Life in private enterprise still pursues ventures in Biddeford
In Our Opinion private enterprise shows life with Pepperell Manufacturing’s new blanket process and Biddeford Savings Bank buying Main Street Show to convert into a parking lot. Both rely on private funds, avoid urban renewal, and hint at a goodsized shift away from Big Government but raise questions about reliance on private pride versus public programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squareville
Biddeford
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Main Street
Main Street Show Block By the Biddeford Savings Bank
Pepperell
Biddeford Savings Bank
Arthur Maxwell
First National Bank
Pygmallic coup and a Pyrrhic victory in cultural shift
Paul Harvey lampoons male complicity in the rise of emancipated culture. He riffs on how postwar trends in fashion, media, and social life transformed motherhood and marriage. The piece decries pieties while noting the ironic cost of progress and modernization on family life.
Rivers Called Nation’s No 1 Security Risk Despite Praise
Washington chorus defends L Mendel Rivers despite alcohol problems and security risk concerns. The House Armed Services chair was briefed by CIA and Joint Chiefs on secrets while colleagues laud his defense policy mastery and long service.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
House Armed Services
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
House
Rivers
Armed Services Committee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
McCormack
McComack - Crat
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Armed Services Post
Gerald Ford
South Carolina
Rep
Durward Hall
RMO
John Birch Society
William Bates
R-Mass
Les Arends
Armed Services) Committee
Defense
CIA
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Charles Bennett
Dfla
Eligio de la Garza
D-Tex
Edward Hebert
River
Albert Watson
R-S. C
Mother England a tyrant in Irish eyes at club gathering
New York based Irish Americans discuss Britain's rule in Northern Ireland and urge the U.N. to end oppression. They cite detention without trial under the 1922 Special Powers Act and the ongoing suppression of Irish rights in Ulster.
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Bob Considine
New York
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Soviet Union
Red China
Mother England
Britain
Dublin
Belfast
London
de Gaulle
Ireland
Buffalo
Philadelphia
United Nations
Rhodesia
Great Britain
Vincent Cowland
Ir.a
James C. Heaney
Congress
Northern
Ulster
NATO
World Theater Season to Feature Eight International Companies
London AP reports the fourth World Theater Season runs March 27 to June 5 at the Aldwych Theatre with eight international troupes presenting 15 plays including Poland's National Theater, Comedie Francaise, Japan Noh Theater, Israel Cameri, West Germany Bremen, Greece Art, Milan Piccolo, and Prague Theater on the Balus. The article also notes political disenfranchisement in Belfast and quotes critics on Irish unity and NATO ties.
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London
Aldwych Theater
National Theater of
Poland
Comedie Francaise
Japan
Noh
Cameri
Israel
Bremen
Milan
Piccolo
Prague
Theater
Maine trucks may use five mile route to terminals
In a letter to the Journal the writer outlines Maine double bottom legislation and argues trucks would travel only to terminals via five mile routes from controlled access highways. The piece asserts gains in efficiency and reduced city congestion while noting terminals’ locations and local impacts. It credits Warren M. Hoyt and pleads for state economic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Maine
Maine Truck Owners Association
New England
Warren M. Hoyt
Japan poised to become third largest nuclear power
Washington report cites Japan's Atomic Energy Commission projection that within 13 years a quarter of electric power will come from nuclear plants and by 2050 annual output could reach 5 trillion kilowatt hours. Plant construction and foreign loans drive rapid growth and potential military use.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Japan
Atomic Energy Commission
Britain
Fukui Prefecture
U. S
Gene
Ral Electric
General Electric
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Fukushima Prefecture
Kansai Electric Power Co
U.S
Canada
West
To The Point Romney Weakens as Presidential Hope
Russell Kirk argues Governor George Romney lacks political depth for the 1968 race. Romney’s Vietnam stance, staff choices, and tax push draw criticism from Republicans who fear his temperament and lack of coherent policy beyond business acumen. Kirk contrasts Romney with Johnson and questions Romney’s delegate prospects.
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Russell Kirk
Robert Taft
George Romney
United States
American Motors
Vietnam
Romney
Idaho
United Nations
Congo
Suez
Gerald Ford
House
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Gov. Romney
Michigan
Leonard Hall
Lyndon Johnson
Rominey
Simple windmill for rural India aids farmers
A Cincinnati University professor and two Indian colleagues propose a low cost windmill made from bamboo mats and poles to power small farms in Punjab. The device, easy to fabricate, could also pump water or generate small amounts of electricity, with studies planned under varying wind conditions.
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India
Cincinnati University
Punjab
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