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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1975
Page
4
The piece argues that militant public employee actions threaten essential services, citing San Francisco police and fire strikes as dangerous and potentially illegal. It condemns defiance of law by officers and calls for maintaining municipal protection and public confidence.
Political writer Maryline White describes Maine officials coordinating a presidential visit with a Maine woodcarver's work to be shown to Gerald Ford. Pappy Noel and John Linnell outline tight schedules from Brunswick to Portland, including a 10:20 speech sequence and a 2:35 exit from the Holiday Inn. The Secret Service motorcade route remains undisclosed, ensuring crowds gather at planned sites for a historic, busy Saturday.
Washington notes a clear possibility that terrorists may use fright weapons such as lasers chemicals and nuclear arms to blackmail or destroy nations while small radical groups lack the access to them and larger groups could be deterred by severe international response. The study cites Libya's Qaddafi as a key source of weapons and notes cooperation among radical groups and kidnappings as a tactic. It also outlines Soviet grain sales to Russia and exposes a Washington scandal involving ERDA funding and a Mayflower hotel bash, plus a Senate banking coin mystery and highway grant concerns.
Washington column argues that social Darwinism fuels public policy in cities like San Francisco and New York. It cites police and fire strikes, wage demands, and court clashes to claim leaders exploit the “survival of the fittest” ethos. The piece ties Abzug and broader mob actions to a civic religion of force over law.
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W. Paul Casavant Publisher Charles C. Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M. Whitehouse President Treasurer
Russell Baker recounts a humorous summer experiment in which a garden of six tomato plants unexpectedly produced a thriving population of tomato worms. He notes the paradox that worms only seem to exist when tomatoes are present and ponders agricultural implications.
In a critique of Treasury Secretary Simon, Paul Harvey outlines Simon as a vigorous defender of the Am erican economic system. He praises Simon for opposing government controls and regulation while warning that deficits and inflation grow when policies lean toward spending out of recession.
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