Editorial Page In Our Opinion Cherished Declaration of Independence
The editorial reflects on the Declaration of Independence, noting its famous preamble over the grievances against George III. It contrasts early emphasis on philosophy with today’s focus on the universal claim that all men are created equal, praising the document as a testament of the human spirit and a birth certificate of the nation.
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George III
Donald Barr Chidsey
George
King George
Chidsey
Impressions Of Inez Ro bb Great Day For United States Bicentennial
Inez Robb argues for a nationwide, well planned bicentennial in 1976 to honor heritage and shape the nation’s third century. She urges blueprints for improved cities, education, healthcare, conservation, and pollution action, calling for unity and decisive campaigns to mobilize citizens.
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Inez Robb
Washington, D.C
United States
Insurance Pioneer Builds Wealth From Faith and Community
A Kansas City man, facing discrimination, started an insurance business with 12 partners raising 200000 dollars. By 1957 he opened the firm, now worth nearly 3 million with offices in Topeka Wichita and St. Louis. He urges practical faith and self-reliance to foster justice and peace amid racial tensions. Isaiah 32 8 line adds a moral note.
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Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Kans
St. Louis
Distiller Seagram eyes control of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Washington column notes Sen. Phil Hart's inquiry into Seagram's bid for MGM, with Time magazine links and Bronfman family bootlegging history. It outlines potential using films to glamorize liquor and recalls Kefauver hearings and past Canadian smuggling cases.
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Drew
Jack Anderson
Washington
Phil Hart
D-Mich
Tom Dodd
America
American Council On Alcohol Problems
Sen
Hart
Seagram
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Senate
Robert O’brien
M-G-M
Securities and Exchange Commission
Edgar Bronfman
M-G-M Board of Directors
Bronfman
John Loeb Jr
John Wanamaker
CEMP
Bernard M. Auer
Time Magazine
MGM
Leon Kolber
Searam
Edgar Baer
Time
Mg-M
Canada
New Jersey
Bronfmans
United States
Coast Guard
Sen. Hart
Sen. Kefauver
Niggy” Rutkin
Rutkin
Montreal
Canadian Mounted Police
Mac's World: Amusement and the lemming debate
Washington columnist Don Maclean reviews Judith Randal's critique of NSF grants including a $44,100 study on Arctic lemmings. He echoes skepticism about public spending while noting Randal defends science for potential gains. He also riffs on mass population myths and misc. notes.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Judith Randal
Richard L. Roudebush
Ind
National Science Foundation
Roudebush
NSF
Washington News Nominating Conventions Serve the Country Well
Bruce Biossat argues the Democratic and Republican nominating processes worked in 1952 1960 and 1964 showing that the system serves interested Americans who use it. He cites Truman Kennedy Stevenson Goldwater and Nixon Humphrey as examples of effective campaigning and the value of viable candidates.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
St. Louis Post Dispatch
James Reston
New York Times
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Rizged
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Sen
Robert Symington
Missouri
Kennedy
Symington
Lyndon BR. Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Johnson
Hall
Dwight J. Fisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Colonists and the Idea of Independence in Vietnam Era
Russell Kirk argues that the 1776 American Declaration of Independence was a grievances document seeking limited rights, not a radical ideology. He contrasts it with Asian and African revolutions, led by single leaders or parties, which produced despotism and suppression of dissent, with Ho Chi Minh cited as an example.
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Edmund Burke
Ho Chi Minh
North
Lord Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Mountbatten
Hanoi
Chiang Kai-shek
Vo Nguyen Giap
Robert E. Lee
Vietnam
Asia
Africa
New England
Virginia
America
The Needle Reflects on Independence Day Habits
The piece notes changes in July 4 observances from fireworks to auto crash fatalities, a regional rivalry over accident counts, and a push to move all July 4ths to Monday. It laments the loss of old Independence Day oratory and recalls long speeches by public figures, contrasted with modern displays of empty beer cans along the countryside.
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Hubert Humphrey
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher Listed Contact
Publisher W Paul Casavant and Managing Editor E P Ingalls listed for Biddeford Maine office. Rates shown for subscriptions payable in advance: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. Associated Press member. Second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Full Associates Press
Associated Press
Pos
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morganthau
Mac's
Don Maclean
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Mississippi
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