Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor
Editorial by Alex Washburn examines restraint and clarity in daily thinking, urging readers to pare ideas to essentials and avoid excess. The piece emphasizes disciplined discourse and concise expression as civic virtues.
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Abroad gifts and magazines intrigue Bangor editors
Haskell Jones of Radio Station KXAR travel from Spain near Gibraltar to Tangier to pick a gift for the editor. They discuss an engraved Moroccoan dagger with a blade that has no edge and note two new magazines from Bangor, Down East and It Takes a Vigorous Region to Support Them, praising Maine’s coastal tourism and winter travel appeals.
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Twenty more charges against Billy Dean Starks in Little Rock case
Twenty more charges were filed Monday against Billy Dean Starks of North Little Rock. He faces unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and violations of the federal stolen property act connected to a 613000 shortage in the North Little Rock Police Department. Additional counts include alleged violations of the state Securities Act and eight charges of obtaining valuables from pension fund trustees by false pretenses, plus one count of counterfeiting corporate stocks. Two charges accuse him of dealing in corporate stocks without registration.
Round view of pipe-borne road widening project details
Inside a huge pipe section, crews prepare a round view for construction and widening works alongside the expanded highway. The image captures interior work and alignment steps as part of the large infrastructure effort.
Anxious Congress faces snags and spending limits
Washington AP reports a 250 billion spending cap and a trimmed foreign aid bill threaten adjournment efforts for the 92nd Congress. Senators push to curb presidential spending powers while House and Senate battle over a 404 billion in annual authority and a 96 billion Social Security Medicare compromise.
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Nixon aides deny sabotage charges amid denials
Washington AP report says President Nixon's press secretary and campaign director rejected claims that administration aides spied on Democrats with sabotage. Neither fully denied. Ziegler refused to dignify hearsay while MacGregor assailed charges as mudslinging by McGovernites.
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Kissinger Returns to Paris for Fresh Round of Talks
Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s top national security adviser, resumes three party peace talks in Paris with North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy after a five day break. This is Kissinger’s 20th trip to Paris and 25th day of private discussions aimed at ending the Southeast Asia conflict. He left Washington Monday as President Nixon spoke at the National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.
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Plane missing prompts wider Alaska search for Boggs
Anchorage AP report says a private plane carrying Rep Hale Boggs and two others disappeared after departing Anchorage on a fundraising trip for Begich. Weather hindered search with some 30 planes joining the effort led by FAA and Air Force units as officials warned the plane may be down.
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Kidnapping reported in Hope near railroad depot
Police search for an alleged kidnapper who forced Ricky Britt at a Prescott drive-in to drive toward Dallas. Britt, 19, escaped at Miller's Service Station in Hope after a confrontation on Main Street. Suspect, in a black leather jacket, fled north on Main Street and remains at large as officers continue the search.
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