Camp Ellis worth saving in Saco despite Corps finding doom
Saco City Administrator John Dexter vows to push for another study and possible congressional intervention after the Army Corps of Engineers concluded Camp Ellis is not worth saving following severe erosion that washed out Popham Beach houses. Dexter urges reevaluation of beach usage days and insists Camp Ellis should be saved.
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Popham Beach
Army Corps of Engineers
Saco
Camp Ellis
Federal
John Dexter
Saco Beach
Dexter
Maine
One of our Republicans has disappeared
A hardboiled narrator threads a search for Bartholomew Buckwallow, a 39 year old uncommitted delegate, across Washington and Los Angeles. The tale Ridicules Nixon era politics with a sharp take on welfare, spats, and food stamps as Buckwallow vanishes to avoid being nominated, while the narrator pursues him through a web of Republican power plays.
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Welfare Department
White House
Bartholomew Buckwallow
Texas
Los Angeles
Gallup
Jimmy Carter
New York
Comptroller’s Office
Buckwallow
Ford
Eagan
Feds flounder in try for oil independence
Washington report blames ERDA for weak energy conservation efforts and ad hoc search for savings. It cites only 4 percent of the ERDA budget for conservation, calls Stirling-cycle motors and heat recovery ideas unimplemented, and warns of ruinous economic impact if the United States fails to cut oil dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
United States
White House
Ford
Council On Environmental Quality
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Tion Research and Development
Robert Seamans
Pentagon
John Foster
Foster
TRW Inc
Clipper ships as symbols of American republican ideals
Washington column reflects on the clipper era as a symbol of republican simplicity in architecture and politics, praising the ships’ balance and speed while noting their decline with iron, steel, and steam. It links Jefferson, Longfellow, Mayflower, and Wilson to sailing metaphors, celebrating maritime heritage.
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George F. Will Washington
Jefferson
Monti Icello
University of Lee
Marblehead
Mass
Savannah
Samuel Eliot Morison
Morison
America
Parthenon
Dieppesee
Plains
California
Titusville
Argosse
Sic
Longfellow
Woodrow Wilson
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
Lord Macaulay
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
The
Washington Post Co
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Ellisworth
Russell Baker
New York Times
Sam
Feds
Council For Environmental Quality
Ie Pene
Barry Goldwater
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
Biddeford
Journal
Gladys M. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
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