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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1968
Page
4
The New Hampshire campaign showed youth mobilizing despite voting limits, with students distributing literature and door to door support for Eugene McCarthy. The piece argues this social shift channels energy into productive political work, signaling a hopeful future.
Lyndon Johnson faces a sharp rebuke from Evelyn Lincoln in her book Kennedy and Johnson. Lincoln, once Kennedy's secretary and confidante, accuses Johnson and Texas politicians of sting and spite over a 207 page chronicle. She suggests Kennedy planned a 1964 ticket change, a claim disputed by Robert Kennedy. Lincoln’s bitter view foreshadows more memoirs from Kennedy associates, with no White House restoration for Lincoln.
Lucinda R. Ward of Saco writes after a serious skid on Ferry Road where glare ice remained untreated all day despite many school buses. She notes a sand truck passed without dropping sand and asks why Sacco city sand is so costly, fearing worse injuries or death.
Washington Merry Go Round columnist Jack Anderson compares Vietnam to China’s 1940s downfall, noting parallel land reforms, corrupt officials, and warlord networks. He argues U S aid should have supported large Asian powers like India and Japan, not small states, to better contain China.
In Washington and New Jersey reader letters attack the FAA as a make-believe agency masking lax oversight. The missive notes a pilot operated Constellations without a commercial license for 11 years on the Washington to New York shuttle, while questioning FAA checks in 1957. The columnist riffs on aviation myths and humor.
A fragment from a humorous line explains how slips reveal hidden meanings. The speaker suggests misheard phrasing exposes underlying implications about work and balance of responsibilities.
Washington correspondent Ray Cromley argues that US power is stretched across Vietnam Europe the Middle East and Africa as British withdraw from Arab lands and Malaysia-Singapore. He urges a new practical US policy to prioritize defenses given limited allies resources and rising Soviet influence in North Africa and the Arab peninsula.
Russell Kirk argues that civil rights progress demands gender and race mixing in all jobs. He critiques EEOC rulings on flight stewards and other roles, mocks tokenism, and predicts a future where women and men fill every occupation, ending the traditional American dream of distinct gender roles.
A Senate Special Committee on Aging report highlights unseen crises among seniors living in isolation both in cold rooms and comfortable homes. It notes widespread loneliness, inability to manage daily tasks, and difficulties accessing doctors and social networks, urging proactive preparation for aging and sustained community care.
Biddeford Saco Journal daily except Sunday published on Adams Street Biddeford Maine W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor. telephone numbers for business and editorial. subscription rates in advance One month two dollars sixty cents six months fifteen fifty. one year thirty one dollars. member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches rights. second class postage paid Biddeford Maine.
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