Biddeford Faces Land Buy With Surprising Valuation Gap
Citizens question city plans to acquire 20 acres near Biddeford Airport for a public works garage. The city taxes the land at 1000 dollars but offers 25000 dollars to buy, while a million-dollar project and federal funding loom. Critics note other purchases nearby paid slightly more for much larger parcels, suggesting inconsistencies in property valuation and bidding.
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Biddeford
Dutremble
Neil Folsom
Alfred Street
Route 1
Hill Street
Ken Prudential Investment Verue
Thomas Moore
Saco
Parents should guide silent moments in schools
In letters to the Journal Editor Dr. Paul E. Charland urges that a moment of silence in schools remain a parental responsibility not a school authority. He notes courts blocked school prayer and suggests parents provide personal prayer or silent reading at home or bring a Bible to school for reading.
First comes legal then illegal gambling
A reader voices concern about a national gambling study linking increased illegal gambling to legal gambling. The letter argues the state profits from vice, urges education rather than taxation, and warns against legislating morality. It advocates citizen control of vice and questions religious tolerance in state policy.
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Carter
Carter-Mondale
Mondale
Ford
Herbert Hoover
Teachers welcome correct contract figures in Kennebunk tale
A reader letter corrects The Journal's report on the S A D 71 Kennebunk Kennebunkport Teachers contract. The two year raise totals 7.2 percent not 12 percent, with 3.4 percent first year and 3.8 percent second year. The writer thanks coverage and notes broad support for the agreement.
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Kennebunk
S.A.D. 71
Kennebunk- Kennebunkport
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Teachers Association
Colonial Drive
Saudi fears of U.S. backing for Iran and Gulf invasion
Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani told U.S. ambassador James Akins that Washington was bolstering the shah of Iran to prepare for an attack on Arabian oil fields. Yamani warned of a destabilizing, megalomaniac leader and urged recognition of the danger to regional security and Western energy supplies.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
United States
Iran
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
U.S
Yamani
James E. Akins
Arabian
Persian Gulf
Yamini
Iraq
Akins
Gulf
Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Tabuk
Soviet Union
Arabian Coast
Russell Train
Gallagher After You Shean
Ford and Carter trade flip flop claims as voters face a tight race. Reston surveys repeated shifts on Taft Hartley, grain embargoes, Nixon pardon, and economic pledges. The piece notes both sides publicizing inconsistencies and warns voters to beware the campaign theater through November.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Ford
Carter
Flip
Mr. Op
Yellowstone National Park
Fritz Mondale
South Korea
Jod Powell
White House
Hhe F.L.C.I.0
Reagan
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