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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1967
Page
4
An opinion piece argues for a redesigned vocational education system to boost skilled trades manpower by 1975. It notes college bias in schools, calls vocational schools misused as dumping grounds, and warns of widespread blue collar gaps as tech advances raise demand for plumbers electricians mechanics carpenters bricklayers and repairmen.
The piece portrays Svetlana Alliluyeva seeking freedom in the United States while fearing intrusion due to her name and her children in Moscow. It notes her potential to write a book and warns that public curiosity could force her departure, reflecting tensions between privacy and history.
Paul Harvey criticizes Page One as unfair to the malcontent and misfit. He blames TV coverage for riots and public image damage, warns press sensationalism fosters government scrutiny, and laments focus on the exceptional distorts youth perception and trust in society.
Former Fifth Avenue executive turned volunteer, Mrs. Helen Walker spends years aiding sick and poor in New York hospitals and nurseries. As Lenox Hill Hospital patient representative, she visits at least 30 patients daily and funds a Paris children's clinic she once helped start.
State Department keeps Otto Otepka on payroll after firing him for removing confidential files. Senate ethics criticized Dodd backed file removals. Otepka’s pay and duties remain undisclosed. Public inquiries to State Department offices go unanswered as hearings promised. Governor Romney and Sen Lockwood clash over tax reform portrayal in Michigan politics.
New York report recalls the Orteig prize race to Paris with pilots Byrd Chamberlain Levine Lindbergh and others. It notes Lindbergh’s unlikely candidacy, the Bellanca and Ryan planes, legal challenges, and Byrd’s crash delays. Lindbergh later became Pan Am consultant and wildlife advocate, at 65.
Washington news analysis argues the New Left aims to disrupt democratic processes in the name of freedom and morality. It calls their tactics a brutal confrontation politics and warns extremists gain influence when the center accepts their actions as normal youth rebellion.
Russell Kirk argues urban renewal harms minorities and working-class residents. In Hampton Virginia Buckroe Beach faces displacement after 1962 damage and a renewal plan criticized for lacking plebiscite and adequate compensation. Readers from Buckroe and across states share similar complaints about appraisals, inflation, and forced moves while authorities push high priced development.
On May 4 1963 the Milwaukee Braves pitcher Bob Shaw was charged with five balks in a single game. The feat stands as a dubious record highlighting a quirky baseball moment amid season chatter.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. Subscription rates payable in advance are One month 2.60 six months 15.50 one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with republication rights noted.
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