Editorial Page: Fate of historic voyage hinges on Manhattan
In Our Opinion the Northwest Passage voyage by the 1000-foot SS Manhattan could redefine Arctic shipping and oil transport. If successful, it may shrink oil costs, spur new Arctic industries, and open a new era of exploration in Alaska and Canada. failure leaves oil logistics unresolved.
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U.S
Manhattan
Bath
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Alaska
United States
Middle East
Canada
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Europe
America
New Excitement Lurks in Television Commercials
Virginia Payette contemplates the impact of possible cigarette ad bans and the shift of public health messages to newspapers and magazines. She notes industry reactions, FTC viewpoints, and the potential loss of anti smoking spots while predicting broader pressures on health campaigns and advertising.
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Virginia Payette
Uncle Sam
California
Tobacco
Carol Burnette
Tom Jones
Dean Martin
Andy Williams
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and Address Listing
Publisher Daily Except Sunday Adams Street Biddeford Maine rates in advance for subscriptions one month two sixty six months fifteen fifty one year thirty one. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and dispatches printed in this newspaper.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associa
TED Press
Associated Press
At Fe
Nixon olive branch falters amid Soviet nerves and mixed signals
Washington column notes the Nixon offer to Russia showing signs of wilting as Kremlin leaders balance formal cooperation with cautious resistance. Brezhnev and Gromyko hedge on disarmament, China ties complicate ties, while U S gestures to Peking and Romania influence Moscow. Domestic censorship policy and pending crime and obscenity bills loom as Congress returns after Labor Day.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Russia
Bucharest
Alexander Basov
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Egypt
Nasser
Andrei Gromyko
Joseph Sisco
Middle East
Anatoly Dobrynin
Bill Rogers
Romania
Food and Drug
Konstantin Kraushev
Katushev
Czechoslovakia
Nicolae Ceausescu
United States
Peking
Sinkiang
Red China
China
U.S
Alexei Kosygin
Gromyko
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Rotten Jokes Contest and Bad Puns Theme
Washington humor column surveys a summer of rotten jokes and groan worthy punchlines. It ribbings Charlie Chan spoof and a hippie wedding tale while noting readers submit worse gags, including a wine making hobbyist misadventure and playful national quips.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Congress
California
Marc Beckman
Washington Daily News
Ken Lawshe
New Cities by 2000 Could House 100 Million Americans
Washington plans envision 110 new cities to accommodate a projected 100 million-population rise by 2000. Ten one‑million metropolises and a hundred 100,000‑population towns would require two million acres of rural land, with a White House–led, space‑program‑style push featuring NASA and private aerospace engineers as key contributors.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
White House
U. S
NASA
To The Point Reporting Poor About North Ireland Misuse
Russell Kirk critiques uneven reporting on the Northern Ireland unrest. He cites errors in an Associated Press dispatch from Belfast, noting misidentified sites and wrong architectural details in Derry. Kirk urges understanding Irish history and warns against arming Ulster insurgents under federal law.
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Russell Kirk
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
America
Ireland
Evelyn Waugh
Waugh
Africa
Associated Press
Belfast
City
Derry
Erry
London
St. Columb’s
Ab Ave
Ca St. Eugene's
William Street
Earl of Antrim
William of Orange
Orange
Ulter
Orange Lodges
A By
Speen
Cockeyed Deductions on College Protests and SDS Critique
A letter condemns Michael Guignard for glorifying rebellious students and blames SDS as behind campus demonstrations. The writer accuses the group of communist influence, violence, and propaganda, calling protesters immature and dangerous. He urges administration to crack down and rejects the notion of student intellectualism.
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Michael Guignard
SDS
J. Edgar Hoover
Guignard
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