Opinion: Protect Saco River aggregate system from erosion
The Maine Legislature considers LD 1401 and LD 1635 harming the Saco River Corridor aggregate system. The writer defends 500-foot frontage rules, arguing exemptions for Lake Arrowhead would set dangerous precedents, threaten water quality, and reduce river protection. The piece urges rejection of both bills to safeguard the river and public resources.
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Maine
Saco River
Lake Arrowhead
Waterboro
Limerick
Little Ossipee
Saco
Elite critique of foreign policy in the postwar era
George F. Will argues elites shaped U.S. policy from World War I forward, noting high costs of wars, shifting public deference, and America’s isolationist reaction after Vietnam. He cites Halberstam and the phrase the best and the brightest, tracing public disdain for elites and the return to national restraint. He links culture and politics to a rebirth of isolationism.
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George F. Will
Washington
U.S
Oregon
U.S.S.R
Korea
Truman
Dean Acheson
Vietnam
David Halberstam
Halberstam
Tuscany
Tennesssee
Sinclair Lewis
Main Street
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Washington sees detente tests while tech drain grows
Moscow reassures that detente persists yet the United States pays a price in technology loss. The piece details one way Soviet American scientific exchange, with U.S. firms exporting or licensing tech to Russia. It notes how Soviet lag in key fields is bridged by American knowhow and Western computer sales, raising security concerns and a Senate probe led by Senator Henry M. Jackson.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Moscow
Politburo
Alexander Shelepin
Leonid Bredzhnev
Kremlin
U.S
Southeast Asia
United States
U.S.S.R
Henry Jackson
D.wash
Senate
State
Detente shifts US tech ties with Soviet jet hopes
The article notes Soviet plans to gain technology through signed agreements on Oct 19 1973, including exchange of information, samples, and joint research. It mentions a wide bodied jet on drawing board set for 1980 and access to Boeing Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas jet laws. A 40-person Soviet specialist team visited these plants, while detente is seen as Kissinger’s potential triumph but a headache for the FBI and CIA.
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United States
Oeing
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Henry Kissinger
FBI
CIA
Attica comparison frames Tennessee prison uprising
The Nation article by Tom Wicker analyzes the 1971 Tennessee State Prison hostage incident where nine inmates held four counselors for eight hours. It contrasts with Attica, noting Tennessee's peaceful resolution via administrative punishment and urging thorough investigation of potential prosecutors' cover ups.
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Tom Wicker
Nashville
Tennessee State Prison
Correction
Herman L. Yeatman
Attica
Upstate New York
Tennessee
New York State
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Hugh Carey
China Rejects Domino Theory After Vietnam Falls
An Analysis of China Rejects Domino Theory argues Peking views Saigon's fall as enabling a more positive U S role in Asia. China blames U S policy for Indochina war, cites 1954 Geneva ties with Dulles, and notes Washington must balance Soviet pressure while pursuing ties with Japan. China warns Southeast Asia of ongoing insurgent support and aims to recalibrate focus post Vietnam.
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David Bonavia
The
Times
London
Peking
China
Saigon
United States
Asia
Vietnam
Indochina
Chou En-Lai
John Oster Dulles
Americas
Cambodia
America
Soviet Union
Japan
Foster and Whitehouse Leaders Named in Journal Record
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster and B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971. 1889 1972 W. Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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Ome
Erasmus
Oxford Cloisters
Ole Jenson
Ezra Stow
Prague
Isles
the Sea
the Washington Post Co
Jack Anderson
Russia
Prorams
KGB
Timate
Control Data Corporation
Lurie
Louis Lefkowitz
Malcolm Bell
Lefkowitz
Bell
Owever
Carey
New York Times
Peoples Daily
Malayan Communist Party
Kuala Lumpur
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
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