Thought for Evening Beauty Beyond Words
Editorial note quotes George Santayana about beauty as indescribable, elusive in meaning and feeling, prompting reflection on how and why beauty moves us.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1967
Page
4
Editorial note quotes George Santayana about beauty as indescribable, elusive in meaning and feeling, prompting reflection on how and why beauty moves us.
The piece argues for a shift from disposal to salvage of urban waste. It cites eight pounds per person daily, totaling about 780000 tons daily for 96 million Americans, and notes landfill limits and incineration concerns. It advocates contained reclamation plants turning refuse into soil conditioners and urges broad adoption across society.
Inez Robb notes Anna Anderson known as Anastasia persists in a 34 year legal battle to prove she is Russia’s Grand Duchess Anastasia. Despite Hamburg court rulings denying the claim, Broadway drama Anastasia has renewed belief, profits, and romantic interest.
Harold Coffin asserts the US and Russia will open consul ar offices as evidence of mutual trust. Consuls would free CIA agents for congressional testimony. The plan includes reciprocal diplomatic immunity and a satirical note on past Soviet fishing trawler cooperation.
Atlanta leaders backed Lester Maddox over Callaway amid business influence while ex Governor Arnall urged restraint on race. Maddox’s links to Wallace and Johnson politics raise questions about party splits and 1968 voting dynamics across Maryland and Alabama.
The piece weighs Nelson Rockefeller as strong 1968 candidate with poll backing and vast resources while conjecturing about a more effective campaign than Nixon in 1960. It notes Rockefeller’s admin credentials, party fear of youngsters, and possible advantage against an incumbent war president. It also recounts Josef Cardinal Mindszenty’s 75th birthday and long asylum in Budapest embassy.
The constitution effective April 1 guarantees religious freedom and equality, speedy trials, legal defense, presumed innocence, and no torture. It protects thought and publishing, labor rights, private life, and private property, while banning communist propaganda and certain political activities by officials and military personnel. Its impact hinges on enforcement against the Viet Cong and overall government zeal.
The piece argues an autonomous Ovambo state within South West Africa under South African trusteeship is feasible, noting eight Ovambo tribes and larger regional dynamics. It contrasts hopeful prospects for Ovamboland with instability in neighboring emergent nations, urging acceptance of the South African plan to avoid disruption by the UN committee.
LaVerne A. Miller, 37, sheriff of Sedgwick County Kansas, earned his Doctor of Laws degree after five years and 144,870 miles of travel. He attended Oklahoma City University night law school near his home, flying weekly for nearly a year and driving the rest of the time to classes. He missed only nine sessions, one for pursuing a escaped robber.
A Biddeford correspondent recalls a stay in Budapest where a guard thanks a visitor for cigars, and a cigar counter man in a hotel offers Cuban cigars instead of a brand named White Owls. The note includes address and newspaper masthead details from Biddeford Maine.
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