St Louis Band waits for Cherry Blossom fate in capital
Seventy nine members of the St. Louis High School Band await a decision by Governor Kenneth M. Curtis and the Executive Council on a trip to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington next April. The group’s impeccable marching credentials and past trophy history bolster optimism as they continue practice while the final announcement nears.
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St. Louis
National Capital
Kenneth M. Curtis
Executive Council
Nine steps to bondage a warning on liberty and decay
A historian warns that nine stages erode a free society from slavery to bondage and urges individuals to assess America’s path amid welfare trends. The steps trace a shift from spiritual faith to complacency apathy dependency and back toward bondage urging action to preserve freedom.
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America
Impressions of Inez on Affluent Society in a Boom Era
The piece muses on a high living mood amid inflation fears echoing 1929. It cites soaring prices from studio suits to fur, hats, and jewelry, the seeming arrogance of luxury, and a broker urging lasting prosperity while nerves persist about another market crash.
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Jed
New York
Bend
Mills battles tax leaks to fund war and social cuts
Washington analysis shows House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills resisting closing tax loopholes to fund Vietnam costs. He favors cutting social programs over oil depletion loophole reform, aiming to push spending cuts onto the poor while delaying broad tax reform until next year. The piece also notes White House friction with Mills and broader war policy shifts including continued bombing of North Vietnam.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Johnson
Treasury
Congress
Ways and Means
House
Postal Service
White House
Rat lovers press for kindness in a battle against pest control
Washington writer argues the $40 million two year federal rat control program upsets nature. He imagines rats as potential pets and cites an anecdote of a man training a rat named Ralah. He notes about one million rats and people in the capital and mocks the ambition of eradicating rats.
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Don Maclean Washington
Imine
Buddy
Earth
Ralah
Washington
Residents debate city charter and youth needs in Biddeford Journal letters
In a pair of letters to the Biddeford-Saco Journal readers argue about a proposed city charter change toward a council manager government and call for tenure of municipal leaders. A second letter criticizes the paper for bias over the vacant opera house and urges municipal action for youth facilities with potential federal grants.
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Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford
Councilmayor
Auburn
Maine
Opera House
Washington Street
The
Lions
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Berthiaurs Biddeford
To The Point When crime increases Don't pamper criminals
Russell Kirk argues that rising crime in Britain and the United States prompts tougher measures. He discusses juries reforms, possible police warnings against self incriminating statements, and potential tests of the death penalty. He cautions against overly sentimental reforms in an era of growing violence.
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England
Wales
Britain
United States
Supreme Court
Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
Cosa Nostra
Washington protest leaders aim to paralyze Pentagon
Veteran observers describe the October 21 Vietnam march as led by organizers with broad political ties and strong publicity skills. They expect a large crowd to block Pentagon entrances at 4 p.m. Saturday, though most staff are away then, reducing actual disruption.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Jerry Rubin
University of California
Castro
Cuba
David Dellinger
James Bevel
Ralph Abernnathy
Martin Luther King
Lincoln Lynch
Communist Party, USA
Black Power
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Nurses in shortage loom in three year survey
At least 125000 registered nurses and about 30000 licensed practical nurses are urgently needed, says the National League of Nursing. The shortage could reach 344009 in three years, hitting nursing homes hardest with 10 percent lacking full time nurses. Population growth and broader medical coverage drive demand while prayers urge more skilled workers to serve the public. In New Delhi the summer monsoon helps farmers but floods the Delhi zoo irritate animals, with 200 veterinarians treating sores.
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National League of Nursing
New Delhi
Delhi Zoo
The Needle Comment Sparks Sly Airport Speculation
The column jokes about Richard Burton gifting Elizabeth Taylor a pricey airplane and ponders how she reacts to wealth. It riffs on suspicion and gratitude in marriages, asks if Shannon Airport is for sale, and playfully questions an intoxicated airman without asserting facts.
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Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Richard
Liz
Shannon
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and affiliation
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday with offices at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor and phone numbers for business and editorial departments listed Subscription rates in advance One month 260 six months 1550 one year 3100 Member of The Associated Press AP rights noted The notice includes postal and classification details
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
TNE
Associated Press
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