Getting its House in Order Editorial Calls Budget Reform
The Biddeford Saco Journal weighs in on the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. It cites a federal debt over 500 billion, annual interest near 30 billion, and 223 billion deemed uncontrollable. The piece urges Congress to adopt timetable reforms, backdoor spending restrictions, and scorekeeping to curb spending and restore fiscal oversight. It frames Watergate as incidental to the economic malaise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Senate
Congress
Financial House
Aging protein amyloid linked to longevity prospects
Paul Harvey discusses aging, focusing on amyloid a protein tied to aging processes. Harvard and Boston University researchers note amyloid appears in centenarians and aged animals, potentially affecting infections and senility. The piece argues aging may be slowed or halted with future drugs or diet, extending life expectancy beyond current plateaus.
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American Aging Association
Eelay
Hiee
Harvard
Alexander Leaf
Russia
Kashmir
Edgar Cathcart
Boston University
The Good Life Dies In An All Electric Age
An obituary for the so called good life traces its birth in postwar suburbia, its rise with beef, TV and cars, and its fall amid 70 cent gasoline and $250 electricity bills. It recalls Matt Dillon, Perry Mason, back yards, color TV, aerosols, and the interstate highway system. The piece ends with the good life driving off for the last time, survived by the interstate era and hair spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kaput
Matt Dillon
Perry Mason
Europe
Detroit
Bradley the Los Angeles mayor shapes transit and race talk
The Nation profile notes Tom Bradley, LA mayor, as America's most popular figure in California while detailing his open house outreach, 1974 energy crisis response, and push for rapid transit. It highlights Cranston's re election bid, Bradley's transit plan, and hopes a black mayor may influence national politics by 1976.
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Los Angeles
Alan É Cranston
Cranston
Watts
Sam Yorty
Bradley
California
Yorty
Edward M. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Middle East
Northwest
Little Rock
Atlanta
Detroit
New York Times
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead Obscure Credits
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alta W Foster 1891 1971 Wm E Foster 1381 1963 B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 and W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer with office numbers 283 3625 editorial 282 1535. It notes publication daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and AP republication rights plus subscription rates and national advertising representatives Mathews Shannon Cukfen Inc 757 Ltd Ave New York City.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Mathews-Shannon Cukfen
Washington CIA role in Watergate debated by Senator Baker
Senator Howard Baker states he is assembling a detailed report with secret documents on CIA involvement in Watergate. He cites E How ard Hunt's ties to a CIA front and White House payroll and suggests the CIA influence in the cover up was broader than publicly known.
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Washington
Sen
Howard Baker
R. Tenn
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Baker
Vernon Walters
Hunt
de Bernard Malloy
Daniel Ellsberg
CLA
Richard Helms
Barker
Robert Bennett
Mullen CIA
Bennett
New England
Chappaquiddick
CILA
I.D
Denver
Dita Beard
ITT
Nemo
Chile
Salvador Allende
Las Vegas
Hank Greenspun
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Mullen
Robert Maheu
California
Mort Jackson
FBI
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Congressional
Les Whitten
Mullen Company
Fred Thompson
Letters to the Journal oppose smoking bias and tax
Rita Murphy of 248 North St. Saco argues that discriminating against smokers through new travel limits and a two cent cigarette tax is unfair. She says illness funding should be shared by all, not funded from one group’s pocket.
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Rita Murphy
North St. Saco
Taxpayers Short End Of Stick In Illness Bill Debate
Rep Leatrice Morin of Old Orchard Beach objects to March editorial on a Catastrophic Illness Bill. She argues only 800000 of 2800000 from a 2 cent cigarette tax funds catastrophic illness for contributing citizens, while 2 million seeds Title XIX welfare funds. She calls for state supported medical insurance.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Leatrice Morin
Old Orchard Beach
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Mount Sinai
L.A
Saco Journal
Alta W. Foster
Wm. E. Foster
B. F. C. Whitehouse
C.I.A
By Jack Anderson
WFO
Washington Field Office
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