Public safety board plan raises due process concerns
Old Orchard Beach debates a proposed charter amendment to remove the town’s public safety commission and create a council appointed personnel board to regulate hiring and firing. Critics warn the board could be controlled by the council, undermining independence and risking politicized policing and firefighting decisions. Commissioner Paul Ontaine recalls a past era of politics in the departments.
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Old Orchard Beach
Public Safety Commission
Safety Commission
Public Safe Commission
Paul Ontaine
Carter Debates Silence and Political Ironies
William Safire analyzes the Ford Carter debate focusing on 27 minutes of silence and Carter’s cautious reply. The piece questions whether timing and technical glitches shaped the outcome, contrasting Ford’s steadiness with Carter’s guarded performance and the media’s mixed verdicts.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
Gene McCarthy
ABC
Richard Nixon
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Jimmy Carter
C.I.A
Lincoln
Douglas
Carter
Nixon
Pat Caddell
Saudi Arabia
Ford
Texas oilmen fund politicians tied to oil interests
A secretive Quintana Petroleum group linked to Houston lawyers and ex Treasury Secretary John Connally has donated thousands to tax bill supporters on the Ways and Means Committee and other oil-friend lawmakers. IPAA ratings accompany gifts to D and R members, while one Texan congressman faces opposition funded by Quintana.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
United Features Syndicate Inc
Washington
Quintana Petroleum Corp
Quintana
Federal Election Commission
Treasury
John Connally
Houston
William H. Crushel Jr
Connally
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
James Jones
D.-Okla
Donald Clancy
Ohio
Philip Crane
R.-Ill
William Steiger
R.-Wis
Vander Jagt
R.mich
Clancy
Independent Petroleum Association of America
IPAA
Quintana Bunch
Lloyd Bentsen
D.-Tex
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lowell Weicker
R.conn
Bob Krueger
Bob Eckhardt
D.-Texas
Nick Gerhardt
Gary Cohn
Jim Grady
Americans sold on school bus plan shows political brainwashing
Paul Harvey critiques school bus desegregation logic and national obedience. He argues the ruling forces lowered education quality, warns against cynical slogans, compares era to Hitler era manipulation, and questions the meaning of universal employment plans amid the mixed bus traffic.
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