Pentagon budgets face wasteful spending and secrecy
An editorial criticizes defense spending as bloated and poorly managed. It cites a $670,000 plush Boeing 707 for a general and a $950 million cut in Pentagon R and D as part of broader waste. The piece urges openness and GAO audits to curb excess and reduce friction with Congress.
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Washington
Air Force
House Senate
Pentagon
Congress
Defense Department
Defense Establishment
General Accounting Office
Moscow tightens grip as dissidents face trial
The article links a spike in Soviet repression to a trial of dissidents Pyotr Yakir and Viktor Krasin and to wider crackdowns on Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn. It notes Kremlin aims to ease West ties while curbing internal liberalization and warns of dangers from unimpeded information flow.
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Moscow
Son
Andrei D. Sakharov
Alekandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
United States
Voice of America
Sakharov
Pyotr J. Yakir
Viktor A. Krasin
Kremlin
Europe
Biddeford Fae Journal Masthead and Rates
The Biddeford Fae Journal lists staff including B F C Whitehouse 1889 1972 Alta W Foster 1891 1971 W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer with a business office and editorial department plus subscription rates: one month 3.0 six months 1800 one year 36.00 The Associated Press rights and national advertising reps Blathens Shannyn Cub den Inc listed.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Washington Folks Weather Watergate Crisis in Henry Idaho
In Henry Idaho, a hardened portrait of American resilience emerges amid Watergate fear. Citizens from dealers to ranchers And the Judge Sirica defend democracy while weathering scandal and anxiety. The piece blends local color with national strain, highlighting ordinary courage and loyalty.
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Jack Anderson
Henry
Idaho
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
Upstate
New York
El Nino lessons show humility for economy and fishing
Essay links El Nino to economic cycles and policy restraint. It argues fishermen’s overreliance on technology harmed anchovy stocks, predicting a rebound if humility and prudent planning guide industry and policy. It ends with a literary quote on listening before speaking.
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Ae — A
Bureau of Economic Research
Peru
C.I.A
Africa
Russia
United States
el Nine
The Go Go Need in America by Russell Baker
A satirical meditation on the American impulse to travel and go far whether by car train or jet. It catalogs who should go and how they travel, mocks insurance culture, and laments the sameness of places as the Interstate era expands.
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Henry
Roland
Soda Springs
Ariene
America
Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
Volkswagen
United States
Columbus
Lewis and Clarke
Thomas Wolfe
South
Woody Guthrie
Oregon
Louisiana
Jack Kerouac
Greeley
Atlantic
Phoenix
Buffalo
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Word Oddities and Redundant Phrases Highlighted
A New York Times Syndicate column by Theodore M. Bernstein discusses overuse and muddled meanings in English. It cites examples like OVERSIGHT in FBI context and phrases such as approximately 300 to 400 people and about a week or so.
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Theodore Bernstein
United States Senate
FBI
F.B.I
Farrell E. Banim
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Theodore M. Bernstein
The
New York Times Syndicate
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Maine
Biddefort
Associated Press
AP News
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Std Ave
New York City
Forida Gold Coast
Idaho- Wyoming
California
Hoot Gibson
Buffalo Bill Cody
Gus Perez
Caribou Mountain
Arcola von Almen
Arcola
Roland Smith
John Sirica
Sirica
District of Columbia
William Safire
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Ernest Hemingway
West Africa
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Herb Stein
George Schultz
Sir Richard Steele
Bernstein
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