Regulators Face Push for Open Meetings
Opinion argues that six major agencies including the CPSC FCC SEC FPC ICC and FTC hold closed meetings to protect sensitive information. The piece says regulatory bodies influence the economy and calls for bringing regulator deliberations into daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Administration
House
Consumer Product Safety Commission
General Communications Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Power Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Maine Legislator Questions Maremont Contract Fight
A Saco representative and Rep. Rolde push back on Cohen and Emery for pushing the Maremont M60 gun contract to a Belgian firm. They describe a 16,000-signature petition presented to President Ford to keep jobs in Maine and demand accountability for the Washington trip and nonpartisan effort. They vow to watch if Cohen and Emery can deliver renewal of the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Maine
William Cohen
David Emery
Maremont
Neil Rolde
York
Defense Department
White House
Rep. Rolde
Ford
Afl-Cio Fielday
Augusta
Cohen
Emery
Washington
Biddeford
U.S
Rep
Rolde
Nixon
Judiciary Committee
Cohen and
Myself
Paul Harvey on Solzhenitsyn and detente
Paul Harvey critiques Solzhenitsyn for meddling in U S diplomacy and warns against turning foreign policy into a domestic wedge. He argues detente benefits the United States and that Washington should balance wheat sales to Russia with oil dollars, urging firmness without hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Alex Solzhenitsyn
United States
America
Cuba
Russia
Africa
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
U.S
Ford
Kissinger
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Europe
Helsinki
Jotary Kissinger
Payola Scandal Claims Record Industry Wide Corruption
A confidential FCC statement from Mike Viner of Pride Records accuses the U S record business of pervasive payola corruption. He cites Las Vegas vacations, free albums and cash underhanded dealings with radio disc jockeys and program directors, naming industry figures and a culture of deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Mike Viner
Pride Records
Federal Communications Commission
Viner
Las Vegas
Mgmecords
FCC
Richard Wiley
Hawaiian
Bill Drake
Los Angeles
Drake
MGM Records
Steve Lawrence
Eydie Gorme
MGM
the Osmonds
Steve and
Eydie
End New York City Arrogance by Moving People Out
Russell Baker argues New York’s financial woes stem from class envy and proposes moving both rich and poor elsewhere. He imagines relocating a million poor residents to cities like Chicago or Washington and dispersing the wealthy to various regions to restore national harmony and reduce New York's burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
New York
Carthage
National Convention Center
Kansas City
Moines
Chicago
Washington
America
Armonk
N.Y
Chevy Chase
Alps
Salt Lake City
Baltimore
East Pratt Street
Wall Street
New York Times
Kissinger Pursues a New World Order in Middle East Quarrel
James Reston argues Kissinger remains the best hope for a broad based US led order. He tracks Kissinger's push for an interim Egypt Israel pact, cooperation with Sadat and Rabin, and a greater role for developing nations while facing GOP and Congress skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reston
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
United States
Kissinger
Middle East
United Nations
Washington
State Department
Capitol Hill
Cordell Hull
George Marshall
Dean Acheson
Lord Keynes
Bretton Woods
David Lilienthal
Bernard Baruch
America
League of Nations
Moscow
Peking
New York
Sadat
Cairo
Rabin
Jerusalem
Europe
NATO
Congress
Ford
Egypt
Israel
Sinai
New York Times
Obituary and staff listings for Biddeford-Saco Journal figures
The Biddeford Saco Journal notes Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W Paul Casavant Publisher Charles C Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M Whitehouse President Treasurer marking long time press roles and dates of birth and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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Lurie
Washington Scene
Biddeford-Saco Journal
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