Editorial on Bliss College students and faculty at Lewiston
An editorial lauds Bliss College in Lewiston for a refreshingly constructive student fund drive and faculty willingness to work with little pay. It contrasts this with campus unrest elsewhere and argues for support of students who seek to build, not destroy, while criticizing legislative opposition and paid lobbyists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss College
Lewiston
University of Maine
Augusta
Democrat
Capitol
Bliss
Dedicated people battle pollution in forests and air
Paul Harvey profiles scientists and rangers at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory in Missoula Montana. He notes advances in fire management including prescribed burns infrared aerial surveillance and new chemical retardants while urging stronger resources protection and public action to combat pollution and habitat loss.
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Earth
Forest Service
Flathead Forest
Wives Work Boost Family Living Standards
The Industrial Conference Board reports 37 percent of wives are employed while the remaining 63 percent stay home. The piece suggests wives work harder to afford labor-saving devices and cites the convenience as lifting household costs and family living.
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Industrial Conference Board
Wlves
Three Minutes A Day Eyeglasses Patent Warns Of Crime
An advance engineering concept describes rear view eyeglasses with a prism and fiber optics to project images from behind. The device aims to deter crime by letting wearers see ahead and behind, urging public cooperation and better training to reduce unjust conditions that breed crime.
Watchdog to be chained by big business groups
Washington column reports three major associations seek to unseat Arnold Elkind as chair of the National Commission on Product Safety citing his Democrat ties and tough safety actions. It notes opposition to Republican Arnold Hill and outlines broader political pressure and related public-safety debates.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
National Commission On Product Safety
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S.S. Chamber of Commerce
AHAM
American Home Appliance Manufacturers
Arnold Elkind
Product Safety Commission
Haverhill
Mass
Arnold Hill
Hill
Congress
Warren Magnuson
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
History in the Making Plaques at the Mayflower Hotel
Washington writer rounds the Mayflower Hotel lobby plaques that claim historic moments without specifics. A hotel guide explains rooms honor figures like McKinley Dirksen Merman Kaminska Davis, but the writer mocks vague history and asks for concrete deeds and local color.
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Don Maclean Washington
Mayflower
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Ethel Merman
Madame Ida Kaminska
Bette Davis
White House
Capitol
Washington
Harry Truman
Iran
Dem reform at stake as McCarthy attacks loom large
Washington columnist argues party reform could be crippled if militant liberals insist Humphrey might not have been nominated in 1968 if Chicago had not hosted the convention. McCarthy’s backers are accused of distorting the process and seeking more delegates through unfair tactics.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA Washington
Washington
Hubert ‘Humphrey
Chicago
Humphrey
Sen
EueneeCarthy
Minnesota
Democrats’ Reform Committee
McCarthy
San Francisco
Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Washington State
McCa
Aelerstehvetline
Lyndon Johnson
Chicaco
Democratic Party
Nixon Eyes California Run as Center of 1972 Strategy
The article argues Nixon plans a political return to California to challenge Kennedy, using California as the core of a broader bid to lead the Democratic revival and pursue the 1972 nomination. It notes Nixon’s move from New York to San Clemente and the importance of the California Senate race against John Tunney with George Murphy as a potential ally.
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Williams
Washington
California
Jinlien
Fifth Avenue
New York City
San Clemente
Calif
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard Nixon
Edward Ay
Kennedy
New York
John Mitchell
Innesss
Nixon
York
Prevant
United States
Senate
George Murphy
John Tunney
Gene Tunney
Kennedy Maneart
Tunney
Murphy
Robert Finch
Wear a Poppy On Poppy Day Remembrance Message
The American Legion Auxiliary urges wearing a red poppy on Poppy Day May 16 and 17 to honor nearly 2 million Americans who died or were wounded in World War I II Korea and Vietnam. The observance funds rehabilitation and child welfare, with volunteers handling the work. Mrs. Rose Soulard, Poppy Chairman of 1969 Biddeford, signs.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Kansas City
Auxiliary
Rose Soulard
Biddeford
Biddeford Journal Rates and Publishing Details
Biddeford Maine newspaper column lists subscription prices in advance for one month two dollars sixty cents six months fifteen fifty and one year thirty one dollars. It notes Associated Press membership and daily publication with Sunday exceptions and mail handling details.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
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Issoula
Mont
Harold Coffin
James Keller
George Shultz
Carl Perkins
Education and Labor Committee
Renge
Shultz
Rep. Perkins
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Port Clinton
Conservation Center
Clam Lake
Wis
Gaylor Nelson
Senate Labor Committee
Wisconsin Employment Service
Perkins
General Accounting Office
Job Corps
Agriculture
Interior Departments
GAO
Edward Cliff
Agriculture Department
Cliff
House Appropriations Committee
John Williams
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Switzerland
Sen. Williams
Shelby Davis
New York Stock ‘Exchange
Paris
Berne
Sen. William
Davis
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
St. Christopher
Mac's
Sen. So-and-so
Dow Chemical Probemy
Washington News
Ney
Saale
People’s Forum
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