Detente Redefined Amid Campaign Disclosures
In Florida President Ford declares detente no longer part of his vocabulary while Reagan attacks detente as a one way street. Brezhnev signals detente serves Communist aims, foreshadowing a slower Kremlin negotiation pace unless a substantive quid pro quo is obtained.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
Florida
Reagan
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Bicentennial Seed Bill proposed to give free seeds
A congressman introduces a bill offering free garden seeds to the public under the Bicentennial banner. The piece notes the ease of spending public funds but warns the real challenge lies in the labor of gardening, not the seed cost.
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Congress
Letters To The Journal Name Change In Order For Old Orchard Beach
A satirical verse laments a local official’s fiscal missteps in Old Orchard Beach. It critiques budgets, taxes, and proposed HUD grants while using historical imagery and a refrain questioning leadership. The piece imagines future financial strain and public reaction.
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Old Orchard Beach
Foster and Whitehouse publish local gazette details
Biddeford Saco Journal lists William E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 889 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher Brian C Thayer executive editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer
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Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C
Utilities seek $44 billion bill shift to customers
Washington column reports utilities push to pass current construction costs to electricity users pending Federal Power Commission rule change. If allowed, prices could rise 10 to 20 percent, costing consumers $44 billion over five years to fund nuclear plants, with a March 8 public hearing in New York City.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Library of Congress
John Moss
D.calif
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Consolidated Edison
New York
New York City
Oil feeds flame of Scots wish for independence
The piece argues Scotland's push for independence is shaped by oil wealth and links to Norway, noting Shetland’s historic ties, potential per capita wealth, and the British plan for devolution seen as inadequate to satisfy nationalists. It highlights oil ownership disputes and Westminster’s limited concessions.
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George F. Will
Edinburgh
Scotland
Firth of Forth
North Sea
Norway
Shetland Islands
Heriot-Watt University
Porianen
Denmark
Iceland
Luxembourg
Britain
Westminster
Executive privilege warning lights flash in Ford era
Boston report notes Edward Levi argues executive privilege can shield citizens from testimony. The piece argues the move reflects a political choice to expand presidential power, cites NSA, CIA, and Schorr cases, and warns of a new Watergate-like drift while Levi cautions restraint.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Boston
Congress
Ford
Nixon
Edward H. Levi
National Security Agency
Lew Allen Jr
House Government Operations Committee
Allen
Levi
NSA
FBI
Subcommittee
Bella Abzug
Ford Administration
White House
CIA
Athens
House
Daniel Schorr
CBS
Village Voice
Schorr
Washington
Executive
St. Clair
Congresses
Personal freedom first in profit system
In this Times column William Safire argues for profit as the engine of growth and public benefit. He defends higher profits, links them to tax revenues and wage gains, and contrasts market incentives with central planning, citing the Russian book and private land as examples.
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William Safire
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Hedrick Smith
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Alleluia
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Biddeford -Saco Journal
FPC
ORS
Center For National Policy Review and Clearinghouse
Los Angeles
Spartanburg
S.C
Chemical Industry
Senate Commerce Committee
Cbs-Tv
Lurie
Michel de Montaigne
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