Maine official eyes lifting bans on professional advertising
Maine Attorney General Joseph Brennan issued an opinion after a Supreme Court ruling that state bans on advertising by lawyers doctors dentists and accountants may violate the First Amendment. He urged 13 associations to end total prohibitions to boost public awareness of services and prices.
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Maine
Joseph Brennan
Supreme Court
Rennan
Brennan
Maine Bar Association
Lewis Vafiades
Bangor
Vafiades
Maine Medical Association
Banny
Judges in Cloistered Life Face Real World Justice
Opinion suggests Supreme Court justices live sheltered lives and may misjudge everyday realities such as school buses crime and public safety. It cites busing rulings and shifts in voting to argue the justices’ detachment from ordinary citizens while stressing the need for tempered justice and compassion.
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Congress
D.C
High Court
Burger
Blackmun
Black
Illinois
H.S. Green
Los Angeles Times
Policy for Letters To The Journal
The Journal welcomes signed letters with a street address and town and prefers under 300 words. Letters should be typed on one side of the paper. Views expressed are not necessarily those of The Journal, which supports free expression of ideas and opinions.
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Internal Revenue Service
New York City
Coyote
Washington
Congress
Democratic Platform Committee
Robert Strauss
Senate probe tracks IDS empire and political ties
A Senate subcommittee investigates Investors Diversified Services, a multibillion-dollar financial complex led from Minneapolis Saint Paul. The report links former officials such as Nixon and McCracken to IDS via boards and post government roles. It highlights missing ownership data and IDS influence across major industries.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Twin Cities
Investors Diversified Services
Wall Street
Richard Nixon
New York City
Nixon
Homer H. Budge
Securities and Exchange Commission
Budge
Minnesota
Financial Combine
Paul W. McCracken
Defense
Mel Laird
Mark Clark
John W. Byrnes
House
Ways and Means
Investors
Senate
Financial Consortium
Federal
Investors Diversified
Regulatory
Letter to Saco officials on dump leachate harm and eminent domain
A reader urges Saco officials and council to study the city dump leachate impact shown at the May 24 meeting. They ask to escort officials through affected properties, reference June York County Coast Star coverage, and oppose potential eminent domain to extend the dump.
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Saco
Earle Boothby
York County Coast Star
Atty
Kenneth
Kimmel
Maynard Cousen
George Anger
Jovis Gerry
Maynard Cousens
Ronald Dallaire
Albert Ernest Blunt
Letters Praise Honest Critics Of Corruption In Maine
Dora Langelier of Biddeford Maine commends a handful of citizens for speaking out against corruption. She backs Mr Boucher and Mr Bolduc and Mr Cote and supports Rose Danforth Theresa Gonthier and Juliette Bellefeuille in their recent letters to the Journal. May God bless their honesty.
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Pee
Eui
Boucher
Bolduc
Cote
Rose Danforth
Theresa Gonthier
Juliette Bellefeuille
Dora Langelier
Cutts St. Biddeford, Maine
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Washington, D.C
Earl Warren
Biddeford
Journal
Wm. E. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Ford
General Motors
Dow
DuPont
Exxon
Gulf
Texaco
Atlantic Richfield
Knight- Ridder
J.C. Penney
McDonalds
Sears Roebuck
Montana Power
Commonwealth Edison
At&t
Trans World Airlines
Minin
Kennecott Copper
Genera Business
American Express
Federal Power Commission
Montana
Carothers & Clark
Wilmington
Del
Washington Whirl
Elizabeth Ray
Route 112
John C. Blunt
Biddeford-Saco
Harrn Tyrell
Buxton Road
Saco, Maine
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