North Street zoning clash concerns Saco residents
Saco citizens debate extending a North Street B-1 zone into a residential buffer to accommodate Cumberland Farms gasoline pumps. They warn that breaking zoning norms could invite further commercial encroachment and threaten residential integrity as the town grows.
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Saco
North Street
Main Street
Route 1
Thornton Academy
Portland
Frank Gaziano
Cumberland Farms
Gaziano
Readers voiced concern over Maremont gun contracts and jobs
A Biddeford Saco Rotary letter protests possible U S defense deals favoring Belgium for machine guns used in M 60 tanks and urges continuity of local arms production. It cites unemployment and high living costs, praising community projects and requesting continued support for local initiatives and a bicycle path funding drive.
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Maremont
Journal
Biddeford-Saco
Maine
Schlesinger
York County
U.S
Belgium
Biddeford- Saco
United States
St. Louis
David F. Emery
Congress
Biddeford
Saco
Washington
Biddeford High
Salvation Army
United Fund
Saco Valley Center
Open letter questions Berry on maps and cards in elections
A constituent questions District No. 118 Representative Philip P Berry about receiving a 1974 State Highway map and a town government information card only in election years. They note the representative said such mailings are sent every year and suggest listing mailing costs as campaign expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip P. Berry
Augusta
Soviet Newsmen as KGB Spies in Washington
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports that Izvestia correspondents Kondrashov and Barsukov along with Trud's Sisnev operate an espionage network on Capitol Hill. The trio, accredited to the congressional press, supposedly access off the record briefings while posing as journalists. FBI surveillance is hampered by budget limits.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Soviet Union
TV Eean
U.S
Oer
KGB
Moscow
KBG
Izvestia
Stanislav Kondrashov
Yuri Barsukov
Vissarion Sisnev
Trud
Pravda
Tass
Moscow Radio-Tv
Barsukov
Capitol Hill
Kondrashov
Sisner
Congressional
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Clarence Kelley
Muammar el-Qaddafi
Idi Amin
Qaddafi
Israel
Egypt
Sadat
Jordan
Hussein
Amin
Fat Amin
Skinny Qaddafi
Tripoli
Summer of 39 Echoes in a Small Town
Russell Baker recalls a sweltering season filled with street fights and cockroaches, a cake of fried fish and juke box songs, and a circle of friends led by Schmidt. Pranks, a beautiful girl, and late nights culminate as Europe starts war and Marines arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
Schmidt
Frank Sinatra
Hitler
Wimpy
Reformatory
Jackabaitis
Wendell
Hearst
Sommers
Arcati
Nashville as Ulysses of America in Altman film critique
The piece surveys reactions to Nashville by Pauline Kael Judith Crist and Tom Wicker noting the film's portrayal of American malaise. It argues Nashville mirrors a crunchable culture defined by violence materialism and superficial values and calls Altman’s work a meta portrait of US hysteria and cynicism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F
Will Washington
Pauline Kael
New Yorker Magazine
Judith Crist
New York Magazine
America
New York Times
Tom Wicker
Colonel Sanders
Ms. Kael
Ms. Crist
Wicker
Nashville
Ulysses
Robert Altman
Nashville, Tenn
Buck Mulligan
Jeb Magruder
Bremmer
Denum
Ewsweek
Altman
The
Washington Post Co
Paul Harvey Urges Reform After Unemployed Graduates Flood Jobs
Paul Harvey writes from Chicago criticizing graduates unable to spell and lack basic grammar. He notes rising unemployment while job openings exist and cites U S Employment Service misfits. He warns many spring graduates accept no jobs or demand benefits rather than work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Chicago
America
U.S
U.S. Employment Service
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Biddeford-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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