Supreme Court backs Maine Coastal Conveyance Law
Editorial lauds the Supreme Court ruling upholding Maine's Coastal Conveyance Law a half cent per barrel levy on oil shipped along the coast. Funds totaling about 3.6 million in escrow since 1970 may cover legal costs and oil spill cleanup including the Tamara incident. Authors urge oil firms to bear the cost given high profits.
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Supreme Court
Maine
William Adams, Jr
State Department of Environmental Protection
Journal
Washington Scene Nixon on the road
President Nixon tours the nation banking on full disclosure of Watergate evidence while facing dual fears of how disclosures affect colleagues and the public’s reaction amid a potential severe winter energy crisis and looming recession. The piece notes his shifts in approach, congressional interactions, and the political risk of tapes and testimony to both his fate and aides, with energy policy and public mood as pivotal factors.
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James Restington
Nixon
White House
House
Senate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Richardson
Congress
Nat Don
Tim
América
Austery
Petro-Chemical
Watergate Gang
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and staff list
The Biddeford Saco Journal shows Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant as publishers editors and officers. It notes daily publication at 283 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with subscription rates and Associated Press rights and advertising reps in New York City.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Mathhews-Shannon Cubken Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
Biddeford Mayoral Primary Quiet Amid Silent Campaign
The Biddeford mayoral race between Democrat Babe nntremble and incumbent Gil Boucher remains low drama and low chatter. Both candidates hold solid local support with few public exchanges as Monday’s ballot approaches, while speculation points to a tighter result than expected. Archibald Cox weighs in on Watergate fallout, urging continued investigation to restore higher standards in the legal profession.
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Lucien “Babe” Nntremble
Biddeford
Gil Boucher
Gil
Babe
Women's Democratic Sorial Club
Cox
Brooksville
Archibald Cox
Loeb's star reporter spins wild Watergate tale
Washington brief notes Arthur Egan told the Senate Watergate Committee that Teamster vice presidents and other leaders were ordered to contribute $1000 each to a $175,000 Nixon 1972 campaign war chest. Las Vegas casinos with Teamsters loans allegedly added $400,000.
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Arthur Egan
Egan
Watergate
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Las Vegas
Readers Question Egan Story On Hoffa War Chest Claims
The article details claims about a war chest for Hoffa from union readers and critiques of Egan and his paper. It notes testimonies, denials from James Hoffa’s associates, and responses from David Brock and Warren Rudman. It also recounts Egan’s admitted “dirty tricks” comments and possible press harassment by the Nixon administration.
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War Chest
Egan
Newsweek
Teamsters
James Hoffa
John Mitchell
Justice Department
Ezan
Mitchell
Hoffa
John Dillinger
U.S
New Hampshire
David Brock
Warren Rudman
Brock
Rudman
Watergate
Loeb
Edmund Muskie
Park Street School needs space for 535 students
A letter from ROBERT LEGEDER of Parents for Park Street argues the Kennebunk facility lacks classrooms and a gym due to crowding. It urges state aid under LD 1994 for new construction, additions, and equipment while detailing current shared spaces and planned renovations. It also links energy use and abortion debates to community concerns.
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Park Street
Kennebunk
Robert Legeder
Biddeford Youth Football Season Thanks and Acknowledgments
Normand R. Boucher thanks the St. Louis Alumni Association Rochambeau Club canteen staff coaches referees administration and parents for a fine season of eight Sundays and four Wednesday night games expressing hope the public enjoyed it as well.
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Biddeford
St. Louis
Rochambeau Club
Abortion beliefs questioned as murder and personhood
A nurse’s dictionary view defines abortion as stopping a living being’s development. The piece asks if critics’ motives are money, dislike of children, or burden, arguing whether unseen life is real and if babies are people in miniature form.
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Supreme Court
Cohen co sponsors child abuse act to create national center
Congressman William Cohen leads a 1973 bill to establish a national center of child abuse within HEW to aid state and local agencies with information, research, and training. The American Legion advocates reform amid rising abuse cases and urges citizen support to Maine delegation.
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William Cohen
Office of Child Development
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Cohen
Sta
Maine
Daniel E. Lambert
PDC
Children and Youth Comm
American Legion of Maine
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Maryline White
City Hall
York County
California
Washington State
Washington
Les Whitten
William Loeb
Manchester
N.H
Aladdin
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Ralph Sullivan
Park Street School
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