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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1960
Page
4
A critical essay argues that national strength includes quality of life and ethical conduct. It contends freedom without decency leads to license, urges better manners, respect for property, and orderly society to preserve liberty amid rapid growth and a larger population.
A Citizens Public Expenditure Survey notes that a $4,500 annual earner works most of Monday and until 1:45 pm Tuesday without pay as taxes consume their time. It also shows non-defense spending grew 43 percent 1955 61 while defense rose 12 percent. The survey argues tax money should be spent wisely to reduce worries and boost happiness.
The 4 H program covers two million youth across 50 states and Puerto Rico with 94 000 clubs. It is run by the Cooperative Extension Service of the USDA with support from the National 4 H Foundation and 400 000 volunteers.
The radio world will lose several long running serials as the last episodes are slated for extinction. Fans who followed Ma Perkins and Young Doctor Malone will miss the familiar plots and the family trials broadcast daily.
States seek solven cy as affluence grows. New York weighs a 10 percent tax rebate while debate rises over new spending and potential tax income gaps. The piece ponders whether wealth equates to happiness and hints at forthcoming discussion chapters.
Ruth Miller reflects on teen marriages and credits a father who backed his son with work and responsibility. He married at 18, supported by his parents, later became a successful businessman, and insisted his children marry only after college. The piece urges parents to impose real standards and teens to consider readiness.
In Washington a Treasury official Robert Anderson greets two boys asking for directions to a restroom and reveals he is Secretary of the Treasury. Secretaries in Nixon's Capitol office attract curious visitors as tourists peer through the Capitol terrace windows.
The article outlines the nine programs under the Social Security Act with emphasis on unemployment insurance. It explains federal state collaboration, payroll tax funding, eligibility requirements, and typical benefit durations and rates. It also notes the 52 million jobless last year receiving about 134 billion dollars in unemployment pay and mentions the availability of Ray Henry's revised handbook.
AP report notes Queen for a Day shifts to ABC with full network clearance at 12 20 p m across all time zones. Jack Bailey defends the show against claims it exploits misery while recalling a Hollywood taping with contestants including a Pomeranian impersonator and a widowed friend’s course prize.
A Bangor gathering honors Larry Gorman, celebrated Maine lumberwoods poet and chronicler of the frontier era. Edward Ives revived interest, collecting his uncatalogued sheets and preserving a memory of the rustic lifeways and social values of Maine’s early 20th century lumber camps. The piece ends noting the first industrial use of natural gas in 1840 at Centerville, Pennsylvania.
The page shows a long list of crossword clues with numbered slots and partial phrases. It appears to be an OCR dump of a puzzle with across and down clues, including hints like Port on Oka and Absent militarily speaking, plus names and abbreviations, all jumbled and partly garbled.
The Bereford Saco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with Pau Casavant as publisher and T J Mahoney as editor. Subscription rates are given in advance at one month 185 six months 1050 and one year 2100.
A short poem by Lily D. Pearce of Old Orchard Beach imagines a small house growing with early birds and hillside songs. Fragrant winds, warm sunlight, and stars guard the home as flowers bloom near a friendly door for future children.
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