Mayor Lemire Pushes HUD Link for Biddeford Housing Plan
In Our Opinion the mayor is pursuing a direct liaison with the regional HUD director in New York to ensure a proper housing code for Biddeford. The editorial urges prompt federal funding compliance, strong downtown renewal leadership, and swift execution to match Portland and Sanford progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Lemire
Department of Housing and Urban Development
New York
Biddeford
Portland
Sanford
Lemire
Friday the 13th Returns in the Sixties Hex
The piece notes the superstition around Friday the 13th and warns that the date will recur in October, marking the 13th Friday in the Soaring Sixties. It recalls old omens and cautions, then warns of the rare 13th Friday in 1969 and 1970.
Impressions of Inez Party in Powell Libel Suit
The article spotlights Esther James, a 70-year-old black woman in Harlem who won a $164,000 libel judgment against Rep. Adam Clayton Powell. Despite the verdict, James has received only $7,000 as lawyers seize Powell’s Harlem bank accounts. she hides under police protection amid community abandonment and threats.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Rep. Powell
Esther James
James
Rep
Powell
Harlem
Raymond Rubin
Freedom National Bank
Rubin
New York
Mrs. James
Big
Radical right infiltrates Capitol Hill roosting in 90th Congress
Washington column warns radicals from Willis Carto linked Liberty Lobby and Gerald L. K. Smith are shaping access to Congress. It cites Rep. Mike Feighan and Harlem Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr as emblematic, noting lobbyists, staffers, and political pressure affecting democracy.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Capitol Hill
90Th Congress
Liberty Lobby
Willis Carto
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Citizens, Congressional Committee
Congress
Charles Winegarner
Gerald L. K. Smith
Senate
House
Mike Feighan
Ohio
War ideas flood Johnson era mail in Vietnam debate
Columnist details the breadth of suggestions from de Gaulle to hydrogen bomb proposals aimed at Vietnam. Readers’ letters span calls for withdrawal, threats to escalate, naval blockades, and foreign intervention as the war rages and public opinion shifts.
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New York
Johnson
Vietnam
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Hanoi
Haiphong
Peking
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Red China
Letter to the Editor on U N sanctions and Rhodesia policy
A reader from Burbank California blasts United Nations sanctions on Rhodesia and mocks selective actions toward other nations. She urges congressional investigation and urges readers to contact Congress and President Johnson to avoid another no win war and further American casualties.
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Rhodesia
North Vietnam
U.N
Hungary
Cuba
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Rumania
Albania
Russia
South Africa
China
Goldberg
U.S
Congress
Johnson
R. B. Ritz
Burbank
Calif
Custody and money issues in a modern divorce
A discussion of whether children should be divided between parents in custody cases, noting that courts prefer keeping siblings together but may grant separated custody in specific cases. It also weighs financial factors and examples, including a girl 8 with mother and a 16-year-old boy with father, and reflects on funding cultural institutions like the Old Met.
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Ford
Chevrolet
Johnny
Jane
Lindsay
Met
Carnegie Hall
Johnson
To the Point Nelson Rockefeller May Make a Stab at Presidency
Russell Kirk reports that Nelson Rockefeller weighs another bid for the Republican nomination amid hints of strategic maneuvers in New York and support from allies in Rhode Island and Maryland. Rockefeller’S vast funding and name recognition threaten Romney and Nixon, with Percy rising as a potential rival if a third bid materializes.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Russell Kirk
Winthrop
Arkansas
Nelson
New York
Rockefeller
Rhode Island
Maryland
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
O'Connor
Romney
Charles Percy
Richard Nixon
Right-wing Liberty Lobby meets in Washington a crashing bore
The Liberty Lobby policy board gathering in Washington drew 400 right wing adherents but lacked the old energy. Attendees blasted the Johnson administration and McNamara while pressing for aims like ending the income tax and withdrawing from the UN. Romney was a primary hate object, and a plan to nominate Thurmond Rhodes and Reagan as favorite sons surfaced. The mood showed fatigue and limited prospects for 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Liberty Lobby
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Liberty
Albert Watson
South Carolina
John Carick
J. Evetts Haley
Lyndon
Watson
Bobby
Michigan
George Romney
D. Bruce Evans
United Republicans of America
Strom Thurmond
James Rhodes
Ohio
Ronald Reagan
California
Evans
Romney
Barry
Johnson
Robert McNamara
Rarick
Three Minutes A Day and Teen Suicide Risk Findings
A study for the American Public Health Association links death by own action to teens as a leading cause of deaths and outlines escalation stages in personal crises. It notes family problems, parental loss, and conflict as underlying factors and stresses early parental affection as protective. A separate Tucson weather note highlights Father Nicholas Perschl tracking wind and precipitation for the Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Public Health Association
Tucson
Ariz
Nicholas Perschl
San Xavier del Bac
U.S. Weather Bureau
Biddeford Lace Journal Publisher Ad Rates Listing
The Biddeford Lace Journal lists subscription costs in advance: one month 2.60 dollars, six months 15.50 dollars, one year 31.00 dollars. Published daily except Sundays from Adams Street Biddeford Maine with staff and AP affiliation.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Ens
Lochs
AP News
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