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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1973
Page
4
An editorial warns Moscow is expanding state pressure on dissidents echoing Stalinist purges. It cites Pyotr Yakir Viktor Krasin and alleged confessions tied to Solzhenitsyn and Sakharov, noting a chilling shift from detente to harsher repression before foreign reporters.
Virginia Payette argues that unemployment statistics mislead. She notes contrasts between 4 percent jobless rates and tight labor markets with skilled shortages, citing demographics and the index of unemployment severity to challenge official optimism.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Wm. E. Foster Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse and W. Paul Casavant as publisher and editor team with Gladys M. Whitehouse as president and treasurer. It details offices on 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine and AP rights and subscription rates.
Washington reflections reveal President Nixon expressing remorse for past attacks on Harry Truman. The piece contrasts Nixon’s current stance with his earlier aggressive congressional probing and anti Truman rhetoric.
The piece argues President Nixon aims to restore confidence while pushing Watergate aside, yet his shifting tactics and contradictory stances deepen doubt. It credits his pragmatism in diplomacy but says in Watergate he flips principles daily, undermining coherent policy.
The column mocks phrase usage and traces historic versus historical, then analyzes President Nixon and Watergate. It notes Nixon’s stance on court orders, the role of Sirica and Cox, and the public’s drift toward trusting courts and a free press amid the legal tangle.
Paul Harvey surveys Gary Indiana six years after Richard Hatcher became mayor. He notes continued race tension, white flight, and economic disparities despite black political leadership. Gary faces pollution crime welfare and housing pressures, with both communities blaming the other and calls for new projects and centers.
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