississippi
Hunts
House
George Mahon
D-Texas
Mahon
Eldon Mahon
Fastland
Channel not built: Britain abandons tunneling under the Channel
The Channel project is cancelled amid cost worries and debates over European integration. The piece argues the decision reflects both fiscal caution and skepticism about postwar European homogenization, noting Britain's desire to remain islanded and citing Chesterton and Horatio Hornblower as symbolic anchors.
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George F. Will
Washington
Britain
Channel
English Channel
France
London
Paris
Everest
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Rye
Severn
Bonaparte
Chesterton
Europe
le Monde
Great Britain
Descartes
US cannot feed world says Earl Butz and Kissinger
Paul Harvey distills a debate from Rome where Earl Butz urges developing nations to grow their own food while Henry Kissinger calls for international grain reserves. The piece notes US pullback on aid and export controls, soaring domestic prices, and a history of large food giveaways totaling billions since World War II. It highlights consumer voice against large surplus policy and the need to repurpose grain sales to rebuild domestic funds.
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Paul Harvey
Rome
Earl Butz
Uncle Sam
Henry Kissinger
Ford
Russia
U.S
Asia
Africa
Latin America
It Comes Out Of Your Pocket Big Government Rhetoric
A fiscally pointed op ed argues that waste and deferred obligations burden taxpayers. It claims credit card use hides costs and states pensions and public spending shift costs to individuals. It cites bank and business losses from crime and warns of rising prices and future payback, urging opposition to more debt.
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New York City
Board of Education
You
United States
Congress
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