Editorial Page In Our Opinion Biddeford-Saco Dark Economic Days
The Biddeford Saco area faces job loss as two Standard Packaging mills close affecting over 1100 workers. Government aid and a coordinated state effort are under way to avert deeper downturns, though abrupt closures and lack of warning aggravate distress. Hopeful signs emerge as economic recovery momentum builds locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Brewer
Lincoln
Standard Packaging Corp
Saco-Lowell and
Bates Manufacturing Company
Biddeford
Saco
Kenneth Curtis
Bangor
Smokey the Bear and savin g forests by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues forests need periodic fires to maintain health. He cites forest service cautions, risks of overprotection, and questions whether fire management can balance regeneration, wildlife food, erosion, and smoke. He warns against blanket fire bans and urges public support for foresters amid debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Smokey the Bear
Smokey
Three Minutes A Day Eighty Three Books In Seventeen Years
A Boston University School of Medicine biochemistry professor, age 47, has authored over 10 million words across topics from history and mystery to science and math. Born in Brooklyn, Isaac Asimov studied at Columbia and taught for a decade while writing weekends, then reduced teaching load to continue writing. He views writing as teaching, aiming to reach a wide audience and share ideas. The passage ends with a reflection on integrity, gravity, and sound speech and a prayer for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Univ School of Medicine
Brooklyn
Isaac Asimov
Columbia University
Biddeford-Saco Journal Publisher Note
Biddeford Saco Journal records show standard masthead lines with publisher and editor names, address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005, phone for business and editorial, and subscription rates in advance listing one month two dollars sixty cents six months fifteen fifty.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Managin
Eaptlates
Associated Press
Battle over riots aid lingers as Congress stalls Rankin name
Washington column reviews clashes over race riots policy, noting House battle over naming a veterans hospital in Jackson Mississippi after John Rankin versus Medgar Evers. It details Republican committee moves, regional party dynamics, and potential shifts if amendments pass. The piece also touches on Pat Brown Jerry Brown TV debate and Con Ed oil quota push for Libyan Nigerian oil to curb East Coast pollution.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Presidential Commission
Capitol Hill
Congress
Veterans Hospital
Jackson
Miss
Tom Abernathy
D-Miss
John Rankin
Jonathan Bingham
D-N.y
Medgar Evers
Mississippi Naacp
Mississippi
Charles
House Rules Committee
John McCormack
Evers
Olin Teague
Texas
Veterans Committee
Rankin
Bill Colmer
Rules
Repub
Lican
Johnson
House
H. Allen Smith
Calif
John B. Anderson
Ill
David Martin
Neb
James H. Quillen
Tenn
Delbert Latta
Ohio
United States
Pat Brown
California
CBS Cronkite
Jerry
Gene McCarthy
Vietnam
Jerry Brown
Gov. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Charles Luce
Interior
Consolidated Edison
Secretary of the Interior
Udall
Con Ed
Ase
Louisiana
Venezuela
Latin America
Luce
New York Area
Gulf States
John Lindsay
New York
Jack Javits
Robert F. Kennedy
Nigeria
Libya
Bayonne
N.J
Mac's World mixed with AID critique and traffic news
Washington columnist Don MacLean rails at AID waste and quibbles over sea water cures and unused equipment. He adds a Johannesburg note about first women traffic cops and practical uniforms.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Agency For International Development
AID
Southietnam
Johannesburg
J. F. Oberholzer
Saville Dorfman
Rone
Dorfman
Rockefeller Hope Fades As Nixon Momentum Grows
Washington observers warn moderates in the GOP face a narrowing path as Nixon builds momentum after Romney's withdrawal. Governors ally with Rockefeller may fail to mobilize in time, risking a run toward a Nixon-dominated convention with Super Tuesday and state-by-state delegate gains accelerating toward Miami Beach.
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Rockefeller
National Party
Palm Beach
Oregon
Nixon
Miami Beach
Romney
Gov
Rona Reagan
California
Reading you to the point of serious purpose
In the light, the author lists recent reads including Eusebius Ecclesiastical History and George Eliot Felix Holt, noting a personal library of about 7,000 volumes. He quips about 18th century works versus modern trends, laments book club influence, and reflects on reading habits across ages and societies.
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James Jones
Mes Baldwin
Eusebius
Georgia
Marion Montgomery
New College Press
University of Georgia
Ste
Dr. Syntax
William Combe
George Macdonald
George Santagena
Osserand
George Eliot
Felix Holt
F. M. Colbyove
Haroldy Coffin on government aid and squeaky wheels
A column discusses expanding federal aid programs and rising taxes as bureaucrats fix problems. It argues individuals should sometimes remain patient taxpayers, notes the comfort of workplace perks, and ends with a light quip about a colleague’s telegram and a family’s growing children.
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Israel
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Eugene McCarthy
New Hampshire
Harold Stassen
Bobby Kennedy
Washington News
Rocky
Bruce Bioss
NEA
Washington — Org
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Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Indiana
Lyndop Johnson
Russell
Kirk
Portugal
Iceland
Sir Thomas Browne
Haroldy Coffin
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