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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1969

Page

4

Biddeford Plans Junk Auto Crackdown Enforcement stepped up citywide

In Our Opinion the crackdown on junk automobiles is welcome. An assistant building inspector will accelerate enforcement by closing gaps and reducing blight that harms appearance and may deter industrial relocation. June 30 is the deadline for noncompliant owners to remove vehicles.

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Automobiles and Smog Debate Cut to Core of Clean Air

Two experts offer opposing yet extreme remedies to smog, while a middle path suggests retrofits on old cars. Chrysler and GM officials advocate engine gadgetry to cut exhaust by about 80 percent, with costs under 100 dollars. public policy temptations include mandating gadgets on all cars, funded over three years. The piece mixes serious industry talk with quips about Easter pay, adult film seating, and Bathyphobia jokes.

By _ PAYETTE Tom Stafford Los Angeles Space California Hhe General Motors Lawrence R. Hafstad Hafstad Othr Marines

Peace Corps CIA taint linked to Accion donor ties

The column alleges continuity between Peace Corps and CIA through Accion links, naming Joe Blatchford as new Peace Corps head connected to Accion figures and donors, and recounts documented concerns over Accion funding from Donner Foundation and related figures, with broader critique of Congressional oversight on defense contracts and NYA endorsement reversal.

Washington Kennedy Peace Corps CIA Joe Blatchford Nixon Accion Central Intelligence Agency John McCone Sargent Shriver Shriver Latin America Blatchford Pepsi Cola Don Kendall Kendall Wall Street Richard Nixon Venezuela Brazil Argentina Donner Foundation Free Labor Committee Nixon Law Firm Milton Rose Terry Holcombe Rivers Vince Franklin Johnson New York Daily News National Youth Alliance Reuben Maury NYA Daily News the News

Parent letter about Navy son and Nixon visit at sea

A Williamstown journal letters section recounts a son in the US Navy writing home about President Richard Nixon boarding the USS Saratoga on Armed Forces Day to observe air demolition tactics. He describes meeting Nixon and sharing navigation details, prompting pride from his parents and a defense of local Little League practices.

US Navy Richard M. Nixon Saratoga Journal Leonard Bertrand Little League

Negro apartheid echoes in quiet North Carolina

Washington-based observer Bruce Biassat describes a Swanquarter Hyde County party of black separatists led by Golden Frinks. They demand to keep an all-black school open under desegregation and seek 40 acres of a federal wildlife refuge as a separatist enclave. The group symbolizes evolving white and black attitudes amid desegregation.

Bruce Biossat Washington Raleigh N.C Robert Scott Hyde Carolna Swanquarter Pamlico Sound Cape Hatteras Golden Frinks Southern Christian Leadership Conference Federal Wild Life Refuge Swanauerter Acres Wild Life Refuge Franks South Africa North Carolina America

Berlin Museum tour through a serious tourist town

East Berlin guide touts sites from the Fuhrer bunker to a grand museum of pillaged antiquities. The Berlin Museum impresses with Babylon walls and Nebuchadnezzar temples, while the 1,100-foot TV tower promises a view of both Berlins as tourists watch and rulers fear escape.

Don Maclean East Berlin Berlin Wall West Berlin Fuhrerbunker Hitler Ber Berlin Europe Babylon Nebuchadnezzar Carthage British Museum London Egypt

The Needle Sparks Debate on Women’s Fashion

Readers weigh in on pantsuits miniskirts and see through blouses as fashion shifts divide opinions. Contemporary men react with mixed alarm to plunging necklines and new styles like high boots, while some claim to understand women less than before.

Three Minutes A Day Barber Gives Free Haircuts to Harlem Kids

A Harlem barber offers free haircuts for 30 to 40 boys weekly every Monday 2 to 4 pm. He says he derives satisfaction from helping the youngsters and plans to continue the service, stating he earns a living from these kids and feels he owes them.

Harlem Venus

Objectivity in Classroom Current Events Papers

Russell Kirk discusses a Cornell study by William T. Lowe on objectivity and liberal bias in five student weekly papers and adult weeklies. The panel found student papers more liberal yet sometimes more objective than adult publications, challenging assumptions about neutrality and urging use of varied sources while recognizing inherent bias in all outlets.

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Biddeford Saco Journal publisher info and rates

The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publishing and editorial staff on Adams Street Biddeford Maine with contact numbers. It also details subscription rates payable in advance: one month two dollars sixty cents and six months fifteen dollars and fifty cents.

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