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Goodness never fails to receive its reward for goodness makes life a blessing. Mary Bake Eddy.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1959
Page
4
Public polio vaccination efforts face apathy and record clinic turnout
The Health News Institute cites public apathy toward polio vaccines while local clinics in Maine report a potential state record with 1800 individuals vaccinated in one Sunday across Saco Old Orchard Beach and the city. Surgeons general warn of under vaccination rates nationwide and emphasize local communities as the key to reaching the unvaccinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health News Institute
Maine
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
United States
Leroy E. Burney
Population Bureau flags aging East Germany risk in split countries
The Population Reference Bureau argues East Germany faces economic decline as an aging, shrinking workforce pushes more women into labor. It notes two million have fled to West Germany since 1950, mostly under 25, altering the balance ahead of Geneva talks and a late summer summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington
Population Reference Bureau
Germany
West Germany
Journal
Esther van Wagoner Tufty
Europe
Bureau
Geneva
The First Astronauts and the Space Drive Ahead
Seven astronauts are chosen from 32 volunteers to ride a one ton capsule launched by an Atlas missile. The average man is a military test pilot, married with a 130 IQ, about 5 ft 9 in, 164 pounds. Space exploration is framed as a driven search and a payoff, with the wife set to cheer the first big payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Future telephone service envisioned by power and Bell era
President of General Telephone Company outlines a bold vision where the home telephone controls lights and heat from afar, provides built in outlets in every room, two way doorbell communication, and even phone vision. He predicts news, weather, market summaries, and children's stories delivered via phone. A doctor extols golf as essential exercise and cautions that social missteps lose friends. With spring, outdoor health gains prominence over pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Donald C. Power
General Telephone Company
Washington News Talks on Berlin and the working group
Washington notes describe a behind the scenes working group shaping positions for the German issue. The group, led by Martin Hillenbrand, includes diplomats and experts and has met in Washington and Paris to draft replies to Soviet proposals and prepare papers for foreign ministers and NATO talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Washington
Paul Henri Spaak
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Germany
Europe
Geneva
For Solution
Cers
Russia
NATO
Martin Joseph Hillenbrand
U.S. Foreign Service
Switzerland
India
Portugal
France
U.S. State Department
Foy D. Kohler
Paris
Dr. Hillenbrand
U.S
NATO Council
Memoirs of a middle-aged man by Hal Boyle recollects bygone joys
Boyle recalls youth and Hollywood in a reflective column. He contrasts early 20th century charms with modern habits, noting fashion, entertainment, street life, and public figures, while lamenting how time ages people and deflates the age’s promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Rin-Tin-Tin
Hollywood
Switzerland eyes new European market outside inquiry
AP reports from Bern that Switzerland feels cut outside the European common market as the six nations unite. Swiss imports and exports rely heavily on these partners, while the United States shares the world trade spotlight with Britain. Switzerland seeks bargaining partners and warns of competition from Germany, Austria, and potential eastern rivals while weighing gains from precision manufacture and cheaper Swiss labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Bern
Dawson
AP Business
Switzerland
United States
U.S
Italy
France
West Germany
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
America
Austria
Germany
Biddeford-Saco Journal listing and staff notes
Publication header for the Biddeford Saco Journal includes publisher Paul Casavant editor T J Mahoney and contact details. It notes subscription rates prepaid at one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00 and that the paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J. Mahoney
Associated Press
AP News
Social Security Q&A Clarifies Relatives and Payments
The column answers reader questions on who is covered by Social Security. Step-relatives have the same status as blood relatives for coverage. a wife who murders her husband cannot receive benefits from his record. Attorneys may be used in disability hearings but fees are capped, and changes of address should be reported if benefits are received. Lump sum death payments can be shared proportionally to burial costs, and an illegitimate child may collect if inheritance is possible under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Mencken
Helen Wills
Bobby Jones
Babe Ruth
J.W.S. Jr
Charlotte, N.c
Tennessee
B.P
Washington, D.C
Social Security Administration
E.T
Wichita Falls
Tex
Chicago
Social Security
D.D.R
Tampa
Fla
California
Ray Henry offers updated Social Security handbook
Readers urged to write to Ray Henry in care of the newspaper with 35 cents to obtain the revised Social Security handbook Security For You. The publication promises the latest changes and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Henry
Teen-Ager Rejects Steady Dating Finds Fun
A 17 year old girl writes that quitting steady dating has broadened her social life. She notes more freedom to date multiple partners, trying different activities from dancing to movies, bowling, jam sessions, and meeting diverse crowds. She argues the shift brings genuine fun and variety.
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues List
A compact listing of crossword clues across and down covering preface themes and numerous entries. Clues include foreigner cloak seaman and many others with variations and abbreviations across a broad range of wordplay categories.
Aware Inn Draws Hollywood A-Listers On Sunset Strip
Hollywood AP reports the Aware Inn on the Sunset Strip is nightly filled with cinema and music icons such as Greta Garbo Marlon Brando Red Buttons Gloria Swanson Igor Stravinsky James Arness John Saxon Peter Brown and Ed Byrnes. Patrons praise the simple pure fare including a swing ground steak with mixed vegetables and unique beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Greta Garbo
Marlon Brando
Red Buttons
Gloria Swanson
Igor Stravinsky
James Arness
John Saxon
Peter Brown
Ed Byrnes
Chasen’s
Romanoff
Peom
Jim Baker
Local Leaders Elected At Wells-Ogunquit Farm Bureau Meeting
Mrs Beulah MacDonald spoke at the First Congregational church while Leo Simensky and Charles Cohen were elected president and vice president of the local group. A birthday party for Constance Olson was hosted by Mrs Anita Landry and Mrs Ruth Seaward at 31 High Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah MacDonald
Wells-Ogunquit Farm Bureau
First Congregational Church
Leo L. Simensky
Charles Cohen
Chaim
Biddeard
Constance Olson
High Street
Saco
Olson
Anita Landry
Ruth Seaward
Biddeford
Warner Keaney
Thornton
Bud White
Greater Portland
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John J. McGraw
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Jimmy Walker
T.e
Business Mirror
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Ruth Willett
Bob
Retirement and
By Ray Henry
St. Paul
Eleanor
Alabama
Getz
Singleton
Seaman
Nonny
Strauss
Annie
Oklahomas
Abbi
Monticello
Edna Ferber
Oscar Fingal O'Flaheriie
Marguerite
Springfield
Columbia
Square
London
Jima
Robert Larose
Elm Street
Fred S. Gurney
Clyfton Hewes
George Otis Smith
Augusta
Smith
James O. Smith
South Street
Leroy Bennet
West Street
Ralph Sweetland
Portland
New England Telephone Company
Lafayette Hotel
Harold Norton
Alfred Street
Lynn
Mass
Alfred Gondron
Omer Thibodeau
Laurette Talbot
Archilles Fortier
A. Bouthot
Joseph Bastille
O. Chabot
J. Godbout
A. Goudreau
Villa Maria Association
St. Joseph
Ruth Sweetland
School Street
Guadalcanal
Silver Star
Aware Inn
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