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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1968
Page
4
Editorial calls the 1967 FBI crime data a warning as rural areas with populations under 2,500 show a 3 percent rise in seven major offenses led by burglary. It notes higher per capita rates than metro areas, cites weak rural protection and shifting demographics as factors and urges reform.
World War II correspondent Inez Robb describes a calm Oklahoma State University campus with 17 500 students focused on formal education. She relays Chi Omega serenades to dozen fraternities and explains evolving campus romance stages from drop to pin to ring, plus a jilted suitor’s stealth attempt.
In Oregon on May 28 Ronald Reagan mounts a high profile campaign against Nixon with Oregon viewed as Rockefeller territory. Reagan's effort contrasts Rockefeller’s quiet bid while Bobby Kennedy’s wartime standoff with Hoffa and Justice Department actions spark national attention.
In a satirical column, Freddy Farout proposes an Emigration Service to move Americans abroad amid high taxes and social unrest. MacLean suggests altering the Statue of Liberty to wave goodbye, while other snippets mock politics and media figures.
The text laments welfare gains and banners by hippie slang while noting 1913 U S motorcycle production at 70,000 units per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It contrasts modern protest with historical industrial output and uses playful phrases about youth culture and national sentiment.
Washington report notes the Kennedy family split over Vietnam policy with Bob Kennedy disavowing his brother's approach and criticizing large military involvement while Humphrey defends the Johnson era. Sorensen cites Kennedy's fear of overcommitment yet belief South Vietnam needed aid and a stay course.
Russell Kirk argues civility anchors society and limits brutality. He recalls Dr Ludwig Freund’s encounter with Hitler to show manners mask power and reduce harm. He notes 18th century politeness contrasted with modern bluntness, praising humane restraint over aggression in diplomacy.
U S and Japanese inventors develop three minute per day TV tools enabling doctors to view internal organs. Cystoscope with TV lenses shows bladder function. endoscopes and gastro cameras view stomachs. TV images can be taped, re-run, and satellite transmitted for global study.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists daily publication except Sunday, offices on Adams Street Biddeford Maine addresses for telephone and editorial subscriptions. Subscription rates are 2.60 for one month 15.50 for six months and 31.00 for one year. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and prints local news and AP dispatches.
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