Ferry Beach Park Gain Through Private Gift and State Aid
The editorial lauds Joseph Deering of Saco for donating about 97 acres with 500 feet of ocean frontage for a Ferry Beach state park in Saco. It notes a voter approved bond of 300000 dollars to develop the park and predicts the Parks and Recreation Department will address sanitation traffic and crowding with measures like a Route 9 pedestrian tunnel and adequate facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Deering
Saco
Ferry Beach
Maine
State Parks and Recreation Department
Reed State Park
Georgetown
Crescent Beach
Cape Elizabeth
Route 9
Department of Environmental Protection
Paul Harvey on Otto Kerner's Downfall and Free Press
Paul Harvey argues Kerner's undoing came from Chicago reporters exposing state tax cheating by car dealers and a close advisor. He credits investigative papers like Chicago American and Chicago Today for widening scrutiny, linking race track stock deals to Kerner’s favors and prompting federal attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kerner
Paul Harvey
Kerner
Washington
Chicago
Chicago American
State Revenue
Chicago Today
Illinois State Revenue Department
Ted Isaacs
U.S. Department of Justice
Biddeford Board Faces Fire Over Coaching Choice
Letter from Joe Saucier denounces Biddeford Board of Education for not hiring local teacher Dave Redmond as high school football coach. Writer urges transparency, more letters from readers, and public discussion of the decision, praising Redmond and criticizing lack of statement from the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Biddeford
Dave Redmond
Cape Elizabeth
Biddeford-Saco
ITT scandal ties Agnew and Connally to delay efforts
Confidential ITT documents reviewed by the press allege that Vice President Agnew and former Treasury Secretary Connally were involved in ITT's legal battles. The digest cites Delays in Supreme Court actions linked to ITT, connections to Peterson and Geneen, and a 1970 antitrust push involving Mitchell.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Treasury
John Connally
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Justice Department
Connally
ITT
Secretary of the Treasury
Conally
William Merriam
Harold Geneen
Pete Peterson
White House
Commerce
Geneen
Merriam
Peterson
Supreme Court
Erwin) Griswold
Texas
Vinson,Elkins, Searls and Connally
Agnew
Edward Gerrity
Mitchell
McLaren
Richard McLaren
John Mitchell
Agnes
Gerrity
Emce
Mac's World Journalists hideout
Washington humor column describes the National Press Club in the National Press Building detailing bars dining room ballroom and reading rooms with staff and guests. It jokes about floors 10 11 12 14 15 and ghost writers while noting the clubs perks and entertainment.
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Washington
National Press Club
National Press Building
Georgia
National Press
Press Club
U.S. Army
Liberace
Redskins
Muesum
H.L. Mencken
Horace Greeley
Ltc
Manpower cuts urged over new weapons in defense budget
Washington analyst Bruce Biossat argues manpower costs dominate defense spending and should be cut more than weapons programs. He notes the Pentagon faces pressure to modernize but calls for rigorous planning to reduce general force support and keep combat effectiveness, citing Brookings data on high indirect costs per unit.
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Chile
Defense Department
Pentagon
Philadelphias Foreign Policy Research Institute
Brazil
U.S
William R. Kintner
Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Council
United States
Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Congress
America
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Nixon Budget Wars and Watergate Privilege tensions
William S. White analyzes President Nixon facing two confrontations with Congress. Democrats miscast welfare aims while Nixon preserves welfare funds and trims ineffective programs. Executive privilege is defended but misapplied as senators seek records of political skulduggery linked to Watergate.
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Ferry Beach Park
Paul Harvey News
Redmond
Joe Saucier
High St. Biddeford
Transportation Department
Mac's
Don Maclean
Electric Company
Power
Howard Hughe
London
Clifford Irving
Washington News
William S. White
Nixon
Johnson
Diddeford& Saco Journal
B. F. C. Whitehouse
Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Associated Press
National
Mathews-Shannon-Cuklen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
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