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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1967
Page
4
A public push urges residents to join a city wide clean up including disposal of litter from garages yards and damaged buildings. The Beautification Committee backs youth education and tree planting while urging adults to improve private yards and public spaces.
Inez Robb notes Lassie and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson as symbols in the highway beautification program. She argues the billboard lobby, led by Rep. John C. Kluczynski, seeks to gut the act, calling for oversight and action from Congress and the White House to salvage what she calls a public scandal.
Washington column reports the drug industry hired a detective to shadow William Haddad, a Kefauver era investigator, as he testified on high drug prices. Haddad cited Latin American documents and U.S. surveys showing generics under trade names cost far less, while officials deny CIA links in AFL CIO funding. Dirksen pushes a constitutional convention amid reapportionment debate. Yemen embassy closure threats and sabotage arrests add to diplomatic tensions.
In The Line feature by Bob Considine, Richard Tregaskis reflects on Guadalcanal's hollowed sites twenty five years after the battle. He describes overgrown foxholes, iron wrecks, and remains in Iron Bottom Bay alongside the Arizona Memorial contrast.
The Journal invites signed letters on local matters for its People’s Forum. Editors note opinions are not necessarily endorsed by the Journal. The Biddeford-Saco Journal thanks the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 489 for publicity and photographer support for a scrapbook entry.
A critical column argues Congress cannot cope with juvenile delinquency while battling senior delinquency. The piece claims older generations tolerate permissiveness, urging accountability as families blame each other for moral declines and demand rewards without effort.
Police in Spring Valley New York picked up a two year old girl wandering along a highway at 6 30 am two miles from her home. Parents called to learn she was safe and sound and planned to pick her up. The family cited Proverbs 22 6 urging guidance of youth.
Australia’s Army launches a weight reduction drive amid Vietnam era fitness concerns. Soldiers flagged as overweight face potential limits on employment and promotion. Weekly then fortnightly checks follow, with emphasis on cutting calories and curbing beer intake to prevent weight gain.
Biddeford Maine newspaper lists Paul Casavant as publisher and P Ingalls as managing editor. It notes subscription rates in advance and confirms Associated Press membership and second class postage status.
Washington debate urges strengthening democratic groups to counter Communist subversion and fund private American and allied organizations abroad. Critics warn CIA subsidies risk exposure and entanglement, proposing greater private support from unions, student and professional groups to bolster democratic bases overseas.
Russell Kirk argues that environmental explanations for crime intelligence and retardation are being challenged by scientific findings. He cites Jensen on heredity's role, criminal tendencies linked to extra Y chromosome, and Capetown studies implicating diet. He urges skepticism toward universal environmental fixes.
Miles A. Smith analyzes The Arrangement by Elia Kazan noting its self told tale of Eddie Anderson a driven advertising executive who loses his grip. The novel features many bedrooms scenes and kaleidoscopic angles on success greed and the hollow of American life while praising Kazan as a skilled storyteller.
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