Professional Staff Development Time debated by district board
Opinion argues that School Administrative District 6 should rethink the 11 Tuesday afternoon professional development sessions. It notes student disruption, absenteeism at the high school, and possible cost savings, suggesting moving sessions to Fridays or ending school a week early in summer. It questions the value of workshops dominated by sales pitches and urges preserving student teaching time.
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School Administrative District 6
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport
Kennebunks
Jobs and unemployment linger as indicators rise
The Nation Deficit on Jobs notes leading indicators edge up suggesting recession may be ending but unemployment stays high. White and black teen unemployment remain staggering with 40 percent and higher, while overall joblessness hovers at 6-7 percent into the decade. Policy debates over budgets, taxes, and public works fail to deliver coordinated employment programs.
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Tom Wicker
New York
Commerce Department
Ford
Congress
Bernard Anderson
Wharton School of Economics
Department of Labor
Jerome M. Rosen
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Osow
Anderson
Committee For Economic Development
Congressional Budget
Alice Rivlin
Administration
Pblic
Jeanne Rosen
New York Times
Porpoise Extinction Letter Draws Reader Support
A reader pleads to protect porpoises calling for hooks over nets and asking for help to save the porpoise. The letter from Mark Welch, Arundel, argues for conservation and notes Journal policy on signed letters with addresses.
Peace Corps loses idealism turning into bureaucracy
Washington insiders reveal suppressed documents showing the Peace Corps drift from Kennedy era ideals to red tape and politics. By the late 1960s the program is described as a political instrument of the State Department, using volunteers as emissaries rather than altruistic aid workers.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Peace Corps
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Somalia
Abassador Raymond Thurston
United States
Peace Corps Administration
Peace Corp
Africa
Peace Corps under fire in 1968 telegrams and reports
A leaked 1968 telegrams and internal critiques reveal volunteers criticizing cultural insensitivity and poor administration in the Peace Corps. Complaints span Afghanistan misfits, Morocco frustrations, and Sierra Leone conferences, while officials burned most critical copies and defended the agency as humane and mission-driven despite bureaucratic growth.
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Warters
Peace Corps
Afghanistan
Ford faces mounting foreign policy pressures abroad
Washington scene notes that President Ford is urged by Sadat, Senate Democrats, and allies to shape a broad foreign policy stance. The piece argues his Europe trip serves as campaign theater for 1976, while Congress remains divided on aid and alliances. It cautions that money, not policy clarity, currently drives diplomacy and warns of risks to credibility.
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James Reston
Washington
United States
Anwar el Sadat
Egypt
al Hawadess
Ford
Soviet Union
United States Senate
Israel
Pentagon
Spain
West
NATO
U.S
Portugal
Gerald Ford
Europe
America
Sadat
Middle East
Congress
Asia
Panama
Cuba
Kissinger
Terence Smith
New York Times
Senate
Observer Ford delivers the mail
Russell Baker presents a satirical scene where a President offers a $91.63 tax rebate as a testing tool to revive the economy. The dialogue links spending to demand, oil price hikes, and higher costs for gas, electricity, and transportation, ending with a quip about rewarding an oil tycoon while mailing the check.
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Russell Baker
America
Quotes From Today Compile a Wry Snapshot of Era Identities
A compact collection of quotes from varied voices including Shelby Friedman Josh Billings Will Rogers and anonymous sources. It blends humor politics and social commentary from diverse publications and dates with attributions to editors publishers and institutions.
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Shelby Friedman
Josh Billings
Will Rogers
Will
Washington, D.C
Foxtail Johnson
Oklahoma
Farmer- Stockman
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South Korea
Indochina
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Manila
Marcos
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
Moscow
Kremlin
Sunshine Magazine
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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