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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
4
Editorial notes initial Hanoi Paris talks promise but warn of a long, rocky road ahead. It says U.S. openness signals confidence despite De Gaulle politics and communist scrutiny. Meanwhile Southeast Vietnam endures heavy fighting with no quick end in sight.
Paul Harvey profiles Champion Down a retired farmer living in a shabby 127 year old log house near Leslie Michigan. He eschews government aid saying he worked hard and plans to rely on himself. The piece paints Down as a model of independence and self discipline in contrast to modern welfare rhetoric.
In Indiana the campaign stove simmers as Bobby Kennedy sparks fire, Gene McCarthy risks burns, and Dick Nixon sizzles under pressure. Reagan stays cool yet seeks a draft while Rockefeller misses the dinner. Johnson and Humprhey circulate, Branigin ponders who handles the dishes when guests depart.
Two police fathers’ sons aged 7 and 9 chased a purse snatcher through a Brooklyn street. They blocked an escape, forced a basement door shut with a plank and washing machine, and called police. Officers arrived minutes later to arrest the thief.
Washington report details the Kennedy campaign in Indiana using TV ads by Papert Koenig LoIs Inc and a $18 million spending plan. It notes heavy radio and TV saturation, targeted college radio, billboard push, a mass paperback release, and paid student canvass while McCarthy trails financially.
Washington humor column skewers Interior Department rules on whales as Rep. H R Gross mocks a regulation banning molesting. The piece lampoons bureaucratic detail from section 230 50 and features quips about hunting whales and measuring them with a steel tape. The column mixes political jabs with playful digs at Udall and other officials.
Washington correspondent Ray Cromley reports on Thai Northeast methods against Communist guerrillas focused on police work and ongoing intelligence. By establishing 10 man village teams near Target Objective 6 and patrolling hills, officials aim to isolate foes, reduce civilian harm, and deny supplies while monitoring and adapting to a slow, persistent campaign.
The article recounts Enoch Powell’s controversial stance against immigration from Asia and Africa, his influence within the Conservative Party, and the broad public reaction in Britain. It notes labor dissent, urban tension in cities like London and Birmingham, past xenophobic incidents, and the risk to Labour candidates in upcoming borough elections. It also contrasts Britain’s racial climate with Rhodesia and highlights policy debates on race relations and child abandonment in cities like London.
Published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor telephone 283 3625 editorial 282 1535 subscription rates payable in advance one month 2 60 six months 15 50 one year 31 00 member of the associated press The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches entered as second class postage paid at Post Office Biddeford Maine.
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