Downtown renewal plan urged to revitalize Biddeford’s core
Roger Johnson of Biddeford’s Economic Development Department urges a comprehensive downtown renewal plan. He calls for redistributing traffic, removing substandard buildings, erecting new facilities, and solving parking to combat suburban shopping centers. Citizens merchants and the Chamber must back the plan to ensure continuity across administrations and keep pressure on City Hall.
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Roger Johnson
Biddeford
Economic Development Department
Washington Street
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy Wallace cross racial coalition debated in The Nation
The Nation essay argues Edward Kennedy's Alabama speech signals a potential Democrat Wallace coalition but warns it could surrender to racism. It notes Wallace feeds on fear, cites historic retreats on civil rights, and cites Vernon Jordan urging cross racial coalitions. It emphasizes shared white poverty and the need to build broad partnerships on jobs, housing, and education.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
New York
Edward Kennedy
George Wallace
Wallace
Rutherford B. Hayes
Richard Nixon
Strom Thurmond
Kennedy
America
Alabama
Florida
Edmund Muskie
North
South
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Michigan
Nixon
National Party
Vernon Jordan
The
Urban League
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and details
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher Charlies C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer Business Office Editorial Department 283 3625 282 1535 published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine 04005 member of the Associated Press subscription rates payables in advance one month 3 00 six months 18 00 one year 36 00 the Associated Press entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches national advertising representatives Mathews Shannon Cukken Inc 757 3rd Ave New York City.
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Biddeford
Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Associated Press
Mathews-ShannonCukken Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
Nixon confronted with Watergate truths after Easter Sunday
Washington Chronicle details how on April 15 President Nixon was briefed by Richard Kleindienst, Hank Petersen, and prosecutors Earl Silbert Seymour Glanzer and Donald Campbell about a high level Watergate conspiracy. The all night briefing followed days of testimony and documents, revealing potential impeachment risks.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
White House
Henry Petersen
Kleindienst
Petersen
Watergate
Earl Silbert
Seymour Glanzer
Donald Campbell
John Dean
Jeb Magruder
Tthe
U.S
Harold Titus
Mitchell
John Mitchell
Titus
Silbert
Kigindienst J
Wrights may have used Brodbeck plans to fly first
A columnist parodies a rival claim that Jacob Brodbeck built a heavier-than-air craft taller than Kitty Hawk, noting his 1865 flight and stolen plans. The piece mocks historic inventors Edison and Smirnoff, suggesting steam variants of famous devices, and ends with a tease about continuation on Page Eight.
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Don Maclean
Wright Brothers
Ohio
Kittyhawk
N.C
Air Force
Jacob Brodbeck
Wrights
Brodbeck
Michigan
Thomas A. Edison
Vladimir Smirnoff
Edison
Smirnoff
Patriot excess and Watergate era overreach
Paul Harvey argues that intense patriotism can backfire as the Watergate inquiry reveals surveillance and political spying by Nixon aides. He notes the 1972 break in at Democratic headquarters and broader state surveillance, questioning moral rightness and legality in the name of security.
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Paul Harvey
Watergate
National Security Council
Richard Nixon
Referendum plea over Saco school costs and delays
A letter to the Journal urges a new referendum as the proposed Junior High School cost has risen from 1.5 million to 2.5 million with potential further increases. The writer accuses the school board of pushing the measure, misusing posters, and prioritizing athletics over academics while detailing sewer and classroom conditions in Saco, Maine. Marion Gordon Banks faces unspecified.
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Deep Brook
North Street
Maremont
Saco
C. K. Burns
Harry Warren
Burns School
Fairfield School
Marion Gordon Banks
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