Incinerator swimming pool plan stalls over HUD deadline
An opinion piece says Old Orchard Beach may miss a $500,000 HUD grant for an incinerator swimming pool. Acting Town Manager Jerome Plante did not pursue a deadline extension, while HUD's Richard Burk warns leftover funds would go to earlier winners. The piece urges focusing on a new, first-in-line application in the next community development funds round.
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Old Orchard Beach
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jerome Plante
Plante
Home
Washington
Journal
Richard Burk
Maine
Hudson High Class of 85 Defy Unemployment Stereotypes
A satirical New York Times piece extols Hudson High graduates for initiative and ambition. It follows Biff Armstrong joining the Mafia night shift, Theda Krautveld evading burglary label, Lila Hermanax wrestling for profit, and Alma Scuffler eyeing CIA work. The column frames the class as resilient and opportunistic in America.
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BAKER
ORK
Hudson High
Jack Armstrong
Jack
Lila Hermanax
Prophets of Doom and Gloom
America
Pooh Pooh
Lila
Ofalge
Biff Armstrong
Pops
Biff
Percy Pifflefinger
Sissy
Sissypants
Theda Krautveld
Theda
Hudson
Take
Pomander
United Nations
Alma Scuffler
Miss O'Hara
Alma
Samue Gompers
Central Intelligence Agency
Uncle Sam
New York Times
Letters on privacy and same sex marriage in Journal tone
A reader signs with Anne DesRoberts of 6 Bald Ave Biddeford and argues for the privacy to marry, praising diverse love while condemning same sex confusion. The Journal notes letters must be signed with full address, under 300 words, one side typed, and views not necessarily endorsed.
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Anne DesRoberts
Bald Ave
Biddeford
Exyo
the Journal
World oil crisis could have been averted says documents
Congressional investigators cite leaked papers alleging France aimed to break the oil cartel in December 1973. They claim Kissinger favored cooperation with oil producers, undermining consumer solidarity and contributing to a price surge that shifted vast wealth to producers. Senator Church urges a tougher, united stance against oil exporters.
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Washington
France
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Frank Church
D.idaho
Senate Foreignelations Committee
U.S
United States
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Church
Kissinger
U.s.-France
United Nations
John) Scali
Scali
Ed Scali
Washington Scene Waiting for Wilson
James Reston discusses Britain's economic woes and US parallels in London. He notes the Sunday Telegraph report that General Motors will build a new Vauxhall in Belgium due to Britain's unsettled economy, illustrating global impact on industry.
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James Reston
London
United States
Sunday Telegraph
General Motors
Belgium
Britain
Curiouser and curiouser Ford CIA inquiry debate
The Nation’s tone weighs Ford’s blue ribbon CIA commission and its limits while questioning motives behind exposing possible assassination plots and the report’s publication. It argues enduring credibility hinges on independent committees and warns against a whitewash, urging concrete reforms.
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Frank Church
Senate
CIA
Rockefeller
Ford Administration
Quotes and quips from readers and editors mix humor
A cache of humorous clippings and opinion snippets from readers and editors includes jokes about politics taxes prices and film references. The notes feature captions from various publications such as the Boston Globe Kansas City Star Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Atlanta Journal, plus signoffs from Alta W. Foster and W. Paul Casavant.
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Russia
Lou Erickson
The
Atlanta Journal
Kamaaina
Howard Case
Honolulu
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Les Whitten
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Tom Wicker
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Mance
House Committee
Lucien Nedzi
Nedzi
Administration
Congress
Congressional
Executive Branch
G.M
West Germany
British Railways
National Union of Railwaymen
Harold Wilson
Savoy Hotel
Sunday Times
England
Chequers
Ilson
Bernard Levin
Times of London
Trades Union
Labor Party
Ple
House of Commons
Speer
Europe
Boston Globe
Victor Valley
Calif
Optimist Bulletin
Louis
Red Blanchard
Wallace
Kansas City Star
Farmer's Digest
Hong Kong
Bideford
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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