Editorial: Homework is for City Council in Saco
The Saco City Council voted 4-2 for a first reading amending zoning to reclassify North street to allow a beer warehouse. Two councilors admit they misunderstood that warehouse needs zoning board approval and hearings continue if the second reading passes. The editorial urges caution, citing resident protests and potential harm to a residential area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
North Street
Roland Simpson
Newton Sanborn
Waight
Forrester
Saco Council
Otherian Planning Board
Surgeons clash over heart transplants ethics and outcomes
Virginia Payette reports on the public debate surrounding heart transplantation. The piece notes 124 patients treated, 42 survivors, and highlights Dr. Shumway and Dr. Cooley amid questions of eligibility and the use of an artificial heart. It contrasts patient selection with the desire to extend life and includes Mrs. Karp defending the experimental approach. A weather note on snow depth closes the column.
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Philip Blaiberg
South Africa
Blaiberg
Norman FE. Shumway
Stanford University
Shumway
Ader
Denton A. Cooley
Haskell Karp
Karp
Michael E. DeBakey
Cooley
National Heart Institute
DeBakey
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher Directory Snapshot
Publisher W Paul Casavant and Managing Editor E P Ingalls lead the Daily Except Sunday Biddeford Saco Journal. Rates listed: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. AP news provided. second class postage paid at Biddeford ME.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
Vast Minuteman Nuclear Relics Lurk Near Grand Forks
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports two arcs of Minuteman missiles buried between Grand Forks and Canada with ABM plans nearby. The piece notes floods threatening silos, past launch-test failures, and growing doubt about the program’s effectiveness amid a $7 billion cost and calls for peace.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Air Force
Minuteman
North Dakota
Minutemen
Senate
Canada
Minot
Red River
Mississippi
Missouri
Grand
Northwest
Here
Michigan
N.C
Pentagon
Alexander Flax
Milton Young
Republican
Lax
Pacific Ocean
Flax
Vandenberg
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Pollard Interview Highlights A Lapse In Answers
In a hotel lobby Pollard, the actor known for Bonnie and Clyde, fumbles a press conference about Hannibal Brooks. Reporters struggle to get meaningful remarks as Pollard and Miller exchange terse, unclear replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miller
Michael J. Pollard
Pollard
C. W. Moss
Hannibal Brooks
Oliver Reed
Munich
Reed
a/Miller
Passaic
N.J
Ollard
The Anti Surtax Wedge In The Nuclear Age
The Needle argues that antimissile and counter measures will trigger endless arms racing. It compares the cycle to a surtax on taxes and jokes that peace costs lead to continued levies. The column satirizes ongoing nuclear defense costs and proposes an anti-surtax idea.
Kennedy tests gains from Alaska subcommittee tour
Washington Correspondent reports Sen. Edward M. Kennedy faced GOP walkouts during a subcommittee tour of Eskimo and Indian villages in Alaska. Kennedy saw value in firsthand exposure to poverty and education issues, arguing publicity spurred national awareness and potential support for Alaska natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Washington
Fairbanks
Alaska
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Senate
Outback
Education
George Murphy
California
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Kennedy
U. S
America
Hollingers
South Carolina
Spong
Virginia
Talmadge
Georgia
Bacon
Ashington
Theodore Stevens
Howard Pollock
Murphy
Bellmont
Ohio
William Saxbe
Bellman
Cities Lose Historic Structures to Wreckers
Russell Kirk laments American cities destroying historic buildings for glass towers. He highlights Detroit City Hall, Grand Rapids City Hall, and Mackinac Island Grand Hotel as examples and urges preservation, noting a lone clock tower could be saved and funded by HUD grants. He invites readers to join the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kirk
National Conference of Mayors
Michigan
City Hall of
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Jackson Place
N.W
Washington, D.C
Trust
Historic Preservation
Riverside Drive
Covington
Readers Letter Attacks Antiwar Demonstrators as Traitors
The Journal prints a reader letter denouncing a Vietcong flag protest on American soil. The writer calls demonstrators traitors to the nation and servicemen, urges harsh punishment, and questions Gail Quinney for defending free speech while contrasting Patriots like Paine Franklin Adams with modern rioters.
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Journal
Gail Quinney
Vietnam
Vietcong
Thomas Paine
Ben Franklin
Sam Adams
Britain
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Biddeford -Saco Journal
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Great Falls
Mont
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Microscoops
Harvard
Harold Coffin
Washington News
People’s Forum
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