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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1972
Page
4
The piece notes that summers remain a time for relaxation and play though climate trends and wealthier lifestyles have altered how people experience the season. It discusses the solstice, heat, air conditioning, and the shift toward vacations by lake and shore.
Virginia Payette profiles Margaret Kuhn, lead organizer of the Gray Panthers, a growing old-age advocacy group. The 67-year-old former church worker promotes fighting isolation, challenging youth-centric ads, and lobbying for liberal old-age laws while organizing networks nationwide and planning actions.
A 27 nation committee prepared a two year blueprint detailing 200 recommendations for international action including a UN earthwatch system and a pledge by nations not to impair common resources. It urges a new, stewardlike view of humanity and emphasizes cooperation from the home to the global level, ending with a prayer for love.
Letter-writer criticizes the not guilty Angela Davis ruling calling it a political trial with potential to erode American justice. The writer argues Davis, a Communist teacher, had radical support and predicts harm if political prisoners are freed and warns of Rome like decline.
A Biddeford letter outlines the Parks and Recreation Commission budget for 1972. Members named include Jack Minuiti, Earl Goodwin, Richard Dion, Roger Normand, and Paul Roy. Directors Braley Nadeau Millette Pratt oversee Rotary Park and youth programs as the panel contemplates cuts and potential Mayfield takeover.
A top secret U S summary outlines five main channels used from 1964 to 1968 to reach Hanoi. Rumanians Swedes Norwegians French and Italians played varied roles with cautious results amid distrust in the Hanoi Washington dialogue.
Tokyo considers funding Siberian oil and gas development as the Middle East crisis raises concerns over oil supply and rising prices. Tokyo may provide a billion dollar low-interest loan to the USSR for Tyumen field output, while Moscow seeks closer ties with Japan to curb Chinese influence and ease anti-American blocs.
Father James V. Schall argues that democracy requires leaders who seek glory beyond material gains. He contends liberal thinkers underestimate ideology and religion, which create absolutes guiding action and moral choices in the real world. Readers can obtain a free copy via the editor.
In a collage of dispatches and digressions Maclean satirizes explorers chasing an elusive white line and antigravity while mocking intrigues and bureaucrats. He riffs on Nixon era politics, Salinger, and Father Schall, ending with wry takes on glory and modern discontent.
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