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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
4
The editorial argues that clean air is essential yet costly, citing Los Angeles and New York City pollution efforts. It notes health harms and economic damages from pollutants, with future costs rising as cars adopt pollution controls. It stresses the need for policy despite heavy financial burdens.
The piece argues Sweden faces inflation and rising costs despite prosperity. It urges drastic slowing of public expenditures and welfare expansion to prevent deterioration. Marc Wallenberg warns of excess in state spending while critics fear inflation and trade deficits. Sweden’s leaders must choose restraint over prosperity at any price.
Paul Harvey argues that U S foreign aid meddling fuels trouble as communism fades in Africa while Asia shows suspicion of Western aims. He questions Korea outcomes, warns against imposing Western life, and urges retreat from Asia. Forecast notes joke about UFOs and comrade usage conclude.
Washington column details Pat Goldman and John Buckley probes into Republican ghostwriters spreading false claims about anti poverty funds. The piece lists six rumors with corrections, notes on real spending, and warns cuts to Office of Economic Opportunity risk job training, education, and rural programs while commenting on Italy's Communist decline and urging lawmakers to consider tax burdens and poverty funding impacts.
Column notes from Bob Considine weave American politics and culture with anecdotes about Nelson Rockefeller shopping as an underdog, Evelyn Y Davis threatening stockholders, and Dowling's vast holdings. The piece also touches on Eddie Rickenbacker turning flyer, Viet Nam war shifts for B 52 crews, and Taiwan's Taiwan Taipei tensions amid Chiang Kai-shek and Red China.
Washington analysis by Bruce Biossat outlines how Gov. George C. Wallace may derail Nixon’s 1968 bid by pivoting the South to a Wallace third party. The piece notes Nixon’s potential southern delegate strength, Romney opposition, and Wallace’s vow against Nixon as the Alabama governor campaigns for wife Lurleen.
Political ferment in 1968 sees several third party movements shaping the race. Wallace in Alabama may pull segregationist votes but harms southern Republicans more than Democrats, while Virginia Conservatives and New York split parties complicate outcomes. Georgia could see a civil rights challenge aiding Maddox, and California’s New Left factions distract from Governor Brown’s bid, with Nixon’s margins uncertain.
After 32 years on the same route in Los Angeles, grateful customers presented their retiring milkman with a $1,030.55 check and a certificate of appreciation at a neighborhood ceremony. The vignette highlights honoring service and the value of thoughtful praise.
The Biddeford Maine Daily newspaper lists W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. Subscription rates are Payable in Advance: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and entitled to republish local and AP news.
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