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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
4
Editorial urges Biddeford officials and St Francis College to form a committee and study converting the former City Theater into a city cultural center. The piece argues a partnership would fit the school’s promotional role and provide residents with cultural events, with low conversion costs and minimal maintenance.
Paul Harvey argues the United States should withdraw from Southeast Asia rather than escalate war. He condemns watching conflict as entertainment and warns that victory would create a bigger mess, urging an all‑out pullout to avoid further sacrifices. He contends communism will fail to hold Asia and cautions against imperial overreach.
Gertrude Quimby Farwell, chair of the National Defense Committee, urges Biddeford and Saco readers to oppose a federal data center that would create a master file from school, tax, and military records. She warns of privacy invasion and possible blackmail and calls for Congress to debate the program, asking readers to write their congressman.
Washington and Seoul faced a near confrontation over secret Panmunjom negotiations after North Korea’s Pueblo seizure. President Park urged retaliation while ministers debated unilateral military action and questioned U.S. handling of the Pueblo affair. Porter's assurances and a closed meeting calmed tensions.
Washington columnist Don MacLean riffs on postwar economics and personal finance. He jokes about overdrafts, planned deficits, and dollars not backed by gold, satirizing LBJ era monetary talking points while imagining a playful, professorly defense of debt as economic stimulus. Beavers and a closing gag about taxes on travel cap the column.
Washington columnist Bruce Biossat argues that Hanoi s offensives shrink U S choices in Vietnam undermining the enclave withdrawal plan and pushing the United States toward a clearer defeat or a new major military effort. He warns that negotiations would likely yield a Communist dominated coalition in South Vietnam if talks begin now.
Russell Kirk argues against razing historic Michigan landmarks. He warns that destroying the Michigan Capitol and other venerable structures erodes community roots and continuity. He cites urban renewal failures in Detroit and asserts that enduring monuments bind generations, religion, and civic life to a shared patrimony.
Seaweed provides health and wealth as a versatile raw material. It yields fertilizers, industrial chemicals, drugs, paints, and foods, with iodine and algin as valuable components. Carrageenin stabilizes ice cream and cocoa in chocolate milk. Seaweed supports animal nutrition and boosts wool, butterfat, and egg production.
The columnist notes grim futures may improve, yet warns of recurring crises. He jokes that every time leaders attempt to calm troubled waters, new dangers arise. He cites Vietnam Korea and New Hampshire elections as contemporary worries.
Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher W Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls. It also provides subscription rates payable in advance: one month 1.85, six months 10.50, one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and entitled to republication of local news.
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