County budget battle shows uncertain path for York County
Opinion analyzes budget stalemate as York County commissioners may discuss July 1 whether to keep state restored items. It notes funding for agencies like York County Counseling Service was cut then partially restored, highlighting the agency’s growth and reliance on county support to attract federal subsidies.
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York County
Commission
Clement Auger
Auger
York County Counseling Service
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Human Relations Dental Clinic
Saco Valley Association
Camp Waban
Disputed New Hampshire Senate Seat Sparks Abuse of Power
Washington columnist George F. Will criticizes Senate Democrats for delaying seating Louis Wyman amid a disputed vote count in New Hampshire. He alleges partisan manipulation, improper ballot handling, and calls the crisis a daylight Watergate, arguing a new election should be held.
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George F. Will Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Louis Wyman
John Durkin
Bipartisan
Wyman
Bilt Durkin
Alabama
James Allen
Howard Cannon
Dnev
Mittee
Durkin
Senate Democrats
The
Washington Post Co
Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse obituary notice
Alta W Foster, 82, and B F C Whitehouse, 83, appeared in an obituary notice with accompanying biographical details. W Paul Casavant served as Publisher, Charles C Sutton as Managing Editor, and Gladys M Whitehouse held the roles of President and Treasurer in the organization.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Washington sex trade flourishes in capital circles
Washington sex trade expands through dial a date outfits and out call services targeting diplomats and visiting businessmen with rates from twenty to two hundred dollars a night. Mobbed by police and difficult prosecutions, operators claim legality while promising discretion and deniability. In a separate note, Kissinger urges a new Soviet embassy site on Mount Alto, a high wooded 12.5 acre area, to aid electronic surveillance. Moscow opposes and GSA warns it could strain detente.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
BankAmericard
Dial
O'Brien
Ashington
Henry Kissinger
United States
Moscow
U.S. Chancery
Mount Alto
Kissinger
Ussr
State Department
General Services Administration
GSA
U.S
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Rhodesia faces choice between violence and negotiated change
Anthony Lewis profiles Rhodesia nationalist W. D. Musarurwa amid rising tensions as Rhodesia’s black majority challenges Ian Smith’s white rule. He warns that unchecked change risks universal danger, while politics may yield safer, if slow, progress. The piece links regional pressures, guerrilla prospects, and South Africa’s stake.
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Anthony Lewis Salisbury
Rhodesia
W. D. Musarurwa
Musarurwa
London
Smith
A.N.C
Kaunda
Zambia
Smit
Mozambique
South Africa
B.J. Vorster
Vietnam
Gan
Vorster
ZANU
ZAPU
Portugal in revolution grips Lisbon yet factions clash
James Reston surveys Lisbon as a divided revolution rages. Demonstrations fill the hills while the economy sinks, tourists flee, and Portugal faces mass unemployment, high inflation, and capital flight. Military leaders seek pluralism amid political squabbling as free press clings to Republica.
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James Reston
Lisbon
Portugal
Henry Cotton
France
United States
Angola
Alvaro Cunhal
Communist Party
Oriana Fallaci
Europe
U.S
Azores
Cunhal
Castro
Cuba
Azorres
Military Council
Tagus River
Republica
Raul Rego
Lenin
Stalin
Che Guevara
Moscow
NATO
West
New York Times
Letter to the Journal Citizens on Sewer Use Tax
A reader decries the November 19 council vote to approve a sewer use tax, arguing it burdens residents especially Social Security recipients. The writer fears liens for unpaid tax, questions federal funding, calls for voter input, and urges locals to influence spending and oppose reliance on federal money. The letter laments tourism benefits over native residents and urges more citizen engagement.
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0.C. Beach
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New Yok Times
Anatoly Dobrynin
Arthur Hartman
Kremlin
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