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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1967
Page
4
The piece explains the massive scope of the 1968 budget at about 135 billion and highlights 22.4 billion for Vietnam and 11 billion for Great Society programs. It contrasts spending with per capita figures and notes GDP around 681 billion in 1965, underscoring the scale of federal finance.
Paul Harvey observes a shift in American politics as wealthy and famous figures enter the arena. Walter Reum's book traces how political careers form from precinct to capitol, revealing the costs, bosses, and pressures behind public office.
A widow with ten children receives a new home after a donor-driven campaign raises funds from many supporters. The eldest son thanks donors as he recalls their father, a restaurant porter, was killed in a robbery attempt. The piece urges response to others in distress and cites comfort from God.
In a grand son letter, Drew Pearson criticizes California tuition shifts and GOP moves under Gov Reagan, arguing the land grant system spurred accessible education. He notes California’s rise and laments tuition plans that may deter new students, urging East Coast paths and recalling Lincoln Jefferson Johnson legacies.
In Look Magazine William Manchester delivers a chilling account of the Kennedy assassination. Gov. Connally and Jackie Kennedy feature in a tense, minute by minute narrative with vivid specifics about the fatal shots and the Secret Service response.
Norman QC Racine City Clerk and TED DYER defend constructive criticism of local budget matters. The letters question former clerks salaries and 1965 expenditures, urging transparency from the Industrial Commission and the Journal while stressing loyal support for Biddeford’s business and industrial activity.
Editor criticizes Maoist economism and its rejection of material gains as counterrevolutionary. Contrasts Soviet and Chinese regimes, cites barbed wire origins, and asks if dialectic immaterialism could be the next global headache amid rising totalitarian power and disaffected masses.
Washington sources say President Johnson will seek a second full term in 1968, citing his drive to finish unfinished business and history records. Despite polls showing weaker support, insiders note his conventional loyalty to serving and defeating tougher GOP rivals like George Romney.
Freeport, illinois barbed wire may be one of the greatest boons to agriculture says J C Moriek curator of a farm museum. A century ago farming feared by high fencing costs timber for rails was scarce on the prairies and prickly hedges proved slow to grow.
The Diddeford Saco Journal lists M. Paul Casavant as publisher and P. Ingalls as managing editor with telephone numbers for departments. Subscription rates payable in advance are shown: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and claims AP republication rights.
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