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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
4
An national poll shows Americans back cleaning the air but wary of higher taxes to fund it. They blame cars and industry for pollution and expect higher costs for pollution controls to be passed to consumers, fueling opposition to anti pollution taxes.
Paul Harvey argues that crime riots and liberal excess threaten society. He predicts anti riot and anti crime legislation will pass or face renewed scrutiny while government spending shifts to aid victims and police gain power. He urges discipline, work and academic excellence as the path to earned opportunity.
A safety engineer Ray Strong warns that driving habits are imitated by children, so parents must model good road behavior. He notes that young people mirror elders in home and car settings, and quotes Joseph Joubert on children needing models, not critics.
Page shows the newspaper’s publisher editor and office contacts at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with staff roles and telephone numbers. includes subscription rates payable in advance: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. notes AP membership and reprint rights.
Washington reports a U S Information Agency plan to drop five cent transistor radios labeled Gift of the Free World to Viet Cong defectors. The radios tune only to South Vietnam’s Voice of Freedom to bypass North Vietnamese airwave control. The piece notes defectors rose to 20 000 last year and 18 000 in the first half of 1967 and outlines political action on meat inspection legislation and key players in the agriculture and congressional spheres.
The government clamps AT&T annual profit at 7.5 percent and forces rate cuts, while the board imagines drastic moves. A spoof board scene shows executives distressed by the constraint, debating salaries and further innovations. Other items note Stokely Carmichael passport, Nasser tank losses, Powell possible run, and Detroit car fires.
Washington correspondent criticizes a leadership vacuum across political, business, and academic sectors amid rising Negro unemployment and Detroit riot fallout. He laments shallow ideals, warns that politicians economists and intellectuals have failed to articulate a real path to the American dream and racial crisis solutions.
In Algiers covert talks target kidnapping former Congo leader Moise Tshombe for crimes against Africa. International law advocates urge UN action and world habeas corpus, while Arthur Goldberg and Luis Kutner press for justice. The piece questions whether the United States will intervene to avert a political murder or let Algeria press Mobutu.
Scientists test ocean currents by tossing 2000 ping pong balls into the Pacific off Baja California while watching the Bing Crosby tournament at Pebble Beach. The quirky analogy suggests observational learning and serendipity in research.
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