Editorial on SaCo zoning clash and residential protections
In Our Opinion the ongoing struggle over Saco industrial zoning prompts questions about why an alternate plan is needed and whether this signals repeated changes to the zoning code. The piece cautions against eroding residential safeguards for industrial expansion and argues for sticking to established zoning while valuing home protection and orderly development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Planning Board
North Street
Buxton Road
Buxton Town
Saco Industrial Development Corporation
Christopher Perkins
Boston and Maine Railroad
HUAC and Chicago Demonstrations A New Left View
Impressions on HUAC in the 1960s, noting the committee's dated approach, its struggle to classify a broad age range as youth, and the rise of the New Left. The piece argues most demonstrators were young adults rather than children and highlights named figures like Hayden, Davis, Dellinger, and Wicker while critiquing the sob-sister framing of police violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Un-American Activities Committee
Chicago
HUAC
Times
Russia
France
Tom Wicker
Washington
New York Times
Wicker
Grant Park
Thomas FE. Hayden
Bernard Davis
David Dellinger
Americans double output in waste and garment production
A fragment from a historical article notes Americans now produce twice as much as twenty years ago, including garments. It mentions a trash problem worsened by shortages of engineers and other key roles, with a garb on og who went to Harvard referenced in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbon
Harvard
We Waste Cans and Build Roads for Motorists
A satirical note laments yearly disposal of 48 billion tin cans in an affluent nation and urges new highway construction to combat litter. It jokes that if beer cans lined up to the moon, the Apollo program would be unnecessary. It also cheekily praises giving a year’s supply of consideration as a birthday gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HUAC
New Left
Lenin
Patrick Seale
Maureen McConville
Secretary of Commerce
Bartlett
Commerce Department
C. R. Smith
Ge’s
Chase Bank
Johnson Seeks Fresh Business Backing for Nixon
Washington column notes LBJ used off record remarks with top business leaders to urge continued support for the next president. It highlights C. R. Smith and Commerce officials praising government business ties and job training, plus reflections on bureaucrats and bipartisan respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Ford
James Roche
Eisenhower
LBJ
American Airlines
Johnson
Atiow
Joe Bartlett
Warren
Mac's World Duel with Wiper Tech Sparks Friendly Rivalry
Washington column notes a lighthearted auto enthusiasts duel over new car features between neighbors. The writer recalls upgrades from 61 to 64 models, lists options like AM FM stereo tape deck headlights and load leveler, cruise control and defroster, power everything, and speculates on space age jokes before poking at campus and cinema news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Maclean
Washington
Congress
Cuba
Nixon to replace Bliss as GOP chairman by spring 1969
News from Palm Springs reports President-elect Nixon intends to name his own Republican National Committee chairman after the inauguration. Governors praise Ray Bliss as a skilled organizer, but Nixon seeks a high-profile leader to revitalize the party and widen GOP strength in Congress and in national polls. Bliss has scheduled a National Committee meeting January 17 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Palm Springs
Calif
Ray Bliss
Bliss
Richard Nixon
Nixon
E Will
GOP
National Committee
Congress
White House
John Sears
Warren Court wanders deeper in Darwin case
To The Point argues that Supreme Court decisions push public schools toward teaching Darwinism while restricting Christian doctrine. It cites Arkansas monkey law, Justice Black’s dissent, and fears of federal overreach into curricula, questioning rights to teach religion or communism and warning of expanding safety-driven limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kirk
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles More
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Hugo Black
Justice Black
Black
Washington
United States
Warren Court
Three Minutes A Day Reflections On Public Service
A column by Rev. James Keller urges appreciation for public employees who respond to emergencies. It recalls police and park workers rescuing 38 children from a flooded school bus in New York Central Park, praising quick action and communal sympathy amid danger. It muses on daily duties and the value of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keller
New York
Central Ark
Jesus
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Un-American Activities Group
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Harold Coffin
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Business Advisory Council
General Motors
John Harper
Alcoa
Fred Borch
General Electric
Russell de Young
Goodyear
Paul Austin
Coca-Cola
Instrument Control Board
Eeanes
Sam Rayburn
Fdr
William O. Douglas
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Douglas
William 0. Douglas
Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Mac's
Mada Microscoo
San Francisco State College
S.I. Hayakawa
Boston Strangler
20Th Century-Fox
Washington News
Darwin
Trine
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