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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1974
Page
4
The Maine Business Indicators notes 250 organized camps in Maine, rich in educational facilities and environmental training, but facing neglect. A survey by the University of Maine system seeks ways to strengthen camps and possibly repurpose off season for new jobs in recreation and education.
Washington notes reveal GAO says FEA ignored big oil violations totaling 1 to 2 billion dollars in overcharges. FPC study shows oil firms withholding Gulf of Mexico gas to drive up prices and aid deregulation efforts. Amoco Exxon Texaco and others named amid Senate votes and potential price shifts.
The New York Times reports that 33 years after Pearl Harbor the US faces domestic economic danger. Unemployment climbs, the stock market hits a 12 year low, while foreign policy remains active with visits from Trudeau and Schmidt. Ford's administration seeks anti trust suits amid energy and housing crises as workers and business leaders drift apart.
Paul Harvey recounts a quote attributed to Mary and Frank Fishburne of Arden North Carolina urging bitter anti inflation cures. They list ten measures including welfare work requirements cutting food stamps curbing foreign aid and boosting farm production while mobilizing media to rally public support.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse W. Paul Casavant as publisher and editor, Gladys M. Whitehouse as president treasurer, with a business office and editorial department contact. It notes daily publication at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine and subscription rates: one month 3.60 six months 21.60 one year 43.20. The Associated Press holds exclusive local news repub and dispatch rights. National ads represented by Mathews Shannon Cullen Inc. in New York.
The Nation questions Kissinger and Schlesinger on the Vladivostok arms breakthrough, arguing it amounts to armed expansion rather than limitation. It suggests higher U.S. and Soviet forces and costly restructuring may follow, with no clear approval from either side. The piece warns this doubletalk feeds public cynicism.
A collage of aphorisms and witty lines from Adolphus Busch to Logan Pearsall Smith. Subjects range from economics and morality to birthdays and everyday observations. The snippet includes humorous misprints and paraphrased notes about culture, science, and society.
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