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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
4
Editorial notes the difficulty of listening attentively and the high value of good listeners. It contrasts talkative boors with silent partners who carry unseen loads, arguing deeds shape history more than words and that the able listener has seldom received due recognition.
The Saco River Corridor Association grew from a 1970 informal group into a citizen-led effort to protect the river from over development. Members organized river trips to raise public awareness and push for legislature guided, limited protection. Early organizers included Mary Merrill, John and Betty Wuestoff, Hugh Calkins, Edward Manning, and Saco Mayor Berton Braley among others, with over 200 supporters.
Virginia Payette critiques the Apollo era debris left on the moon calling it a multimillion junkyard. She lists gear and bags totaling 517.2 million dollars while noting astronauts jettisoned equipment to lighten landers and carry back lunar rocks for science.
The column confronts Interior Secretary Rogers Morton over delayed 1964 Delaware and Pit River settlements and Sioux land losses. It cites documents showing federal seizures, broken promises, and slow payments while urging Morton to review the files. It also recounts a fraud case of Dr Luis Diaz de Souza and BNDD official John Finlater exposing the pot‑smoker test scam.
Congress debates ending U S involvement in Vietnam as 93rd Congress opens. Democrats push a nonbinding end to Vietnam spending with safe withdrawal and POW release as peace talks resume. Republicans weigh positions ahead of Inauguration Day and the first appropriations bill.
Washington columnist notes Nixon’s professed push to devolve power and appoint new leaders, but sees a more closed White House influence, with limited real reform. TV and film shapes attitudes as space plans face mixed enthusiasm, while public sentiment wrestles with nostalgias of a “golden age.”
Russell Kirk offers a forecast for 1973 across politics economy and culture. He predicts calmer international relations a quieter US with lower inflation and crime a retrenching campus and shifts in party dynamics. He foresees ecological emphasis reduced sensational media and cautious educational reform. The column ends with a light note about January vacation.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm E Foster Alta W Foster B F Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer Business Office Editorial Department contact numbers 283 3625 282 1535 Published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 members of the Associated Press and national advertising representatives Matthews Shannon Cullen Inc New York City.
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