Sunset bill a good idea gains bipartisan push
A proposed sunset bill seeks automatic abolition of federal programs and agencies that outlive usefulness. Eleven agencies would face five year reviews and only continue if they prove value, aiming to curb regulatory burdens and inflation driven costs. Senator Muskie supports adopting the reform as a central Democratic platform.
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Edmund Muskie
Democratic Party Platform Committee
Muskie
Congress
Cary Grant Style Dilemma In Madison Avenue Shoes
Russell Baker recounts a comic shopping nightmare on Madison Avenue as he battles accumulating wardrobe disasters. A cascade of ill fitting jackets and uncooperative suits ends with a quest for dynamic shoes to echo Cary Grant.
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Cary Grant
Cary
America
J.H.S. No. 1
Baltimore
Madison Avenue
GAO balks at Navy block on Trident probe
GAO says Navy hampered its Trident submarine program investigation, withholding details and delaying document access. The report cites restrictions, missing funds, and unresolved technical issues while noting several problems and that submarines may still meet production schedules.
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Les Whitten
Washington
General Accounting Office
Navy
GAO
J. William Middendorf Jr
Congress
Jim Kady
Abolition Debate and Beach Ordinance Sparks Letters
Readers weigh in on capital punishment ethics and a proposed no-food or beverage beach ordinance. Beatrice A. Pothier blasts the plan to curtail simple pleasures at Old Orchard Beach. A letter criticizes Volk Packaging and local wages, citing Biddeford Textile and unemployment. The Biddeford Senior Citizens Club clarifies it welcomes candidates by appointment and does not endorse any candidate.
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Carl Albert
Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
SEAA
Ford
IBM
Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunk Beach
Litwinetz
Beatrice A. Pothier
Acorn Street
Biddeford
Maine
P.S. L
Volk Packaging Co
Earl Goodwin
Rsonnel
Biddeford Texiles
Department Off Labor
Portland
Volk
Goodwin
Ike
Senior Citizens’ Club
Ross Center
Richard J. Saucier
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Russell Baker
New York Times
NEW York
Haberdasher
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Saco
Journa
L.f.c. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Jack Anderson
Foley
House Agriculture
Thomas Foley
D.wash
House Administration
Hays
Ohio
Senate
House
Old Orchard
St. Francis
Mr. Thayer
Ketchum
Saint Francis
Gardner E. Campbell, Jr
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