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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1972
Page
4
An editorial argues that undecided voters largely decide elections at the ballot box and previews how last minute reasoning shapes outcomes. It recalls 1948 Dewey Truman odds and questions voter enthusiasm while urging candidates to address undecided voters with direct appeals.
Maine misses major GOP visitors as Sargent Shriver and George McGovern briefly stop en route elsewhere. The piece notes scant national press presence in Maine versus New Hampshire and the clutter of headline conventions for McGovern and Nixon era figures. Four electoral votes loom as a potential turning point in national politics.
Virginia Payette compares Nixon's deficit financing to household finances and calls for a man-to-man talk about paying the family 3 percent. She jokes that the president treats the national budget like monthly household bills and cites rising costs.
A brief tale from Oslo describes a motorist who strikes a young woman, rushes her to hospital, becomes a steady visitor, and they marry. They honeymoon in the car that caused the accident, illustrating the lasting bond and lifelong obligations of marriage. The piece urges readers to spread the true meaning of marriage and seeks divine help to strengthen family ties.
The column notes a tense political autumn with blame dynamics between Republicans and Democrats. It highlights a football coach as a potential fall guy for alumni groups and mocks a Democratic vice presidential nomination hurdle, suggesting blame games for weather and events.
A columnist teases how Nixon supposedly finances three homes two vacant lots and a lavish White House redecorating budget. They note a $363 585 bank balance $168 218 net worth rise and a $200 000 annual pay while hinting at gifts from Pat Nixon and rent free living as possible factors. The piece suggests sharing the secret with Congress to fix budgets.
Senators probe unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam and a roaming MiG dubbed the Red Baron. A photograph at Donghai airfield shows the lone fighter. pilots claim Toon dodges radar and targets B 52 formations, but bombs miss and the plane remains at large. The memo on Soviet Jewish emigration politics appears amid Nixon Moscow talks.
Narrator reports Dr Bascombe G Sniveling and party trekking in Ecuador seeking the White Line and the Lost Expedition. Smedley’s parrot dispatches reveal bearer losses, a lung wound from a blow pipe, and quirky jungle discoveries including slow sand that bounces. References to McGovern Nixon Spassky add political humor.
Washington correspondent reports private polls show Nixon ahead by wide margins in Iowa 56 22 Oklahoma 60 15 and California uncertain. McGovern struggles in Minnesota Rhode Island Hawaii Wisconsin Washington state with little sign of a turnaround despite his claims of turning the corner.
Russell Kirk argues conservative Ben Toledano could win Louisiana's open Senate seat as a Republican mirror of James Buckley's 1970 upset. He cites Toledano's education, law background, New Orleans ties, and support from wary Democrats amid Ellender's death and Edwards' governorship.
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