Editorial Page A Wider View on the energy crisis
A wide editorial urges a new accounting of energy, accusing oil and gas firms of controlling supplies and prices. It notes Arab oil decisions and US reliance on fossil fuels, calls for bold national energy programs, and reviews solar, fusion, tidal, wind, and waste-to-energy ideas with regional implications for Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starsun
Earth
Buckminster Fuller
Texas
United States
Marshal Gollars
Middle East
Japan
Northeast
Colorado
Maine
Nixon
U.S
Ffteen
Pcuties
U.S. Department of Interior
Office of Coal Research
Atomic Energy Commission
National Science Foundation
NASA
Solar Energy Panel
Israel
U.S.S.R
Australia
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Netherlands
AEC Laboratories
Princeton University
Soviet Union
Princeton
Saint-Milo
Passamaquoddy
Fuel rationing stamps linked to Ernest Allaire
WWII era fuel rationing stamps implicated in a case tied to Ernest Allaire of Old Orchard Beach. Authorities indicate rationing likely to resume early next year, with stamps confirmed as part of the wartime system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Allaire
Old Orchard Beach
Self employed keepers of a brave frontier economy
The Meridian Star highlights 17788 county residents who created their own jobs amid risk and finance gaps. Lauderdale County shows 79 percent self employed with storekeepers barbers farmers gas station operators and gift shop proprietors driving growth despite high failure rates. The piece praises entrepreneurs and warns against government red tape and conglomerates shrinking independent businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Dun and Bradstreet
America
Lauderdale County
Harveys
Arizona
Word Origins and Confusions in Language
Theodore Bernstein surveys origins of loo from French terms and the common misuse of vis a vis. He notes etymology attempts for loo, explains BI- prefixes cause twofold meanings, and cites usage guidance from dictionaries and panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bernstein
Herbert B. Kirk
Eric Partridge
Michael É. Fee
Philadelphia
Theodore M. Bernstein
New York Times Syndicate
Quotes on honesty manners and purpose from famous voices
A compact collection of quotations includes Amos Bronson Alcott on books, Dorothy B Robbins on pleasure, Anne Morrow Lindbergh on sincerity, Josh Billings on stamps, Tallulah Bankhead on uniqueness, and Mark Twain on breeding. Each line presents a distinct thought from a named figure, reflecting wit and wisdom.
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and rates
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer with a daily circulation note at Biddeford Maine. It includes business and editorial offices and AP reprint rights. Subscription rates are 300 per month 1800 per six months and 3600 per year.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Associated Press
AP News
Seniaires Maiens- Shannon Cub Ben Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
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Almos
Federal Trade Commission
Exxon
Texaco
Gulf
Shell
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Indiana
Modii
Guam
Furner
Naval Petroleum
Wendell Hewson
Oregon
Columbia River Valley
Dick Danforth
Paul Harvey News
Bernstein
Amos Bronson Alcott
Dorothy B. Robbins
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Josh Billings
Tallulah Bankhead
Mark Twain
Biddeford
Saco Journal
Alta W. Foster
B. F. C. Whitehouse
St Adams Street
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