Juvenile Law and the Biddeford Shootout Debate
The Biddeford Labor Day shooting spree tested Maine juvenile law as a 17 year old suspect faced adult trial. The Journal weighed when courts should shield identities versus public interest, noting First Amendment precedents and the need for local context. The piece questions court safeguards amid rising juvenile violent crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaw
Maine
Journal
Biddeford
Adelbert Morin
Robert Kennedy Jr
Kennedy
John Haw
Simon Spill
Urther
United States
FBI
Renegotiation Board in limbo after adjournment rush
The article notes Congress left the Renegotiation Board weakened as lawmakers adjourned for 1976, preserving funds but halting action. Sen. Proxmire pressed to strengthen it, while Sen. Long blocked hearings and allowed the board to die as a federal agency. The result is continued investigations on old cases with potential billions at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Congress
Suraa
Theederal
William Proxmire
D.wis
Pentagon Waste
Senate
Russell Long
D.-La
House
Joseph Minish
D.N.J
Long
Proxmire
Etter
Senate Finance Committee
Ford vs Carter mixed messages in foreign policy debate
In a sharp appraisal of the second presidential debate, Gerald Ford’s misstatements on Soviet influence in Eastern Europe and Portugal’s democracy draw criticism. The piece notes political missteps, campaign pressures, and contrasting visions with Jimmy Carter on human rights, economy, and foreign policy. It also corrects a previous misprint about Tennessee Death Row figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wicker
New York Times
Gerald Ford
Eastern Europe
Jimmy Carter
Mr. Ford
Soviet Union
Ford
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Layboy Magazine
Portugal
Nixon- Kissinger
Mr. Kissinger
Busbee
Georgia
Mr. Carter
Carter
Europe
Nixon
Johnson
Franklin D. Eisenhower Truman
Panama
Taiwan
After X age does dirt become clean in rating debates
A columnist critiques the X rating as hypocritical and urges consistency in film censorship. He recalls elderly Garden and Talk Society members disturbed by an X rated film and notes the double standard that labels filth as acceptable only after a certain age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the
East Dallas
Texas
Garden and Talk Society
Ing
Renaing
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