Moral force in Viet Nam and the call for peace
An editorial argues the Vietnam war is not a traditional conflict but a humanitarian crisis. It notes the lack of allies and UN sanction, warns of civilian tolls, and urges the United Nations to marshal moral pressure and diplomacy to end the war without compromising Vietnamese children’s future. It calls for decisive global action.
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Johnson
U. S
Viet Nam
United Nations
Korea
NATO
United States
Population boom prompts education and tax debates
The piece notes birth projections of about 4.045 million last year and 6.5 million for 1985, forecasting growth in diapers, baby foods, clothing, and healthcare. It warns educators and the judiciary fear crowded schools, tax needs, and rising crime, with 20 years ahead shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
United States
Name Tags Spread Warmth in Public Service
An op ed ponders name tags on workers from waitresses to bankers as a step toward friendlier customer relations. It imagines a day when officials wear names like Smitty or Mac on their attire and questions the social impact amid taxes and living costs.
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Peggy
Florence
Mrs. Heilman
Butch
Joe
Alexander
Smitty
U. S
Buddy
Hollywood
Marilyn
Washington News Bigness bothers governors
Washington and Minnesota correspondents note the surge of population and government size reshaping state leadership. Governors face rising costs and tax pressures while federal aims widen beyond Washington, making big government a shared burden and hard to curb. California's waste cleanup costs illustrate scale, with 1990 needs set at 1 billion. The trend shifts power toward state and local authorities as federal control remains limited.
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Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Herbert Hoover
Pesky pants saga in Soviet hotel irks American visitor
In Moscow a hotel staff miscommunications delay cleaning a guest's trousers. After two hours a desk clerk finally relays a request to valet and the pants end up wrapped in Izvestia. Three days pass with no resolution as Intertourist aides and hotel staff circle the issue.
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Will Grimsley
Moscow
Presidium
Soviet Union
Intourist Bureau
Izvestia
Warsaw
SEC eyes power to review stock exchange actions
Washington aims to strengthen SEC authority over exchange rule making enforcement and discipline with possible immunity from antitrust suits for exchanges. The move follows 1962 crash studies and ongoing talks with the New York Stock Exchange while Justice Antitrust weighing blanket exemptions and court review remains likely.
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New York
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Manuel F. Cohen
Sen. A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Sena Banking Committee
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
New York Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
Commission
Cohen
Biddeford Civic Reform Urged with Hatch Act Focus
A 1920s Biddeford discussion argues for strict civil service rules to keep teachers and school staff from political activity. It cites federal Hatch Act provisions as a model and warns against political machines influencing city government and education.
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Biddeford
Federal Civil Service
Biddeford Saco Journal Copyright Notice and Rates
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publication details for Adams Street Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant publisher and E P Ingalls editor. Subscription rates are posted: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business Depts
Associated Press
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Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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U.S
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SEC Eyeing Stock Exchange
AP Business News
Revolution Kits the Movies
People’s Forum
Bowdoin College
Portland
J. Weston Walch
By Bob Thomas
RKO
Republic
Otto Preminger
Preminger
National Legion of Decency
Frank Sinatra
Legion
Marilyn Monroe
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Sligo
Char — Hughes
China
Dryad
India
Massac City
Abbi
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