Maine Wins Suit Over Commuter Taxes Taxing Border Workers
The U S Supreme Court ruled New Hampshire commuters tax unconstitutional, ending Maine residents paying taxes to two states. Four Mainers led by Charles Smith of Saco pursued the civil suit, including Richard Logan of York, who called the policy an injustice and discrimination by state citizenship.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Granite
Coane
York County
Richard Logan
York
Logan
Letter Opposes New Jail at Alfred Citing Use for Inmates
A Biddeford reader signing as Bimball argues against a proposed Alfred jail reopening. They praise the sturdy brick structure, fertile land, and potential inmate work programs in gardens and workshops. The writer recalls a past stay, mentions meals, moves, and rubber mattresses, and contends the county could save money by using the jail as is.
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Alfred
West Side
South Carolina
Biddeford High School Band Impresses Maine Legislature
On Wednesday March 19 the Biddeford High School band delighted Maine legislators. Rep John Martin introduced the group to the House as Governor attended and officials praised the band as the finest in years. State Rep Robert M Farley extends thanks for a memorable day.
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Maine
Biddeford
Legisature
S Carey
John Martin
Biddeford High School
Phelan
Robert M. Farley
Health food fads and fraud claims by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues that health food faddism risks fraud, citing a mislabelled organically grown apples sign and USDA findings. He notes 55 items showed no nutritional difference between organic and conventional, urging honesty in health food marketing and stressing freshness matters for flavor and nutrition.
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Paul Harvey
Ben
Food Science
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Ruth Leverton
Usda Yearbook of Agriculture
Michigan Experiment Station
Plant Soil Nutrition Laboratory
England
CIA plots to assassinate narcotics chiefs rejected by 1971 panels
Washington sources reveal secret inter agency talks from 1969 to 1971 on drug smuggling countermeasures. Plans included CIA hit squads in Burma, France, Lebanon and Turkey and even possible U.S. operations. G Gordon Liddy urged overseas and domestic killings before the schemes were scrapped. Later talks considered destroying opium labs, bribing officials, and flooding heroin substitutes, culminating in Nixon forming a cabinet committee on International Narcotics Control.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Burma
France
Lebanon
Turkey
White House
G. Gordon Liddy
United States
State, Treasury and Justice
CIA
Liddy
Bangkok
Foreign Service
U.S
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Manila
Phnom Penh
Rangoon
Saigon
Vientiane
State Department
Nixon
Cabinet Committee On
International Narcotics Control
Secretary of
Washington Scene on Hughes Sub Mystery and Seabed Power
James Reston argues the Glomar Explorer affair exposes a larger race for ocean mastery. He links the Soviet sub recovery to rights, minerals, and underwater platforms, urging a new law of the seas and UN disarmament action while noting CIA tensions and policy shifts in Washington and Moscow.
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James Reston
Washington
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Europe
Middle East
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
U.N. Committee On Disarmament
Geneva
General Assembly
U.N
CIA
Pacific Ocean
Mahon
Space
Moscow
William Colby
The Cubs and overdue hope in springtime baseball
The columnist reflects on the Cubs long title drought since 1945, contrasts memories of past stars like Smalley and Musial, and confronts aging, fate, and optimism. He closes with a plea to fans to resist despair and press on into the new season.
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George F. Will
Chicago
Figaro
Cub
Cubs
Iwo Jima
Remagen Bridge
Korea
Vietnam
Roger Kahn
Brooklyn Dodger
Eddie Miksis
Wayne Terwilliger
Boswell
Dee Fondy
Turk Lawn
Harry Chiti
Simon & Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson
Joe DiMaggio
Frankie Baumholts
America
Jokin
Frankie Baumholtz
Leo Durocher
Durocher
Roy Smalley
Baby Bears
Smalley
Stan Musial
Washington Post Co
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R.N.Y
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Spiro Agnew
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Washington Post
Herb Block
Richard Nixon
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Ronald F. Muller
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