Journal defends August bank ruling coverage and fairness
The Journal responds to criticism over its August 24 front page banking story about the Saco Biddeford Savings Institution. It defends its headline as accurate and objective and explains it sought remaining facts from bank officials who offered no comment. The piece emphasizes editorial responsibility to report government actions while awaiting court decisions.
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Saco-Biddeford Savings
Saco-Biddeford Savings Institution
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Journal
Larry Stains
Bank
William Deans
Stains
Saco
Deans
R. Deans
John Quinn
Quinn
Saco- Biddeford Savings Institution
Letter on abortion ethics and Maine Right to Life stance
Patricia DeGrinne, president of the Maine Right to Life Committee, lauds the Biddeford Saco Journal for opposing abortion except to save the mother, condemns sex selective abortion and notes concerns about medical resource misuse and potential use of Jackson Laboratory facilities for improper purposes.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Maine Right To Life Committee
Board of Directors
Maine
Right To Life Committee
Jackson Laboratory
Father Defines Sex Role in Unborn Child
Letter to the editor argues sex is determined by the father’s sperm rather than the mother’s ovaries. The writer agrees with Mrs. DesRoberts’ view that some women may have limited ability to bear children of both sexes. An editor's note confirms a local belief that a male determines the sex of the unborn child.
Turkish opium traffic still goes on
A June night incident near Alexandria reveals a Turkish opium smuggling operation to a Turkish port, with four nylon bags of opium recovered off the Egyptian coast. The tale challenges UN claims of Turkey’s crop controls and foreshadows possible U S narcotics concerns as a larger harvest nears in 1976.
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Jack Anderson
Ith
Les Whitten
Washington
Alexandria
United Nations
United States
Turkey
Egypt
Mamdouh Zaki
U.S
Antalya
America
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Lester Wolff
D.N.Y
Coe
Wolff
New House
Select Narcotics Committee
Treasury Department
Voting registration by mail unfeasible
George F. Will argues the House push for mail registration shows political opportunism, not public wisdom. He cites studies from North and South Dakota and Maryland to question whether mail registration increases turnout, noting potential for fraud and bureaucracy, and critiques Carter’s alignment with the majority.
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George F. Will
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congressional
Enate
House
Republic
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Maryland
New Jersey
Democratic Party
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
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Patricia DeGrinne
Mrs. A. Corriveau Biddeford
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Biddeford - Saco
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Treasury
General Accounting Office
GAO
Sharif Alami
State Department
Askelem ReAy Hy
King Features Syndicate
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