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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1964
Page
4
Editorial note quotes Walter Pater urging endless testing of new opinions and courting fresh impressions, framing a reflective stance for readers. The page encourages open inquiry and thoughtful consideration of ideas without dogmatic certainty.
Central Maine Power promotes Maine living with a unique annual report aimed at stockholders. The cover shows a lobster harbor scene and inland autumn hunting, inviting 25000 out-of-state holders to relocate for work and lifestyle. The piece blends promotional art with seasonal photography to boost business and state appeal.
A UC led study funded by Carnegie and the Japanese American Citizens League will collect Issei and Nisei experiences in the United States. The research documents discrimination faced by Issei, their internment, wartime service, and eventual citizenship under the 1952 McCarran Walter Act. The piece notes their resilience and impact on American democracy.
A column laments the marginalization of walkers and young cyclists in urban life and on rural roads. It argues walking improves health and cautions against treating pedestrians as nuisances amid a culture prioritizing cars. The piece also touches on Khrushchev’s drunken behavior and speculative life on other planets.
Washington letters describe renewed House Judiciary hearings on school prayer as civil rights momentum shifts. Becker’s voluntary prayer proposal gains GOP support while Celler’s panel delays action amid massive public lobbying, petitions, and nationwide activism led by Project America and Project Prayer.
In Maine, Spring fires are predicted to cause extensive damage to farms, woodlands and urban areas. The piece argues forests drive the economy through wood products, warns careless burning can destroy vast resources, and calls for lawful fire prevention and responsibility.
Roger Babson argues worry depletes strength and energy and that perfectionism often accompanies it. He urges readers to do their best without excessive concern, noting Newtons Law of Action and Reaction as a guide for health judgment and success. He links harmony in marriage to balance and cautions about excessive worry as a sin echoed across religious teachings.
AP Movie Television Writer Bob Thomas profiles Barry Morse from The Fugitive. Morse explains the show's appeal and the constant travel it demands while he and his wife keep Toronto as home. He recalls his London birth, Cockney origins, and career path from Royal Academy to BBC TV.
A letter from Donald J. Roy of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Association discusses submission guidelines for the People’s Forum at The Journal. The note stresses writing on one side per sheet to ease publication.
Paul Harvey surveys inequities in the peacetime draft triggered by Cassius Clay’s induction controversy. He cites loopholes, long service gaps, and costly draft boards, urging Congress to reexamine the system and consider better recruitment and pay to secure manpower without inequity. Indiana congressman Bray backs a review of Clay's case and a search for fairer, more efficient methods.
Biddeford Maine published daily except Sunday at Adams Street lists W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. It provides subscription rates payable in advance: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and notes AP news content rights.
The writer argues that worry contradicts long historical wisdom and the example of famed innovators. Citing figures like Edison and Ford, he notes they succeeded as optimists and good guessers, not perfectionists, and implies worry is unnecessary. He concludes with a nod to a daily crossword puzzle.
Maine author Francis McKelden Smith releases South Of Yesterday Volume Three from Exposition Press. Memoir covers early life in Maine Virginia Maryland and New York with anecdotes of farming business and photo lithography and notes seven prior works. Excerpted passages reveal his zestful voice and promise of more volumes.
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