House Panel Details IRS Politicized Use and Aide Leaks
The panel disclosed that White House officials sought to place Caulfield in key IRS roles and that Thrower resisted the move noting it would be seen as political. Records show Caulfield obtained confidential IRS data from Vernon Acree, with further testimony alleging the President asked to turn off IRS access for friends.
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Thrower
White House
Caulfield
IRS
Charles Walker
Treasury
Service
Senate Watergate Committee
John W. Dean II
John Caulfield
Treasury Department
Vernon D. Acree
Randolph Thrower
Jack Anderson
George C. Wallace
Gerald Wallace
Clark R. Mollenhoff
Mollenhoff
H.R. Haldeman
Old Orchard Beach downs Public Safety Complex plan
Old Orchard Beach town leaders hit two setbacks as a legal ruling blocks combining police and fire facilities and Memorial Park cannot host a public safety complex. Town Manager Rita Belair reported Attorney Paul Frinsko says funds from the 1972 referendum cannot fund a two-site complex, forcing abandonment of the main plan. The council unanimously barred Memorial Park as a site, citing veteran memorial purposes and traffic concerns, while zoning disputes fueled a heated public discussion.
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Old Orchard Beach
Rita Belair
Paul Frinsko
Frinsko
Memorial Park
Old Orchard
Richard Lamb
Lamb
Frinske
Atty
Thomas Dupuis
The
Park Commission
Joseph Mokarzel
Mokarzel
Robert Cote
Guay’s Village
New England Baptist Council
N.E.B.C
Cote
NEBC
Robert Baggs
George Baggs
Baggs
Cyprus Rebels Appoint Five Ministers Amid Makarios Crisis
Cyprus rebels announced a new cabinet of five ministers as Makarios remained alive, with the U.N. Security Council slated to meet. British and U.S. officials reported Makarios sound and well, while Ankara accused Greece of intervention and urged British cooperation to preserve Cyprus independence.
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Cyprus
United Nations
Britain
Makarios
U.N. Security Council
New York
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
James Callaghan
House of Commons
London
Ankara
Bulent Ecevit
Greece
Turkey
Ecevit
Cyprus Radio
Nikos Sampson
America
Russia
Vienna
Karl Luetgendorf
Paphos
Radio Cyprus
FOIL Denies Goal to Block Sanford Refinery Suit
Friends of Intelligent Land Use says the Superior Court challenge targets rezoning legality and SMRPC’s role in Sanford. FOIL asserts the case seeks lawful review to prevent reckless development and ensure state laws are followed, after voters rezoned 1500 acres south of Sanford for an oil refinery.
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Kennebunkport
Friends of Intelligent Land Use
FOIL
Sanford
Lyman Page
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
SMRPC
Page
State of
Maine
SMAPC
Phil Smith
David Brooks
Opinions Split Over Guinea Road Shooting Incident
In Kennebunkport residents debate the July 8 Guinea Road incident that led to Police Commissioner William Houston facing assault with a firearm charges later reduced to disorderly conduct. Houston calls the charge a setup while Chief Sherman Bonney defends the case, citing threats and a bullet through the kitchen ceiling.
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Kennebunkport
Guinea Road
Ember
William Houston
Bac District
York County
Houston
Sherman Bonney
Bonney
Gerard
Lucia Vadnais
Vadnais
Gerard Vadnais
Bacteria Lethal To Mosquitoes Seen By WI Scientist
Western Illinois University associate professor Dr. Samuel Singer says a bacterium, Bacillus sphaericus, can kill billions of larval mosquitoes without ecological harm, offering a potential tool against malaria yellow fever and other mosquito borne diseases. The work, aided by WHO NSF and WIU grants, began with isolated bacteria in 1972 and aims for commercial development within five years.
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Macomb
Samuel Singer
Western Illinois University
Singer
California
Nigeria
World Health Organization
The
National Science Foundation
Western Ilinois
University Research Council
IRS Fishing For Lobstermen s Taxes
Coast fishermen from Maine face IRS audits by a special Lobster Project team tracing tax returns for several years. The piece follows lobstermen like Harold Greenlaw as they weigh catch, haul nets, and endure federal scrutiny amid weather and sea challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
IRS
Lobster Project
Talk Show Host Shoots Self On Live TV Show
A startling incident unfolds on a live broadcast as the host shoots himself during the program. Details are scarce, but authorities report the event as a self-inflicted act captured on air prompting immediate program interruption and a police response.
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D. C
Self
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Foreign Office
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Harold Greenlaw
Aldo Ciomai
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