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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1967
Page
4
The column argues that school breakfast programs reflect social degeneration and parental neglect. It questions why working parents fail to provide morning meals, suggests breakfast in schools could erode individual freedom, and ponders both possible and hidden motives behind the trend.
Inez Robb asks why voters resist higher taxes to fund better schools police and services while noting Conants call for a radical rethink of financing. He cites Wayne New Jersey as an example of anti tax sentiment and anti Semitism amid a proposed 8.5 million school budget as evidence that Americans demand the best but resist paying for it.
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and subscription rates are payable in advance.
The column questions Rep. Mendel Rivers security risks and his potential abuses of power involving defense ties and gifts. It cites Air Force travel, a Chrysler car deal, and a similar probe into Rep. John McMillan’s Washington dealings. It notes Communist strategy and Sen. Ellender’s embassy concerns as context.
A letter from Ross Monro of Osterley England praises Omaha for sending maps and pamphlets aiding a geography project and notes top marks. The piece shifts to a Paris rebuttal about US aid to Vietnam, USIS propaganda, and Vietnamese reactions, concluding with a Cuba New Year greeting received March 2.
Washington reporters analyze how Oregon type presidential primaries could influence the 1968 Republican nomination. Nebraska Massachusetts New Mexico and Wisconsin moves may unify four northwest states for a single May voting day, affecting favorite son strategies and delegate dynamics.
Russell Kirk scrutinizes the Presbytery of New York stance supporting Adam Clayton Powell. He argues clergy fault Powell’s character while highlighting Congress’s right to judge membership and noting broader political resistance to a controversial Negro congressman. The piece denounces racial double standards in church and politics.
A political piece notes two lightning control patents. One method uses metalized nylon threads to seed clouds so troops can steer lightning away from themselves toward an aggressor. The other, by the Atomic Energy Commission, channels proton beams to clouds to bleed off charges and direct lightning along a deliberate path. The author urges wise, moral leadership.
The column jokes about a proposed merger of Vassar and Yale, speculating on effects for Yale football and Vassar volleyball while riffing on traditions and identity. It ends by suggesting St Francis College as a simpler option.
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