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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1968
Page
10
HAL Boyle argues identity starts with asking what you are not who you are. A humorous fill it out yourself quiz prompts readers about honesty, norms, and guilt to determine if they are too normal to be inhuman and thus truly human.
NEW YORK AP cheers will ring when the Dow Jones industrial average hits the 1000 mark. It sits at 985 to start the week after a near miss in 1966 and a steep fall to 744 in 1969. The milestone is seen as psychology more than a strict economic goal amid Wall Street memories of past crashes and recoveries.
The Army reports 91 percent of men accepted under eased mental and physical standards became excellent soldiers. About 84 percent of over 140,000 previously disqualified inductees have been promoted, some to sergeant, with only three percent court martialed. Field commanders say these men are well motivated and performing credibly.
The text reviews how the Dow Industrials lag behind other indicators despite a run of historic peaks for the NYSE index and the S&P 500 since 1967. It notes the impact of IBM replacing AT&T in 1939 and cites milestones like the Dow hitting 900 in 1965 and 1,200 later, with speculation on further gains.
The Cen sus Bureau reported Thursday on the prior year, outlining preliminary figures and noting trends in population totals, demographics, and regional changes based on early data and ongoing analyses.
Tom A. Williams, president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, testifies before a Senate subcommittee criticizing auto repairs as fleecing the public while objecting to being labeled thieves and cheats.
About 20 intellectuals staged a silent protest in downtown Moscow with plainclothes security around them. The group stood with heads bared in freezing weather for 10 minutes in Pushkin Square emulating a 1965 demonstration. Some protesters were among 95 petitioning the government to revoke sentences of five men who protested the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Seoul prosecutors detained Ong Sung Myon manager and Son Se Il chief editor of Shindong A sister weekly to Dong A Ilbo on suspicion of violating anti Communist law amid CIA interrogations of five reporters. In New Haven Yale names Tom Scattergood captain of 1969 soccer team after he moved from freshman to fullback and then halfback due to injuries. In Portland Maine Irish boxer Jimmy McDermott knocked out in Holyoke Mass. editor in chief questioned by CIA over Shindong A article and another piece at Exposition Building.
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