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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1969
Page
4
The piece warns the Israel Egypt raid could spark all-out war as Nasser weighs restrained responses against Arab unity and Western involvement. It calls out the peril of repeating 1967 lessons and notes US limits after supplying jets, urging careful restraint by all sides to avoid a broader crisis.
Virginia Payette surveys tense clashes between residents and officials in New York New Jersey and Illinois over phone water and power bills and rate hikes. Mayors and agencies urge nonpayment while critics call for hearings and reforms as utilities stretch to cover costs.
U S officers favor Thieu hard line and pressure to escalate while Nixon seeks de escalation during the three day cease fire. Abrams Berger urge Thieu to adopt American stance as others privately push Viet Cong truce violations amid mixed signals from Washington.
Maclean imagines President Nixon as a New Yorker returned from California. The imagined Washington press gag includes reporters in the State Department auditorium, Ziegler in flamboyant clothes, and Nixon answering with improvisational quips on Vietnam inflation and foreign policy in a playful, satirical tone.
Washington correspondent Ray Cromley argues Ho Chi Minh's death weakens Hanoi's control over South Vietnam Laos and northern Thailand and erodes the emotional and strategic cohesion of North Vietnam inside the Communist bloc. He compares Ho's unique grip to leaders like Stalin and Churchill and suggests his successors will be more constrained by Moscow and Beijing.
Russell Kirk surveys looming 1960s senate races noting New York incumbent Charlies Goodell's liberal drift may harm his re nomination prospects. He cites Theodore Sorenson as a Democratic rival tied to Kennedy influence and speculates on potential Goodell Goldberg matchups and other contested races nationwide. The piece foresees a possible first Republican Senate majority since early Eisenhower years.
Fred G. Dustin of the Admiral Byrd Polar Center pitches Antarctica as a vast commercial frontier. He envisions deep freeze storage, coal and oil potential, a space launch site, and an intercontinental airport linking South America and New Zealand, arguing nations can unite for human progress.
The piece jokes that Nixon seeks Senate advice for Supreme Court picks while Haynsworth is charged with being chosen for the Court. It notes a distrustful view of presidential nominees and parodies the process with references to the Senate and a fictional Ralph Assistus guiding the Holy Spirit in policy.
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