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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1974
Page
4
The Biddeford Saco Journal notes a Louis Harris poll showing 52 percent say Ford is qualified to assume the presidency if Nixon is impeached, while only 37 percent rate his performance as vice president positively. The piece questions whether broad trust exists for Ford despite lukewarm VP ratings.
Paul Harvey notes a shift from Watergate queries to UFO talk. He cites Jeff Greenshaw, a fired Alabama policeman who photographed a silvery creature. his family faced harassment and a house fire. Prominent observers including Barry Goldwater and J Allen Hynek push for formal UFO study, while officials differ on credibility and reporting.
Washington mourns the return of Vietnam veterans as a generation faces alienation and a harsh welcome. The piece notes the war’s unglorified nature, the lack of hero status, and the struggle for jobs and acceptance after troops left combat a year ago.
The Washington Post critique catalogues Nixon administration misjudgments from Watergate to Ellsberg and hush money, arguing misunderstandings and overreach fueled the scandal. It links veteran neglect, GI benefits erosion, and poor VA support to a broader national weariness after Vietnam.
The piece notes a new trend where leaders display smiles for photographers across tensions, highlighting Brezhnev and Kissinger smiling together by satellite. It contrasts old expectations of solemn, serious conduct with modern photo ready diplomacy. It points to Nixon’s televised smile amid tension and changes in how statesmen present themselves.
The piece argues that leaders from Moscow to Washington use smiling photos and media to shape public perception while pursuing real political aims. It notes Brezhnev Kissinger in private, public posturing, and the Western press manipulated for propaganda with limited factual disclosure.
The piece critiques Kremlin and Washington diplomacy, portraying talk as masking reality. It notes Soviet aims to join Middle East discussions and U S resistance, citing Brezhnev and Kissinger on arms control, Europe, Suez, Jerusalem, Golan Heights, and naval power. It portrays private bargaining over public credibility.
The piece cites Mrs. Carl Feiss of Gainesville offering a green grow theory for Gringo from the Mexican War era song. It also comments on the use of AWHILE, arguing proper capitalization and that the meaning is a brief period, ending with Bernstein’s guidance on correct form.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher Wm E Foster Alta W Foster B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant with Charles C Sutton as editor Gladys M Whitehouse as president and treasurer. The paper operates from 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and is a daily except Sunday publication. Subscription rates are pay in advance and include one month three dollars, six months eighteen dollars, and one year thirty six dollars.
Marion Gordon Banks of Saco urges DEP and State Board of Health to stop the proposed Junior High at a 100 acre site in a conservation area. He cites high water table sink holes and risk of collapse, condemns prior school placements, and argues for focusing on core education rather than athletics.
The Orono All-State Music Festival Committee reassures parents that gasoline in the Orono Bangor area should be adequate for festival day on Saturday, April 6. April allotments should be at local stations, with interstate stations open Sunday, April 7. Tickets for 2:30 and 8:00 concerts are sold at Memorial Gym box office at the University of Maine at Orono.
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