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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1972
Page
4
An editorial praises Christmas as the birth of Jesus shaping altruism and progress across climates. It contrasts pagan rulers with Christian ethics, urging personal virtue, family warmth, and communal celebration as timeless ideals guiding humanity toward a higher destiny.
A survey of 1972 highlights major advances from cataract liquification at Manhattan Eye to non surgical gallstone dissolution at Mayo Clinic and a knee replacement in a VA hospital. Other feats include lupus control at Minnesota, cancer cures in animals and humans, and new heart and sight therapies across North America.
A quip about youth describes how young people claim total knowledge before learning much. It notes the irony that enjoyment defines their era rather than content. It observes youths marching to a different drummer yet sharing a common guitar beat.
Washington gossip notes four senior FBI officials resign amid Louis Gray III leadership. Hoover era controls loosened as Gray travels nationwide at taxpayer cost and favors staff changes. White House weighs keeping Gray or naming a new FBI director.
Washington columnist DON MACLEAN argues the space program remains essential despite a budget downturn. He says exploration is humanity’s instinct, cites lunar milestones as launching points for future journeys, and notes that rival nations’ failures underscore NASA’s ongoing mission and need for continued research.
Capitol Hill signals a broad inquiry into stock exchanges and brokerage methods with proposed new fees affecting investor incomes and taxes. The piece notes 106 million Americans own shares via direct or indirect investment, and highlights concerns of small investors amid potential regulatory changes and SIPC liquidations.
Washington faces a Christmas season of strain as President Nixon weighs whether Vietnamese talks collapse, Hanoi’s motives, and how Senate opposition may push for withdrawal. The decision to resume bombing and blockades is described as unavoidable, with critics split on peace prospects and political pressure.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse W. Paul Casavant Publisher E P Ingalls Managing Editor Gladys M Whitehouse President and Treasurer in their editorial offices on Adame Street Biddeford Maine 04005 Subscription rates in advance are one month three dollars, six months eighteen dollars, one year thirty six dollars. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and AP material is used for local and dispatch news.
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