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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1961
Page
4
A compact editorial note reflects on Henry David Thoreau themes guiding readers to simple living and personal conscience. The page pares ideas to daily relevance, urging contemplation of nature, civil virtue, and self reliance.
The 1961 Institute of Judicial Administration report shows long delays for jury trials in personal injury cases, with Cook County leading at 64.9 months. Other cities report 51 to 30 months. Proposals include adding judges, appointing commissioners, and pretrial conciliation plus compulsory arbitration for cases under $1,000. The effort aims to restore swift justice as a democratic strength.
Washington plans for a ten year Alliance for Progress to aid Latin America contrast with the Soviet 20 year draft program. The Montevideo conference aims to secure a Declaration of Montevideo by mid August enabling private enterprise growth and resource development while expanding education health and housing to raise living standards across the 21 American Republics. The Moscow plan promises free medical care and housing but offers no reform of private enterprise and stresses state control.
A discussion of profits in a market economy highlights meat packing with 13.25 billion in sales and 110 million in earnings, about 0.8 percent of sales. The drop from 1.0 percent in 1959 and high processing volumes challenge the notion that higher livestock supplies boost profits.
A June New York Times dispatch argues China uses brand names to boost product quality while U S efforts to curb drug trademarks threaten consistency. It warns that generic naming could undermine quality guarantees, stifle innovation, and reduce patient access to superior medicines.
David Lawrence argues in U S News that Russian hostility to war could topple a miscalculating Soviet leader. He notes historic peace sentiment in Russia, cites past World War I separations, and urges the West to prepare for war while hoping for avoidance.
New York columnist HAL BOYLE surveys reader mail and odd facts. He notes Kennedy revived the rocking chair, Jefferson invented the swivel chair, and quirky trivia from pink elephants to blesbok. Facts cover pay for sailors, drive-in theaters, and wasteful water use.
The six nation Common Market and the seven nation free trade group advance toward a unified Europe with expanding production and exports. United States workers and businesses face pressure from a larger European market, while American sellers gain access to new buyers, amid rising global competition led by three major blocs and others like Japan.
A short poem extols virtue as a costly yet essential virtue in life. It describes virtue as superior to bitterness and envy, valued above crude amusements, and worth any social cost. The speaker urges paying the price with a glad spirit and calls virtuous people the salt of the earth.
Hollywood Kingston Trio becomes a quartet again as John Stewart, a 21 year old from Pomona California, joins to replace Dave Guard. The trio, now with Stewart, met during a Capitol recording session after meeting at a Pomona county fair and briefly toured with Cumberland Three. The group aims to carry on the Kingston name amid past tensions and publicized disputes within the act.
Seven labor leaders form Four Freedoms Inc to spend 500 million over ten years building 40 000 apartments and other units in 43 cities. First projects in Detroit Miami Beach Seattle and Washington DC will house over 3 000 people at about 25 million, with nursing homes planned near housing and medical care offered at nominal costs.
The article discusses Europe's expansion and its effect on American industry. It cites Chase Manhattan Bank data showing 1,009 U.S. ventures in Europe from 1958 to 1961, including 717 in the Common Market and 272 in the Outer Seven, with 20 in other nations like Spain and Ireland. It asks how Americans will be affected and when.
A partial list of across and down clues for a daily crossword, including battle terms, carillons, observatories, and various common and obscure words across multiple numbered entries. It provides hints for fruits, fabrics, weapons, languages, and general knowledge topics with several two word phrases and abbreviations.
Ruth Millett reflects on the idea that life offers a single pivotal chance to mend pride, admit fault, help others, defend friends, set boundaries, show appreciation, and choose the right path. She urges taking that one chance to act with kindness before it’s gone.
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