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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1973
Page
4
The piece condemns excessive speed and night conditions in area accidents and urges drivers to slow down. It argues utilities and obstructions on highways worsen harm and that reckless driving endangers passengers and others. It condemns indifference to lives and calls for responsible behavior.
About 400 senior citizens from a tri county area in Western Maine pressured Senator Edmund Muskie and his subcommittee on Health of the Elderly to defend social and medical programs. They showcased Project Independence aiding around 40 000 seniors in Maine Oxford and Franklin counties and discussed fears of nursing homes and rising Medicare costs under Nixon proposals.
Washington analysis argues Nixon aides, chosen for loyalty, amplify top errors and stifle skepticism. A Republican source says staffers reinforce the President’s weaknesses, fail to cultivate Congress, and appear as rigid enforcers to the bureaucracy, undermining Nixon’s policy aims.
Washington officials clash over water in Devils Hole Nevada where 10 000 year old pupfish survive under Interior protection. A rancher Francis L Cappaert funded by Nixon supporters sparked water drops. a Justice Department injunction saved the pupfish but politics loom.
A column questions whether Esperanto would unify international discourse and compares it to Pig Latin. It argues languages rise or fall by adoption, notes English dominance, cites conferences, and laments language disparity amid global events.
A letter lauds Saco Maine for outstanding Special Olympics support by PTA groups churches and individuals. It argues the program boosts understanding of retarded children and their potential and urges using a local fund to build a health center instead of a modern hospital. Francis D. Chapin Portland Road Portland.
Virginia Payette deconstructs economist talk noting inflation rises with higher spending and paychecks. She cites a trillion-dollar income peak, highlights wage gaps between men and women, and lists top corporate earners while warning rising prices touch all, yet bite unevenly.
Local newspaper masthead lists ownership by William E. Foster and B F Whitehouse with lifespans 1881 1963 and 1889 1972. The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights to local news and AP dispatches. National advertising reps Mathews Shannon Cullen Inc located in New York City.
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