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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1972
Page
4
Four Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holders sue for refunds over a winless season arguing misrepresentation. They claim on Oct 29 and other games the team showed inept amateurish play below NFL standards. The piece questions whether ticket buyers have a right to better performances and whether such recourse could apply to stamps and elections.
Virginia Payette argues the EPA under William Ruckelhaus plans looser rules allowing one catalytic converter replacement and three exhaust gas recirculation replacements, risking higher costs and weaker pollution controls for 50 000 mile durability. She urges tougher standards and a backbone for the agency.
A Hackensack reader highlights a new peace prayer movement named 12 Words at 12 for Peace begun in San Francisco. The daily 12 word Bible based prayer is now in 207 cities 39 states and 17 countries with verses urging peace and a world without war.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists W Foster Wm E Whitehouse B F C Whitehouse and W Paul Casavant as publisher and managing editor with Gladys M Whitehouse serving as president and treasurer. Office numbers 283 3625 282 1535 and address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 note rates 3.00 monthly 18.00 half year 36.00 yearly and AP membership information.
The Armco anti pollution case shows a Justice Department memo detailing White House contact to influence a settlement. Peter Flanigan led calls to EPA and officials while Armco sought a stay and new permits. Congressional testimony by Shiro Kashiwa is challenged by the memo.
In Washington, Dr. Henry Kissinger quotes frame a wild idea from a Nixon era memoir proposing Canada as a U.S. state. The piece imagines Canada joining the United States to resolve French English tensions and to reshape Arctic defense and economics.
Washington correspondent reports Vietnamese observers believe a looming food crisis, not arms shortages, pressures Hanoi to seek a truce. They say North Vietnam must import about one million tons of grain in the next year, with March 1973 seen as a pinch point, while fuel and supplies can be rushed by pipeline and planes.
In this analysis Russell Kirk argues that a US led cease-fire in Indochina is a controlled step toward a durable peace. He credits Nixon and Kissinger for avoiding a surrender, cites North Vietnam exhaustion and Soviet Chinese restraint, and notes the value of an impartial international force and continued American leverage.
The piece notes relief that the election is over and hints at a resumed campaign cycle. Vice-President Agnew is quoted joking about handling the presidency, and references rise in campaign spending and questions about voting machine reliability in close races.
A compilation of aphorisms on expertise reputation and success. It contrasts knowing all about one thing with claiming broad knowledge and jokes about speaking louder than rivals. The piece criticizes vanity and praises steady reputations and caution in admiration.
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