St Francis College Faces Leap Toward Medical School and New Curriculum
The college, amid enrollment declines, seeks a New England regional osteopathic medical school with 50 initial students in 1976 and 200 enrolled later, tied to training at Osteopathic Hospital of Maine. It plans to drop liberal arts majors, emphasize premed career curricula, and rename as a university, while risks to undergraduates and overall balance loom.
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St. Francis College
New England
Portland
Southern Maine
Portland-Gorham
University of Maine
St.Francis College
Ford’s Campaign Prospects Stir in Presidential Year
In The Nation Ford’s advantage by Tom Wicker argues Ford’s planning committee signals seriousness about a 1976 bid. He notes incumbency value, party unity potential, and the risk of a southern, Rockefeller, or Reagan challenge, with primaries testing Ford’s electability.
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Tom Wicker
New York
Ford
Sevenman
Dean Burch
Ford Planning Group
Rty
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Ford Planning Committee
Ronald Sa
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Charles Percy
Illinois
John Connally
Rockefeller
Reagan
New York Times
Campus quarrels over sex, sports, and faculty
A collage of quotations on campus issues. Clark Kerr notes three major administrative problems on campuses: sex for students, athletics for alumni, and partners for faculty. Henry Drummond praises small acts of kindness and light. Churchill defines fanaticism as stubbornness and inability to change the subject.
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Clark Kerr
Henry Drummond
Winston S. Churchill
Foster and Whitehouse Leaders Named in Journal
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists 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 as key officials and officers.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Communists seize Saigon gold and arsenal in fall of Saigon
Classified cables claim Nguyen Van Thieu left behind about 21 tons of gold valued over 200 million dollars as the Communists captured Saigon. Estimates place the U S arsenal and facilities at up to 5 billion dollars, with assets frozen abroad. Amb. Graham Martin’s evacuation conduct draws scrutiny while Kissinger aides blame panic, and debates over funding the National Committee for in Support of the Guard and Reserve continue.
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Washington
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
State Department
Treasury
Duong van Minh
United States
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Treasury Department
Thieu
Lon Nol
Martinez Martin
Henry Kissinger
Graham Martin
Martin
U.S
Kissinger
National Committee For
Guard and Reserve
Open society openness debated by Lund professor Dedijer
In Paris, Prof Stevan Dedijer of Lund University argues for social transparency in intelligence. He cites a letter to ten foreign agencies, notes CIA literature received, and contrasts openness with secrecy. He stresses global ethics shaping a future worldwide intelligence system and America's lead.
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C.L. Sulzberger
Paris
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Stevan Dedijer
University of Lund
Sweden
CIA
Washington
Dartmouth College
U.S.A
Defense Science Board of the
United States
Defense Science Board
Dedijer
America
Allen Dulles
Soviet Union
MVD
Where Are Biddeford's Citizens and Public Hearings
Letter to the Journal questions Biddeford public turnout at May 5-6 1975 hearings on community development. Only six attendees at Kennedy Memorial School despite a city population near 20,000. Calls for citizen input in democratic decisions and notes diligent work by the Community Development Committee.
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Biddeford
Kennedy Memorial School
Kennedy School
Letters on bicycle safety and regional veterinary college plea
A reader defends safer night cycling and cites historic enforcement of bicycle rules. The letter supports LD 1310 for a New England regional veterinary college, outlining Massachusetts land offers, state shares, and Maine funding suggestions via higher dog licensing. The piece urges readers to contact their legislators.
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Awesome Arsenal
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Roy Ash
Defense
James Schlinsinger
The
Boston Globe
McNaught Syndicate
Foreign Affairs
Spooks
Henry N. Simpson
Kennebunk
R. Simpson
Nap Frechette
Webber Hospital
Richard E. Danforth
Harrison Ave
Biddeford P.S
Mr. Simpson
Hogeibey
California
Grafton State Hospital
Grafton
Mass
College of Veterinary Medicine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maine
Veterinary Medicine
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