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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1968

Page

5

Peace talks should Move with caution editorial

The United States is justified in avoiding a repeat of the Korean armistice talks. They dragged 24 months with 12,700 Americans killed and about 50,000 wounded. Hanoi and Poland sites for talks show propaganda aims. Cambodia’s neutrality aids North Vietnam supplies. The Southeast Asia commission leader has missed key investigations. Casualties show no early end as the war drags toward stalemate.

United States Hanoi Cambodia Poland Vietnam North Vietnam South Vietnam Southeast Asia International Control Commission

Paul Harvey on Americanism and youth loyalty

Paul Harvey argues that Americanism remains the best path despite flaws in government. He notes student disaffection often targets incumbents, not Constitution or ideals, urging focus on refining rather than abandoning Americanism. The piece defends liberty, national pride, and the need for informed civic engagement.

Students plan take over campuses amid sit in wave

Washington observers detail a network of militant student groups dating from a College Park meeting of Students for a Democratic Society. The report traces sit ins at Howard University and Columbia, with ringleaders demanding campus control and government-funded schools resisting. It notes police abstention, campus blockades, and subsequent protests.

Drew Pearson Jack Anderson Washington Columbia Howard University College Park Students For A Democratic Society National Student Association Student Power Black Howard James M. Nabrit Nabrit Federal Courts of Appeals Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall University Morningside Park Harlem Pentagon Grayson Kirk Lindsay Poland University of Krakow University of Warsaw Bolivia University of la Paz Rene Barrientos Barrientos

Icarus asteroid near miss fuels wild fanfare

In a light column Maclean jokes about doomsday fears over asteroid Icarus, recounts MIT and Navy statements that the rock will pass Earth at about four million miles with negligible tidal or collision risk. He notes governments and jokers speculating on rockets and refunds amid shelter programs and Vietnam talks.

Don Maclean Washington Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associated Press MIT Earth Atlantic Ocean Ocean New York Baltimore U.S. Naval Observatory Navy Icarus Jupiter

U S on Viet peace talks site lessons from Kaesong

Washington analysis notes that Korean War talks at Kaesong showed how Red control and propaganda shaped negotiations. The account recalls UN chief negotiator Joy facing threats and press restrictions, a blocked path, and a shift to a neutral Panmunjom site after 63 days of stalemate.

Bruce Biossat NEA Washington Korea Kaesong Johnson United Nations U.N C. Turner Joy Peking Pyongyang Ridgway Panmunjom

Loopholes for the rich argued in editorials

An editorial defends tax loopholes for the wealthy, arguing depletion allowances for minerals, operating losses, tax exempt securities, charitable deductions, and reserves for bad debts support capital investment. It contends removing these would raise taxes, reduce jobs, lower public bonds, and curb private giving, increasing government control and dampening the economy. The piece ends by questioning Washington’s stance on tax policy.

United Press International Washington U.S Congress United States Las Vegas Internal Revenue Service UPI

Breakthrough IR-8S rice steadies hungry Asia

Rev James Keller notes a new IR-8S rice developed in the Philippines doubles or triples yields, arising from cross breeding of 10 000 strains with Indonesia and Taiwan. The writer urges global effort to end hunger and cites Revelations 7 16.

Asia Philippines Indonesia Taiwan

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