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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
4
Editorial questions whether Rockefeller’s reported five million dollar blitz and broader spending by campaigns signals the era of wealth deciding presidential nominations. It notes rising campaign costs since 1960 and ponders if a moderate fortune can still win without massive external support.
Inez Robb notes widespread public apathy ahead of the 1968 presidential race in Miami. Voters show tepid mail, dull campaigns, and a lack of fierce sentiment unlike 1964, with concerns over riots welfare and desegregation but no lasting political fervor.
Law students from Seton Hall University and Newark's Legal Services Project handle small claims for the needy in a program. Second and third year students prosecute cases including consumer fraud and welfare problems with a special rule allowing court appearances. The initiative aims to translate concern into action guided by faith and justice.
Washington Morrow Round notes an FBI study on Black Nationalist extremism. It ties to violence in Cleveland and to George Wallace’s rising appeal. The piece outlines a secret strategy to take over the capital neighborhood by neighborhood, and mentions Stokely Carmichael, Ralph Abernathy, and political shifts involving Larry O'Brien and Hubert Humphrey.
Washington discourse contrasts U S political violence with Colombia's peaceful turnover system. A Latin official touts alternating liberal and conservative presidencies and evenly split Congress as stabilizers, then jokes about dull campaigns. The piece closes noting McCarthy on communism.
NEA Washington analysis highlights repeat offenders linking bank robberies and violent crime from 1966 to 1968. Profiles include parolees and bondsmen in Washington DC California Tennessee and Maryland, urging tougher parole rules and faster trials to curb recidivism.
Russell Kirk argues that public schools should discipline the intellect and rouse moral imagination rather than pursue social perfection. He critiques postwar education for overreach, indoctrination, and undermining parental authority, urging focus on character and individual purpose over societal reform.
A light column humor piece riffs on vacation time and workplace vanity. It jokes about bosses granting extra leave to prove indispensability and warns against bore good stories about vacations. A Hubert Humphrey photo book offers a rare image with his mouth closed. Some GOP delegates at Miami convene remotely from Cuba during the convention.
Publication details list the Biddeford Saco Journal address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls editor in chief and managing editor notes subscription rates in advance one month two dollars sixty cents six months fifteen fifty one year thirty one and AP member notice of exclusive AP use rights.
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