Editorial Page In Our Opinion Maremont job pad Good news
In Our Opinion the New England Division of the Maremont Corporation workers voted to accept a three year labor pact. The settlement preserves peace for management workers merchants and the public with wage and fringe benefits totaling over 66 cents per hour and described as the area's highest through collective bargaining. The agreement stabilizes costs for future projects and enables long term business gains while avoiding strikes.
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Maremont Corporation
Names in the wind: hurricane fame and unfair luck
Virginia Payette reflects on how hurricanes named after girls captivate the public, sparking pride for some and envy for others. She recalls Camille’s destruction, notes the alphabetic bias in naming, and shares a personal memory of the 1963 Ginny and the disparity with Flora, which caused real tragedy.
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Tillies
Weather Bureau
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Holly
Inga
Jenny
Karas
Lauries
Marthas
Scientists Seek Cold Cure With Odd Remedies
Medical researchers experiment with drugs to cure the common cold noting 200 viruses cause colds and suggesting quirky remedies like ribonucleic acid alarm clocks and unsympathetic wires. The piece jokes that fighting every problem would leave citizens with little to complain about.
Washington Merry-Go-Round A presidential romance
Washington dispatches report on Philippine President Marcos and Imelda Marcos exposing a rumored affair with a U.S. Navy wife. The message also covers Ronald Reagan’s Philippines trip and Libyan coup surprise, plus White House dinner guests, extremism, and Vietnam war outlooks.
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Manila
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California
Ronald Reagan
Philippines
Imelda Marcos
Americcn
Caballero
Mabanang
Libya
Idris
State Department
Joseph Palmer II
Fisherman brag and misadventure on Chesapeake Bay voyage
Don Maclean recounts a sunlit fishing trip with Charlie Joyce and crew including Lou Hollis and Bob Pfiefle. Despite fellow anglers’ gear, he hooks two fish and 16 total for the day, aided by a beer opener and a gull's dropped mouth. Lightweight battle with luck ends in comic misfortune.
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Washington
Izaak Walton
Ted Williams
Charlie Joyce
Charlie
Chesapeke Bay
Lou Hollis
Washington Daily News
Bob Pfiefle
Ho Chi Minh
State Department
Libya
China
Vote on Kennebunk school district ends Sept 17
Editorial notes widespread misinformation about the Kennebunk School Administrative District No. 71. It argues the district lowers taxes, increases state subsidies, pools resources with Kennebunkport, and supports shared services and programs for special needs, urging a No vote on September 17 to keep the district.
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Plesae
Board of School Directors
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S.A.D
Toby Hammond
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Teachers’ Club
Kennebunk. Port
Neon
Kennebunkport
Inconsistency Reflected in Soviet Vacillation Editorial
Russell Kirk argues Soviet press vacillation shows Kremlin control and questions Western appeals. Krylov’s sharp nuclear threats in Pravda challenge ABM opponents, while Pravda also critiques Maoists as China readies for potential conflict.
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Red China
Sovietskaya Russia
Nikolai Krylov
United States
Kremlin
Marshal Krylov
Nixon
Space scientists aid cities with unapproved projects
Washington report details NASA researchers quietly applying systems analysis and other tools to city needs. Projects include airport planning in Virginia, urban policing improvements, school surveillance methods, and emergency communications enhancements. Some work lacks presidential or congressional authorization and remains undisclosed.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
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Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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