Change in zoning may be safer route for OOB to take
The town considers restricting sex exploitation by establishments and debates whether a town ordinance or a zoning change offers stronger protection. Officials note zoning changes limit interpretation and cite a Supreme Court ruling affirming limits on sin districts. A draft ordinance is prepared for tonight’s meeting, weighing costs and legal defensibility.
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OOB
Old Orchard Beach
Beach
George Shur
U.S. Supreme Court
Detroit
Biddeford
Rumford
Portland
Tigers
Maine
Mayaguez GAO report stirs GOP over timing and action
The GAO study on the Mayaguez incident draws Republican ire for its timing ahead of a foreign policy debate and the election. Critics say the report, prepared in a different pace and context, questions decisions made by the Ford administration during a crisis.
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General Accounting Office
Mayaguez
Ford
Angel
Camia
GAO
U.S
Road and Sidewalk Advisory Commission submits three year road program
The Road and Sidewalk Advisory Commission will present a three year federal and state road program for council approval at the Wednesday Oct 6 meeting. Streets include Old Orchard Street Atlantic Avenue Washington Avenue Union Avenue Temple Avenue Old Orchard Road Ocean Park Road and Saco Avenue to Union. Seaside Avenue project delayed by lack of sewers First Street from Central Park Avenue to Seaview Avenue to be examined further. Citizens may send comments to Chairman Conrad Boisvert 32 Fern Ave Old Orchard Beach Me.
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Seaside Avenue
First Street
Central Park Avenue
Seaview Avenue
Conrad Boisvert
Fern Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Air defense waste sparks GAO critique of SHORAD
The GAO classified study finds the Army SHORAD system involving Chaparral Roland and anti aircraft artillery as riddled with inadequacies and high costs. Chaparral weaknesses include limited all weather use and low lethality with a 36 percent destruction probability.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Pentagon
General Accounting Office
Europe
GAO
Navy
Army
Breen 9
Presidential campaign balance sheet and personal insight
The piece surveys Ford and Carter on statistics memory, loyalty issues, and perceptions of presidentiality. It notes Ford’s lead in tests, Carter’s compassion stance, and their contrasting religious affiliations and curtains controversy, alongside lobbyist travel and fiscal debates.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
Secret Service
Ford
F.B.I
Clarence Kelley
Carter
Kelley
Congress
White House
Rose Garden
Georgia
Preident
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Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Roland Pare
Ashington Whirl
Treasury Department
Federal Register
Treasury
David Lefeve
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
IBM
John Webster
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EPA
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Gallup
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Richard Nixon
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