Editorial Page Clouds Over International Affairs
An editorial notes a renewed global optimism due to events from Kennedy's Cuba action to the Franco German treaty and Sino Soviet tensions. It warns that real dangers remain including Russia's Cuba arms build up, China a future nuclear threat, and fragility within NATO if Adenauer and de Gaulle push diverging paths. Britain-US strains over Skybolt deepen Western fault lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
Red China
Khrushchev
France
West Germany
de Gaulle
Adenauer
Russia
Senate
China
West
United States
Britain
NATO
Skybolt
Washington Politicians Tongues Stilled by Staff
Washington column notes global campaign quirks after elections. Vignettes include Malaya poster plots, Swedish dinner ice cubes, Brazil legstanding speeches, a Kennedy era fear of female voters, and a peculiar Purple Fiasco cocktail. It also covers a PR firm mix up with reversed names, Sen Keating’s wind machine, Pentagon speak line, and a Pacific fleet chief’s two minute past noon greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Malaya
Liao
Sweden
Brazil
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Keating
Hollywood Commissary Wisdoms On Offers And Matches
Ruth Millett cautions readers about offers of help and matchmaking. She argues saying no can prevent costly substitutes or unwanted favors. Do it yourself advice and wary introductions can save time, money, and disappointment in everyday choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Halibut Amandine
Fox
Alice Faye
Betty Grable
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Nikita Khrushchev
Hollywood
Spyros Skouras
Khrushchev
Disneyland
Wives of working husbands may be eligible for benefits
Social Security experts explain that a housewife can claim retirement benefits based on her own earnings even if her husband works. Readers ask about filing when over 65 and with limited recent work. Advice covers eligibility, tax issues, and steps to apply, plus tips on freezing foods and pamphlets offered by USDA.
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T. R
Trenton
N. J
M. S
Miami
Fla
Office of Information
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D. C
D. T
Encinitas
Calif
Col
P. D
San Diego
E. M
Rochester
N.Y
Withholding Tax Debate on Capitol Hill
The article discusses bills to reduce or end federal income tax withholding from paychecks. It argues withholding anesthetizes taxpayers to tax costs, notes past objections that withholding eased tax increases, and predicts little chance of lasting change, likely a quick return to withholding after a year without it.
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Congress
Joe
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Public life test: corn plaster as status symbol
Boyle's column laments Washington's trend toward a 50 mile loyalty hike as proof of public service. He jokes about bureaucrats wooing public fitness while debating whether walking, swimming the Potomac, or pole vaulting best signals readiness. The piece notes a hardier federal workforce marching onward.
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New York
Washington, D.C
Potomac
Supreme Court
Government to cut lending role and end rate ceilings
A presidential panel led by Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon backs shifting federal lending toward guarantees and insurance, ending legal rate ceilings on government backed loans, and expanding private lending. The plan would keep FHA VA guarantees but align rates with market conditions while reducing direct government lending, a move that faces opposition in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Uncle Sam
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Local Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and rates
Biddeford Saco Journal publishes daily except Sunday from 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine. Marie Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor. Telephone numbers listed for business and editorial departments. Subscription rates shown: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. Associated Press member with local news and AP dispatches. second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
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Defense Department
Cmdr
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Glenn
Hardy
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Cobb W. W. Cmdr
Pentagon
Arthur Sylvester
Adm. H. D. Felt
Pacific
Ruth Millett
and Veterans Guide
Martin E. Legal
Retirement Advisors
Home and Garden Bulletin
By Bob Thomas
20Th Century - Fox Commissary
20Th Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck
Westwood Lot
Peace Corps
Washington 25
D.C
Boyle
Gettysburg
Business Mirror
Hee
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Philadelphia
Palmer
Paris
Uckay
Greenland
Santa
California
George Sand
Pine Cone
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