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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1967
Page
4
The piece warns that balancing competing priorities in education is essential as teacher needs and militancy rise. It notes higher salaries, classroom conditions, and administrative constraints, with unions like the AFT and NEA intensifying the power struggle. Public interest and student welfare hang in the balance.
A Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco cites upper respiratory infections as common among hippies. The so called cannabis cough is noted as a wry term for widespread marijuana use. Methamphetamine psychoses rise with LSD or STP trips. Poor diets and crowded living worsen health, with some teens likewise neglecting nutrition.
A Garibaldi Chapter of the American Italian Anti-Defamation League holds a heated session over Frank Sinatra as national chairman of its Civil Liberties Committee. Members criticize his Las Vegas incident and question what image he projects for Italian Americans. An audience member proposes a Madison Square Garden event pairing Sinatra with Carl Cohen for box office appeal.
Washington debates 16 British minesweepers in exchange for 2.5 billion in U S aircraft. House opposition, led by Rep Byrnes and Rep Ford, challenges executive foreign policy as Senate backs aid while Ex-Im Bank funding stirs isolationist resistance. Churchill Churchill quote recapped.
Washington columnist mocks Robert F Kennedy for proposing cigarette taxes to fund schools and curb smoking. The piece compares taxing behavior to raising tolls on a dangerous bridge and jokes about taxing champagne bubbles and plane tickets. It ends with a local note on Harry Stussie’s return and crowd turnout.
Washington columnist reports on a North Korean covert effort to buy and train students and professionals abroad. Recruiters target young politicians scientists teachers artists and military leaders, aiming to shape future power centers over 15 to 20 years. The piece cites Seoul police data and compares similar communist efforts in China Japan and the US. It warns of potential surprises two decades ahead.
Russell Kirk notes publishing is dominated by Manhattan with few regional or Southern presses. He cites Esther Everett unable to get read, argues most Southern manuscripts go to New York publishers, and observes distribution of readers and printing power along the coast shaping a publishing desert beyond New York.
A 13 year old Paterson New Jersey boy spotted a blaze and, shouting Fuego, woke about 50 Spanish speaking residents to escape a fire that firefighters extinguished in the early hours. He said he was excited and that communication helped prevent confusion. He urged ongoing outreach and interpreting God’s blessings through acts of kindness.
A short literary piece notes 1968 car styling as striking and comments on labor strikes in the auto industry. It humorously questions who leads and who follows with Uncle Sam in the backseat representing lingering prosperity near.
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