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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
4
The piece muses on whether young people will dance again amid a revival of big band music. It notes teens drift toward rock while older crowds and nostalgic acts draw renewed interest, suggesting a broadening desire for interactive, communal dancing.
Paul Harvey notes AFL-CIO leadership seeks to fund and direct anti Nixon activity. He cites NABET and other unions as increasingly partisan, while AFTRA and Writers Guild maintain press obligations. He urges resistance to political coercion and warns of mob vendetta rhetoric.
A reflection on Theater for the Forgotten teaching acting in New York and New Jersey jails to build self confidence and social skills for rehabilitation. The piece argues prison reform and humane budgeting, with humorous quips on speech writing smoking graft and social attitudes. It blends critique with ashore jokes and biblical references.
Washington memo details long suspected case swapping between Chief Judge Luther Swygert and District Judge Robert Tehan of Milwaukee. It cites Woodmar Realty affairs, tax case leniencies, and pretrial press releases as examples of judicial impropriety linked to Democratic ties and out of state assignments.
In Washington a veterans group plans a Vietnam War Museum near the Kennedy Center by 1975 with a B 52 style design and bronze tanks at doorways. The WWV seeks sponsorship for exhibits while noting limited songs poetry and paintings exist, and press statements will pause until ready.
Bruce Biossat reports on how Democratic leaders and voters view the 1972 primaries. They see many contests as protests rather than presidential selection, with anger at Muskie and Wallaces role, and concern primaries obscure a clear preconvention choice.
The piece argues that Senate critics such as Sam Ervin and Robert Byrd threaten to force White House aide Peter Flanigan to testify, challenging presidential confidentiality. It warns that compelling internal White House conversations risks undermining candid decision making and may threaten constitutional separation of powers. The column laments the fixation on a cover up and defends the presidency’s private deliberations as essential.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher W Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls among its staff. It notes subscription rates payable in advance: one month three dollars, six months eighteen dollars, one year thirty six dollars. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and receives AP dispatches.
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