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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1962

Page

4

Editorial Page Thought For Evening On Lovability And Safety

The National Safety Council warns auto deaths may top 40000 in 1962 with 18120 deaths in six months, 17 percent up from 1961. Cleveland officials report many fatal drivers had numerous violations. A six point program to tighten permits, tests, revocation, inspections, and inebriation checks is proposed to curb highway deaths.

National Safety Council Cuyahoga County Ohio Samuel R. Gerber Cleveland Gerber Greater Cleveland Safety Council The Safety Council

Washington News on Economists and Kennedy Era Tax Talk

Washington reports that Treasury and presidential advisers face mixed signals from economists. A 37 member Harvard panel warned of gloom despite prior optimism for a plus $570 billion GNP, suggesting a tax cut of 6 to 19 billion, amid political caution and market slumps.

Washington Enterprise Assn Kennedy Treasury Douglas Dillon Wall Street Dillon George M. Humphrey Seymour Harris Harvard

Tax Workshop Says High Rates Undermine Incentive Economy

Rep John W Byrnes of Wisconsin told a spring Chamber workshop that nearly all tax problems trace to high income tax rates. He argued lower rates would reduce patchwork fixes and foster fair burden distribution, but warned federal spending tends to be seen as the cure for every problem risking free enterprise.

John W. Byrnes R-Wis House Ways and Means

Postal rate rise alarm from Frank Stanton

Columbia Broadcasting System president Frank Stanton warned that sharply higher postal rates would threaten freedom of the press, arguing the burden would hit smaller magazines and newspapers hardest. He cited Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Catholic Digest, and Saturday Review, whose combined 56 000 dollar profit could vanish with 535 000 dollars more in mailing costs. He added the post office exists to carry the mail and publications and deserves public financial support.

Frank Stanton Columbia Broadcasting System Stanton Harper’s Magazine Atlantic Monthly Catholic Digest Saturday Review

Golden Eagles Slaughtered for Feathers Spur Legislation

National Audubon Society reports evidence of systematic hunting of golden eagles for the curio and feather trade with the bald eagle, national emblem, also slaughtered in the process. Conservation groups push a House-passed bill to halt feather trade and bar killing or trapping golden eagles except by Interior Secretary permit. Endangered bald eagle protected since 1940, yet still shot for feathers and talons as collectors seek novelty items.

National Audubon Society Congress Secretary of the Interior House Senate

Remembering when Boyle’s column fondly recalls old-time life

HAL BOYLE reflects on memory as life’s treasure and recalls midcentury scenes. He recalls crank phones, silent films, a piano teacher, pocket watches, almanacs guiding farming, mail-order false teeth, flour sacks, penny-worn Scout knives, bacon rind in shotgun defense, and other quaint daily rituals highlighting a bygone era.

Hal Boyle New York Central Bob Hope Wiliam Tell

Signs of a fall pickup seen in U S business

AP reports a summer of steady consumer spending and cautious optimism among businessmen for a good fall retail season. Loans rise, employment grows, steel output recovers modestly, and construction remains high as personal income peaks. overall, the economy shows moderate advance amid political and market uncertainties.

AP Business News New York United States

A Hope Poem By Carol Begley

A mournful verse describes a soggy mist enveloping the speaker's path and soul It expresses enduring blindness yet clings to a faint light of hope that the fog will lift and sun return The speaker credits Carol Begley as author.

TV And Radio Psyche Get TV Glamor Treatment

NBC aims to glamorize psychiatry with The 11th Hour a series opener. Wendell Corey and Jack Ging portray professionals under strict on set guidance from Dr Harold W Arlen to project psychiatry as medical science and humane. Cain's Hundred episode Murder by Proxy features Mark Richman risking reputation over a flimsy murder conspiracy plan with witness perjury by Enid aes and Earl Klegg's case collapsing.

Hollywood NBC Onerogram Wendell Corey Jack Ging Harold W. Arlen Los Angeles Dr. Arlen Mark Cain Mark Richman Channel 6 Earl Klegg Charles McGraw Enidaes Fay Spain

Lifespan lengths rise with medical progress and aging trends

A 1961 study shows average life expectancy at birth reaching 70.8 years for both sexes, up from 66.5 in 1947, with women outliving men by several years early in life but narrowing with age. Improvements in medicine, housing, and services push longer lifespans, while causes of death shift from infectious diseases to heart disease and cancer. The piece notes detailed age-based life expectancies and hints at future gains as cures emerge.

Tony

New York hair stylist urges simple styles for everyday wear

Newspaper Enterprise Assn reports a New York hair stylist advising women to skip elaborate coifs for daily life. He argues simple, easy to manage hairstyles save time and money and are more appropriate for everyday activities than ornate sets designed for public appearances.

Newspaper Enterprise Assn New York America

Local Biddeford News Briefs Reflect Turbulent Economics and Politics

In Biddeford Maine today readers see commentary on the blurring line between economy and politics. The piece notes rising costs influencing policy debates and public sentiment in the city.

Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues From 47 to 60 Across and Down

A compact list of crossword clues with across and down entries from 47 Mountain to 60 Dickens Philip Pirrip. Includes Mt Sinai reference 49 Arranged two words 52 Prohibit 53 Miss Dartle 57 device for measuring distance by two vehicles 61 Inheritances 62 Mothers helper 63 More direct 64 Spring bloom and several downstream entries such as Yell region Christmas carol branch of government and others.

Mt. Sinai

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BY Don Oakley Washington News Harris Fred Othman Supreme Court Capitol Congressional Economic Committee Fred Boyle Business Mirror Carol Begley Cynthia Lowry AP Television and Veterans Guide Pa Brown Arthur Space Ma Brown Ann Doran Tri-States Edgar Torrance Paul Birch Martha Ruth Millet Laddeford - Seco Adams Street Biddeford Maine Paul Casavant T. J. Mahoney Associated Press Arriet Dickens Philip Pirrip I59
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