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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1972
Page
4
Editorial notes conflicting data on how pot affects driving. West German researchers with hashish subjects reported numerous driving errors, while studies from University of Washington and Boston University found little impairment. Authors suggest attitude and indifference, not perception, may drive risk.
Virginia Payette muses on U S attitudes to foreign aid and Rome policing a trend from Romeos to protect tourists at the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps. She notes a fatal incident after a rider offered a ride and the police intensify patrols while pondering how this affects the city’s romantic custom of girlwatching.
Companies test gliding schedules to spread arrivals and departures. Early birds get the best jobs and coffee breaks, while late arrivals miss peak coffee and face longer congestion. The experiment extends the commuting crunch rather than easing it.
In Atlant a Ga widow Anne Sherman faced auction due to a $184 termite treatment debt. News coverage sparked an outpouring from prisoners his fellows pastors churches clubs and the mayor. Donations surpassed needs and Sherman expressed gratitude for the community’s generosity.
Washington gains glow from NATO generals visit with lavish travel and hotel stays in Washington Florida and California. A separate note flags a Justice Department probe into outboard motor pollution under the 1899 law with Livingston Parmele urging action.
Washington columnist Don Maclean delivers a satirical tour through English dominance in world history, tracing events from the Crimean War to World War I and the rise of American influence. He mocks figures, wars, and postwar politics while lampooning global power shifts and Cold War style themes.
After Wisconsin and Florida results, Senator Ed Muskie of Maine falls in the NEA observer box score from 1,282 to 773 of the pledged delegates. Senator George McGovern surges to 492, Hubert Humphrey slides to 468, and George Wallace climbs to 291 as undecided support shifts ahead of primaries in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and beyond.
Russell Kirk argues that Europe and the United States are depopulating rural areas through farm price supports and subsidies. He warns that two million farmers could leave the land in three years, cites the Common Market and U S policy as accelerating urban drift, and contrasts it with Roepke and Mises on rural happiness. He notes the loss of rural livelihoods and police recruitment from farming regions, calls for reinvigorating rural life and questions policy aims. He condemns subsidized consolidation and urges imaginative rural revival, criticizing both political parties and current strategies.
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