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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1959
Page
4
Thought for Evening reflects on self discipline in private, restraint in public, and the inner guardrail of character as urged by Mary Baker Eddy. The item presents a reflective quotation on managing thoughts, temper, and speech across solitary, social, and communal contexts.
House and Senate labor reform conferees must craft a bill acceptable to the public amid pressure for action. Kennedy supporters push for less sweeping changes than Landrum Griffin. Majority seeks stiff reform, minority insists on protections, and compromise is essential to avoid inaction.
Washington area lobbyists use home town call ins to urge labor law votes, a tactic dubbed pushbutton lobbying. The piece notes the mix of personal ties, potential campaign contributions, and nonpaid volunteers, with unresolved regulation and a looming Senate battle on Kennedy Ervin labor policy.
Public opinion polls have become the main tool to gauge sentiment, replacing party precinct canvassing of old. They are praised for scientific timing yet warned for sampling and wording pitfalls, while politicians increasingly rely on them to measure strength in key areas.
Pennsylvania Congresswoman Kathryn E. Granahan urges communities to combat pornographic material by cleaning up newsstands and traffic avenues. She argues a government report alone won t solve the problem and stresses family and home as the proper source of counter action. The piece also notes a scientist says trained insects can perform tricks and jokes about real estate dealers.
AP reports that both management and labor foresee a major showdown around Labor Day as the steel strike issues go beyond wages. Mitchell’s report highlights productivity, price containment, and management control, with copper and meat packing showing similar tensions. Public interest and risk to the economy loom large as parties seek a settlement before harden into conflict.
New York AP King Vidor says modern epic movies are too large and costly for Hollywood with vast sets and thousands of actors. He cites shooting crowds in Spain for Solomon and Sheba and the added costs after Tyrone Power's death. He argues for more epics abroad and notes cinema needs bigger screens to fill.
CHICAGO AP Stepin Fetchit at 66 comes out of retirement to launch a new television and night club act. He says the old dialect routine is out and aims to be a white collar comedian, while keeping a touch of the past for longtime fans. Born Lincoln Perry in Key West, he rose to fame in minstrel shows in Montgomery, Alabama, over 50 years ago with Ed Lee as The Two Dancing Fools from Dixie.
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Miss Evelyn Kimball of Saco visits friends in Indiana and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Cashen of Kennebunk visit her mother in Skowhegan. Paul Ladd and Dick Armstrong are the only returning Thornton Academy football squad veterans. Jean Patcher of Media, Pa., visits Mayor and Mrs. Savege of Saco. John A. Earnest of Washington, D. C., returns after visiting Biddeford. Tim and Mrs. Twomey of Cambridge visit Harold Thomas in Biddeford. Pat Hanley of Boston visits Daniel O’Dea in Grand Beach. Maynard Ridlon of Kennebunk visits the New York Work’s Fair. Rev. Arthur Shoenfeldt of Kennebunk visits Williamstown, Mass., on business. Mrs. Ann Palmer of Saco visits her son Offin Palmer in Boston. Mrs. E. Tapley of Buxton visits Mrs. F. W. Sievers in Biddeford. Miss Anna Bogle of Manchester, N. H., visits her parents in Saco. Mary E. Brown of Newark visits her mother in Biddeford. Mrs. Mary Owen of Washington, D. C., visits daughter Mrs. Wesley M. Mewer in Old Orchard Beach. Rev. and Mrs. Charles S. Jones of Detroit visit Mrs. Coral Stone in Biddeford.
The Biddeford Daily Press lists publisher Paul Casavant editor T J Mahoney and contact details with Atlantic phone. Subscription rates show monthly six month and yearly prices. The Associated Press rights outline exclusive local news republishing.
Ruth Millett offers practical marriage tips advising wives to feed husbands before sharing problems limit nagging allow him to decide in his own time avoid discussing others lives and social fretting and to prioritize his comfort and respect his judgment with phrases that affirm his choices.
A wartime style note outlines to wives the big stake in husband Social Security benefits including survivor and retirement payments. It urges joint vigilance, checking the account in Baltimore every few years, obtaining earnings statements, safeguarding the husband's SS number, and contacting Social Security for disability or retirement questions. It also notes early retirement options at 62 and potential benefits for disabled or minor children under certain earnings limits.
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