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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
4
An editorial notes that crime reduction profits from citizen actions. A New York City study found at least 15 percent of burglaries could be prevented by double locking doors. Public guidance urges home safety steps like locking doors and windows, using night lights, not leaving valuables exposed, and watching neighbors’ property.
Paul Harvey reflects on God as a loving Father who grants freedom to choose, comparing divine restraint to parental limits. He recalls the prodigal son and a teacher’s son ruined by bad influences, ending with the image of a mother weeping to let love be.
A pithy critique notes high interest rates and unemployment pressure. It jokes that if unemployment vanished everyone would have to work, warns moneyed costs rise for the rich, and laments the trap of earning for a higher standard of living. It pokes fun at door to door book peddlers and pin money bowling fees.
President Nixon’s inaugural diplomacy stressed Pan American ties selecting Galo Plaza Lasso, ex Ecuador president and OAS secretary general, as his first official Latin American contact. Plaza recalled Nixon’s 1958 Quito visit and aided by oil executives, helped push a momentum toward a U.S. mission to consult Latin American heads of state with Nelson Rockefeller named as a proposed mission head.
Washington columnist Don MacLean criticizes TV coverage of protests and parades. He argues broadcasters overemphasize disruptive elements for ratings, mocking the idea of balanced reporting. The piece references the 1969 inaugural day and broader media behavior.
Washington predictions show 1969 will be profitable for many sectors such as civilian aircraft nursing homes and computer sales while others like steel mills and hotels lag. Overall 109 industries split: 12 up over 10 percent, 39 up 5 to 10 percent, 40 up less than 5 percent, 5 flat or down. Employment prospects favor skilled workers, risking tougher times for unskilled labor as summer looms.
President elect Richard Nixon moves toward a more corporate style, limiting personal exposure and surrounding himself with Cabinet members and senior aides. The shift marks a move away from the highly personalized Kennedy and Johnson administrations toward a government where leadership remains centralized but less personally dominant, with Cabinet influence strengthened and the chief of state less exposed to constant scrutiny.
A 25-year-old vacationer in France escaped as a police helicopter plucked him from sinking quicksand off the Bay of La Canche after wandering into low tide sands. He credited the near-miss to divine aid and urged vigilance against sin’s lure, urging reliance on God beyond human effort.
Publication masthead lists Biddeford Saco Journal in Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant as publisher and EP Ingalls as managing editor. Subscription rates shown pay in advance: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. Associated Press member note indicates republishing rights.
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