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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
4
Optimism marks 62 outlook from Boston bank notes growth
The First National Bank of Boston in its New England Letter says 1961 closed with record economic health. It cites 9 percent industrial production gain in Q4 1961 over 1960, 7 percent construction rise, 6 percent personal income, and 3 percent retail trade, with GDP near $540 billion. The report predicts 1962 could be stronger, with inflation pressures moderating and interest rates likely to rise due to higher credit demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Boston
New England
Federal Reserve
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Wood From Trees Multiplies To Four Thousand Products
The article describes a shift from burning wood waste to valuing every part of the tree. It notes 4,000 products from wood and wood fibers, including cellophane plastics insulation and fabrics. Sustained yield logging and tree farming assure future forest supplies and emphasize importance.
Nation scorns aid and Johnsons odd Washington life
The piece notes President Kennedy praising Oklahoma ranch independence from foreign aid after his fall visit to Senator Kerr. It recounts Vice President Johnson’s peculiar real estate and home upgrades in Washington Spring Valley, including a disputed fence and a cramped basement, plus misbehaving appliances. A large computer conference in Washington features sci tech papers and Walt Disney cartoons for attendees’ entertainment. Deputy defense secretary Gilpatric admits he was wrong on mobilizing reserves, amid background-briefing confusion and lingering blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
Kennedy
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Lyndon Johnson
Pearl Mesta
Spring Valley
Johnson
Lady Bird
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Arts subsidy debate challenges US private support model
Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, after arbitrating a Met orchestra case, weighs in on government funding for the arts. He argues the United States, as the richest nation, can rely on private patrons, corporations, and unions to fund theater, music, and dance, while warning against expanding federal aid. The piece contends private support should drive the arts with public spending kept to a minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Arthur Goldberg
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Goldberg
Congress
Met
Broadway
Sesson
NEA
Ginger Rogers condemns the twist in dance craze
AP reports Ginger Rogers calls the twist vulgar and obscene and urges restraint as film and night club industries ride the fad. She recalls being taught the move on a golf course and says the dance shows excessive hip movement with minimal footwork. Rogers performs soft shoe tonight with Dinah Shore and George Burns and muses about a possible reunion with Fred Astaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Indus
Fred Astaire
Barrie Chase
Year ends with cautious optimism across U S business
AP analyzes 1961's ending: stock markets near highs amid regulatory probes, big price fixing suits, and tariff battles. Industrial output and construction set records, car sales rise, and real wages peak as Americans face a brighter but mixed new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
New York
Wall Street
America
Europe
U.S
St Tropez fashion alarm warns of risky teens styles
Ruth Millett criticizes a proposed St Tropez bikini pants look for girls and housewives. She links it to low rise jeans and Beatnik trends, arguing the skin baring, bell bottomed pants paired with a high neck shirt would ruin modest dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assa
St. Pez
St. Tropez
Brigitte Bardot
Riviera
Paris
Paul Harvey on Eisenhower Reds Claim and Cold War Roles
Paul Harvey argues anti-Communist zealotry risks shaping policy with false indictments. He contends Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy pursued peace through diplomacy while recognizing Moscow as a threat. He notes 300,000 Soviet intelligence operatives and distinguishes Red agents from misled officials, defending past presidents from being labeled Communist agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
F.D.R
Trump
Paul Harvey
Joe McCarthy
Washington
Reds
J. Edgar Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
D. R
Roosevelt
Truman
Columbia University
Kennedy
Vienna
Alger Hiss
Russia
FBI
Bona Fide Red
Moscow
General Features Corp
Wintertime Paradox of Joy and Sorrow in Life
The poem portrays winter as pleasure, misery, and money time with skating, snow, cold clotes, and rising expenses. A separate AP dispatch reports Draftsman Don Tabor near Phoenix was injured by a firearms accident then hospitalized after a chain of vehicle crashes as he was evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor Phoenix
Aziz
Don Tabor
New River Mesa
Phoenix
Tabor
Biddeford Lace Journal Masthead and Rates
Biddeford Maine publication details list Adams Street address, publisher Paul Casavant, editor T J Mahoney, telephone numbers, and subscription rates: one month $1.85 six months $10.50 and one year $21.00. Also notes Associated Press rights and second class postage status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T J Mahoney
Associated Press
Post
Daily Crossword Puzzle 37 Clues from a historic page resonance
Puzzle clues cover a wide range from classical literature to geography and mythology. Entries include references to Dr. Faustus, Odin, Milton, and francophone terms, with list sections for Across and Down clues spanning 1 through 69 across diverse categories.
Readers letters tempers on income tax debate in Biddeford Saco Journal
My letter notes that President Eisenhower criticized the repeal group and cites T Colema Andrews who resigned from Internal Revenue and argued the income tax could be unnecessary with wise federal budgeting. The piece mocks current leadership and alludes to Theodore Roosevelt and present White House rhetoric with satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco Journal
Eisenhower
T. Colema Andrews
Internal Revenue
Andrews
Theodore Roosevelt
White Hall
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