Doubts linger over Belgian guns in F-16 sales package
The president told Saco and Biddeford mayors and two GOP congressmen that no commitment exists to buy Belgian machine guns. Belgians would enter only in testing against the Maremont M-60 before any new contract. Critics urge continued congressional oversight on the broader NATO F-16 sales package and factory testing.
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Ford
Saco
Biddeford
GOP
Belgium
Maremont
Pentagon
James Schlesinger
NATO
General Dynamics
New York Times
U.S. Army
Fabrique Nationale
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Maine
Politics of food across the big three powers
The piece argues the United States, the Soviet Union, and China face divergent food futures. The USSR struggles with underperforming agriculture and relies on grain imports, China boosts domestic investment while importing grain, and the United States nears a bumper harvest despite a cautious government stance to avoid inflation and political fallout.
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C.L. Sulzberger
Athens
Russia
China
United States
Moscow
America
Agriculture Department
U.S
Ford Administration
Washington
U.S.S.R
Ford
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Middle West
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Kremlin
U.S.A
Peking
New York Times
Credit card use harms economy by wasting interest
Overuse of credit cards is cited as a contributor to economic trouble. If that interest were redirected to creating new products, it could stimulate job creation for Americans.
Biddeford-Sare Journal staff and dates listed
The Biddeford-Sare Journal lists staff and dates including W. E. Foster 1881-1963 Alta W. Foster 1891-1971 B. F. C. Whitehouse 1889-1972 W. Paul Casavant Publisher Charles C. Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M. Whitehouse President and Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Defense chief in fog chasing birds off Rhode Island coast
Washington notes James Schlesinger, secretary of defense, chased two rare seabirds in a 23 foot boat off Newport Rhode Island on August 18. A fog blocked sightings and he navigated by charts and a bystander sailboat skipper. He returned ashore after a 45 minute, wave whipped pursuit, later remarking on his birds.
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Jack
Pentagon
Schlesinger
America
New England
Newport
R.I
Rhode Island
Lee Gardner
Glomar
Newport Naval Facility
Bing West
Gardner
West
Defense Secretary
Block Island
Block Island Coast Guard
New York
Point Judith
Army
San Clemente
Richard Nixon
Europe
National Symphony
New York City
Mstislav Rostropovich
Rhodesia talks collapse shows fault lines at summit
Charles Mohr reports on the Victoria Falls conference breakdown as Southern African white governments celebrate a perceived victory. Ian Smith seeks token reform while black nationalists press for majority rule, with Pretoria mediated talks on a bridge and Rhodesia’s internal negotiations breaking down amid mistrust and stepped avoidance of direct black leadership.
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Johannesburg
Southern Africa
Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
South Africa
National Party
Ian D. Smith
African National Council of Rhodesia
Smith
Rhodesia-Zambia
Zambezi River
Pretoria
John Vorster
M. Mainza Chona
Zambia
Kenneth D. Kaunda
African National Council
No-Man’s Land of the Bridge
Botswana
Mozambique
Tanzania
Vorster
Bridge
Salisbury
Abel Muzorewa
Noabiningi Sithole
Muzorewa
The Will Report New Cleaver By George F Will
The piece reflects on Eldridge Cleaver as a late 1960s literary icon and a critic of radical rhetoric. It traces his evolution from radical celebrity to a more moderate stance, noting his travels from Cuba to Algeria and China, his Rolling Stone interview, and shifting views on militancy, patriotism, and detente.
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George F. Will Washington
Eldridge Cleaver
Richard Hofstadter
Charles Reich
Reich
Cleaver
Thucydides
Bliss
Purdue Student Union
San Quentin
Black Panther
Cuba
Algeria
North Korea
China
Paris
Rolling Sone
Rolling Stone
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Scoop Jackson
The
Washington Post Co
Paul Harvey on trade offs and Britain’s nationalization
Paul Harvey argues Pan American World Airways losses and rail shifts push for Washington rescue. He critiques Britain's Labor government as failing nationalized industries with steep losses and rising taxes, warning Americans to weigh free enterprise against socialism. He quotes London observers on mismanaged sectors and calls free enterprise a better servant than socialism.
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Paul Harvey
Pan American World Airways
Washington
Wall Street Journal
Wilson
Britain
Europe
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Poland
Khrushchev
Biddeford-Sare Journal
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B.F.C. Whitehouse
White House
Justice
Ed Johnson
Jonathan Rose
CIA
Portugal
Leonid Brezhnev
Turkey
Congress
Israel
Sinai
Desert
Gaston Globe
By Charles Mohr
Paul Harvey News
Labor
Ray Coffey
London
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
British Leyland Motors
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