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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1974
Page
2
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission released the first survey of its kind, examining 33 000 families over 12 months to reveal 5.5 million fires and 326 000 injuries. Appliances caused 3.5 million fires including 855 000 from electric stoves and 360 000 from gas stoves.
A New York Times opinion reflects on Willy Brandt resigning as West German chancellor in 1974. It contrasts his restraint with era-wide excess in culture and politics, criticizing ongoing grandiosity from Bergman to Watergate and calling for moments of turning off to preserve wisdom.
The Riddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 W Paul Casavant Publisher Charles C Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M Whitehouse President Treasurer Office numbers 283 3625 282 1535 Published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 AP copyright notice and subscription rates included.
A Washington column details the death of Vietnamese orphan Moira from measles, harmed by vaccine delays and a policy that blocks Air Force shipments. It cites 7,000 orphans, many half American, and asks Sen. Abourezk to loosen rules to ship food and medicine.
The piece surveys how 1974 marks the uncontainable spread of nuclear arms beyond the five Security Council powers US Britain Russia France China. It notes France and China recent breakthroughs, Israel India Argentina and Brazil developments, NATO worries, and quotes Rowell Bertrand Russell and Bernard Baruch on restraint amid an escalating arms race.
The Nation argues Nelson Rockefeller's bid for vice president risks historic limits on the office's power while Congress questions his foreign policy record. It warns that Rockefeller could become a de facto president, reshaping the 1976 race if Ford resigns, amid doubts about his readiness and consistency on Vietnam and Cold War issues.
Paul Harvey predicts a Congress leaning further left after the election with 62 Democrats in the Senate and 292 Democrats in the House. He argues a liberal majority could dilute presidential veto power and influence Supreme Court appointments, shaping U.S. history for generations.
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