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Thought for the evening comments that envy often hides in praising the lesser things. The piece reflects on how flatteries toward minor matters can mask envy and mislead readers.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1959
Page
4
Good will reservoir
Bruce Biossat argues Eisenhower’s Asia tour reveals a global goodwill toward the United States, as massive welcomes in Karachi Kabul and New Delhi reflect Asia’s hunger for independence and peace. The piece frames America as a force for restraint and moral leadership seeking a world where nations pursue freedom on their own terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Karachi
Kabul
New Delhi
United States
Mr. Eisenhower
America
Asia
Democratic Dilemma Looms Over 1960 Democratic Dinner
After a sweeping 1959 victory the Democratic Advisory Council gathering in New York shows an uneasy mood as Lyndon Johnson is absent. Fear of a rising Republican edge under Eisenhower and Nixon dominates, with looming Moscow talks and possible summits. The party debates whether a peace reversal or economic downturn could blunt GOP gains, but insiders cling to a narrow field of viable candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lyndon Johnson
Eisenhower
Nixon
Moscow
Cure for delinquency by Chinese parenting virtues
A New York judge reports no Chinese teenagers facing juvenile delinquency in 17 years. Chinese Consul-General P H Chang explains filial piety drives this record, saying Chinese children are raised to avoid shaming parents and seek parental approval, suggesting the home holds the cure for delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York Times
P. H. Chang
New York
China
Anti-Smoke Device Slated for 1961 Car Emissions Fix
Automakers announce a cheap anti smog unit to recirculate crankcase fumes back into engines to cut hydrocarbon emissions in domestically built California cars and other pollution heavy areas. The device, part of a cooperative industry program, should cost only a few dollars. a note adds a stray line about haunted spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Automobile Manufacturers Research Divisions
Washington Debates Parties Diverge in Policy Documents
The NEA reports contrast Democratic Advisory Council principles with Republican Program and Progress aims. Democrats push federal economic responsibility and welfare, while Republicans stress individual faith, restrained government, and limiting Washington power. The 14 council members and 40 GOP members foresee 1976 as a distant, pivotal horizon with four pamphlets outlining science, security, rights, and economic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
Adlai Stevenson
Rayburn Andohnson
National Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Dean Acheson
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Republican Committee On Program and Progress
Percy
Beland Howell
Dirksen and
Halleck
Republican Committee
United States
GOP
Why do women outlive men in Pavement Plate column
New York AP columnist Boyle argues women outlive men by five to ten years, citing two hidden factors self respect and common sense. He contrasts men's fragile pride with women's steadfast self worth and realism, suggesting women’s greater self respect and practical sense drive longer lifespans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Curbstone
Babson's 1960 Forecast To Be Published
The Biddeford Saco Journal will publish Roger W. Babson's 1960 Forecast covering general business, commodity prices, taxes, trade, labor, inflation, farm outlook, stock market, real estate and politics. Babson, famed for forecasting accuracy, had an 84 percent accuracy in 1959 and operates Babson Institute and Webber College among other ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Roger W. Babson
Babson
The Day The Giants Met by Paul Harvey
A 1959 feature recalls a 1923 Edgewater Beach Hotel gathering of ten powerful American financiers and industrialists. It traces their later fates: Schwab died bankrupt, Insull a fugitive, Fall pardoned to die at home, Livermore and Kreuger died by suicide, Frasier also, and Whit ney lived to old age. The piece contrasts wealth and downfall with a Magi season reflection. A Phoenix youth recounts car-striping woes after an armed farmer and bulldog interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank
Wall Street
New York
Bank of International Settlements
Charles Schwab
Sam Insull
Howard Hopson
Arthur Cutten
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Sing Sing
Albert Fall
Jesse Livermore
Ivar Kreuger
Leon Fraser
Magi
General Features Corp
Ernie Kovacs Defies Odds With Many Projects
Hollywood AP report notes Ernie Kovacs, once given three months to live, juggling two film roles, a TV show, radio work, writing a novel, TV guest spots, and family life with Edie Adams. He recalls pleurisy and pneumonia in 1939, hospital wards, and vows to live fully, while the Air Force reports SAC’s Silent Squadron growing from motor vehicle fatalities at Offutt Base, reaching 94 names this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ernie Kovacs
Beverly Hills
Edie Adams
New England
Charity Ward
Ernie
New York City
Omaha
Neb
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Our Cultural Poverty Poem Reflects on Values and Media
Dorothy Huff laments cultural decline and urges support for worthwhile arts and education. The verse critiques cheap entertainment, violent media, and dollar driven decay, urging communities to back the good to preserve it.
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact listing of across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial phrase cues including dam, dent, interrogated, text correctors, experience, and many more varied entries such as Egyptian goddess, caravel, Gobi, and biblical or classical references embedded in a dense puzzle grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento River
TNT
Milady
Miss West
Bradstreet
Biddeford Daily Newspaper Contacts and Rates
Published daily except Sunday in Biddeford Maine the paper lists Paul Casavant as publisher and T J Mahoney as editor. It notes Atlantic 3 3625 for telephone and gives subscription rates payable in advance: one month 1 85 six months 10 50 and one year 21 00 with Associated Press rights reservation for local and AP news dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J. Mahoney
Atlantic 3
Associated Press
AP News
Modern mother and child in supermarket dispute
Ruth Millett notes a four or five year old boy and his mother leaving a supermarket after a tense waiting game over a candy bar. The mother remains patient and reasonable rather than raising her voice or threatening punishment. The piece contrasts old fashioned discipline with contemporary parenting norms.
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Junior
Billy
Bill
Mama
Mother
NEA Service, Inc
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Babson Institute For Men
Paul Harvey News
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Paul Harvey
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Dorothy Huff
N. D
Baddeford - Saco Journal
Ruth Millett
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