Biddeford Kangaroo Court draws court ruling on due process
The Maine Supreme Court upholds a lower ruling that Sevigny was denied due process in his removal from the Biddeford tax assessor post. It faulted Mayor Boucher for bias and a council rule granting him sole control of hearings. Back pay and costs will be decided by the Superior Court.
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Sevigny
Biddeford
Gilbert R. Boucher
Richard Eer
Leo R. Lemire
Maine Supreme Court
Boucher
Council
Maine Law Court
Saco residents petition water testing for chromium at wells
At a Sept. 3 council meeting thirteen families signed a petition urging the city to have E C Jordan test local wells for toxics and pollutants due to chromium traces found in three wells. They criticize Health Welfare tests for not testing chromium or related organics and cite DEP testing limits and slow bureaucratic processes.
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Saco
E.C. Jordan
Jordan
Health & Welfare
Zaitlin
Conservation Commission
Searles
Dep
John C. Blunt
Foster and Casavant Era Leadership in Biddeford Journal
The Biddeford Saco Journal reflects leadership with publisher Wm. E. Foster and editor Alta W. Foster alongside W. Paul Casavant. Charles C. Sutton serves as managing editor with Gladys M. Whitehouse as president and treasurer. Mentions of ai B.F.C. Whitehouse and life spans 1889 1972 provide context on staff tenure.
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Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Pentagon paper wars and goofy contracts undercuts
Washington merry go round reports financial gimmicks from the Pentagon and Navy. Hale Koa resort in Hawaii, goats and feral pigs removed from Clemente Island, a misspelled Army secretary, a Saratoga incident with a jet engine vehicle, and a sweeping cost surge at the National War College domed ceiling contract highlight exercises in wasteful spending and bureaucratic misadventure.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Pentagon
Waikiki
PX Oe
House of Warriors
Navy
An Clemente
California
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
Winton Marshall
Saao
National War College
Ft. McNair
Army
Rockefeller’s Southern Turn Raises VP Ambition Questions
GEORGE F. WILL analyzes Nelson Rockefeller’s Dixie trip as he seeks the Vice Presidential nomination. The piece notes his flexible rhetoric on states’ rights and welfare, his public flattery of allies, and questions whether his long career and shifting loyalties undermine a clear set of principles.
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George F. Will Washington
Dixie
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Illinois
Charles Percy
Elliot Richardson
Ford
Saki
New York
Baal
George Wallace
Wallace
Ockefeller
Alabama
Vargha
Butockefeller
American First stance shapes Ford IMF address
President Ford insists the U S must remain solvent and strong to aid poorer nations. He argues a sound domestic economy, open markets, and leadership beat exporting capital, with focus on NATO Korea and Mideast commitments, framing American First as a Main Street mood.
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Paul Harvey
Ford
United States
Treasury
William Simon
International Monetary Fund
Simon
NATO
Korea
Mideast
Kuwait
Switzerland
Sweden
Denmark
Gorilla at a saloon jokes about prices and respect
A New York Times cartoon gag shows a gorilla at a bar reacting to high tab and stereotypes. The primate quarrels over gender language and political jokes, buys drinks with a sawbuck, and taunts the bartender before leaving with a final quip about the crowd.
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Russell Baker
Ady
Danny Boy
Mahree
President Ford
Ted Kennedy
Artender
New York Times
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Ce Hoffmann
Saratoga
Terrence Patrick McKee
Mark Edward Keylor
Mayport Basin
Universal Restoration, Incorporated
Universal
Paul Harris
FBI
General Accounting Office
Rocky’s Canapes
Paul Harvey News
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