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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1973
Page
4
The editorial discusses the push toward a cashless and checkless economy, noting credit cards and transfers but highlighting public reluctance to cede monetary power to computers. It argues total computerization is unlikely and that paperwork will remain a factor.
Virginia Payette laments Watergate hearings and explores moral leadership in government. She questions the size of the federal apparatus, proposes cutting advisory committees and staff, and notes the strain of inflation and crime while urging accountability and reform.
Publisher Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 with Alta W. Foster B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 and W Paul Casavant. Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer. Business office phone numbers listed 283 3625 282 1535. Published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005. Associated Press rights reserved and subscription rates shown.
The Horror File lists 35 companies affected by price controls, masking names with code aliases. Cases show low profits, halted research, wage-pension shifts, and evasion tactics that worsened shortages and inventory among firms like Eagletonbutton and Peter Rabbit Dairies.
James Reston analyzes the president's faltering repair effort as the Watergate crisis continues. The piece notes the president can still act and propose remedies for the admitted crimes, outlining potential paths forward in a turbulent political moment.
A political figure campaigns on correcting the Watergate system citing backward obsession with the scandal. He pledges to address campaign money fiddling White House staff power and citizen privacy abuses but offers no concrete bills. His administration defense follows a televised address.
In Virginia a federal judge, Albert V. Bryan, held private schools must admit black pupils despite opposition. He argued restricting admission infringes on the right to contract, expanding a Reconstruction era view that private associations cannot selectively exclude applicants.
Theodore Bernstein presents a playful word quiz in Youth Yak exploring NATO as No Action Talk Only. Three grammar questions test subject verb agreement with named examples like John Smith and Zilch College.
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