Private power should remain in private hands in Maine
In Our Opinion, the Central Maine Power Company president argues private utilities can meet Maine's electrical needs without state public power. He cites planned rate cuts, reliability, and the Maine Yankee project as evidence that government backing of public power would raise costs and threaten investor returns. The piece urges lawmakers to avoid license for public power and notes the Legislature's biennial sessions.
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William H. Dunham
Central Maine Power Company
Citizens Committee For Public Power
Maine
Commission
Eisenhower
New England
Washington
Rivers
Capitol Hill
Armed Services Committee
South Carolina
State Department
Pentagon
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
United States
CIA Watchdog
Unusual News Brightens a Troubled Era
A British psychiatrist tests a snore-stopper device using a mild arm shock to curb snoring. A Corpus Christi go go dancer marries in her topless outfit. Fort Worth switchmen find a snow car in transit from Chicago. An artist seeks $1 million for a Malibu cliff nude. A parrot witnesses a house robbery in Denver. Olympia lawmakers guide women to exits in a power outage. A David City notice complains of a wrong way frosted bathroom glass. Unusual news acts as emotional therapy amid war and distress.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Fort Worth
Chicago
Malibu
Los Angeles County
Denver
Olympia
Wash
Paul Barden
Seattle
David City
Neb
Irish Americans and their place in city politics
A humorous column notes Irish Americans in public life, joking about holiday customs and political influence. It cites St Patrick as a symbol of tradition, mentions city hall politics, and remarks on minority participation in American civic life.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
City Hall
America
Johnsons Guam trip ties to Vietnam civilian rebuilding
Washington column notes President Johnson aims to push civilian and political rebuilding in South Vietnam during his Pacific trip. It highlights Mekong River development, integration with Vietnam politics, and personnel shifts including Lilienthal and Palmer. The piece also recounts Senate figures and a long digression on public figures and a poetical interlude.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Pacific
Guam
U.S
South Vietnam
Johnson
Honolulu
Bruce Palmer
Dominican Republic
William Westmoreland
Palmer
Westmoreland
Pentagon
Robert Komar
Komar
White House
Saigon
David Lilienthal
Tennesse Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Idays
Texas
Southwest
Mekong River
TVA
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
North Vietnam
Arthur ‘Tex’ Goldschmidt
Harold Ickes
On The Line A little bit of Ireland
New York column notes Padraic Colum praises Irish folklore in a Treasury of Irish Folklore. It highlights two pieces celebrating staples potato and clay pipe from Croker and The Gael. The writer cites lines praising potatoes from Antrim to Kerry and a clay pipe poem excerpt.
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Sen
Tom Dodd
Sanford Bornstein
Dodd
D.C
Bomnstein
Bridgeport
Washington
Bornstein
Georgetown
Georgetown Citizens Association
Bob Considine
New York
Padraic Colum
Columbia University
Thomas Crofton Croker
Ireland
Antrim
Kerry
Bookshelf Fairy Tale Defended As Adult Form
C. S. Lewis defends fairy tales as an adult form and surveys science fiction and fantasy in a Harcourt edition. The collection includes nine essays three short stories and five chapters of an unfinished novel.
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C. 5
Lewis
Harcourt, Brace
What Counts as a Nuisance in Urban Living
A Will Bernard ABA public service feature explains nuisance law using examples from odors and noises in city life. It notes that location and average community standards guide decisions, not every individual's taste, with cases from kitchens to hallways and the limits of injunctive relief.
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United States Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
American Bar Association
Will
Bernard
Lottery by birth date draws less uncertainty in drafts
Washington columnist argues that a birth date lottery in Selective Service offers more fairness and certainty than a random draw. He says predicting future needs remains impossible. any system will carry uncertainty amid evolving war conditions and personnel requirements.
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Ray Cromley
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
Selective Service
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Congress
The Concentration Camp Truths Across Allied Wars
Russell Kirk argues that many American Japanese in WWII faced unjust asset seizure and detention. He cites Allied camps in Europe and postwar German POW suffering, calling for awareness of bureaucratic cruelty and parallels to Nazi imprisonment. He notes Gheorghiu and Gun works highlighting camp misery.
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Russell Kirk
Supreme Court
Europe
Een
C. Virgil Gheorghiu
Regnery
Gheorghiu
Tracian
Nerin E. Gun
Fleet
Gun
Dachau
Land 8
Three Minutes A Day in Service to Children
A 63 year old retired mechanic praises a government program that employs older people to assist emotionally deprived children. He notes steady work and shared happiness with his wife, and the piece highlights benefits such as reliable community labor, loving child care, and encouragement of innovation in child care administration. It ends with a reflective Psalm and a plea to use the present moment well.
Biddeford Daily Publishes Local News and Rates Info
The Biddeford Daily notifies readers of its address at 11 Adams Street and lists staff contacts. It also provides subscription rates: one month 2.60 dollars, six months 15.50 dollars, and one year 31.00 dollars, and notes Associated Press republication rights.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
AP News
Post Office
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Mendel Rivers
D.S.C
House
Food and Beverage Association of
District of Columbia
Columbia
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Virginia
Connecticut
Internal Revenue
IRS
Lazarus Hayman
Gateway Finance Company
Sam Hayman
Hartford
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Hayman
Riggs Bank
Rameses
Dublin Bay
Howth
Liffey
Bray
Phoenix Park
Lucan Road
Dublin
Bernard Shaw
Glens
Pig
Washington News
Department of Defense
James Keller
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