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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
4
Sometime this summer Biddeford Airport will extend runway No. 624 from 2000 to 3000 feet costing 112500 with plans to add 2000 more feet for small jets. The Maine Legislature approved 100000 with local and federal matching funds.
The piece highlights how parliamentary maneuvering can mislead votes in Maine's legislature. It notes repeated retakings when motion wording diverges from intent, frequent postponements, and wandering lawmakers delaying bills. It cites an abortion measure where Catholics and anti abortion lawmakers clashed over interpretation, hurting their cause.
Mae A. Phillips thanks Old Orchard Beach police for urgent aid when she suffered a respiratory illness. She credits Hoemnan Merrill, the Kelley brothers, Officer Charles Trautz, and Officer Robert Cote with timely oxygen and care at 107 Saco Ave.
A Carnegie Endowment funded task force concludes U S officials in Washington pursued quiet diplomacy and inaction during Burundi’s 1972 genocide. Key figures David Newsom and Herman Cohen faced sharp criticism for rejecting embargoes on Burundi coffee and misleading Congress.
In Washington a surge of new ventures emerges from spying and secrecy. Surplus wire taps and listening devices flood downtown shops while Rent-A-Spy boasts 7,567 registrations and two placements. A printer shifts from porn to reprinting secret government documents selling cheaply in college bookstores. The piece notes rising secret-gear commerce, emboldened by political turmoil and price shifts from China to the White House.
Bruce Biossat analyzes how the killer instinct shaped U S political campaigns from Kennedy through Nixon and Goldwater. He notes the line between bearable roughness and unacceptable ugliness blurred by 1972 and warns of the outsized role of hardliners in Nixon’s White House era.
Russell Kirk discusses how unions NEA and AFT push for influence over school policy and funding, threatening local boards and curricula. He cites Michigan agency shop bills and fundraising pressures, arguing ideologues may indoctrinate children.
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