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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1963

Page

4

Allagash land clash over park plans pits public good against private rights

Editorial weighs Udall report on creating a national park in the Allagash region facing private paper-mill owners. Government seeks a wide border strip while owners promote a multiple use plan. The piece questions who can best preserve wilderness and suggests costs and visitor trends hint at shifting attitudes.

Interior Stewart L. Udall Allagash Hay Golden Boys

Positive satisfactions outweigh dissatisfactions in happiness study

University of Chicago psychologist Dr Norman M Bradburn led a study across four Illinois towns to assess happiness. He found people feel happy when sufficient positive satisfactions outweigh dissatisfactions such as bad jobs or marriages, noting lack of joy in Mudville more than sorrow presence influences mood.

Norman M. Bradburn University of Chicago Ilinois Mudville

Quiet living urged as health measure against noise

Medical authorities warn noisy homes harm health from telephones to TVs. Sound conditioning via insulation reduces reflections, but even quiet interiors face disruption from low flying planes, with no cure except an ack-ack battery on the roof.

Word to the wise what to do with junk mail

The Better Business Bureau advises we are not obliged to acknowledge or return junk mail nor keep or pay for it. We must surrender merchandise to the shipper on request and may demand storage charges for holding it.

National Better Business Bureau

Good news at last for the once fat man

A Virginia practitioner argues doctors over blame illness on overweight as the easiest defect to diagnose. He says heavy people can be normal and stop-and-start dieting harms the overweight. California's governor objects to Nixon's use of red murderers phrase and recalls old timer memories of WWII leaders.

Virginia California Nixon Ruth Millett Jose

U S aid offer to Yugoslavia for Skopje earthquake relief

Agriculture Secretary Freeman offered Yugoslavia about 50 million in U S surplus dinars for earthquake relief in Skopje. Half is a gift, half a long term loan, with the aid funded by surplus U S wheat and other foods traded for dinars. The assistance follows a prior Air Force and Red Cross relief push and targets reconstruction after July 26 quake that left 85 percent of homes destroyed.

Peter Edson Washington Correspondent Enterprise Assn. Washington NEA Orville L. Freeman Europe Khrushchev Freeman Yugoslavia Tito United States Skopje U.S Marshal Tilo Kennedy Defense Robert S. McNamara USS. Army Frank M. Coffin Agency For International Development Herbert Waters Red Cross Yugoslav Red Cross Coffin Army Charles Potts State, Treasury, Agriculture Bureau of the Budget Food For Peace Office White House

Boyle's Column Snide Remarks About Executives

Hal Boyle parodies a corporate boss through a string of breezy quips. The piece lampoons executive arrogance and home life clashes, with jabs about ulcers, dictation, yachts, and the three martini lunch, all framed as a humorous column.

Dollar drain grows as foreigners hold more dollars abroad

AP reports that the United States runs a growing outward dollar drain as exports exceed imports by about 5 billion annually in the first half of 1963, but spending abroad and foreign aid widen the gap. Americans also bought nearly 1 billion in foreign securities abroad in H1 1963, signaling rising dollar holdings abroad.

AP Business News New York Sam United States Commerce Department Department

Biddeford Saco Journal Telephones and publisher details

Publication masthead lists address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine daily except Sunday publication by The Journal Publishing Corp W Paul Casavant president E P Ingalls managing editor and specifies telephone numbers for business and editorial departments subscription rates in advance and AP membership notice

Adams Street Biddeford Maine The Journal Publishing Corp W. Paul Casavant E. P. Ingalls Associated Press

Sinatra lineage frames own show biz path for juniors

Ruth Millett frames a playful debate on wives guiding husbands at the wheel. Hollywood notes on Frank Sinatra Jr. and Nancy Sinatra emphasize independence, merit, and proving talent beyond famous name, with Nancy resisting nepotism and Frank Jr. choosing roles to establish his own career.

Hollywood Sinatra Frank Sinatra Jr Nancy Tommy Sands Hugh Benson Fran Sinatra Frank Jr Tommy Dorsey Reprise Sinatra Record Firm Frank Sands Ensign Pulver

Senior volunteers bring Cheer to hospital veterans

Senior volunteers help more than 100000 veterans in VA hospitals and 15000 in domiciliaries nationwide. They read to veterans, deliver mail, push wheelchairs, and share visits that ease loneliness. The VA Voluntary Service includes 43 national groups and thousands of individuals. Contact the nearest VA hospital director or Martin E. Segal for information.

Weir VA Voluntary Service VAVS Martin E. Sega

The Road to Hudders Field A Journey to Five Continents

A brisk book review of James Morris’s The Road to Hudders Field, a Pantheon volume on the World Bank. The author blends travel writing with accessible analysis of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, critiquing its economics while praising its clarity and reach.

Huddersfield Continents James Morris Pantheon Morris World Bank International Bank For Reconstruction and Development England

Readers Call For Street Repairs In Saco

A letter to the Journal from a taxpayer urges the Saco Street Department to repair Wakefield Avenue. The writer criticizes the street as rough as a plowed potato field and asks for grading and tar coating. They highlight a hole on Henry Street corner where dirt has washed away and warn of possible car damage if not fixed.

Saco Wakefield Avenue Henry Street

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down

Crossword clues list across and down entries for a daily puzzle including predicaments necessity flourished overly long as well as many names and places across and down with standard crossword formats and enumerations

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