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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1961
Page
4
Editorial note cites Reinhold Niebuhr on how family life requires a spirit of love beyond justice to endure, suggesting a humane lens beyond strict legal fairness.
Two postelection surveys conflict over whether Kennedy’s Catholicism helped or hurt in 1960. Michigan findings show a net loss of 1.5 million votes nationally due to religion, with a strong Catholic swing but a 1.5 percent national advantage outside the South. GOP analysis argues a six million vote Catholic shift aided Kennedy in big-city states, though lacks state-by-state links to margins.
Alleghany Corp faces a high stake power struggle as Allan P. Kirby leads against the Murchison brothers in a proxy fight for management of the $7.5 billion rail and investment conglomerate. The SEC monitors to ensure accurate voting information amid owners of 23,000 holders and IDS, NYC, Missouri Pacific, and C&O interests.
The Fort Smith Arkansas case shows a city damaged by an army base closure in 1959 choosing to rebuild through local leadership. A revitalized Chamber of Commerce, a 100 member task force, and targeted industrial recruitment spurred 1,188 new jobs, seven new industries, and $18 million in capital investments.
CHICAGO Midway Airport column sketches a dozen airport characters waiting for flights. The True Veteran sleeps on the terminal floor, The True Amateur campaigns Congress, The Compulsive Muncher floods machines, The Cheap Browser reads to pass time, The Flirt flirts, The Opportunist buys nearby real estate, The Worry Wart buys insurance as he waits.
James Marlow, AP News Analyst, reports Kennedy and aides told editors that the nation faces difficult days battling communism abroad. Khrushchev warned of three war types and Berlin tensions loom. Red China’s rise adds risk, with potential for Southeast Asia gains before a nuclear bomb exists.
The Journal invites signed, postalized letters on community topics. A 1935 Thornton Academy class fundraising committee led by Byron Dolby seeks support for the Alumni Scholarship Fund, urging classmates to contribute via addresses in Saco. The piece stresses teacher salary issues in Biddeford and urges equalization to attract quality staff.
The Biddeford Lace Journal lists Adams Street address and staff while noting subscription rates. A political aside questions the hydrogen bomb monopoly, referencing Khrushchev and concerns about communism and government power in a reflective editorial aside.
List of crossword clues with numbers covering various topics including prefixes suffixes and proper nouns. Includes hints for photographer solution author fence novelist Welty clairvoyants and more.
Ruth Miller offers a lighthearted column advising couples to allow surprise in marriage. It urges wives not to demand every detail from husbands, to keep some thoughts private, and to cultivate mutual surprise and restraint in conversations at social functions to strengthen trust and romance.
Paul Harvey News Your wife's social security explains how a 60 year old couple would be insured and how a widow could claim a lump sum death payment and monthly benefits. It covers fully and currently insured rules, lump sum ranges, and 62 age for wife payments with caps and conditions.
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