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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1962
Page
4
Editorial note contends that locating a thing is the essence of learning, framing discovery as the core of understanding. It emphasizes practical awareness over abstract theory and invites readers to reflect on where knowledge is found.
University of Michigan economists report urban residents still favor suburbs despite central city decline. People cite congestion, bad schools, noise, and traffic as push factors. Authors note suburbanization expands to nearby areas with shopping centers and plants, challenging downtown rehabilitation efforts and urging cities to redefine urban living.
Washington reports say Congress faced a surge of mail opposing a 20 percent withholding tax on dividends and interest. The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes stock ownership now includes about 16 million people across income levels, and about 127 million hold interest bearing savings accounts. The piece argues the proposal would have harmed lower and middle income families and that the public reacted with strong opposition.
An editorial argues against a law requiring universal medical consensus before approving a drug. It cites historical doubt toward Jenner Semmelweis and penicillin, warns that forcing consensus could sink beneficial medicines and hinder progress, and echoes AMA insistence on treating individual patients, not averages.
Reporters touring NASA Lewis research lab in Cleveland were briefly trapped inside a large rubber wheel exhibit when a zipper on the entrance hatch stuck. The incident highlights space travel hazards as decor and media curiosity collide.
Three names lead the field for permanent head of the National Republican Citizens Committee Neil McElroy Arthur Summerfield and Tom Pappas. Pappas, wealthy Greek descent olive oil importer with Boston ties, gains favored status though not guaranteed. Eisenhower era planning raised party tensions and spurred rapid Washington maneuvering among Thayer Miller Dirksen Halleck and Goldwater.
New York AP columnist HAL Boyle lampoons snobbery and daily habits with brisk anecdotes. He argues filet mignon represents tasteless status, contrasts rice and gravy, and skewers manners, fashion, and social pretensions in a string of witty observations.
The United States faces a sluggish growth outlook while West Germany France and Japan exhibit slower gains. Wall Street declines and international stock trends foreshadow a wider easing in non Communist economies as experts weigh new fiscal ideas to spur growth amid Cold War tensions.
A family from Saco Maine urges the Governor and Executive Council to deny clemency for Fortuna Michaud, convicted in 1955 of killing Doris Trudeau. The letter recalls the brutal 1955 murder, notes Michaud was declared sane, and asks readers to write before October 1962 to oppose a pardon and protect others from the same crime.
A whimsical poem by Doris FE Philbrick imagines a childlike journey to the moon and stars. The narrator asks about aliens colors and shapes, then balks at heat of the sun to stay home and watch television. A separate snippet notes a Louisville sporting goods sign offering bat inspections and bat swinging for $33 after glass breakage incidents.
Publication row listing address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with publisher Paul Casavant and editor T J Mahoney, plus telephone numbers and AP membership, plus subscription rates and postal information.
Ruth Willett argues American women face an inferiority complex no matter their path from homemaker to worker to leader. A visiting Frenchman cites bias against working wives, clubwomen, and career women, while society blames and labels, leaving women with little grounds for self confidence.
Questions from readers on how pensions affect Social Security. Union or civil service pensions do not bar benefits. only wages and self employment affect. A 66 year old on a $200 union pension considers early retirement at 62. eligibility depends on taxes paid, and a mentally retarded son may qualify for child’s benefit if disabled before 13. A wife’s benefit depends on age or child in care. Winnings from raffles do not affect benefits. only earned income is reportable. A surviving widow loses benefits if she remarries but may reapply if her second spouse dies within a year.
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