Thought for Evening by James R. Miller
The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. James R. Miller offers a concise maxim urging steady effort and endurance to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
4
The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. James R. Miller offers a concise maxim urging steady effort and endurance to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
Washington letters discuss the remote possibility of Nikita Khrushchev visiting the United States during the current Congress special session. The piece notes President Eisenhower might invite Khrushchev to Camp David or the UN, with political implications for Nixon Lodge Kennedy and Johnson, and questions whether a visit would unite the country against communism or spur more partisan fighting.
By Bruce Biosssa, the piece argues that romantic liberals simultaneously seek strong federal authority yet distrust individuals who wield power. It condemns ignoring discipline in schools and defends orderly authority as essential to democracy, warning that failure to use power risks totalitarianism.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns that world Communism has launched a campaign to capture and maneuver youth and student groups. Congressman Francis E Walter notes most young people are patriotic but warns against underestimating Communist infiltration. Hoover cites riots in Japan Uruguay and Cuba as examples of youth campaigns and warns of broader aims at unions churches and media to destabilize the United States. He stresses many youths remain unaware of the extent of their possible exploitation by Communists.
The Air Force will present the General Thomas D. White Fish and Wildlife Conservation Award annually to the installation with the most outstanding conservation program. Entries open to all Air Force bases for the 1960 calendar year and will be judged on program quality rather than size. The silver bowl trophy stays with the Chief of Staff, and the winner receives an engraved silver plaque. An ad hoc committee of military and civilian conservation leaders will judge nominations and recommend the winner.
HAL BOYLE notes humorous office maladies beyond medical texts. From one-day pneumonia to post-vacation trauma, he catalogs playful afflictions seen in modern U.S. workplaces, explaining how they sap time, fuel ulcers, and affect daily productivity.
As the third quarter ends, analysts weigh a summer lull and a tentative upturn. Industrial output held steady in July, with the Fed index near its peak but below the year start, while employment and consumer spending show resilience. Yet optimism is restrained by stock market caution, profit squeezes, and delayed durable goods orders, keeping a cautious tone about a swift rebound.
A reflective verse by Lucy W. Day contemplates clouds as visions on a TV like scene, a distant Viking ship, a lamb, a king, and jet exhaust. It contrasts day and night clouds with beauty and peace, ending with faith in God and care at P Hospital.
A reader in Lubec recounts meetings with Mrs. Ashmead White and Mrs. Wilson K. Barnes, urging defense of national sovereignty against World Court intrusion. It notes Fulbright’s 1957 Senate actions on five treaties including the law of the sea protocol, rejected 49 to 30, and urges citizens to contact their senators. Also adds a Rome culinary note on abbacchio alla Romana.
A long OCR style puzzle clue list covering Across clues with numbers and various prompts including base hit two words eight single spot on a card and many other entries, some with spelling or spacing oddities. The fragment reads like a full puzzle grid clue sheet with dozens of entries across topics from astronomy to law and language.
A brief syndicated column suggests introspective questions to explain why one makes friends easily yet struggles to keep them. It asks about boundary setting, giving help, being good company, listening, keeping secrets, jealousy, and offense. The piece hints at self awareness as the key to stronger ongoing friendships.
Paul Harvey surveys U S aid and foreign policy, arguing Soviet Cuba crisis reflects a broader hemispheric illness. He warns against military action and urges cooperation with Latin American allies to isolate Castro, comparing Cuba to Quemoy and the Matsus and stressing restraint over direct intervention. A separate note recalls a track official mix up between registration forms and bookkeepers at River Down track in Cincinnati.
Biddeford Saco Journal lists Adams Street address, publisher Marie Paul Casavant and editor T Mahoney. Subscription rates are in advance: one month 1 85, six months 10 50, one year 21 00. Member of Associated Press.
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