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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1967
Page
4
In Our Opinion Biddeford budget maintains the present tax rate while granting salary hikes. The $2,040,417 total for 1967 rises $232,713 from 1966, driven by city employee pay and fringe benefits. Education remains the largest budget slice at about 40 percent, below Maine peers. The city is expected to run efficiently again in 1967.
Postwar attitudes shifted as adults returned to school and night classes. Veterans and mature learners filled high schools and universities seeking new skills, languages, or broader knowledge. A Texas example highlights 104 year old Mrs. Lillie Lester earning basic education credentials.
Mrs. George Smythe ponders how Mary Martin appears ageless in light of Miss Martin’s career from 1938 onward. She muses whether yoga or cosmetic magic explains the lack of lines or wrinkles and contemplates sharing the secret with other women.
Washington gossip centers on Speaker John McCormack facing possible removal after a landslide Powell vote signals waning support. Ford now signals in the House as McCormack’s focus appears split between Capitol renovations and antiwar policing while colleagues question his awareness of major issues.
On a Chicago WBBM TV panel a heated exchange pits Russ Meek and others against Roman Pucinski and Roy Cohn over Adam Clayton Powell’s censure and committee removal. The discussion touches race, legality, and constitutional questions amid sharp rhetoric.
Washington correspondent reports that U S actions in Egypt and the occupation of Japan shaped Asian views, portraying America as sincere. The piece cites Japanese praise for halting the Suez invasion and for postwar aid and restraint, framing U S policy as guided by big heart over raw power.
Russell Kirk criticizes the Americans for Democratic Action as proposing massive federal spending, universal job guarantees, and new civil rights protections. He notes outdated ideas, lack of youth, and suggests A D A provides comic relief in 1967 with broad, impractical goals endorsed by leaders like Joseph Rauh Jr and Eugene McCarthy.
A bank in Iowa used a novel ad to admonish a thief who wore a straw hat and stole $1,500 after threatening a teller with a gun. The message stated customers need not borrow with a gun, and it urged the thief not to equate theft with loan access. The piece links to broader reflections on preparation and perseverance.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists staff roles headed by Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. It notes daily publication except Sunday and provides office contact numbers and subscription rates of 2.60 for one month, 15.50 for six months, and 31.00 for one year.
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