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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
4
Philosophy column quotes John P. Morgan advocating success through individual effort over heritage. The brief item presents a reflective maxim highlighted on the editorial page as guidance for readers striving personal achievement.
The First National Bank of Boston expects a slower but steady 1959 finish with dampened gains in employment and income and tighter credit. Consumer outlays remain strong for durables while government spending grows slowly. Exports may rise, but overall demand will likely leave credit strains and higher interest rates as the Fed tightens money supply.
American reporters traveling with Vice President Nixon praise the openness of Russian villagers while condemning Soviet leadership. The piece argues the Kremlin constructs obstacles to friendship, portraying Communism as a power‑driven system distorting history and stifling genuine human contact. The wall of distrust in the Soviet Union is deemed artificial yet vital to keep leaders in control.
Washington's State Department and ICA issue a rebuttal to charges in The Ugly American by Lederer and Burdick. They identify Otto Hunderwadel as a real ICA technician and note no overseas information officers since 1953. The piece reviews specific scenes involving rice shipments, Cambodia chicken imports, and Russia's propaganda misuses, asserting factual gaps and contrasting aid spending with Soviet and Chinese programs.
The Council of State Chambers of Commerce warned Congress to close a multi billion dollar back door spending loophole formed outside appropriations. Eugene F. Rinta said the $69.6 billion total since World War II includes $51.5 billion in agency borrowing authorizations and $18.4 billion in contract authorizations. He noted appropriations committees merely rubber stamp liquidations, calling for tighter controls.
AP reports The Drunkard in Hollywood may close before month end as LA Fire Department demands removal of 100 seats reducing capacity to 240. Producer Mildred Ilse indicates continued operation is unlikely. Other news covers Gregory Peck pursuing production work abroad, Audrey Hepburn and Tony Perkins film setback, Fred Astaire’s upcoming TV special, Josh Logan slimming down, and Billie Burke turning 74.
New York AP pieces on what it takes to be a columnist and the common occupational ailments. It jokes about required skills, perks and the myth of glamorous life, noting writers endure ulcers hydrophobia mental hernia and snow blindness from long hours at the typewriter.
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday from Biddeford Maine. Paul Casavant publisher and J Mahoney editor with Atlantic 3 3625 telephone. Subscription rates payable in advance: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. Member of the Associated Press. Entry noted at local post office.
The Journal invites letters on real local topics. Each letter must be signed with address, but the writer’s name may be withheld upon request. Views in this column reflect individual opinions, not necessarily the newspaper’s endorsement.
To the Editor of Journal Bernard Goldfine received a suspended sentence for contempt of Congress. The writer questions how lenient the punishment would have been if the defendant were a segregationist or a wicked ho mon ger and ends with a Latin phrase and a signoff from G Andrews Moriarty in Ogunquit.
A columnist argues the president’s proposal to provide information and apparatus for atomic warfare to seven nations, excluding warheads, risks prolonging the arms race, hindering disarmament, and increasing global fallout. The letter warns it could provoke wider proliferation and erode U.S. stance against nuclear tension. Charles Parsons urges readers to reconsider Congress fate.
Poem laments the sudden death of a neighbor boy once known as a cheerful companion in the village. The speaker recalls shared garden chats and ice cream on doorsteps, grieving a life cut short and a future left unsaid. The piece ends acknowledging a quiet, poignant loss.
Ernest Pinkham of Biddeford visits Mr and Mrs Neal Litchfield in Freeport. Alfred M Hall of Arlington Heights Illinois visits Mrs Bertha Shaw in Saco. George L Hawkes of Saco passes the Maine Bar exam. Alice L Downing of Walther Massachusetts visits Mrs Sevilla Jones in Kennebunk. Gloria Fallectoft of Old Orchard Beach stars in Down In The Valley at Greenwood Playhouse Peaks Island. James J Hickey of Biddeford moves to Union Street. Kenneth P Donahue of Stoughton visits grandmother in Biddeford. Edwin H Alexander of Newton visits Townsend family in Saco. J B Gough of Biddeford visiting Penacook. Frank Nikula of Lowell visits Thure Anderson in Old Orchard Beach.
Ruth Millett reflects on a boy's empty room after a long absence from home. The article contrasts open versus closed doors, noting the room's emptiness, the preserved signs of a boy's life, and the gradual, lingering adjustment for a parent as clutter and noise fade into neatness and quiet.
Paul Harvey reflects on time and resilience through art history from China to the Mongol era. He cites Song dynasty porcelain, Ming reclamation led by Chu Yuan, and cycles found in nature and markets to argue that history repeats and the universe runs on time.
Mr and Mrs H Palardy of Sulli van street Biddeford visit Father A H Palardy in Chisolm Massachusetts Raymond Miner of Hallowell is a guest of Mrs Florence Morris on Main street Biddeford Mr and Mrs Fred Rowe of Beach street Saco vacationing in Norway Mrs E E Stoneham of Cleveland Ohio visits her brother Gordon on Pool street Biddeford Flora and Jennie Snow of Brunswick stay with Mr and Mrs Clement P Wight on Longwood avenue Old Orchard Beach
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