Editorial Page In Our Opinion Beach board woes
The Maine Department of Education and Cultural Services is criticized for an arrogant stance toward Old Orchard Beach. Commissioner Carroll McGary insists the town stay in a union with Arundel and keep the incumbent superintendent, denying board flexibility. The piece laments lack of board consultation and notes potential attorney costs. It argues Arundel should join Kennebunk-Kennebunkport and that appointing a school board is a local duty.
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Maine Department of Education and Cultural Services
Department
Carroll McGary
Old Orchard Beach
Arundel
State Education Department
Old Orchard School
State Department of Education and Cultural Services
Watergate Lessons Shape a Stronger Republic Outlook
Washington observers consider Watergate eroding trust in parties while elevating calls for civic education. Senate hearings, led by Sam Ervin, frame constitutional limits and Fourth Amendment protections as vital safeguards. A crisis of confidence could yield a wiser public, or a demagogue moment, unless citizens learn from the televised lessons.
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Senate
Sam Ervin
Sam
Ervin
William Pitt the Elder
England
United States
Lincoln
Justice Davis
Milligan
Republic
Biddeford Saco Journal Includes Foster and Whitehouse Credits
Biddeford Maine newspaper page lists Alta W Foster 1891 1971 and Wm E Foster 1881 1963 as part of staff along with B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 and W Paul Casavant publisher and Charles C Sutton editor Gladys M Whitehouse treasurer. The paper quotes AP news and outlines subscription rates and address details.
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Biddeford
Saco
Wm. E. Foster
B. F
Pentagon admits falsifying Cambodia reports before 1970 invasion
Washington sources claim the Pentagon admitted deceiving on bombing of Cambodia and falsifying casualty tallies from secret MACSOG missions. Senate testimony will allege post invasion raids run by a CIA managed Special Operations Group and Blackbird air units. Housing and security expenditures tied to Nixon White House are also scrutinized.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Pentagon
Cambodia
Senate
Laos
U.S
Salem House
Macsog
Justice Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
North Vietnam
SOG
Saigon
Central Intelligence Agency
Vietnam
Blackbirds
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Phantom Command
Thailand
Phillipines
White House
Bicayne Bay
California
Santa Fe
Pacific Ocean
Nixon used secret White House police to break into Ellsberg files
The Nation recounts how Attorney General Mitchell sought to oust FBI Director Hoover, but Nixon instead created a clandestine White House police unit to order the Plumbers to seek political advantage. Ehrlichman notes Nixon’s admission that individuals could feel justified breaking in to protect national security.
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William V. Shannon
York Times
Service
Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
G.O.P
V. George C. Wallace
F. Scott Fitzgerald
America
Tom Wicker
New York
John Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
Hoover
Oval Office
Justice Department
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
White House
F.B.L
Ehrliehman
Daniel Ellsbers
Ellsberg
Aeer Ebmee
Föhrlichman
Mana
Lying in government and the creeping police state
The piece argues that government secrecy and deliberate falsehoods have grown since the Cold War led by Eisenhower and Nixon era actions. It cites Cambodia bombing, Watergate witnesses, and Ehrlichman’s remarks to warn that unchecked presidential power could threaten democracy and civil liberties.
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Dupes
Pinkos
Senate Foreign Relations Mittee
Khrushchev
Russia
Eisenhower
George Washington
Cambodia
Watergate Committee
Texas Rangers and a Midnight Stakeout Museum Groundbreaking
Paul Harvey reflects on the Texas Rangers with a stakeout scene in a bank and a future Aug 4 ground breaking for a museum and hall of fame. He extols Ranger lore, training, and the wide range of duties from river to horseback, praising discipline and the rugged image of Texas lawmen.
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Texas
Waco
Texas Rangers
Texas Poe
Ine
West
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