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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1972
Page
4
Editorial argues Americans eat a high proportion of meat and face rising costs. It notes a recent trend of major chains holding or lowering meat prices while in-store pricing may shift costs to canned goods and produce. The piece challenges consumer apathy and urges collective action to secure benefit, criticizing perceived greed in the industry.
A Washington column condemns Senate attacks on Attorney General nominee Richard Kleindienst as liberal McCarthyism. It argues the inquiry relies on secondhand hearsay, exposes partisan bias, and notes big-money fundraising by both parties, including ITT and Democratic lobbyists.
Washington minutes reveal Procter and Gamble lobbyist Bryce Harlow led a secret strategy to win federal control over phosphate content in detergents. The plan included White House aides, regulatory aims, and a push to appear as a neutral regulator while opposing a full ban. The minutes show industry pressure, internal conflicts, and a bid to delay concrete limits while steering policy through Congress and the administration.
A columnist rails against Rachel Carson and pesticide bans while boasting about spraying dangerous chemicals. He laments louder springs, invades neighbors gardens, and belts out comic misanthropy about birds frogs bees and garden pests as he sells his own controversial views.
Washington correspondent Bruce Biossat argues North Vietnamese plans threaten South Vietnam beyond the DMZ with possible city impacts. He questions Saigon's reliance on the 3rd Division, notes reduced U.S. air support and ground forces, and warns Saigon faces growing isolation with Vietnamization testing its limits. He cites US carrier air cover and dwindling American maneuver battalions as Saigon fights largely alone.
Paul Harvey argues downtown decay signals pressures toward urban consolidation and shared living. He cites beehive housing trends, rising high rise apartments, and expert forecasts that cities will merge along a coast to coast corridor, with social impact and adaptation challenges.
Wingate Prep in Brooklyn offers 80 students who dropped out a path to finish high school with four teachers and four street workers. The informal atmosphere and close faculty contact yield hopeful student comments and a call for broader educational reform and parental responsibility.
A quirky collage notes pest control tips with car exhaust humor and jokes about Nixon and Chou meeting. It remarks how ads reuse pop songs like Coca Cola’s It’s the Real Thing, references St Andrews Day and plaid lines on Fifth Avenue, mentions The New Seekers, and muses on looming elections with mixed polling.
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