The blob that ate Camp Ellis raises cost concerns at Saco Beach
The Army Corps of Engineers hired E C Jordan of Portland to study a sea wall at Camp Ellis Beach. The initial $338 200 estimate swelled to $966 600 in public circulation before being clarified. Local officials seek clearer pricing and erosion action.
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Army Corps of Engineers
E.C. Jordan
Portland
Saco
Camp Ellis Beach
Corps
John Dexter
Dexter
Camp Ellis
Pentagon
Saco River
Open letter questions motorist over Biddeford hit and run
Rosalie Turgeon of Saco writes an impassioned address to a upstanding citizen accusing him of a hit and run on a motorcyclist on West Street in Biddeford. She questions conscience and safety and asks where community care and accountability lie.
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West Street
Biddeford
Rosalie Turgeon
Oak St. Saco
Beachside Road and Sidewalk Plan Seeks Citizen Complaints
Old Orchard Beach Maine road and sidewalk advisory seeks residents' input for a five year program. Citizens are invited to write complaints to Chairman Conrad Boisvert at 32 Fern Avenue or Town Hall with a October 1 deadline for consideration. Complaints will be investigated and prioritized for cost estimates before review by future town councilors.
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Conrad Boisvert
Fern Avenue
Town Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Caen Isvert
Fern Ave
Saudis push for oil price cuts met with U S inaction
Secret Akins papers show Saudi pressure on the United States to curb Iran oil prices was rebuffed by Kissinger and Nixon. Yamani warned U S officials they risked Saudi cooperation if prices rose, while Faisal pressed to influence the shah. The memo calls for a congressional probe into U S handling of the oil crisis and notes U S Saudi ties.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
James Akins
Saudi Arabia
United States
Iran
Akins
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Shah
Treasury
William Simon
U.S
OPEC
Richard Nixon
Nixon
America
Weicker
Lowell Weicker
R.conn
Biddeford councilor condemns gift beach deal despite claim
A Biddeford councilor critiques a Naples Beach agreement pushed by the Biddeford Pool Beach Association. He highlights a proposed contract allowing five year cancelation with $300000 payment and future conditions demanding city funds and oversight. The letter lampoons the deal as costly in the long run and urges court review.
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Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford Pool Beach Association
Gower
Pool Beach Association
Peter M. Lindsay
Naples
Mao obituary tone from Washington on Mao's legacy
George Will argues Western obituary treatment of Mao is muted respect for a tyrant. He notes Mao's famine and Cultural Revolution, compares him to Lenin Stalin and Trotsky, and cites Pearl Harbor as a turning point enabling Mao's rise. He questions Western progressives' praise and quotes Giscard dEstaing on Mao as a beacon now extinguished.
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George ¥. Will
Washington Post
Washington
China
Mao
Moscow
Lenin
West
Schiller
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Hitler
Trotsky
Stalin
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Japan
A.J.P. Taylor
Europe
Germany
Poland
Mao Tse-tung
Chou Teh
Republic of China
Teng Hsiao-pin
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
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Sacomother
Beach Commission
New England
Ford
Exxon
Mobil
Sun Oil
Boston Alol
O.K
Kennebunk
Iddeford
Journal Rt
Alfred Road
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Chairman Mao
Marshall Tito
Mao Tse-tun
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