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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
4
In Our Opinion editors question Senate arithmetic as plans for a third office building grow from a 29.4 million estimate to likely around 100 million. They note growth in work but argue taxpayers may bear the burden as Alaska and Hawaii gain four more senators.
A Science report by Dr. Charles F. Wurster Jr. and David B. Wingate links rising unhatched eggs and dead chicks of Bermuda’s rare petrel to pesticides carried by ocean currents from distant farming areas. The case shows pollution’s global reach and its impact on a species near extinction.
Inez Robb argues Columbia University mirrors Berkeley in a campus upheaval that shut formal classes for the 1967-68 term. She warns surrender to student rebels risks legitimizing lawbreaking and could undermine higher education nationwide.
Rep. John M. Murphy faced a $25 fine after his car was impounded for illegal parking outside Rockefeller Center. He commented on urban parking woes and proposed city bond leases to boost downtown business while criticizing Mayor Lindsay’s approach.
Washington lawmakers report that a Senate style pipeline inspection bill was weakened in the House Commerce Committee. Five lawmakers protested the compromises and some Republicans joined to push amendments for stronger federal standards and accountability.
Washington analysis notes Reagan trails in polls and faces a Nixon-favoring Nebraska GOP. Reagan backers push a multimarket campaign, but party leaders including Hruska Curtis and Gov. Tiemann back Nixon. Critics say Reagan’s camp fails to shed far right radicals, limiting traction despite banking on rising percentages.
Russell Kirk profiles Mrs. Elmo Coney of Indianapolis, a longtime teacher and president of the Citizens Forum. She promotes voluntary city cleanup, crime reduction, and self improvement, arguing that respect and self confidence, not new laws, win true equality.
The fragment discusses the difficulty of sending foreign aid to North Vietnam until fighting ends and jokes about choosing a peace parley city. It reflects on wartime and peacetime struggles, quotes from scripture, and urges gratitude and generosity toward the less fortunate.
California conservationist Hugo Fisher warns that in about ten years America with ten percent of the world population will consume a large share of natural resources. He cites foothill canyons filled with refuse bays choked with garbage highways lined with junked cars and discarded containers amid growing waste.
Ui Publis Ui Publis hdetord Saco Journal lw details the Biddeford Maine publishing office at 11 Adams Street with staff names Paul Casavant publisher and P Ingalls managing editor. Subscription rates listed in advance include monthly, six month, and yearly options. The Associated Press notes exclusive rights to local news republication.
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