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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1972
Page
4
The piece discusses a long running medical debate reaching the Senate Special Committee on Aging about who should decide and how when allowing a person to die may be appropriate. Sen. Frank Church says hearings seek public understanding before any policy changes.
Paul Harvey argues that the Salvation Army has long promoted gender equality, citing Catherine Booth Eliza Shirley Hanna Ouchterlony Eva Booth and other women who rose to top ranks. The piece notes shared training for spouses and warns against broader church fights over women’s roles.
Letters from local residents discuss adopting voting machines to replace the big box and office ballot system. They urge trial use during the next election, predict counting chaos with per-office votes, and cite cost savings and public image benefits. Signed by Cote Truman Descoteaux Bolduc Gagne.
Miami Beach report paints Nixon as private, warm, devoted to family yet a calculating political operator. It describes his disciplined mind, dislike of confrontation, and rare flashes of anger while detailing efforts to humanize him at the Republican convention.
Writings mix faux science and spoof telegrams from the Ecuador expedition chasing the White Line. Dr Sniveling jokes about hollow logs as telephone booths while weights and gravity tests slow progress. Ramsey Clark and Jane Fonda get satirical jabs about bombing North Vietnam and a Nixon youth festival suggestion.
Miami Beach report describes a tightly guarded Nixon renomination setup at the Doral hotel with staff, security, and restricted access. The piece portrays an apparent nonevent, speculating on secrecy and the sense of urgency surrounding the 1972 convention preparations.
William S. White analyzes how Nixon era Republicans invite former Democrats into the fold, reframing the GOP as a bipartisan coalition. The piece argues the aim is vote appeal and party realignment, with elders like Truman and Johnson contrasted to McGovern.
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