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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1973
Page
4
Editorial notes that Will Rogers would likely see today’s government spending as wasteful and failing to improve essential services. The piece argues that entrusting matters to others may yield a poor outcome, with costs rising far beyond Rogers’s era.
Paul Harvey notes holiday violence rises in December with murder and theft peaking before Christmas. Police and experts attribute crime spikes to guilt, social pressure, drinking, and covetousness intensified by advertising and alcohol.
Theodore Bernstein explains the rising acceptance of split infinitives amid Nixon era discourse. He notes examples from daily writing and forecasts their growing use, tracing the word infinitive to Latin origins and describing how grammarians once clamped down.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alla W Foster and Ff C Whitehouse among editors and staff with Gladys M Whitehouse as president and treasurer. Publishing details include Pau Casavant as publisher and Charles C Sutton as managing editor with business office editors.
Washington editors reflect on Nixon's presidency as the nation shifts from praise to dismay over Watergate style crimes. They note the high initial newspaper support, the subsequent crimes linked to the Nixon era, and the tarnishing of a presidency once seen as noble.
James Reston reports Rockefeller gathering national leaders for a nonpartisan study on energy, food from oceans, and global links shaping the 1980s. The effort mirrors the 1960s Prospect for America and signals a Presidential bid while facing campaign finance limits and doubts about 1976.
A collection of memorable quotes from Churchill Nathan Jones Cicero and Johnson on mind change art of theater money rights and law. The remarks span views on persuasion progress and human behavior.
In New York a Nixon portrait faced law students as three journalists debated press freedom versus responsibility. The talk traced Nixon's impact on journalism amid Watergate coverage and public interest in the press watchdog role.
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