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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
4
The editorial warns that Social Security taxes will rise in 1973 and accelerate in 1974. It notes the maximum tax could reach 1324 dollars by 1974 and a two-earner family could owe over 2600 dollars. It explains payroll taxes fund today’s retirees, not a personal account.
Paul Harvey argues the Soviet hunger crisis drives Moscow toward concessions on grain and diplomacy. He notes 1963 crop failures and reform pressures, the Nixon administration’s wheat deal, and the regime’s tight control to curb unrest, comparing Pavlov to today’s leverage by food incentives.
A letter to the Biddeford Saco Journal argues Maryline White deserves Pulitzer consideration for journalism and criticizes local governance. It accuses the town council of neglect and urges voter turnout, naming Murphy and Sullivan as near the core of responsible leadership amid broad frustration with incumbents.
Washington column reports Army European command fears a raging heroin epidemic among GIs by February due to Nixon era dope crackdowns. Internal 8th Division memos describe rising hash and heroin use, needle outbreaks, and middlemen cultivating a drug market across Rhine Mainz and Mannheim areas.
Washington notes on a missing J street and alphabet quirks stretch to X and Z streets while tracing early urban design. Irving Wallace and Armentrout offer anecdotes on embezzlement authors and Bourbon abroad as a playful column mixes trivia and satire.
Washington correspondent Bruce Biossat profiles Walter Smith a 47 year old shuttle bus driver for the Health Education and Welfare and the Security Administration complex. He shows skill, discipline, and a strong desire to help people, balancing duty with empathy in daily routes between facilities near Baltimore.
The profile argues that Senator Thomas Eagleton turned a devastating fall from the vice presidential ticket into personal and political strength. It contends his grace under defeat repositions him within Missouri and the Democratic Party, illustrating enduring character over bitter retaliation.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists editors and staff including Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B. F. B. C. Wattehouse and W. Paul Casavant with Dusihons Osho editorial department contact at 282-1535. Rates payable in advance: one month 3.00. three months 18.00. one year 36.00. The paper is a second class publication in Biddeford Maine 04005 and member of the Associated Press.
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