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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1969
Page
5
Editorial praises conservationists while noting 89 species endangered. At Patuxent Wildlife Research Center researchers find lead poisoning kills waterfowl. iron buckshot offers a safer alternative. Optimism remains a defining trait of the conservationist effort to save wildlife.
Virginia Payette critiques current films at Warner Brothers festival noting a surge in explicit sex and graphic violence. She cites The Damn ed, The Wild Bunch, The Great Bank Robbery, The Rain People, The Learning Tree, and The Madwoman of Challot, arguing families face limited kid friendly options while studios push shock value.
The Bwreford Lace Journal lists 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 with E a Ingalls as Managing Editor and Paul Casavant as Publisher. Rates payable were 15 dollars and 50 cents for a one year subscription, with post office handling in Biddeford. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to local news, and the paper is a second class postage mail at Biddeford Maine 04005.
Nixon defended pulling troops from South Vietnam, disputing Clark Clifford's plan while acknowledging a shift in policy after five years of escalation. White House aides planted the question, and observers debate whether the remark misstepped, risking hard bargaining in Paris and North Vietnamese flexibility.
Washington columnist proposes a U S Great Race between two downtown points the National Press Building in Washington and the Overseas Press Club in Manhattan with mixed transport modes including bikes helicopters jets and cars. Multiple divisions prizes sponsors and a military class are suggested to ensure broad participation and prevent dominance by any one service.
Washington fragment discusses Democratic infighting and fears of a hard left trend as Nixon gains public support amid concerns over race crime and campus unrest. Some liberals push a 1970-72 stance while pragmatists fear losing the middle to a rising right.
Russell Kirk argues John Lindsay, isolated in New York politics after a four year mayoral tenure, faces probable defeat in a fall race as Republicans and Democrats align against him. Lindsay’s anti GOP stance and liberal affiliations alienate Jewish, Italian, and Irish voters, with Marchi or Procaccino poised to win.
Verna B. Sawtelle reports a Boston terrier wandered Biddeford streets, was nearly blind and old, and rescued by Mrs. Alfred Pelletier and Pine Tree Humane Society staff. The dog was returned to its worried owner, with praise for The Journal’s role in publishing the story and aiding the effort.
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