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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1961
Page
4
Bruce Biossat argues that while a Russian spaceman has escaped into space, Earth faces rising, immense problems from a growing global population. Space triumphs are tempered by earthly needs, including food, water, shelter, and conflicts, with the U.S. urged to pursue peaceful scientific progress and avoid militarizing space.
Payroll Savings drives auto purchase of U S Series E and H Bonds through 45 000 companies. Over 8 million workers enrolled, averaging $20 monthly. It accounts for about 40 percent of annual bond dollars and over half of E bond sales, aided by automatic payroll withholding and management support for employee stability and debt management. Labor leaders back the program as citizenship and long term security.
A major insurer reports that over 80 percent of highway deaths and injuries in 1960 stem from rules violations by drivers. More than 30,000 deaths and 2,600,000 injuries occurred, up from 1959. The release urges bold measures by citizens and government to strengthen highway safety programs and modernize regulations to fit powerful cars and super highways.
The Kennedy administration outlines a broad omnibus farm bill to raise farm income, using targeted price supports and a referendum system. It would require two thirds farmer approval before new programs take effect, shifting policy power from Congress to the president and Agriculture Secretary Freeman. It discusses wheat policy, potential programs for surplus control, and reforms to Farmers Home Administration and farm credit facilities.
James Marlow analyzes the failed invasion of Cuba. Fidel Castro’s survival could bolster Communist sympathy in Latin America while Western Europe questions Kennedy’s handling. The case raises doubts about U S policy and the risk of reactionary regimes near the United States.
AP reports the Wall Street area seeks a 24 hour revival with a fresh stock exchange, new offices, a hotel, stores and housing to transform the district into a round the clock community. Rockefeller leads a rehabilitation plan to replace waterfront decays and crowded cores with modern towers and services.
A poem portrays a boy in spring with a fishing pole as scepter, reign over rushing brooks, and a shared nature moment as he fishes. It recalls last year’s simple pin and string, now replaced by Walton power.
Ruth Millet narrates a case where a young mother retires to stay home with her baby. She and her husband agree to downsized living to prioritize child care over income. The author argues a full time homemaker can save money and spur a more ambitious, single-income household.
President Kennedy proposes three immediate steps to Congress to aid older Americans in substandard housing. The plan includes boosting direct government loans to $100 million for non profit groups to build low cost housing for people 62 and older, expanding a pilot program, and reserving at least half of 100,000 new public housing units this year for low income retired residents with priority for about 75,000 seniors.
A proposed government rent subsidy of up to 12 dollars a month per public housing unit would allow more older people with very low incomes to occupy public housing. Local housing authorities could use the subsidy to aid elderly tenants nationally, with Ray Henry's social security handbook offered by mail for 35 cents.
A compact listing of crossword clues includes entries such as tourist stopover, Hebrews, Indian boats, Gen Bradley, dimensions, and Fanny Burney heroine. Other clues reference innocence, lollipop flavor, prepare to pray, relatives of the bandar log, outer anatomical terms, water bird, fully ripened and more, plus several down clues and a few stray phrases.
The Biddeford Saco Journal notes a housing trend as new middle income apartments attract workers to the Biddeford area. Officials anticipate easier recruitment of skilled labor as housing options expand and wages rise.
AP dispatch reviews What's My Line, noting guests include a man in baths a fish counting lady a government hatchery and Sir Peter Ustinov. The panelists John Daly Arlene Francis Dorothy Kilgallen Bennett Cerf guessers vary, top prize remains fifty dollars and the feature airs as a Sunday NBC staple. The review also mentions The Happiest Day NBC play with music about a guardian angel guiding a working girl to love and marriage, with Janis Paige in the lead and Val Cox as the angel.
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