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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1962
Page
4
A quotation about interior reflection appears on the page, noting a room hung with pictures implies a space filled with thoughts. The line attributes the idea to Sir Joshua Reynolds and frames a contemplative mood for readers.
The article surveys state constitutions and how age affects flexibility for amendment. It notes 38 of 50 are pre1900, only seven modernized this century, and contrasts lengthy detailed charters like Louisiana with brief Rhode Island. Experts favor targeted amendments over constitutional conventions.
Three bodies call themselves European Parliament but only the Brussels based assembly created by the 1957 Rome Treaty has real legislative power. It currently cannot pass laws but may influence commissions and approve or oust key bodies. Membership discussions include expanding to direct popular elects and longer terms.
Americans consume water at record levels with more appliances and pools. Population growth and uneven rainfall strain storage and distribution, prompting expansion of facilities for storing transporting and treating water to meet future needs.
The piece urges corporate support for American flag shipping to improve the U S balance of payments. It cites Ford as backing the idea noting 1960 shipments and a $5 million paid to U S shipping. It links shipping to exports and imports and mentions Europe’s market growth. It ends with light, unrelated quips.
A compact listing of across and down crossword entries with clues ranging from family man to actress Powell and various thematic terms. The grid references include merchants, city names, titles, and Latin terms, with hints for both directions and intersections.
HAL BOYLE writes about office visitors to the sick colleague. Hungry Hubert eats the food, Ambitious Albert eyes the job, Tillie the secretary overdoes care, Oscar loans cards, Charlie pries, Pamela shops, and the boss ignores recovery with a golf club.
AP report notes Chicago banker Thomas H. Beacom urges readers to assess total net worth beyond bank balances. He cites homes, life insurance, vehicles, furniture, jewelry, and personal items, stressing the need for updated wills and estate planning to avoid probate and high costs. He recommends household inventories, professional appraisals, and consulting bankers and lawyers to arrange trusts and wills.
Ruth Millett argues self service supermarkets attract Swiss men as a revolutionary shift in Europe where marketing is viewed as women's work. She notes American husbands entered the kitchen after shopping, cooking for guests, then cleaning up, and predicts Swiss husbands will follow suit as supermarkets lure men into domestic roles.
Paul Harvey argues that loving and friendship are personal rights not to be legislated by governments or enforced by public policy. He cites Kennedy family private clubs that exclude Negroes and Jews, notes inconsistency among Northern editors, and questions attempts to regulate private associations.
AP reports Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy showing a skin tight leotard and a tongue in cheek strip routine while censors restrain nudity. The article notes her performance and comments on the era's screen standards. A separate note mentions a Lutheran Church education kit on communism sent to congregations nationwide to explain conditions and countermeasures.
A Biddeford Maine publication lists staff and contact numbers for the Lace Journal at 11 Adams Street. Subscription rates are stated as one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper notes Associated Press membership and second class postage status.
Poem by Norman Langmaid of Saco speaks of a quiet language in friendship that conveys deep feelings without words. A single glance or mood can reveal truths, making intentions and thoughts understood across distance and time.
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