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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1961
Page
6
A local advertisement promotes an economical eight time order plan. It invites customers to inquire for details on pricing and how the plan works, suggesting affordability and value for repeated purchases. The wording emphasizes savings for repeated use and calls readers to contact.
A widow asks why her joint Social Security check could not be issued in her own name after her husband died on April 17 1961. The response explains that death triggers adjudication to determine overpayments or underpayments and to compute a lump sum death benefit, with adjustments back to the death month before widow’s benefits can be issued.
PAUL HARVEY notes refugees fleeing to the West reach 1,200 a day, triple normal levels, with Kennedy calling it people voting with their feet. He questions Communist motives, potential brainwashing, and the risk of saboteurs, warning of plans for no man’s land and intensified surveillance gaps.
Reruns continues on page four as Europe and England shift with cost savings and new regulations. Directors seek fresh material amid censorship fears and limited export bans while American films like The Young Savages draw strong reactions from European audiences. Gone With the Wind and Ben Hur show Hollywood triumphs when quality prevails.
Franklin Square New York police arrest handyman Bill Hunting after a string of Sunday burglaries. A victim alerted police by telephone, saying Bill the handyman was here and robbed us. The car's noisy muffler helped identify him.
Explains widow benefits tied to the husband's benefit with reductions and a five to six week delay. Advises contacting the local Social Security Office or writing to the Social Security Administration in Portland Maine for questions.
Maine employment rose 8.4 percent between mid April and mid June, with seasonal factors trimming unemployment by 2,600 to 25,800. Nonfarm jobs climbed to 285,900, the highest since September 1960, while agricultural jobs continued to decline from earlier decades. Weekly manufacturing earnings averaged 72.98 dollars, up from spring and a year earlier.
Bates College alumni in Maine gather for the Ocean Park Bates Alumni Association annual meeting at Ocean Park starting at 8. Attendees include Dean of Admissions Milton L. Lindholm and Alumni Secretary Frank O. Street, with the program in Jordan Hall on Temple Avenue under Robert L. Tomlinson who leads the club.
A Portland boy, Dennis Beeler, 2, was revived after falling into a sand pit pool during a family outing. Police say an unidentified man pulled him from the pool and saved his life.
Hollywood notes that congressional hearings and critics pressure have cooled gunplay in NBCs Laramie and other Westerns. Robert Fuller laments fewer shootouts and more restrained confrontations, while networks pledge to curb excess violence. A trend toward milder plots shifts the genre away from quick-draw confrontations. The piece also mentions Edd Byrnes being credited as Edward Byrnes.
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