Memorial Day Fire Tests Old Orchard Beach Firefighting
Opinion notes firefighters from Old Orchard Beach Saco Biddeford and Scarborough battled a six hour blaze that threatened multiple hotels on Old Orchard Street. The Whaler Restaurant escaped major damage while the Four Flags hotel expansion will open this summer. Spectators crowded the scene as a firefighter collapsed from smoke, prompting a call to stay back and let the crews work.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Street
Saco
Biddeford
Scarborough
Whaler
Ae Four Flags
Four Flags
Ford and Congress clash over budget and deficits
President Ford faces a budget dilemma as he seeks to curb defense spending while advisers urge tax rebates to stimulate the economy. House aims for about 72 billion deficit, Senate 67 billion, with Ford hoping to reach around 60 billion amid veto threats.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Ford
House Budget Committee
Senate Committee
Delbert Latta
Ohio
Senate
Elford Cederberg
R.mich
Defense
James Schlesinger
House
Abroad At Home Moralists vs. realists
Anthony Lewis argues that international politics pits hard realism against moralist concerns for law, truth, and human suffering. He cites Hampshire, Nixon, Brezhnev, Solzhenitsyn, Kissinger, Orwell, and demanding questions about power and morality in Vietnam era policy. He cautions against purely power driven action and urges retaining decency in world affairs.
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Anthony Lewis
Boston
Vietnam
Stuart Hampshire
B.B.C
Hampshire
Richard Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Cambodia
Wera
Minorit
Henry Kissinger
Aleksandr Solzenitsyn
George Orwell
Orwell
Kissinger
New York Times
Germany's secret weapon analyzed by Helmut Schmidt
Bonn reports on West Germany's economic resilience under Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. The interview highlights a powerful, unified trade union movement with broad government engagement, high real wages, and worker protections as key to defeating inflation and sustaining growth. Schmidt notes unions elect worker councils, control board seats, and stress national economic harmony. He contrasts this with Britain and Italy, urging earlier action to combat unemployment.
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C. L. Sulzberger
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Hamburg
Europe
Italy
Belgium
Britain
Germany
U.S.A
United States
State House Friends From York County Honored on Thank You Day
The Maine State House scene is guided by five York County helpers Frank Wood Debbie Bedard Mike Rube O Neil LeBlanc and Barry Valentine who assist the reporter with schedules drafts debates and background information. Their tips leads and steady support keep the daily action clear as the writer thanks them for their steady help.
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Augusta
State House
Journal
York County
Frank Wood
Sanford
Frank
Debbie Bedard
Saco
Debbie
House
Mike Rube
Biddeford
Mike
O'Neil LeBlanc
Barry Valentine
York
Michael Rube
Ed Pitt
John Martin
O'Neil
Biographical notes from Biddeford Lace Journal staff
W. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster 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
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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