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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
4
The Maine Medical Center in Portland began steps to protect nonsmoking patients by banning smoking in all patient areas and separating smoking and non smoking patients where possible. An employee committee leads the effort while calls for further measures echo in the public debate.
The GAO found the Navy evaluation team said the 8 inch gun could not shoot straight, with accuracy no better than a blind man aiming at a sound. Even at 10 miles the weapon would exhaust ammunition without hitting the target. Navy officials still want to buy and install the guns, raising costs and risk.
In a 1976 Los Angeles Times Syndicate analysis Paul Harvey notes Jimmy Carter's Navy training aids cautious leadership in turbulent waters He aims for harmony with Arthur Burns and realistic inflation and unemployment goals While not a drastic reformer he faces limits from fiscal and defense commitments The piece portrays a presidency poised between campaign promises and practical constraints with the measure of its success to come from resisting or yielding to pressures.
Sharon McCrory lampshades the Christmas rush with sharp humor about holiday shopping chaos. The piece sketches crowded aisles, frantic lines, bell ringers, noisy parking lots, and frazzled cashiers, ending with a wry note that Christmas arrives once a year.
Gordon W. Campbell defends Moonlite Reader II against Donald Lessard, cites Denmark and US reports on pornography, praises shop as clean and well staffed, urges Lessard to attend church. Also a reader praises a new three minute reflection and meditation period for Biddeford students, proposed by Robert LaBranche and approved.
In a recent column Jack Anderson claimed oil firms and dealers violate FEA rules by pricing unleaded gas above leaded. Data show refining costs favor leaded, but FEA requires unleaded to sell no more than one cent above leaded ceiling. January 1976 figures show ceilings of 67 and 68 cents with actual averages of 57.7 and 62.7 cents.
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