Scanners and CB reports versus official police actions
A local columnist discusses how scanner listeners often misinterpret police calls, citing a Friday night claim that a motorist pulled a gun on an Old Orchard Beach officer. Beach police found no vehicle and no incident, prompting the paper to explain why its public safety notes sometimes say no significant activity. The piece urges readers to verify events with authorities and to report gaps in information dissemination.
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Cbs
Journal
Beach
Public Safety
Cber
Old Orchard Beach
City Hall
Town Hall
Letters on beach tragedy and parking enforcement woes
Editor letters lament recurring beach tragedies and critique parking rules and enforcement. Helen L Harvey argues streets near Cleaves Street are too narrow for double parking and argues tickets fail to deter out of state violators. She notes inconsistent sign installation on East Grand Avenue and calls for fair, universal law enforcement or repeal of unfair ordinances.
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Cleaves Street
East Grand Avenue
Helen L. Harvey
East Grand Ave
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Guardians of Maine's beauty hope for passage of bottle bill
A letter praising Maine’s bottle bill urges passage to curb roadside litter and conserve resources. The author recalls a bumper sticker opposing the bill, argues litterers harm the state, and notes a five cent per bottle incentive would deter throwaways while citing political opposition and past legislative votes.
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Guardians of Maine
Kennebec County
Which candidate promises better returns to taxpayer
Editorial questions which candidate offers better value to taxpayers amid 1970s presidential race proposals. It notes voter apathy and sparse material on candidates and weighs whether Ford should remain to gain more experience or Carter should receive more treasury funding for on the job training.
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Ford
Treasury
Carter
CIA spreads umbrella for secret police by JACK ANDERSON
Washington reports allege the CIA has aided foreign secret police like KCIA DINA and SAVAK operating in the United States. FBI notes burglaries attempted kidnappings and planned murders tied to these groups. Fraser seeks CIA disclosure while agency resists. SAVAK's U S presence, under Mansur Rafizadeh, faces accusations of harassment and espionage against Iranians and dissidents.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
South Korea
KCIA
Chile
DINA
Iran
SAVAK
U.S
FBI
Donald Fraser
Dminn
CIA
Pyong-Choon
Letelier
KGB
Alfred Atherton
Mansur Rafizadeh
United Nations
New York City
Richard Cottam
University of Pittsburgh
Joe Spear
State Department
Europe
Levi
Chinese political menu isn't duck soup
William Safire uses a political metaphor to view how factions in China—Column A ideologues, Column B pragmatists, and Column C discredited leaders—shape power, Maoist and post Maoist shifts, and the United States stance amid internal purges and Sino Soviet tensions.
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William Safire
Washington
Shanghai
Mao Tse-tung
Liu Shao-chi
Lin Piao
Lin
Teng Hsaio-ping
Mao
Peking
China
Chang Chun-chiao
Will Hua Kuo-feng
Mme. Mao
Li Tehsheng
Mukden
Hua
United States
Soviet Union
Taiwan
U.S
Attention shifts as campaigns court ethnic blocs
PAUL HARVEY recalls how voters have long been courted by party blocs from blacks and labor to Jews and Poles. He notes Carter targets diverse groups while a silent majority worries about economic strain, quoting a Missouri reader who protests political favoritism and laments rising costs.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Unce
Carter
Ford
Blue Springs
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