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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1972
Page
4
An opinion page piece comments on antiestablishment styles using worn jeans as symbols. It notes rising cotton prices and shrinking surpluses, with farmers benefiting from the demand for denim and corduroy. The piece jokes about advertising and suggests applying denim tactics to other issues.
Virginia Payette notes mysterious appliance malfunctions across home items as repair delays and absent techs plague households. She jokes about a ghost repairman, lingering fixes, and the urge for a fact finding subcommittee to study the gadget chaos while imagining social and travel costs.
In Charleston West Virginia a cafeteria owner displays over 100 clocks on dining room walls with more than 300 total timepieces. Many are stored in the basement awaiting repair and display. The piece weaves reflections on time and living well with quotes from Chesterfield and Sirach.
A classified report details a Sino Corsican drug network linking Bangkok Hong Kong and Singapore with Corsican Mafia routes to the United States and Canada. It notes shipments of heroin valued in the millions, undercover operations called Sea Wall, and arrests of ship jumpers in New York and elsewhere.
In a column by Don MacLean the writer warns of crooks selling silver paintings antiques and coins as money shifts. He notes signed oil paintings may mislead buyers and urges caution while highlighting misattributed works and casual junk-shop finds.
Senator George McGovern fights to keep Lawrence O'Brien as Democratic national chairman while considering Jean Westwood for a cochair role. Heated July talks reveal tension and shifting plans as McGovern pressures O'Brien, then signals support for a woman cochair, triggering a dramatic public reversal.
Russell Kirk argues conventions are flawed for selecting candidates and programs. He proposes reforms including ex officio delegates from state legislatures and governors, reduced national delegate pools, and a preconvention process to craft national platforms, aiming to restore stable representative government.
Fragmentary report describes Eleanor McGovern reacting to her husband being named the nominee and Martha commenting on unity. Text appears to mix Philadelphia references and incomplete quotes about George Washington, Pat, Ni .a5. and Richard, with uncertain context and garbled names.
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