Editorial Page Opinion Seeks Zoning Review on Saco Apartments
The Saco Zoning Appeals board meets tonight to consider overturning building inspector Robert Atwood’s permit for Washington Avenue apartments. The editorial argues the site is unsuitable, urges a quick legal study of zoning, and calls for future safeguards.
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Saco City Hall
Saco Zoning Appeals Board
Washington Avenue
Robert Atwood
Saco
Appeals Board
Atwood
Virginia's Viewpoint on Fresh Air and World Worries
The column playfully argues that pure air and small-town life dull fear of crime and national angst. It notes headlines fade under blue skies, cites Nixon McGovern politics, and mocks obsessive security while praising peace in a rural setting despite inflation and unemployment.
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Virginia Payette
New Hampshire
Nixon
Camp David
Marie
Lall
STOP EXPERIMENTS THE JOURNAL S LETTERS COMMENT
A reader argues that animal experimentation hardens students and leads to violence, urging elimination of such practices. The signers include United Action For Animals and individuals from New York and New Hampshire. An unrelated item recalls a past speeding arrest.
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United Action For Animals
Experimentation On Animals Inc
Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Letters and Opinions from Saco Citizens on City Policy
Readers discuss the proposed city adjuster alias city manager and mayoral duties, urging against the charter change citing outsiders and cost. Other letters praise local leadership, defend Post 399 Search and Rescue, and debate Nixon era wartime policy and media commentary.
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Saco
Berton K. Braley
Marion Gordon Banks
Biddeford Saco Journal Historical Staff and Offices
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Alta W Foster William E Foster B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant as publisher editor and officer, Gladys M Whitehouse as president and treasurer, with business and editorial offices on Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005. It notes publication daily except Sunday and subscription rates of 3.00 monthly 18.00 six months and 36.00 yearly along with Associated Press affiliation and national ad representatives.
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B. F. C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
AP News
Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
Nixon Drug Policy Attacked by Suppressed HEW Reports
Health, Education and Welfare hid two controversial studies challenging the Nixon drug war. One asserts youth use of psychedelics can be moral and meaningful, while the other criticizes government drug education as misdirected and ineffective.
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Ly Jack Anderson
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Nixon
HEW
Elliott Richardson
Jack Anderson
Richardson
Berkeley
Calif
Manhattan
Kans
Sante FE
N.M
New Haven
Mac's World Satire on gullibility in politics and media
Columnist mocks public credulity toward experts and ads while praising concepts like the White Line in Ecuador as a satirical take. He cites the FCC and Kissinger as fictional in-jokes, contrasts with real bodies, and riffs on Nixon and McGovern politics with pointed humor.
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Washington
White Line
Ecuador
Phineas Whipsnade
George McGovern
Nixon
Coeds Enter ROTC Courses Amid Army Career Shift
The Needle Coeds gain ROTC access at some universities boosting women officers. Analysts view it as a strategic move to use female intuition in military tactics while noting shifts from kitchen duties to military careers. The change raises questions about discipline and regimented service for liberated women.
Quiet war looms after Vietnam cease fire plan
Washington analyst argues the draft peace accord mirrors earlier pacts with Laos and Korea and will fail to stop Communist subversion. He warns international observers will be ineffective, arms will flow to Hanoi, and shadow governments, terror, and covert military cadres threaten South Vietnam.
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Vietnam
Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Laos
North Vietnam
U.S
China
Hanoi
Korea
Cambodia
South
A Review of Violence and Civil Disobedience in America
The piece endorses Dr. Ernest Van den Haag s critique of violent radicals in academia and society. It argues that persuasion within law preserves legitimacy, while force undermines democracy and invites severe punishment. The reviewer praises the book s lucid analysis and urges radicals to reconsider their tactics to avoid harming themselves and the republic.
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America
Academy
Harper Torchbooks
Ernest van den Haag
Columbia University
van den Haag
American Republic
Three Minutes A Day by Boston's Kind Bartender
Boston bartender Tommy Maher is described as a personable helper who goes beyond serving drinks. He has raised about 20,000 for sick children, brought in gifts and celebrities, auctioned Bruins skates for charity, and spent hundreds of hours comforting young patients. He urges others to visit or support a sick child.
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Raymond Hubert
Colonial Drive
Saco
T.V. News
Howard K. Smith
Robert W. Norton
Marial Ave
Biddeford
Boston
Tommy Maher
Living
Boston Bruins
Children’s Hospital
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Don Maclean
Federal Bureau
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