Editorial Page In Our Opinion Doctor shortage not Confined to States
The United States faces a doctor shortage while poorer regions lag. World Health Organization Director Candau notes Africa Asia and Latin America suffer serious medical personnel gaps due to limited schools brain drain and training-to-practice mismatches. He urges renewed effort to meet escalating medical demands worldwide.
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United States
Marcelino G. Candau
World Health Organization
Africa
Latin America
Asia
South Africa
United Arab Republic
All Africa
Candau
Santa Clausing and the seasonal store stand-ins
Personnel men prefer quiet young fathers with growing children over cloying Santas. Stores say Santa Clausing requires patience and hard work, fitting a parent’s temperament for seasonal roles. Parenthood is portrayed as preparation for this seasonal task.
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Santa Claus
Christmas shopping expected to set new record this year
With Thanksgiving past shoppers focus on Christmas prep. Tentative preholiday activity is common, but a division of interest slows this year. Inflation is blamed for part of the rise, yet the scene suggests a record season ahead.
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Cain
Impressions Of Inez And The Lifted Look
Mrs. Smythe quotes friends on a trend of derriere lifts for Merle and others. The couple quips about fashion fixes, diet versus surgery, and the social embarrassment of changes while joking about Christmas gifts and coffee breaks.
Johnson Clark clash over Carmichael sedition policy
Washington column reports a top policy rift between President Johnson and Attorney General Ramsey Clark over Stokely Carmichael. Carmichael, seen as a black power advocate, may return to the United States and faces possible sedition charges under the 1917 act, a move Johnson supports to deter militants. Clark argues prosecution would make him a martyr.
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Washington
Stokely Carmichael
Johnson
Ramsey Clark
Carmichael
United States
West Indies
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Denmark
Tanzania
Rome
Paris
Scandinavia
Uppsala University
Stockholm
SNCC
Atlanta
Canada
Justice Department
USA
Clark
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Woodrow Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Rand Dixon
James Henderson
John Reilly
Dixon
Henderson
White House
Federal Bar Club
Trade Commission
Warren Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
FTC
Magnuson
Commission
Estes Kefauver
Everette MacIntyre
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Tex
Mary Jones
Philip Elman
Reilly
Product Safety Commission
Great Society
Albert H. Quie
Rminn
John Stennis
Dmiss
House Agriculture Committee
Quie
Agriculture Committee
U.S
Mississippi
OEO
Newsroom Parachute: FTC Tar Testing and Oddities
Washington report riffs on the FTC cigarette tar tests and a quirky smoking machine tale. It mentions a night janitor, five holes, gummed gears, and disappearing packs, plus other snap observations about public figures and oddities in the news.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Saco Charter Questions Editor’s Note on December 11 vote
Reader questions on the proposed Saco city manager charter address tenure continuity five year capital plans school board voting representation by the mayor centralized purchasing and a referendum power on tax levy ordinances. The column invites further inquiries and cites Nov 27 1967 front page quotations.
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Saco
Biddeford
Maine
Sfairs
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Jevy
Charter Committee
State of
McCarthy Adds Spotlight To Vietnam Debate Among Democrats
Senate doves face pressure as Eugene McCarthy enters the 1969 race against Johnson. Some back Johnson, others consider McCarthy, with key figures like Frank Church George McGovern Gaylord Nelson and J. W. Fulbright weighing loyalties. The move heightens scrutiny of dove positions and on site investigations may follow.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Vietnam
Senate
McCarthy
Nevt Vear
Sens
Joes
Clerk
Pennsylvania
Warne Moree
Oregon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Frank Church
Idaho
George McGovern
South Dakota
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
McGovern
Nelson
Anril
LBJ
Aca
Fulbright
Orval Faubus
Church
Stephen Young
Ohio
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Albert Gore
Tennessee
U.S
Radioactive Dice and Stratford Festival Schedule
A Lampooned warning about radioactive dice in Las Vegas warns against nuclear risks in gambling. Stratford Festival announces three playwrights Shakespeare Moliere and Dumas featured with opens June 10 Romeo and Juliet Taruffe and A Midsummer Night's Dream to follow. A new Three Musketeers adaptation rounds out the season under Jean Gascon succeeding Michael Langham as director.
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Harold Coffin
Nevada
Las Vegas
Hoyle
Stratford Festival
Stratford
Commercial developers ruin Britain's famed towns and heritage
Russell Kirk laments how absentee investors reshape Grantham and other historic English High Streets. He cites inflated land prices, empty shops, and the loss of the George Hotel as developers push for redevelopment. He warns such profit driven action mirrors city growth seen in the United States and evokes Orwellian decay.
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Great Britain
Grantham
Great North Road
Yorkshire
England
Graham Lansbury
London
United States
America
York Minster
York
George Orwell
Truck Drivers Signal Hazard With Headlights
A trucker who runs between New York and Boston explains how headlight signals warn of danger, emergency stops, and blocked paths. He notes blinking lights mean disaster ahead and to prepare, while behind a slow vehicle the signal urges caution and safe distance.
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New York
Boston
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Peoria
World Bank
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DeGaulle
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YALE
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Saco Charter Questions
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Washington News
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James Keller
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Adams Street
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E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
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