Hamstrung Saco plan would make new conservation board ineffective
Opinion warning that Saco's proposed conservation commission would be so limited by its duties and membership rules that it would function like a sham. It notes the council's hostility to outside advice, contrasts with a state order over Bear Brook pumping station, and mocks the scope of the new board.
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Saco
Conservation Commission
Planning Board
Department of Environmental Protection
Bear Brook
Ford invites detente with nature amid criticism of policy
Washington columnist William V. Shannon catalogs President Ford’s environmental stance in Cincinnati. He argues Ford treats conservation as a throwaway issue, cites forest logging, predator poisoning, delayed clean air standards, and limited access for conservation leaders, painting a portrait of conflicted priorities and industry influence.
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William V. Shannon
Washington
Ford
Cincinnati
National Environmental Research Center
Nature
Leonid Brezhnev
Ford Administration
Forest Service
Idaho-Salmon River
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Boise-Cascade
Stanley K. Hathaway
Wyoming
Southwestern Wildlife Refuge
Alaska
Laurance Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York Times
Obituary and staff roles for Foster and Whitehouse era
Alta W. Foster and Gladys M. Whitehouse figure among longtime figures in the newspaper staff. B. F. C. Whitehouse and W. Paul Casavant are named in connection with publishing and editorial leadership with Charles C. Sutton and others listed as managing editor and president treasurer.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Weather warfare and scandals rock early 70s news
Washington reports claim Air Force seeding clouds disrupted North Vietnamese trails and prompts a Soviet American pledge to bar environmental weapons. Also notes SEC probe into a PSA led athlete land deals case, plus rumors around Sam Giancana’s assassination and CIA mob ties.
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Jack Anderson
Ith
Les Whitten
Washington
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
North Vietnam
Charlie Taylor
Ken Houston
Washington Redskins
Mercury Morris
Larry Little
Miami Dolphins
Terry Metcalf
St. Louis Cardinals
Otis Armstrong
Bobby Darwin
Minnesota Twins
Greg Luzinski
Philadelphia Phillies
Luis Tiant
Boston Red Sox
Sandy Alomar
Elliot Maddox
New York Yankees
Giancana
Grease, Politics, and the Praetorian City
Russell Baker likens New York City officials and municipal workers to ancient Praetorians who weaponize payrolls and public disruption to extract money. He argues Mayor Beame overstated doom while workers flex power to push taxes on the middle class, shifting control to public servants.
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Russell Baker
New York City
Praetorian Guard
Praetorians
Praetorian
Rome
New York
Praetorian Yard
Brooklyn Bridge
Beame
New York Times
Liberalism in Decline After Decade of Great Society
Washington essay notes liberal optimism faded after 1960s Great Society Vietnam and Watergate. Johnson era shifts and liberal setbacks left Democrats seen as the party of government while public mood grows conservatism. The piece contrasts postwar momentum with current collective skepticism toward federal power.
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George F. Will Washington
Congress
Johnson
Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
Allance
Eisenhower
National Advisory Commission On
National Commission On the
Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Democrats
Briain Party
Party of Opposition
GOP
Vox Populi
The
Washington Post Co
Alabama Oil Boom Sparks Riches and Fever Across Mobile
New oil finds near Mobile ignite Alabama's wildcat boom with wells promising thousands of barrels daily. Geologist Philip LaMoreaux calls it a major new field while promoters lure doctors, lawyers, and others into leases worth thousands per acre as hundreds of millions flow into mineral rights in two years.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Alabama
Houston
Mobile
Ala
Philip LaMoreaux
Bob Smith
Konrad Mims
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Professional Sports Advisors, Inc
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Denver Broncos
Ral Simpson
Mike Green
Denver Nuggets
PSA
SEC
Cleveland
Underworld
Justice Department
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Central Intelligence Agency
John Roselli
Sam Giancana
Castro
Senate
Carl
Seaboard
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Abe
Wall Street
United States
Paul Harvey News
Bama
Paul Harvey
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