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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
4
Editorial argues House action could cap the 1970 federal budget at 192.9 billion by amending a current year supplemental bill. Mills and Mahon back the ceiling to force a realistic, unified budget limit rather than piecemeal cuts that miss total spending.
Virginia columnist laments unisex trend turning society into a uniform seen in hair, clothes, and cosmetics. He notes identical styles from coast to coast, wonders about masculinity and femininity, and worries experts say the fad may erase distinct gender traits and roles.
The Journal invites letters for publication and urges Saco residents to sign a petition at City Hall within 30 days. With 200 signatures required, George Horvath calls for preventing a beer warehouse on North Street and urges civic action before the May 29, 1969 deadline. The note laments delays and stresses orderly communication.
Washington Merry-Go-Round details Rep Mendel Rivers power as Armed Services chair over funding and investigations. The column cites Rivers browbeating colleagues, shielding naval mishaps from probes, and using his position to back generals while sidelining civilian oversight.
MacLean sails up the Rhine from Mainz to Düsseldorf aboard a river liner. He notes historic towns Cologne and Koblenz, Lorelei cliffs, and Remagen where a WW II bridge action occurred. A London waiter cannot supply a Bloody Mary without vodka, and the war's end is acknowledged subtly.
The piece jokes that the Soviet Union has one car for 235 people versus one for 22 in the United States. It quips about traffic, leadership rides in rumbles seats, and proposes an absurd exchange of used cars for unused parking spaces.
Washington report notes Hanoi faces strain as mothers and wives press for homecoming of soldiers. Vietnamese women, long influential culturally, mobilize to seek letters, letters and remains, while leadership succession and corruption add to Hanoi’s costs of war and control.
Russell Kirk argues large university systems breed campus mobs and anonymity. He favors Santa Cruz San Diego and Oxbridge scale colleges with resident faculty, pointing to Behemoth State as impersonal. He praises community colleges and reform ideas to avoid assembly line higher education.
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