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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1973
Page
4
The piece argues military enlistment difficulties stem from the draft's end and notes flight pay abuses. It cites a law limiting flight pay for high rank in non combat roles and accuses top officers of exploiting pay to stay in uniform while enlisted recruits face shortages.
Paul Harvey argues rising costs push general aviation toward business use and away from leisure. He critiques FAA landing fees and budget growth, claiming taxes and fuel costs threaten the sector and many pilots.
Washington observers report a secret debate led by Dr. Herbert Stein on whether to impose strict price controls. Public opinion shows strong support for controls to curb inflation, while opponents fear shortages and black markets. The outcome, expected this week, could trigger renewed price spirals at the shopping center.
The Nation reports food producers demand an end to the price freeze amid rising costs in bakery and poultry sectors. George Shultz and Earl Butz oppose Stein’s plan to impose shortages. Butz favors immediate free market pricing. A Cabinet showdown on July 9 rejects the plan in favor of freer agricultural pricing while broader manufactured goods price controls are tentatively approved.
A Detroit based study by Louis Ferman and Joe Miller for the Department of Labor finds little difference between working poor and welfare recipients. Low wage, dead end jobs persist for both groups, with women bearing the worst pay and job quality. The report urges shifting focus from welfare versus nonreceivers to male versus female workers and treating poverty as a labor market issue.
This column defends zeal as a concept amid Watergate like scorn for Madison Avenue Southern California and hair. It argues against simplistic blame of zeal by politicians and media and notes the persistent urge to find wide causes for complex events.
Ernest Brousseau of Old Orchard Beach criticizes Elmer T. Westfall over Portsmouth Naval Facility policies including coffee breaks for civilian employees. He likens the command style to “Brassicatism” and calls for accountability, joking that a Z gram would crown his career as evidence of mismanagement.
The author argues for renewing the cold war to keep security agencies busy, suggesting a phony clash with Russia and China. He contends spies overreacted to communism, and fears national security would fade without ongoing overseas threats.
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