Editorial Page In Our Opinion On Penal System Overhaul
The House Crime Committee denounces the U.S. penal system as archaic and a failure after a century of reform. It cites high recidivism rates with two thirds rearrested within four years and felons with prior records responsible for about 30 percent of felonies. It warns against reform focusing on one part without addressing courts parole and probation.
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House Crime Committee
Washington
FBI
Sleep on it says Paul Harvey on fatigue and self harm
Paul Harvey urges delaying decisions when fatigued to prevent self harm. He cites suicide rates, fatigue as a final factor, and hotline resources while noting late night crisis reports and medical opinions on sleep and despair. The piece argues sleep can reduce dangerous actions and improve judgment.
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Loyola Green
Hollywood
Fla
Frank Green
Blum Top! Co
Spete
Richard Dumond
Bates College
Lewiston
Utah State University
National Institute For Mental Health
Biddeford Chief Selection Critique Letter Casts Doubt
A Biddeford resident letters the Journal criticizing the police chief appointment of a Saco resident. The writer questions the selection process and potential influence by a county official, urging disclosure of voting rationale and asking for accountability from Chairman Rioux. The letter stresses public memory ahead of elections.
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Biddeford
Rioux
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff listing
The page lists Wm E Foster Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton editor Gladys M Whitehouse president and treasurer business office and editorial contacts including phone numbers publication details Biddeford Maine 04005 subscription rates and AP notice
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Biddeford
Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Brazil Torture Claims Shadow Geisel Regime's Reign
Washington reports 1964 coup architect Gen Ernesto Geisel poised as Brazil president amid growth and repression. Priests’ documents recount horrific methods including Parrot’s Perch and Little Piano shocks, with named torturers and victims. U.S. aid to Brazil continues at 58 million while inquiry faces silence.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Ernesto Geisel
Brazil
Joaos Goulart
National Security Council
Geisel
Homero Cesar ‘Machado
Dalmo Luiz Cirillo
Mauricio Lopes Lima
Benoni de Arruda Albernaz
Inocencio Fabricio de Matos
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
John Crimmins
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Crimmins
English unions clash with Chrysler Ford over Britain growth
The column argues that English labor disputes hurt industry as Chrysler and Ford warn they may slow expansion in Britain. It notes profits drive investment, not job preservation, and cites shipyard layoffs, postwar slump, and Labour tensions. American firms push in while English unions resist reform.
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Don Maclean
Chrysler Auto Company
Britain
Henry Ford
England
Chrysler
Ford
Detroit
Germany
Scotland
Texas
Washington Scene Sketch on Dean Testimony and Witnesses
James Reston weighs the Senate Watergate timing and witness strategy after John Dean's explosive testimony. The White House seeks witnesses to counter Dean before July Fourth, while the President could confront the matter directly. The piece urges calling Ehrlichman and Haldeman to test Dean's charges ahead of the recess.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
John Dean
Nixon
Dean
White House
Senate Committee
Ervin Committee
Senate
Vietnam
John Ehrlichman
Bob Haldeman
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
San Clemente
Watergate
Ehrlichman and Haldeman
Violence deepens in Ulster as streets fear nightly shootings
In Londonderry, amid barbed wire and heavy armor, the Troubles persist with nightly shootings and bomb threats. British troops patrol as Protestant and Catholic factions clash, while masked groups issue grim notices of assassinations and reprisals.
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C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Saint Columcille
Derry
Foyle
Ulster
London
James I
I.R.A. Wings
Ulster Freedom Fighters
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Cleaves St. Biddeford
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New York City
Eveumululu
Carlos Nigolau Danielli
Sao Paulo
Aurora Maria Nascimento Furtado
Guanabara
Mou
Thes
Josejour
Julio de Araujo
Mac's
Japan
France
Constantine
Paris
Washington Scene
Foreign Affairs
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Larne
Belfast
Corporation
Falls Road
Saigon
All Ireland
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Free Ireland
Republic
IRA
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