Viet veterans need more aid for readjustment in civilian life
The editorial argues Vietnam veterans face greater readjustment difficulties than veterans of other eras. It notes widespread but insufficient support, describes survivor guilt and trauma highlighted by Yale psychiatrist Robert Lifton, and calls for more thoughtful attention to the post Vietnam syndrome and its impact on three million returning service members.
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America
Vietnam
Yale
Robert Jay Lifton
Piety Hill
Agnes
John Gay
Virginia's Viewpoint on American wealth and household stats
Virginia Payette analyzes upbeat U S financial data as of spring 1972, noting high asset totals, rising debts, and ownership of homes and appliances. She highlights home ownership rates, income levels, appliance saturation, and consumer trends while wryly noting taxes and rising food prices amid looming political promises.
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Virignia Payette
National Consumer Finance Association
Tose
Detroit
Old Dad
Oldest calendar stone found by Mexican farmer dates to 31 B C
A farmer in Mexico uncovered what is described as the hemisphere s oldest calendar linked to a Smithsonian fragment from 1939. The Olmec time-marking stone shows bars and dots proving Olmecs invented the calendar before Mayas. The discovery highlights time measurement through sun moon tide and clock in pre Columbian Americas. The piece is paired with earlier finds confirming Olmec genius.
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Smithsonian
Americas
Middle America
Sparkman push for 16.5 million hospital lease deal
Senator John Sparkman works to secure a 16.5 million lease guarantee for Brookwood Medical Hospital Inc. Critics say the move violates SBA rules and diverts doctors from the poor. Speir and Rice, benefactors and investors, stand on record with campaigns and commissions as Sparkman presses SBA officials.
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Washington
John Sparkman
Small Business Administration
SBA
Sparkman
Hilary Sandoval
Jerald Allen
Senate Small Business Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Alabama
Valley Center Development Corp
Birmingham
Homewood
Speir
Rice
Speir and Rice
Hospital
Brookwood Medical Cantar Haenital Inc
Nineman
Hilary
Brookwood Medical Hospital, Inc
Brookwood Medic Foundation
Spier
T Sba
Einar Johnson
Brookwood
Mac's World Phone phreak kick
A column discusses phone phreaks who bypass toll systems to make free calls noting their tricks and bragging rights. It covers whistlers, underground circuits, stamp dodges, and direct dialing quirks. The piece also notes predictions and light humor about pop culture.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
Moscow
Hong Kong
Tashkent
Peoria
L.A
Europe
New York
Brigitte Bardot
U.S
Kennedy's New England tour fuels 1976 speculation
Ted Kennedy's two day campaign swing through Maine Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts energizes Democratic rivals and observers. He draws large crowds wins praise from locals and signals continued national ambitions despite lingering controversy and potential Republican opposition.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Sanford
Vermont
Burlington
Ted
New England
Pawtucket
Sen
George McGovern
McGovern
Halloween Hauntings at Piety Hill Home
Russell Kirk recalls Halloween living with three daughters at his ancestral house on Piety Hill. He describes ghostly visitors, family costumes, and eerie phonograph records amid reflections on Celtic origins and classical ghosts.
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W. B. Yeats
Monica
Cecilia
Felicia
Piety Hill
Patti
Clinton Wallace
Fay
Annette
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and rates
Publication information for the Biddeford Saco Journal includes Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B F. C. Whitehouse W. Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls editor Gladys M. Whitehouse president treasurer and office contacts. Subscription rates show one month three dollars six months eighteen dollars and one year thirty six dollars. The paper is a daily except Sunday with AP news rights and national ad representatives listed.
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Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
Associated Press
Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
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