Editorial Page In Our Opinion Steady hand on the Helm
The Nixon administration earns praise for steadiness under pressure in foreign and domestic affairs. His measured response to the North Korean shootdown, restraint on student protests, and cautious approach to Vietnam and Peru demonstrate statesmanship. A simple attack would have been easier, but moderation may end the war and ease global tensions. The President seeks to end the war, reduce tensions, and convey reasonableness to allies and adversaries alike.
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Nixon
North Korea
United States
Vietnam
Peru
Metroliner shines as a new rail option between New York and Washington
Virginia Payette weighs the Metroliner's promise to revive rail passenger service. The six car electric streamline bets on speed and comfort with airliner style food and a telephone, aiming to compete with air travel on routes up to 250 miles. Prices run from 13.75 for coach to 21.65 for first class. overall value includes lower door to door costs, despite a longer overall trip.
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Virginia Payette
Peope
New York
Washington
Department of Transation
Penn Central
Penn Station
Press ethics group eyed by neo Nazi movement
Washington reporters detail a plan by a secret neo Nazi network to form a press ethics committee to rate and censure journalists who embarrass the movement. Frank Kluckhohn would lead the panel, tied to Willis Carto and the Liberty Lobby. The piece notes ongoing links to Senator Dirksen, the Times, Otepka, and the John Birch Society, highlighting risks to independent reporting and the political use of media scrutiny.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
United States
Frank Kluckhohn
Willis Carto
Liberty Lobby
Carto
Germany
von Hindenberg
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
New York Times
John Birch Society
Otepka
Sen
Dirksen
Times
Kluckhohn
Johnson
Subiversive Activities Control Board
Sheehan
Boston
Julius Butler
Oak Brook
Ill
Butler
Chicago
Jerome F. Coniker
Birch
Deerfield
John Birch
Statler Hilton Hotel
Abilene
Africa
Peron
Argentina
U.S
George Messersmith
Buenos Aires
State Department
Aventine
Kluckhn
Kluckhahn
John Foster Dulles
Republican National Committee
Lyndon
Mittelholzer and the press release satire
In a wry column MacLean mocks the press release obsession with obscure aviation pioneers. He recalls Walter Mittelholzer, his 1922 Milan to Zurich flight accident, and a chorus of people who claim to know him, highlighting journalists and readers alike missing the point. The piece touches on aviation history, media culture, and wartime truce contrasts with ongoing military tech.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Switzerland
Walter Mittelholzer
Wright Brothers
Lindbergh
Eddie Rickenbacker
Curtis
Trippe
Sikorsky
Hughes
Lilienthal
Mittle
Lholzer
Mittelholzer
Milan
Italy
Zurich
The
Walter
Matt
Poverty in Tuluksak Mirrors Alaska North’s Struggles
Washington correspondent Bruce Biossat profiles Tuluksak Alaska a 170 resident Eskimo village on the Kuskokwim river noting sub Arctic poverty with no sanitation running water and limited health gains yet shows contrasts such as motors snowmobiles and a modern BI A school while residents exhibit low motivation and misused resources The piece compares the village to urban poverty in Washington highlighting persistent hardship despite federal aid and public health efforts
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Bruce Biossat
Nea
Washington
Tuluksak
Alaska
Appalachia
United States
Arctic
Bethel
Bureau of Indian Affairs
B.I.A
Vista
Fred Rothfelder
Milwaukee
Senate
Public Health Service
To The Point Highway program Must be made civilized
A reader letter urges shifting from road building for its own sake to coordinated transit planning. It cites Michigan’s highway scandals under Governor Romney, the need for funding research in air traffic and mass transit, and calls for statewide coordination across highways, railways, and airports. It notes public resistance to highway expansion and hopes officials like John Volpe will adopt broader road policies.
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Russell Kirk
America
Louisiana
Martha Robinson
Michigan
George Romney
William Milliken
Romney
Robinson
John Volpe
Transeae
Women take the reins as jockeys shift the track scene
The Needle Modern notes that racetracks now employ women jockeys who attract attention and challenge traditional male dominance in racing. It argues that female drivers increasingly lead the field and that male jockeys face new competition, reflecting broader shifts in gender roles.
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Godivas
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and Info
Biddeford Saco Journal publisher details and office address listed as Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005. Editorial and business departments contact numbers and subscription rates are shown with annual and monthly figures. The paper notes Associated Press membership and rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Mann
Associated Press
AP News
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of American Railroads
Metroliner
Wotrdl
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William P. Rogers
Otenka
Robb
Sen. Dirksen
U.S. Court of Appeals
Mac's
Walt
Red
China
Russia
Military
Washington News
House
Harold Coffin
Biddeford -Saco Journal
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