Old Orchard Beach Seeks New School Amid Fire Hazard Concerns
In Old Orchard Beach a parent protest led to a broad petition and a Concerned Parents Committee calling for a new and safer School Street School. Residents plan to lobby at the state capitol, urging release of funds if the current facility is deemed a health and safety hazard for pupils.
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Old Orchard Beach
Mark Snow
David
School Street
Snow
H. Lawin Millett Jr
School Street School
After a hard day's work at the castle
Russell Baker recalls a satirical, risqué fairy tale mood piece about Cinderella and the Prince. The tale lampoons gender roles and marriage norms with ironic humor, detailing a surreal sequence of power plays, mock threatenings, and domestic fantasy gone awry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
N.Y
New York
Cinderella
CIA traps falcons for Arab sheiks
The CIA has captured rare peregrine and gyrfalcons in Alaska for gifts to Arab rulers, including a scheme involving Anthony G. Angelos to smuggle two peregrines to Abu Dhabi. A U S Fish and Wildlife Service agent posed as a trafficker, was paid $500, and Angelos was later charged with violating the migratory bird treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Alaska
CIA
Sheikhdoms
Middle East
U.S
Chicago
Anthony G. Angelos
Sheikh Zayid
Abu Dhabi
Angelos
United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Larry Hood
Agent Hood
Baltimore
New York City
Athens
State Dept
Hood
Richard Nixon
Ford forgets detente as U S policy drifts with public snickers
A political column argues Mr. Ford abandoned detente as a usable term and warns that Helsinki agreements fail to restrain the Soviet Union. It decries Soviet manipulation of human rights rhetoric, urges a tougher U S stance with the IOC over Moscow 1980 and calls for stern leadership from Ford or Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Kremlin
Mr. Ford
Ford
Soviet Union
Helsinki
U.S
Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
RFE
Innsbruck
International Olympic Committee
Montreal
IOC
Moscow
Stern
Jackson
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Letters to the Editor Satirizing Local Politics
A politically charged verse mocks protectiveness around a local politician, accusing allies of stalling, manipulating facts, and prioritizing power over the town’s welfare. It targets a figure tied to Ford and uses sharp personal rhetoric. Kay Bosch signs the piece from Old Orchard Beach.
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Cinders
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biddeford
Saco
Journal
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Greece
Nixon
Watergate
James E. Smith
Smith
William Suman
Ilurie
Los Angeles Times
Russia
Angola
Tom
Dickie
Nero
Kay Bosch
Shaftham Drive
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