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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1967
Page
4
In Our Opinion the Biddeford Savings Bank deserves a nod for a hundred years of community progress. The editorial urges looking to the future while honoring heritage, calling readers to personal responsibility, civic action, and individualism to build a better world in the next century.
Paul Harvey reports that Communist influence targets Mexican Americans exploiting grievances to push a national agenda. He notes meetings in Los Angeles with California and Texas organizers led by Henry Winston and others, aiming to rally border residents and press for a White House conference and Vietnam withdrawal. He warns that elected minority-backed politicians could be revealed as Communist agents.
The Biddeford Lace Journal lists W Paul Casavant as publisher and IE P Ingalls as managing editor. It notes editorial and business telephone numbers and outlines subscription rates of 2.60 for one month 15.50 for six months and 31.00 for a year. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and filed as second class postage.
President Johnson hosts a Texas barbecue for Pan American ambassadors and key lawmakers as he finalizes plans for the April summit. He seeks consent to push a common market and increased aid, while Sen. Morse defends the plan against Tonkin Bay comparisons.
On The Line columns weave Harlem political slogan chatter with Jim Garrison’s Kennedy assassination inquiries. The piece cites Time Magazine excerpts on Johnson and Kennedy, Oswald echoes, Arlington Cemetery scenes, and bemused comments on unwed father issues.
A Washington perspective argues that despite a surge in those 25 and under, many remain wary of giving youth total control. Barbara Tuchman and others warn activism risks becoming mere protest, while some see a need for independent courage over group conformity amid war and poverty critiques.
Inez Robb critiques General de Gaulle and American French dressing, blaming rust red lead and axle grease for imagined affronts. She contrasts true French dressing with Italian and plain oil options, and offers Julia Child’s recipe as a safe alternative. She calls for punishing de Gaulle without harming Americans.
A Benton Harbor boy aged 13 returned a stolen bicycle to police headquarters and attached a note apologizing for the theft. The note signed Yours truly Mr Sad urged acknowledgement of faults and asked not to be pursued. The piece closes with a religious reflection urging repentance and salvation.
The Needle jokes there is one car for every two and a half people in the U.S. and mocks worries about parking. It playfully explores crowding, mentions Lyndon and Nader, and quips about a half person as a pedestrian who forgot to jump.
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