Editorial Page In Our Opinion on City Hall Lines
The editorial questions Biddeford City Hall's handling of Cow Island cost estimates and a proposed million dollar capital program. It suggests inflated or unresearched figures, hints at miscommunication with the public, and asks what direction the administration is taking with major projects and storm drain plans. It urges thorough study and transparent guidance for taxpayers.
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Biddeford City Hall
Cow Island Causeway
Cow Island
City Hall
Fighta
Ite House
Pentagon
Department of State
Small Business Administration
Department of Commerce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
Nixon Trip Tests Public War View and Resolve
Washington opinion splits over Guam Thailand and Saigon signals with hawks fearing concession and doves seeking restraint. The column argues there is no easy exit from Vietnam, only surrender or sustained military pressure, and notes the president must choose between short term popularity and long term outcomes.
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William
White
Washington
Nixon
Guam
Asia
Thailand
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Thien
Vietnam
Biddeford Paper Masthead and Contact Details
The page shows the Lace Journal Publisher operating on Adams Street Biddeford Maine with publisher Pauw Casavant and editor rp, listing telephone 283 3625. It notes Associated Press exclusive rights for local news and AP dispatches and that the issue is entered as second class mail at Biddeford Maine.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Pauw Casavant
Associated Press
AP News
Nixon Romania visit seen as strategic diplomacy
Washington columnist argues Nixon traveled to Romania to advance U S interests rather than to free Jews, citing past talks with Ceausescu, trade expectations, and Romania's role in Asian peace and Soviet relations. The piece notes Malaxa connections, opposition to Goering ties, and Romania's economic progress including housing and low crime.
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Nixon
Ceausescu
Romania
United States
Southeast Asia
Chiang Kai - Shek
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Europe
Switzerland
Japan
Bucharest
Congress
Yugoslavia
Firestone Rubber Company
Ploesti
Young Americans For Freedom
Firestone
Goodyear
Wild Parodies and Pledges Brush Past Budget Promises
A satirical take on the Kenne dy Cultural Center funding reveals the project’s soaring costs and broken promises to taxpayers. The piece notes government subsidies mounting past the initial pledge of no red cent, with figures suggesting large portions of expenses will be covered by public funds. It references broader politics, a Gallup poll on obscenity laws, and wandering humor about wishes, museums, and odd tourist quirks.
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Don Maclean Washington
Elephantine Kennedy Cultural Center
H. R. Gross
Riowa
Nixon's White House tactics spark internal clashes
Washington reports that President Nixon cultivates fierce internal debate by surrounding himself with a mix of Johnson and Kennedy era aides. He prefers adversarial, case by case decision making across agencies, tolerating visible factional splits rather than enforcing a single official line.
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Ray Cromley Nea
Washington
Nixon
White House
Johnson
Kennedy
U.S
Emancipation debate amid Black Power era tensions
Paul Harvey argues against militant leadership among Black youths, noting rising gang influence and self-imposed constraints. He cites Panthers and leaders like Powell, NAACP, and Justice Marshall, urging self-reliance and emancipation through opportunity rather than conquest by violence or coercion.
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Stokely Carmichaels
NAACP
Albert Murray
New York
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Generation gap riles as youth clash with oldsters
The piece laments the aging population and the growing divide between young and old. It argues for more education and caution toward youth while suggesting adults fear irrelevance as middle age shifts to senior citizenship, noting oldsters feel ignored and anxious about the future.
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National Guard
Three Minutes A Day Television Use Promotes Early Learning
A columnist notes that careful use of television and technology can aid child development. Parents guide attention, timing, and channel identification to teach numbers and time, framing media as a godly, educational tool. The piece urges blessing minds through wise viewing.
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Ann
Reed
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Ddeford
Lace Journal
Drew Pearson
and Jack Anderson
Israel
Angelo Giuseppe Ronconalli
Pope John
United Nations
Silviu Brucan
Truman
Nicolae Malaxa
Albert Goering
Hermann Goering
Malaxa
Nixon Law
Whit
Whittier
Pat Hillings
Los Angeles
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Senate
Kremlin
Communist Bloc
Mac's
Paul Vietamese
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Jekyll Island
Sts SF Wes
SS Se
Ham
Gallup
American ‘Automobile Association
Meramec Caverns
Stanton
Vienna
Lainzer Tiergarten
Washington News
Ings
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Jean
Larry Powell
Black Panthers
Panthers
Powell
Panther
James Kelle
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