View of York County politics from a Maine Times piece
The Maine Times quotes Elizabeth industrialist Robert Monks arguing Southern York County is not in Maine and its employment base lies elsewhere. The piece notes York County readers span Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunks, and coast towns who follow local newspapers. It suggests Monks overlook Maine readership and beauty of the region.
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Elizabeth
Robert Monks
York County
The
Maine Times
Monks
Maine
Kittery
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunks
Biddeford-Saco
Machiasport
Saco River
Portland
Analysis Code Could Stifle Free Press Across Nation
A debate intensifies over a federal Criminal Code draft that would broaden national defense secrecy and criminalize reporting of classified information. Critics warn a newsman could face felony charges for publishing unclassified defense material and that the state would own government information. Supported by Nixon and Ford allies, the code expands espionage rules and weakens First Amendment protections. Key voices include Clayton Kirkpatrick of the Chicago Tribune and groups like ANPA and the ACLU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Arnold
New York
John Peteron
United States
Pentagon
My Lai
Central Intelligence Agency
Clayton Kirkpatrick
The
Chicago Tribune
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
Kirkpatrick
Nixon
Ford
Executive Branch
Congress
Melvin L. Wulf
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On Criminal Laws and Procedures
National Defense
Soviet Union
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
National Newspaper Association
Radio and Television Directors Association
Association of American Publishers
Washington Merry-Go-Round flap and seal operation violations
Report by Jack Anderson and Les Whitten details long running military counterintelligence mail snooping dubbed flap and seal and rolling. It shows mail opened and read for years, mostly on servicemen with Vietnam War complaints, with broader CIA FBI involvement and overseas bases. The piece notes minimal justification, secrecy, and potential constitutional issues, including read mail slipping beyond borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Pentagon
Senate
CIA
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Army Security Agency
Army
Prague
Mail Openings and Ford’s Saigon Aid Crisis
A Senate inquiry probes mail interception and government intrusions, with sources noting lax follow ups and agency denials. The piece shifts to Ford’s bid for military aid to Saigon, showing minutes that favored keeping aid, defeating a clean bill, and ending with Saigon’s surrender and $5 billion in U S hardware passing to the Communists, $700 million less than potential gains.
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Defense Department
CIA
IRS
U.S
Ford
Saigon
House
Tip
O'Neill
John Rhodes
Appropriations
Carl Albert
Phillip Burton
D.calif
House Democratic Caucus
Nelson Rockefeller
Middle East
Rhodesia's Ian Smith faces pivotal negotiation choices
Anthony Lewis argues Rhodesia under Ian Smith appears unchanged yet bears shifting pressures. Economically strained, politically pressured by Vorster and South Africa, and facing a likely majority-rule path via the ANC, Smith may choose to delay or resist majority rule, risking greater conflict or renewed international scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis Salisbury
Rhodesia
England
Ian Smith
Portugal
Mozambique
South Africa
Africa
Smith
J.B. Vorster
Vorster
Washington Scene The nuclear Power race
Washington faces a split on how to handle nuclear reactor exports as West Germany sells to Brazil. The U S leads in technology but faces rising competition from France Canada and others while arms interests push for stricter safeguards. Debate grows over policy realism versus preventing proliferation and the impact on international treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reston
Washington
Ford Administration
West Germany
Brazil
United States
Westinghouse Electric
Angra 1
Furnas
France
Canada
Japan
Soviet Union
U.S
Arms Contel and Disarmament Agency
Westinghouse
Libya
Gulf General
Iran
India
Latin America
Senate
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Ford
Nazil
Argentina
Venezuela
Bolivia
Pakistan
Indonesia
Taiwan
South Korea
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Notable Whitehouse Founder and Publisher Rates
Alta W Foster and W Paul Casavant are highlighted as key figures with roles at B F C Whitehouse, including publisher, editor, president and treasurer, with dates noting a historical span from 1889 to 1972, emphasizing leadership in a family or company lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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Lurie
NATO
Senate Committee
African National Council
Zambia
A.N.C
Black Africa
New York Times
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
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