Editorial Page In Our Opinion Controversial Film Critique
The Biddeford City Council voted to ban or re edit the training film As Maine Goes. The piece, funded publicly, misleads by sensationalism and bias, misidentifies the county as Dorset, and omits context about an unfinished industrial park and mis location. The paper opposes censorship but calls for destruction or substantial editing to avoid misleading regional planning boards.
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Biddeford
Maine
Dorset
Impressions of Inez War on political poverty
Inez Robe argues readers ignore Congress leaders financial woes while fearing taxes and inflation. She notes senators like Edward Long Thomas Dodd and Chuck Percy face costly campaigns and perks, including a $100000 annual fund aided by Rockefeller kin, highlighting political poverty and fundraising woes in Washington.
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Inez Robe
H.c
Senate Committee On Standards and Conduct
Edward V. Long
Morris Shenker
St. Louis
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Thomas J. Dodd
Conn
Illinois
Charles H
Chuck) Percy
Percy
U.S. Senate
John D. Rockefeller IV
Switzerland
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
United States
Nelson A
New York
Winthrop
Arkansas
Letter to the Journal praises local coverage and editorials
Larry Fischer of Biddeford defends The Journal as a small city daily that reports local events and national news. He argues issues belong before mayor and council and compliments the paper despite calls to raise more hell about conditions.
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Journal
Larry Fischer
Acher
Biddeford
Washington Merry-Go-Round Exposes Rifts and War News
Washington column recounts captured American POWs resisting Viet Cong indoctrination while detailing subhuman camp conditions and a spirit of mutual aid among prisoners. It covers Congress factionalism over Negro chairmanships, Humphrey Congo demonstrations, and the Johnson admin restraint on child aid, plus looming cuts at the Bureau of Standards and broader federal research reductions.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Mills
Johnson
White House
Ben Wattenberg
Congress
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
LBJ
National Bureau Standards
Gaithersburg
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Mac's World Vision a Vision for a Hospital Plan
Washington columnist recalls a lunch with Jeane Dixon who predicts a $125 million Children to Children Foundation hospital shaped like a cross with world child care centers. Dixon describes a board of famous donors, upcoming benefits, and a plan connected to Kennedy’s era, with broader war and peace notes amid a chaotic city scene.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Jeane Dixon
Mrs. Dixon
Children To Children Foundation
Cross
Dixon
Consu
Violence in a democracy vs colonial protests
Washington columnist Ray Cromley argues violent protest against the Vietnam War lacks legitimacy. He contrasts colonial era violence with modern voting rights, noting Americans can influence policy through elections, party activity, and representation. He urges protesters to pursue change via elected officials.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Vietnam
Junk mail lobby wins in Congress and postal costs rise
The author argues junk mailers dominate Congress, pushing up first class and air mail rates to cover delivery costs. Public reaction includes boycotts and backfire tactics against spam, with postal workers urged to resist the lobby and account for wage costs tied to junk mail subsidies. The piece notes many lawmakers fear the lobby or benefit from campaign contributions.
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Congress
Neil Mc. Caffrey
Washington
Mrs. Hellmann
Three Minutes Day and Problem Solving Advice
A column urges clear problem definition root-cause analysis and iterative solutions aided by sound reasoning and faith. Roy Van Ness, Trenton State College athletics director, celebrated the fall with local college teams, while the NJ State College Athletic Conference president cheered for Trenton State soccer and Rutgers.
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Trenton
N.J
Roy van Ness
Trenton State College
New Jersey State College Athletic Conference
Trenton State
Rutgers
Common Sense Approach to Solving Problems Prayer
The fragment urges a practical, common sense method to facing personal troubles, asking for divine guidance. It invokes wisdom, patience, and trust in a higher power to navigate daily challenges and decision making. The tone is devotional and reflective, seeking steadiness.
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Shech
The Needle By Middle-age Protest Woes
A first person poem laments aging and protest dynamics as a middle aged narrator reflects on draft card rites, Medicare claims, and a home life disrupted by dissent. He notes younger protesters, a baby doctor supervising, and stubborn habits like smoking a pipe hampered by unrest.
Biddeford Lace Jo lانه Published Daily At Biddeford Maine
Biddeford lace journal appears with publishing details for W Paul Casavant and E P Ingalls. It lists the newspaper’s address 11 Adams Street in Biddeford Maine and notes subscription rates in advance: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. It also states the paper is a member of the Associated Press and that AP dispatches are exclusive for local news republication.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Ap News
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