Practicality must guide Viet peace talks site choice
Editorial urges restraint in negotiating the location for preliminary talks with North Vietnam, arguing credibility gaps fade under war weariness but warn against preconcessions. It cites President Johnson’s pledge, notes the cost of the war, and insists on hard bargaining over all details to ensure a lasting peace.
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American Ie
Impressions of Inez J. Edgar Hoover and McCarthy Clash
George Smythe, who once feared a list of ten most wanted, ponders Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy's critique of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. He admires fortitude yet questions long tenure and the danger of a single man holding secret police power in a nation facing Vietnam War dissent. The piece weighs McCarthy’s candor against political risk and the enduring aura of Hoover.
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Congress
Kennedy
Dallas
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and credits
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 publisher W Paul Casavant and managing editor E P Ingalls with newsroom telephone numbers Editorial and business departments and subscription rates Payable in advance include one month 2.60 six months 15.50 and one year 31.00 The paper is a member of the Associated Press and receives exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches Entered as second class at Biddeford Maine postal facility.
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Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
Senate ethics clash exposes rival self interest in 1970s
Washington column outlines Sen Ralph Yarborough backing for private sector money to fund offices while allegedly taking union slush funds through his labor committee post. The piece highlights other ethics debates amid Ellender and Stennis questioning property reporting, plus House committee clashes over gas pipeline safety and consumer protection leaders Dingell and Moss pushing for stronger federal oversight.
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Jack Anderson
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D-Conn
James Boyd
State and Foreign Commerce Committee
John Dingell
D-Mich
Torbert Macdonald
D-Mass
Macdonald
Dingell
Mac's World Negotiating negotiations
Washington editor Don MacLean offers a sardonic view of Vietnam peace talks. He suggests choosing an unacceptable site to remove mutual diplomatic advantage, outlines shifting topics from bombing to Hanoi’s south infiltration, and parries with political jibes about France, riots, and Detroit recalls as the GOP muddles toward a campaign.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Hanoi
Dar-es-Salaam
Ouagadougou
Tijuana
Antofagasta
Common rat blamed for vast U.S. economic damage
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes the common rat causes billions in economic losses in the United States and harbors or transmits more than 20 diseases. It lists typhus fever jaundice tularemia and trichinosis as examples of diseases associated with rats in its overview.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Winning the other war in South Vietnam and beyond
Washington correspondent argues the U.S. must pursue democracy-building after combat. He recalls World War II lessons, noting democracy requires active civic groups and institutions, not just military victory. South Vietnam lacks strong organizations. without empowering local voice, Ho Chi Minh’s cadres could prevail even as fighting ends.
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Ray Cromley
NEA Cece
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Laos
South Vietnam
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Germany
United States
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Mao
Stalin
West Germany
Ptas
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U.S
Vietnam
Prospects rise for McCarthy and weakens rivals
Senator Eugene McCarthy gains momentum toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Republican dynamics center on Nixon, Rockefeller and Reagan as Indiana and California primaries shape outcomes. Will Kennedy and Wallace influence McCarthy’s path and the party’s chance at the White House?
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George Wallace
Martin Luther King
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Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
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House of Representa
Elephants Visit Forbes Lagoon Spoil Beauty Spot
Five elephants returning with their circus caused damage to Forbes lagoon, once a favorite local swimming hole, prompting demands for compensation. The incident leads to a meditation on memory's value and wise use, citing Psalm 25:7.
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Forbes
Australia
The Needle Uncle Bets on Rates and Prosperity
An ironic look at ongoing interest rate debates and the tension between prosperity and inflation. The piece laments the endless rise of finance while noting the public’s difficulty saving borrowing and managing money in a shifting economy. It concludes with a critique of government policy enabling both doom and bust.
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