Costs of Campaign Spending in 1968 Elections
Editorial argues campaign finance laws are weak and expenditures were astronomical. Estimates place total spending around 250 to 300 million, with a third for presidential campaigns. Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace reported high figures while local committees spent vast sums, and Senate and other races drew millions, contrasting with Lincoln era spending of 100000.
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Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
Senate
Abe Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Old morality back as new morality debate rises
Paul Harvey surveys global shifts in conduct from Moscow dorm rules to East German codes and Russian public morality, contrasting titled virtue with American permissiveness. He cites adultery, obscenity, and public licentiousness while urging a revival of traditional values under a new national leadership.
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Paul Harvey
Russia
Moscow University
Izvestia
Newspa
Egypt
Farouk
Los Santos
United States
New York County Bar Assn
Boston University
New York City
London
United Tes
New York
California
America
People forum backs Lemire in Biddeford mayor race
A reader letter urges Biddeford voters to reelect Mayor Leo R. Lemire on November 25, praising his administration and criticizing the opposition as tied to a School Board faction. The writer claims tax increases reflect visible city improvements and warns against electing rival candidates tied to teachers and local politics.
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Biddeford
Leo R. Lemire
Lemre
Mon Oncle
Leo Lemire
Bidde
To Need Pounds By Harold Coffin Critique of Advertising Models
Harold Coffin critiques fashion advertising showing skinny models and revealing necklines. He argues repeated exposure shapes perceptions of American womanhood and societal standards in media and commerce.
Sunday Dinner Invite for Fashion Model Controversy
A fragment discusses concerns over exploitation in fashion circles. The writer appeals to invite a fashion model to Sunday dinner, suggesting humanitarian motives and noting spouses may comment on the arrangement.
Movies and booze mergers shake Hollywood power
Washington insiders report five major mergers looming in the film industry. Westinghouse would buy Universal Pictures, joining Decca and the Music Corporation of America. Aluminum Company of America eyes Twentieth Century Fox. Glen Alden controls RKO and theater chains via Seagram links. Transamerica eyes Metromedia, MGM faces Seagram influence, and Warner Brothers pursues National General theatres. Justice Department scrutiny and Nixon era politics color the deals and potential antitrust actions.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Whiskey Distillers
Justice Department
Westinghouse
Universal Pictures
Decca
Reco
Music Corporation of America
Twentieth Cen -Fox
Aluminum Corporation of America
Glen Alden Corporation
Schenley
Rko-Stanley Warner
David Baird
SEC
American Aviation Company
Embassy
Katherine Hepburn
Transamerica
Unite Artists
Metromedia
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Seagram
Warner Brothers
National General Theatres
Thurman Arnold
John L. Loeb, Jr
Bernard H. Auer
Time Mazine
Bronfman
Jon Polk
General Mills
Giant Movie Concern
Polk
Ronfman
George Killion
MGM
Jerry’ Goldsmith
Gold
Spain
Paris
Warner
Seven Arts
National General Poration
Fox West Coast Theatres
Urman Arnold
Sar
National General
First National Bank of
Boston
Charles Allen Ofen and Coy
Eugene Klein
Bert Kleiner
Los Angeles
Edgar Bronfman
William Forman
Allen
Forman
Cinerama
Fund of Funds
Switzerland
Eisenhowler
William Rogers
Nixon
Dirksen to release a talk album on the National Guard
Washington reports that Senator Everett Dirksen will issue a new talk album featuring eight brief monologues with inspirational music and two minutes of unscripted remarks. A narrator will explain the National Guard’s purpose on the flip side, with Dirksen pictured with Lincoln and national symbols on the jacket.
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Don Maclean
Washington
N. Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Senate
See. Dirksen
Nationa Guard
Sen. Dirksen
National Guard
Abraham Lincoln
Ted Kennedy Poised To Drive 1972 Democratic Fight
Washington observers say Kennedy forces emerge strongest from 1968 battles and could dominate in 1972, as many RFK backers rally to Ted Kennedy. McCarthy loyalists lag in influence. Humphrey’s campaign suffers from uneven support and weak party organization. Kennedy advantage echoed by veteran leaders amid internal party bitterness.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Humhrey
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Goldwater
McCarthy
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Illinois
George Wallace
Theaime
Ted Kennedy
Bermuda Bird Migration Snapshot Across the Ocean
A Bermuda birding trip records 100 species seen on the island as 82 of Bermuda’s 21 breeding birds survived, while many travelers perished at sea. The report notes blackpoll warblers dominate Bermuda’s fall avifauna, the white-tailed tropic bird and cahow are rarities, and coastal migrations link New England to Bermuda. The piece links navigation errors, wind patterns, and immature birds to overseas flights from Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other Atlantic coasts.
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Wayne Hanley
Bermuda
New England
Newngland
Spittal Pond Sanctuary
David Wingate
Wingate
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Ca Hatteras
North Carolina
Boston
New York City
Washington, D. C
Miami
South America
Caribbean
North America
Azores
Local News Paper Advertisement Rates and Publishing Note
Publication details list pricing for advance payments and subscriptions including one month at 2.60 six months at 15.50 and one year at 30.00. The notice attributes publishing rights to the local paper Biddeford Maine and mentions editorial staff roles and republication rights.
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Sanday
Cosntens
Business Depts
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