Court ruling extends Maine welfare to emotionally ill
The U S Supreme Court affirmed a Federal Court decision ruling Maine Health and Welfare Department cannot deny welfare benefits to disabled residents with emotional disorders. Two jobless claimants with melancholia chronic anxiety won relief, aided by Pine Tree Legal Assistance, highlighting bureaucratic delays in rights enforcement.
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Maine
Pine Tree
U. S. Supreme Court
Maine Health and Welfare Department
The Watergate burdened declarations and the need to admit error
Paul Harvey critiques evasive political rhetoric and calls for blunt honesty from U S leaders acknowledging mistakes in Watergate Vietnam and foreign aid. He contrasts Truman and Jackson plain talk with Nixon's words urging accountability while noting TV story simplifications and the role of public letters.
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Paul Harvey
Kissinger
Indochina
Congress
United States
Harry Truman
Andy Jackson
Truman
Nixon
Vietnam
Biddeford Journal Biographies and Staff Listings
Local newspaper fragment lists editors and staff for the Biddeford Journal Alta W Foster W F C Whitehouse and others. Mentions publisher director and business office contact numbers 283 3625 282 1535 with advertising representatives Mathews Shannon Culkin Inc New York.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Ee Sonneietes
API
Gee National Advertising
Mathews-Shannon Cukhen
Hospitals Targeted in Cambodian Air Strikes Exposed
Classified Cambodian documents smuggled from Phnom Penh show battlefield commanders calling for sudden incident strikes on field hospitals. Pilots report confusion over friendlies and enemies, with orders to hit hospitals only if fired upon, while American officials deny targeting hospitals and secretly defer to Cambodian forces. A diplomat claims U S control over air operations and widespread civilian harm from B 52 and F 111 missions, though no hospital hits are confirmed.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Fourth Military Region
U.S
United States
Nixon Administration
Rand Corporation
Washington News Public Apathy Feeds Political Abuses
Washington correspondent Ray Cromley argues corruption grows when citizens do not engage. He recalls party reform spurred by active voters, notes absentee vote fraud cases, and urges ongoing citizen vigilance to elect honest officials and monitor government. Corruption persists without sustained public effort.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Watergate jokes and a senator’s self praise
Mac's World Watergate provokes jokes as Sen. Charles Percy touts himself and denounces Washington. The column includes mock gags from Bob Orben and self set pieces about Watergate, White House, and media, with quips on politics and daily life.
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Don Maclean
Charles Percy
Ill
Washington
Senator Percy
Chuck
Percy
Bob Orben
Red Skelton
Orben
Potomac River
White House
E. 19Th Street
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Mekong
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