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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1973
Page
4
The paper urges caution on light industry moving downtown in Biddeford, calling for a downtown renewal plan and a dedicated market attractor like a Roger Johnson to lure businesses. It favors safeguarding existing shops and traffic flow while considering individual industry impacts and nuisance safeguards.
Jeffrey Hart discusses rising religious interest on college campuses amid post-60s shifts. He notes traditional groups grow while new movements like the Dartmouth Christian Fellowship emphasize prayer and scriptural study. He contrasts orthodox devotion with eclectic Eastern religious trends and cites Eliot’s Anglican journey as indicative of a broader spiritual renewal.
Paul Harvey notes a new device using small drop-on earrings to deliver a mild low voltage current for migraine relief. Historically, acupuncture and electrical nerve stimulation have been explored since 1893, with doctors like Dr. Arieff pursuing home use and Taiwan trials. Skeptics question self hypnosis, but early reports claim quick relief for many sufferers.
A Washington report alleges Rep. Chet Holifield pressured Army Engineers and Los Angeles Water and Power to move transmission towers away from Streamland Park in Pico Rivera. His brother Jack Holifield bought 38 acres for 1.115 million, resold for 1.8 million, netting about 385000 after removing tower costs. The land was later rezoned and overturned by a local referendum.
Brussels report cites major purge of pro Soviet figures in China led by Lin Piao and top commanders as Moscow applies pressure. Chou En Lai and Brezhnev era tension frame a possible realignment while Beijing seeks a negotiated boundary settlement and resists Moscow’s leverage.
The Nation notes a Senate step to close Fourth Amendment loopholes via an Ervin rider aiding victims of no knock raids and expanding redress. It sets up a joint committee to study surveillance by federal agencies, weighing data sharing and privacy safeguards amid rising computerized records.
Theodore Bernstein explains that split infinitives with an auxiliary may place the adverb after the auxiliary, countering strict taboo views. He notes a trend toward acronyms like ALERT and GROW, and briefly discusses the term matter and its sense related to substance and pus.
Fragmentary item lists names with birth and death years such as Alta W Foster 1891 1971 and Wm E Foster 1881 1963, plus scattered professional notes. Mentions Can B00 and a pay in advance notice, with reference to Mathews Shannon Dub len Inc in Newark City for national advertising.
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