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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1965
Page
4
An editorial note reflects on the impact of teachers who spark a single good action or a single good poem, arguing such ignition outweighs filling memory with catalogued natural objects. Goethe inspires the meditation on education and character.
The piece cites class rank and family ability to pay as the core criteria shaping higher education access. It notes top quarter rankings aid entry to preferred colleges and describes expanding evening classes and state efforts to meet demand. Federal grants, up to 800 dollars annually, assist needy students based on capacity to pay.
At a Rio de Janeiro meeting Latin American ministers resisted U.S. push for a rapid inter American security system against communism. Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged a standing alliance, but neighbors view it as interference and oppose publicly. Officials say policy must shift to case by case responses.
The article discusses a proposed national power grid with east-west transfer capability to shift peak demand across the four time zones. It notes the NE blackout showed the limits of north-south flow and cites Federal Power Commission support over state-focused opposition.
An Ohio study shows 1960 to 1965 increases in unemployment among youths with eight years or less schooling and the same group without high school completion. Unemployed men without high school rose from 21.1 to 30.6 percent, signaling a high school diploma as a basic employment minimum.
Bruce Biassat argues that antiwar demonstrators mischaracterize the South Vietnamese uprising as a spontaneous movement and wrongly claim moral high ground. He cites Hanoi planning, North Vietnamese infiltration, Viet Cong terror, and Ho Chi Minh’s public aims to show U.S. intervention was not the cause.
Boyle argues tea culture in the United States has matured from rough colonial days noting porce lain infusions and boiling water now common in banks and pubs. He recalls tea’s wartime rituals and the rise of coffee breaks as evidence of a refined, daily habit across cities worldwide.
A town hall lecture links rising wages and disposable income to stock market gains and steady growth. General Motors is cited as the leading example with 1964 sales of about $17 billion and net income near $1.7 billion, among the top ten corporations by 1964 sales.
Hollywood AP report notes Robert Goulet leaves nightly singing for a spy TV project titled Blue Light in Munich. He seeks stability and a chance to prove acting range, despite midseason risk and crowded spy-flare on TV.
The article describes selective cine coronary arteriography as a powerful diagnostic for atherosclerosis with 98 percent accuracy, uncovering mistaken CV disease diagnoses and enabling risk-guided activity. It also highlights new surgical options including patching, bypass-like grafts, and a Canadian arterial transplant, noting age does not reduce treatment effectiveness.
An advertisement column in Biddeford Lace Journal promotes buying ten stocks as a solid investment. It notes dividends and growth, advises a conservative investor, and poses a question about heirs benefiting from stocks versus banks.
Puzzle clues list Across and Down entries covering law, royalty, chemistry, architecture, and geography. Notable items include Germanic state Rom and Italian silent film star Negri. The grid spans categories from Maturity to Riveria roofing and M. Descartes. Germany is referenced with Deutschland aber.
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