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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1975
Page
4
In Kennebunkport 569 irate citizens protest a proposed revaluation by Andover Mass firm Magane and Darcy. They charge inflated fair market values, overvalued wetlands, relied on aerial maps and window inspections, and demand on-site property visits. Selectmen admit mistakes and urge waiting a year to verify valuations.
In this overview of Maine's 107th Legislature, policymakers preserved core education equity and environmental protections, rejected tax increases, and opposed the death penalty and gambling. They enacted a new Criminal Code and banking laws, strengthened the Right-to-Know law, created a Citizens Ethics Committee, and limited lobbying on drug price posting, signaling a shift in Maine's political landscape.
The CIA builds a case that the shah is a brilliant yet unstable ruler whose pursuit of oil wealth and power could clash with U.S. interests. The report links his insecurity to a domineering father, failed puppet years, and a long search for an heir, detailing marriages and heirs and his rise with American backing.
George F Will argues the Ford administration may expel Alexander Solzhenitsyn to preserve detente and protect the president from political embarrassment. The column criticizes the snub as a clash between free speech and U.S. diplomacy, noting Solzhenitsyn’s moral stature and Brezhnev’s stance.
In Madrid I meet a former Republican official of the illegal Communist Party who says the party now has real support of hundreds of thousands and operates underground. He notes strategy shifts, infiltration into unions and Falange, and a claim for a pluralist, federal Spain with regional self determination. Santiago Carrillo, in exile, asserts Iberia holds Europe’s most revolutionary potential for toppling Franco and inspiring democratic forces abroad.
Paul Harvey condemns welfare critics while recounting St. Anthony's Hospital sisters harvesting a disabled farmer's crop in Farina Illinois. He argues government programs create dependence and crime, decrying social reform advocates, academics and student-agers profiting from discontent.
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