Maine Papers Put Public Service First Says Former PR Chief
Earl Doucette credits Maine newspapers for a strong public service ethos and loyalty to the state. He praises their professionalism and notes Kennebec Journal’s new building as a symbol of that mission while recounting his Maine press background and praise for local papers.
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Jean Gannett Williams
Guy Gannet Publishing Company
Augusta
Kiwanians
Kennebec Journal
Maine Development Commission
Maine Department of Economic Development
Maine
Mississippi
Goals For Americans Juvenile Delinquency Insights
A discussion on rising juvenile delinquency, its complex causes, and the limits of welfare alone. It calls for cooperative action across professions, schools, and communities to reduce delinquencies without relying solely on arrest and detention. It questions parental absence, urbanization, and the role of schools and police.
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United States
Health care fight over Ribicoff as health secretary unfolds
An editorials piece outlines a coming battle between doctors and the Kennedy administration over financing for aged medical care. It notes Ribicoff's appointment as Secretary of Health Education and Welfare and Kennedy's pledge to include medical care benefits under Social Security, with AMA shifting to a voluntary insurance plan and clashes over federal funding versus state programs.
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Kennedy
Connecticut
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare
Ester van Wagoner Tufty
Washington Bureau Reports
Ribicoff
American Medical Association
Senate Finance
AMA House of Delegates
Washington
AMA
Capitol
Washington News Toasts and Tidbits From Capitol Life
NEA columnist notes Frank Pace of General Dynamics advises golfers to play with low scoring foursomes. Jackie Kennedy asks hospital to give overflow flowers to others. donations planned for civil service courses. Mark Russell quips on Kennedy era politics. blood drive linked to Christmas with a cognac door prize. a Kennedy recount joke ends with a jab at Robison.
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Jerry Bennett
Civil Service
Washington
Mark Russell
Carroll-Arms Hotel
John Kennedy
Burning Tree Golf Course
Kennedy
White House
National Press Cub
Howard Robison
R-N. Y
Reds may set backfires in tense first Kennedy year
AP News Analyst William L. Ryan argues the first Kennedy year could be perilous as Chinese Communist pressure rivals Moscow. He notes Khrushchev’s cautious line falters under Peiping push for wider influence in Africa Latin America and the Middle East, with renewed aid debates and a push to isolate the United States.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Kennedy
United States
Mosco
Khruschev
China
Kremlin
Movemnt
Moscow
Latin America
Khrushchev
Middle East
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Syria
Egypt
Africa
Peiping
Nehru
India
Nasser
China Calls for Limited Aid to Revolutions
Peiping argues aid should only come with quick returns, targeting regimes like Cuba. Khrushchev reportedly yielded ground in the debate, signaling potential danger if the trend continues this decade. James Marlow notes the column writer is on vacation.
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Peiping
Cuba
Khrusnchev
James Marlow
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Crossword clues list with across and down entries including Paul-Henri Belgium states man and Diefenbaker country among others. Includes many names places and titles across a broad puzzle grid.
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Paul-Henri
Diefenbaker
Indonesia
Sennae On the Ark
Shaker
Russia
Hollywood
Siollywood
Sheridan
Embankment
Tweed
Women read men’s promises differently say Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett writes that a New York woman bought a car to California in 1950 and waited ten years to use it as an example. She argues men must be precise in language with women as vagueness leads to missed or postponed plans. The column highlights how terms like someday or not immediately carry immediate meaning for women.
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Ruth Millett
New York
California
Kent
Motor Company
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Sinatra plans record gala for Kennedy inauguration week
Frank Sinatra aims to stage a one night show January in Washington to celebrate Kennedy’s inauguration. The Armory theater in the round will seat ten thousand with top seats priced at 100 dollars and boxes at ten thousand. Proceeds target seventeen hundred thousand dollars to help erase the Democrats two million campaign debt. The event will feature many stars including Belafonte Kelly Prima Fitzgerald Bishop Curtis Marlon Berle Davis Jackson Garland and others. Sinatra will base his headquarters in Washington by January eighth and perform at the gala while coordinating entertainers from Las Vegas and beyond.
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Washington
Jack
Sinatra
Armory
Democratic Party
Peter Lawford
Kennedy
red_ ink
Harry Belafonte
Gene Kelly
Louis Prima
Keely Smith
Ella Fitzgerald
Joey Bishop
Tony Curtis
Janet Leign
Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
Milton Berle
Sammy Davis Jr
Mahalia Jackson
Juliet Prowse
Red Skelton
Judy ‘Garland
Europe
Davis, Smith and
Iha
Las Vegas
Monkeys on the factory line raise cautionary notes
Paul Harvey recalls a furniture maker using three animals for simple tasks while noting the lack of monetary incentive would prevent replacing 120 workers. The anecdote parallels a tale of a chimp- trained derrick climber who later sought a job, yet the point stands that human labor cannot be replaced without motivation.
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Houston
Tex
Ben Friedman
W. C. Savage
South America
George
Texas
Friedman
Bobby
Tax cuts urged to spur jobs and growth headline
A 1960 General Features Corp. feature argues tax reductions on personal and corporate rates would create jobs and boost living standards. It contrasts high taxes with the need to curb overseas spending and bloated government payrolls, using chimpanzee analogies to critique public welfare taxation.
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Gover
General Features Corp
Underground Signal Poem Portrait of a Railroad Baron's Night
The poem depicts a father figure described as a railroad baron in his cellar wrestling with a “valley” and power as night lengthens. Tracks and rolling stock fill basement space while Eve and Sarah Bridges Graves are mentioned in a framed postal-like closure.
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Daddy
Cnding
Happy Feller
Sarah Bridges Graves
Saco
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