Editorial: Arabs Hold Power Over U.S. Oil Firms
The Biddeford Saco Journal editorial warns that OPEC nations and Arab investors are expanding influence in U S energy firms and American stocks. Kuwait bought 14 percent of Daimler Benz, Iran purchased 25 percent of Krupp, and Arabs hold about 400 million in U S stocks and real estate. It urges public reporting and possible limits on foreign ownership to prevent Arab control of U S production while noting potential stock market benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPEC
Daimler-Benz
Kuwait
West Germany
Fouth
Iran
Krupp
Treasury Department
Occidential Petroleum Corp
Standard Oil of Indiana
Occidential
U.S
Cat Lover Recalls Nine Cats At Ocean City Beach
Wyona Rowell recounts adopting and caring for nine cats across homes on Ocean City Beach between 1969 and the following year. She describes rescuing, feeding, vetting, and sometimes rehoming each feline, plus the emotional toll of animal cruelty and the burden of stray cats on her finances and heart.
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0.C. Beach
Calico
Morris
Pine Avenue
Barbara
Atlantic Avenue
Tom
The White Paper Sen Marcotte Sees Line Held On New Taxes
Maine senator Marcotte, Biddeford Democrat on Appropriations, warns funding state services will require major tax increases as the 1994 school subsidy law faces scrutiny. He notes the era of unanticipated revenue is over and calls for realism while opposing Do away with SD 1994.
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Sen. Marcotte
Appropriations Committee
York County
Joe Duquette
Maine
Yerounty
Democratic Party
Biddeford
Senate
Congress
Washington spooks keep him honest says Anderson
Washington columnist Jack Anderson describes a long, satirical confrontation with federal investigators from CIA FBI IRS and other agencies. He recounts past probes including plumbers and private security firms while joking about paranoia and security measures guiding his life and avoiding temptations.
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Washington
CIA
Jack Anderson
William Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Jack Caulfield
Pentagon
Abundant Vietnam War reflections critique U.S. aims and credibility
Anthony Lewis surveys U.S. leadership rhetoric on Vietnam urging restraint and reasoned policy. He contrasts Ford and Kissinger statements with earlier officials forecasts, arguing decades of hope for victory misread reality and warns against prolonging involvement. The piece cites Nixon, Westmoreland, Rostow, McNamara, and others, urging honest policy and restraint.
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Anthony Lewis
Boston
Vietnam
Proust
Ford
U.S
John T. McNaughton
Defense
Indochina
Middle East
State Kissinger
United States
Aetna
Enna Sebatata
Saigon
William G. Effros
Nixon
William C. Westmoreland
General Westmoreland
Walt W. Rostow
Johnson
South Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Help Clean Our Air Sign Sparks Topeka Cap ital Quip
A Topeka Cap ital line mocks a city limit sign urging air protection with a wry note about exploring past sins. A department store moment features a sharp elevator operator retort about whether to go up or down, reflecting satirical tone.
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The
National Enquirer
Back Seat Driver Quip Opens Week In Local Press
The Adair County Free Press notes a quip about motorists and a lively week ahead. A PTA singing event is planned Friday night with practice this afternoon. A neighbor returned an oil can borrowed a month ago. A bumper sticker in Memphis protests whale killings and boycotts Japanese goods on a Datsun.
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Adair County
Free Press
PTA
Red Blanchard
Wallace
Memphis
Foster and Whitehouse Leadership at Bideford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 and Alta W. Foster prominent in the Bideford Saco Journal with B F C. Whitehouse and W. Paul Casavant listed as publisher and staff. Charles C. Sutton serves as managing editor with Gladys M. Whitehouse as president and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bideford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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Lovey
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V.O Beach
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P.O. Box
MA Menkhaed Daach
Maryline White
Augusta
Marcotte
New England
Cambodia
Ugene Smith
Norfolk
Brian Gettings
Smith
Washington Post
Post
Justice Department
Republican National Committee
CREEP
Anderson
Simpatico
FBI
Posse
Robert Marcian
Intertel
ITT
Mardian
Daniel Ellsberg
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Les Whitten
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Maxwell
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Miral
Arthur W. Radford
French Indochina
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Truman
China
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
NBC
Graham Marlin
New York Times
Topeka
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