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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1960
Page
4
Editorial page reflection quotes Iphigenia Scourtis urging personal responsibility as a path to broader societal cleanliness, comparing the idea to everyone sweeping in front of their own house to achieve a cleaner world.
The article argues US and Soviet space efforts are qualitatively similar with varied advances. It notes US successes in capsule recovery and atmospheric vehicle development alongside Soviet claims of orbiting animals and live transmissions. It cautions against declaring any nation outright ahead and predicts ongoing, subtle competition.
The battle against malaria continues as WHO notes 53 million people freed in the Americas though the disease still exists in about one third of nations. Russian health officials aim to eradicate malaria in their country this year, marking progress in a long campaign.
Dr. V Orval Watts economist and author tells a School for Anti-Communists in Portland that free enterprise is an underground movement in colleges. He says professors are fired for teaching it and that government restriction and high taxes threaten American business, calling for renewed belief in private property and individual liberty.
By 1959 one in eight adults or 12.5 million owned stock, up from one in 16 in 1952, with surveys showing 13 million more on the brink of investing and 22.5 million more interested. Four million or 43 percent of 104 million adults favor broader ownership while only four percent oppose. The Exchange notes a knowledge gap hindering growth, calling for better informed investors. A stray sentence about beachwear appears.
A 170 member AFL-CIO General Board meeting reveals wartime hotel shortage and a White House security interruption during a hamburger order for room service. Other items note Gen Flickinger on chimpanzee testing for Mercury, Nixon daughters recipe push, Gen Decker’s bowling hobby, and a tongue in cheek fallout shelter concept by Leo Hoegh aides with beer as避 radiation shield.
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson announced Democratic women will substitute for Jackie Kennedy on the campaign trail. Sister-in-law Mrs. Robert Kennedy joins the tour with Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, launching in Texas from August 29 to September. Lady Bird Johnson plans six Texas stopovers with local hosts. issues of religion and care for the aged are noted, and Liz Carpenter is named as assistant.
Babson Park Mass. discusses four presidential hopefuls Kennedy Nixon Lodge Johnson with focus on ages averaging 50 and 55, compares his 1940 run on Prohibition ticket, cites Kennedy defense of age, and critiques party platforms as akin to a street car platform.
Ruth Millett surveys women's reactions to social pressures in domestic life. The piece notes how women judge home upkeep, aging, flirtations, and marriage with sharp, humorous examples. It highlights reactions to flattery, reminders of youth, childrearing pride, and independence.
In Biddeford Maine editorials warn politics and religion spark the fiercest debates. Truman dreads trouble while Gore urges open discussion on Catholic influence in November. Gore predicts Catholic voting patterns will help or hurt the Democrats across regions, with Northeast and California leaning Catholic. Presidential candidates unlikely to push religious issues, yet others will.
In a letter to the editor the writer attacks the Antarctic treaty as appeasement of Soviet Russia. The piece cites Senate approval, international inspections, and opposition from Senator Thomas J. Dodd, calling the pact a sellout and a weakness in facing Soviet aims. It argues the US previously led exploration and should resist giving military base rights or nuclear testing sites in Antarctica. A second item critiques a farm policy proposal as costly to most farmers and urges revision to protect the family farm.
The writer argues that Rockefeller's liberalized Republican platform may not alienate hard shell Republicans, while speeches in the next two months will reveal which promises appeal to voters. The piece likens the race to a great giveaway and warns of possible economic peril, contemplating impacts on the dollar, potential dictatorship, or a coalition government, and even future shifts toward communism.
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