Parade of Biddeford Saco Bicentennial Celebration
Readers praise the weekend Bicentennial parade in Biddeford and Saco with bands, floats, and naval salutes. The joint head cars showcased cooperation and unity as crowds cheered from the sidewalks led by co chairs William McKenny and Dr Edward Whelan.
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Biddeford-Saco
Painchand’s
The
Tigers
Trojans
Saco
Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
William McKenny
Edward Whelan
Jimmy Fritz and FDR Strategy Unfolds in Carter Campaign
James Reston analyzes the Carter campaign strategy to fuse Southern conservative and Northern liberal factions into a new Roosevelt coalition. Mondale’s selection signals emphasis on character over ideology, with Humphrey ties and Mondale’s voting record noted. The piece previews a broader plan to build an executive legislature team to govern, with hopes for Senate leadership and House speakership in play.
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James Reston
New York Times
South
Roosevelt
White House
Senator Mondale
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Mr. Carter
House
Senate
United States
Mondale
Carter
Fritz Mondale
Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Ford
Americans For Democratic Action
Mr. Mondale
Students For Democratic Action
Ed Muskie
Maine
Broadway
New York
Eco
Congress
Madison Square Garden
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Ashington
Tip O'Neill
Letter reflects on Saco Bicentennial monument fate
Philip E Graves of Saco Maine thanks the editor for the picture and write up on the Bicentennial monument. He laments its dismantling, suggests the fountain and drainage mishap, and notes a rare sense of humor on public matters.
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Saco
Pepperell Square
Beach Kiwanis Club pushes to curb adult entertainment
A letter from Beach Kiwanis Club and locals denounces porno shops and bikini taverns, urging community action to protect youth. They condemn a drive-in movie advert and call for vigilance to keep the area a “Nation under God,” naming Marguerite Poirier of Biddeford, Maine as a signer.
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Beach Kiwanis Club
Portland
Marguerite Poirier
Hill St
Biddeford
Indian Policy Review calls for new agency to oversee Indians
The American Indian Policy Review Commission finds BIA mismanagement and says the federal approach to Indians should be abolished. It cites land and water losses, budget discrepancies, and ties to organized crime, urging creation of an independent agency and renewed oversight by Congress.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
American Indian Policy Review Commission
Congress
BIA
Ashington
Review Commission
Commission
Ernest Stevens
James Abourezk
D.S.D
New Mexico
Arizona
Southwest
Indian Affairs
Morris Thompson
Commis
Sion
White House
Papago-Tucsonvelopment Corporation
Oklahoma
Aoew State Mental Hospital
FBI
Sign of Carter era politics and race in Robeson County
The piece recalls a 1949 Robeson County moment when a black delegate carried a sign for Carter, contrasting racial divides with evolving national politics. It analyzes Mondale as a fresh, liberal choice to balance Carter, and notes the vice presidency's rise as a stepping stone to the White House amid Democratic unity debates and dip toward late convention dissent.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
North Carolina
Robeson County
Carter
Virginia Cocesine
Lumberton Robesonian
N.C
Nough
Richard B. Russell
Lumberton
Mondale
Walter Mondale
Mr. Mondale
Mr. Carter
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Spiro T. Agnew
Alben Barkley
Rim
White House
Miami Beach
George McGovern
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Fritz
FDR
Vo Uovu
Philip E. Graves
Secret Service
Americana
Plains
Georgia
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Journal
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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