Primary Day Editorial Urges Voting for Ballot Issues
The editorial urges voters to participate in the upcoming primaries selecting candidates and deciding on four bond issues totaling nearly $14 million. It endorses eliminating the Big Box ballot while supporting bonds for student housing and vocational facilities, mental health institutes improvements, and state parks and airports development, though opposing the Kennebec River toll bridge. It notes enrollment rules and calls for high turnout.
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Bangor
Maine Maritime Academy
Washington County
Vocational
South Portland
Passamaquoddy
Penobscot
Maine
Kennebec River
Waterville
Winslow
Ferry Beach
York County
Board of Registration
Virginia's Viewpoint Youthful Voters Making Voices Heard
Virginia Payette notes a shift as young voters vote and count ballots, with beardless mayors and college-age delegates rising. She observes teens and twenty-somethings entering offices and influencing conventions, signaling a change in political power dynamics.
Hobbins closes gap in Saco mayoral race shifts to Rancourt
In Saco Maine the Maryline White report notes Hobbins moves to back George Rancourt after a late party split. Democratic regulars face internal tensions amid a five-way House contest and longtime figures like Bedard, Ayotte, and Sanborn weigh future bets against a rising candidate likely to reshape local politics.
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Camille Bedard
Mary
Hobbins
Saco Democrats
Bedard
Ronald Ayotte
Patt
Newton Sanborn
Saco Democrats urge clear choice in mayoral era
A letters page urges Democratic voters in Saco to pick a state legislator candidate who can devote full time to office. It praises Camille Bedard’s service and stresses Maine needs active leadership. The writer cites Berton K. Braley’s mayoral tenure and argues for a strong, full-time legislator to advance local programs.
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Saco
Democratic Party
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Bedard
Maine
Journal
Korea
Vietnam
Margaret Chase Smith
G.i.’S
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Senator Smith
Albert W. Foster
Woodford Avenue
Fort Myers
Florida
Ho Chi Minh peace approach before death shocked by Kissinger
A Top Secret document details Henry Kissinger's 1967 Hanoi meeting with Ho Chi Minh via Aubrac and Marcovich. Ho, aged and wary, rejected the phrase peace in Vietnam and pointed to Pham Van Dong controlling negotiations while recalling Aubrac's family.
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Washington
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North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Herbert Marcovich
Raymond Aubrac
Hanoi
Aubrac
Kissinger
U.S
Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Paris
Turbulent GOP Moves Stir Maine County Sheriff Race
Rumors swirl over a close sheriff race with Ayotte and Hobbins favored. A write in Bill Holman is positioned to challenge incumbent Democrat Dick Dutremble as Republicans quietly push 405 stickers. Party insiders discuss endorsements, ballot strategy, and a Maine court clerical shuffle affecting Biddeford’s race.
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Sanford
Dick Dutremble
Stan McQuade
Bob Monks
Mrs. Smith
Rita
Abbott Pendergast
Maine
Supreme Court
Charles Rodway Jr
Biddeford
Pauline Berry
Mac's World Notes Satirical Wanders on Ads and Odd Laws
A column of light sketches laments bad ads masking poor products and recalls oddities from life abroad. It notes a boastful language course scam, a jab at Nixon era gifts, and bizarre Nebraska beer and Connecticut pickle laws, all in playful vignettes.
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Nixon
Nebraska
Connecticut
McGovern campaign mirrors Kennedy organization and youth drive
Washington analysis credits George McGovern with a strong, well led campaign and a young, roaming field staff rivaling Kennedy's 1960 operation. Gary Hart and Frank Mankiewicz direct the effort while McGovern provides the driving push, despite regulars' resistance. Jean Westwood cited as an expert organizer guiding compromises.
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NEA
Washington
George McGovern
John F. Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
McGovern
New York
McCarthy
Gary Hart
Denver
Frank Mankiewicz
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Kennedy Himse
Greenfield Village Praised by Russell Kirk in Dearborn
Russell Kirk recalls Greenfield Village Dearborn Michigan with affection as a living museum created by Henry Ford. He laments Ford Foundation funding decisions while praising Village and Edison Institute as preservers of old houses mills and trades.
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Greenfield Village
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Henry Ford Museum
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Ford
Edison Institute
Noah Webster
Cape Cod
Cotswold Cottage
Foxe
Detroit
Greenfield
T.S. Eliot
John Bennett
Gog and
Magog
London
Old Detroit
Old Cohen
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Company
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Goreens Foundations
Henry Id
America
Plymouth
Plymouth House
Bath tub with side door aims to rival cars
A Oklahoma inventor creates a bathtub with a side door entry like an automobile. The idea could boost bathing popularity but risks reckless use. Experts warn about dangers and urge safer designs to curb accidents, especially for children.
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Oklahoma
Biddeford Saco Journal Style List Prices
A brief notices section lists subscription rates and mailing details. The item notes payment terms in advance with one month at 3.90 dollars, six months at 18 dollars, and yearly at 36 dollars. Publisher is Paul Casavant and editor P Ingalls.
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Associated Press
AP News
Biddeford
Maine
Adams Street
Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
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