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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
4
The editorial defends a planned daytime surfing zone at Old Orchard Beach and condemns the council reversal banning day surfing. It praises surfers as mostly decent locals while urging regulation rather than prohibition and supports Councilman Mullen’s call for a compromise that lets surfers pursue their sport with safety rules.
In this survey of space history Drew Pearson credits Wernher von Braun as the leading persistent advocate for lunar exploration. He notes von Braun's early work with Oberth, wartime V-2 development, and eventual move to the United States where his team aided the moon mission effort culminating in Kennedy's 1961 decision to fund the program.
A column recounts Martin Keyes who claimed to invent the paper plate and fought for patent rights. The piece notes initial Patent Office denial, diary evidence, and his claim that his mother designed the process while his idea grew into a major pulp plate firm Eyes Fibre and Chinet.
Washington observers say President Nixon is deliberately walling himself in his office, reading and thinking rather than meeting many officials. The shift strains Capitol Hill contacts, delays decisions, and highlights a lack of a top domestic coordinator while Kissinger’s foreign policy operation remains largely untouched by the critiques.
Washington reports a deep rift in the Democratic Party with Senate leaders resisting the Nixon tax surcharge and tying any action to broader tax reform. House leaders led by Speaker McCormack press for a direct vote, while Republicans align with reform advocates amid inflation fears and procedural delays.
Paul Harvey imagines an expansive national program funded by 24 billion dollars to correct social ills. He proposes corrective surgery for pollution and disease, subsidized arts and education, free cars, parks, water from sea, and matching funds to accelerate humanitarian efforts, followed by a moon rocket funded with another 24 billion if funds remain.
A transparent aluminum shade reduces sun glare by 92 percent and heat by 65 percent, rivaling air conditioning. It rolls up like a normal shade and keeps non air conditioned rooms cooler while easing air conditioner load. The device looks like a mirror outside and a clear pane inside, revealing ongoing practical discoveries to improve daily comfort.
Fragmentary text from a Biddeford Maine newspaper page includes postal and subscription details. Mentions pay rates for one month and six months and references Associated Press distribution and mailing class. Units appear as editorial boilerplate rather than a discrete news item.
A reader criticizes U S policy in Korea and Vietnam and warns the nation about energy spent on war while poverty and social ills grow. He argues Russia supplies weapons and questions national self defense and survival.
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