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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1973
Page
4
The January thaw exposes street litter from beer bottles to road salt in Biddeford. It urges the city to stop dumping dirty snow into the Saco River, noting the costs of cleanup and the impact on the watershed.
Paul Harvey argues freedom is shrinking worldwide as martial law spreads and plebiscites support dictatorship. He warns news media face censorship in Africa Spain Greece Britain and elsewhere while figures in Asia and the Americas erode civil liberties. He cites Freedom House standards and notes U S social and political freedoms erode as regimes consolidate power.
Graham and Marian Greenwood carried their seven week old daughter in a pram after a rock pierced their gas tank on a dusty Nullarbor route to Western Australia. They cooled and fed the infant with radiator water and canned milk, endured cold nights, until a traveler rescued them and took them to a border town for care. The tale ends with a prayer and a call to service.
A fragmented passage discusses acupuncture as a means to treat pain in the neck using pokes, naming a porcupine as an example. The dialogue hints at evaluating merit and healthfulness of the creature within the debate, with an odd, rhetorical tone.
A collection of wry maxims on health care jobs and honesty. It riffs on acupuncture, doctors, and reliability with humor about laid off astronauts and taking jobs as they come. The tone imitates a light newsroom quip page with varied observations.
Washington dispatch details Congress losing control of defense spending as Navy and Army audits reveal multi million overobligations and improper transfers. Navy officials face admonitions. Army audits cite $180 million in illegal expenditures and retroactive billing to cover deficits. Army and Navy deny intent. results to be reported to Congress and the President.
Column by Don MacLean railing against foreign advice on the Vietnam War and praising American resolve. Mentions Sweden France England and Heath with provocative takes on neutrality and NATO, then mocks letters to the editor and ends with satirical asides about Russia and NASA.
Bruce Biossat reports from a Smithsonian discussion noting that exploration remains vital for human welfare and spirit. He argues mystery persists in science and life, with space observations and undiscovered regions offering lessons for sustaining Earth and advancing civilization.
Capital Scene column argues Nixon settling Vietnam despite peace at any price zealots. It credits steady US purpose across administrations and public support for honor commitments, while denouncing dove critics, neutralist comparisons to Nazi acts, and revisions of history by antiwar voices.
The notice names William E. Foster Alta W. Foster and B F Whitehouse with dates 1881 1963 1891 1889, and staff Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer with business office and editorial numbers 283 3625 282 1.
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