In Our Opinion on DDT danger and safeguards
Editorial argues DDT, synthesized in 1874 and widely used since 1939, is linked to harmful effects on humans and wildlife. Testimony at a Wisconsin hearing questions its safety, with reports of contamination worldwide and ecological damage in Lake Michigan. The piece asks what safeguards exist to ensure future insecticides are safe for people and the environment.
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Wisconsin
Robert den Bosch
University of California
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Bly
Senate
Inez Inez ends long newspaper career in Boise farewell
A veteran columnist reflects on a half century in journalism beginning in Boise in the 20th century. She praises mentors Patterson Hearst and Roy Howard, laments NASA sexism, condemns racism and lobbying, and thanks family and editors as she retires with gratitude and hints of future readings.
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Robb
Boise
Page
Evening Capitol News
Capt
Joseph Medill Patterson
New York Daily News
William Randolph Hearst
Roy Howard
Scripps- Howard
Biddeford Saco Journal: postage and publisher info
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publishers Eusta W. Paul Casavant and E. P. Ingalls and editor Mann with a local Associated Press affiliation. Subscription rates payable in advance are one month 2.60, six months 15.50, or one year 31.00. The paper notes second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine 04005.
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Eusta W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Mann
Telephone Business
Associated Press
Peru seeks Soviet ties to pressure U S over oil seizure
Washington dispatch reports Peru frantically wires Moscow to mend ties with the Soviet Union in hopes of pressuring Washington after Peru seizes International Petroleum Company assets. The Nixon administration faces April 9 deadlines to cut Peru sugar quotas and aid, while Peruvian military officers train in U S schools and study Maoist and Castro ideologies amid rising tensions and potential shifts in regional alliances. The piece also notes a broad commission study on presidential assassinations and violence, outlining patterns among attackers and societal factors behind threats to leaders.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Peru
Russia
USA
Nixon
Fidel Castro
Hickenlooper
International Petroleum Company
United States
U. S
Mao Tse-tung
Eisenhower
Cuba
Castro
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Fernando Berkemeyer
Berkemeyer
Zangara
Florida
Hoover
Shrank
Chicago
Guiteau
Garfield
National Advisory Commission On Rural Poverty
Ku Klux Klan
New Language of Politics Book Review and Notes
Macleans notes discuss William Safire and his book The New Language of Politics with glossary terms such as clout, art of the possible, and snollygosters. The column includes critique of political rhetoric and a microcolumn from Washington noting snow, rain, and new Congressmen.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Richard Nixon
White House
William Safire
New York
Bartlett
Safire
Raw- House
Nixon's Europe role highlighted by Apollo 8 impact
Washington analysis argues Apollo 8's success exposes Western Europe’s sense of inferiority and lag in the scientific revolution, challenging U.S. efforts to secure warmer ties. The piece urges new approaches to involve Europeans in space leadership and erase postwar residuals of condescension.
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Washington
America
Admiraion
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
France
Nixon
U. 8
To The Point Face on the classroom Floor is a dead one
Russell Kirk reflects on a UCLA black power rally killings and campus debates over African studies. He argues real curricula require disciplined study of African languages and cultures, condemns power zealots and calls for practical, scholarly programs rather than ideological clashes.
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UCLA
University of California At Los
Bera
Democritus
United States
Brandeis University
Massachusetts
Wilberforce University
Ohio
Queens College
New York
Brandeis
Queens
Podunk College
Morocco
Congo
Irela
Turkey
Three Minutes A Day on Compassion and Service
The piece defines compassion from Latin roots and contrasts easy words with the true test of bearing inconvenience for others. It calls for divine help, unity with Christ, and actions to provide food, education, housing, and justice as part of bearing others' distress. It ends with a prayer for the author to be guided by the Lord.
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Christ
Jet age travel searchers cluttering airports
The piece humorously notes Needle Airlines spends thousands on computers to locate lost baggage while older Red Caps once scrambled luggage for 2 cents. It mocks passengers hijacking flights to recover suits, and laughs at bearded travelers seeking spare shirts amid jet-age search efforts.
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Florida
Hawaii
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Marshall McLuhan
NASA
Mars
WASP
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U.S
Heaven
James Freeman
Uni Feaiture Syndicate
United Press International
Mema Payette
Tim
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Ong
National Commission On the
John Wilkes Booth
Commission
Mac's
Hickey
Democratic
Washington News
By Bruce Biossat
NEA
Western
By Russell Kirk
James Keller
Hon
Harold Coffin
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