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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1973
Page
4
In Our Opinion editors urge support for State Sen Edward D Cyr measure to permit second language teaching through eighth grade. Opponents warn of threat to American values, but editors argue multilingual traditions enrich the nation and align with past high school language offerings.
The piece outlines Maine debates on reforming county government and the governor's executive council. Proposed changes would replace seven partisan council members with elected leaders from both parties, expanding to eight members. It notes tensions over a mutual balance of power, tribal representation, and equal rights amendments in Vermont. The text also references efforts to shrink the House from 151 to 99 and introduces Sen Robert A. Bloomer's opposition to an Equal Rights Amendment.
Virginia Payette argues that the Nixon budget is funded by taxpayers and that federal spending on defense, advertising, and congressional luxuries wastes money. She questions corporate subsidies and lawmakers salaries while urging restraint to prevent higher debt and higher prices for households.
U S ambassador Turner Shelton and wife Lesly faced intrusion and chaos from relief workers after the Nicaraguan quake. They restricted access to the residence while cats and privacy became focal points amid the emergency. A later official visit softened tensions.
A Stanford experiment by Prof D L Rosenhan sent eight sane volunteers into public and private psychiatric wards claiming to hear voices. They behaved normally after admission, yet doctors and staff largely treated them as mentally ill. Only one in five doctors paused to answer normal questions, and many real patients suspected the fakers were journalists or inspectors.
President Nixon sought a Cabinet of pragmatic professionals, pushing out ideologues like Moynihan Burns and Hickel while retaining brokers who favor order and efficiency. The shift aimed to curb emotional bias, favoring objective analysis over personal confrontation.
Russell Kirk cites Dr Louis Filler and UN reports to show slavery persists in many forms across nations and ages. He notes modern coercion in Africa Asia and Europe, with state domination and private bondage alike, arguing brotherhood requires belief in God’s fatherhood. An older note recalls travel ease in prior years.
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