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A concise moral note attributes fame to future deeds over present contentment. It quotes Christian N. Bovee and urges readers to pursue upcoming achievements rather than rest on past successes.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1963
Page
4
A concise moral note attributes fame to future deeds over present contentment. It quotes Christian N. Bovee and urges readers to pursue upcoming achievements rather than rest on past successes.
A historical note links George Washington’s 1770 letter about his 17 year old stepson John Parke Custis to modern parental concerns. Washington urged supervision and guardrails to prevent bad influences, suggesting he preferred keeping him under his roof near Annapolis and avoiding bad examples.
President Kennedy sent an eight point youth program to Congress with vague overall costs. Estimates range from 350 million to more than 2 billion if related health and education programs are included. Proposals include a youth conservation corps, wage subsidies, a national service corps, and expanded Peace Corps.
In wartime and crisis history the rail system moves troops and material. During the Cuban crisis, 3600 flat cars 190 gondolas 40 boxcars and 200 passenger cars were pressed into service to move 8000 troops and armored vehicles, showing railroads as essential to national security and survival.
The Daily Missoulian reviews Edison Electric Institute findings and concludes the United States leads the Soviet Union in electric power production, per capita use, residential consumption, and transmission lines. It notes investor-owned utilities supply about 80 percent of power and remain ahead of demand, with atomic power also led by the U.S. The piece ends with light observational quips on ambition and contentment.
World sugar prices rise due to Cuba's reduced exports after Fidel Castro's regime and European weather hurting beet crops. With Cuba out of the U.S. market, world supplies tighten, pushing refined sugar costs higher for consumers. Brazil's raw sugar hit $6.90 per 100 pounds in New York, the highest since 1924. The U.S. quota system previously kept domestic prices elevated. now global demand outpaces supply.
Hollywood AP Ferde Grofe, 71, composes New York World Fair suite one handed after a stroke paralyzed his right side. He recovers with therapy, aims to finish the first movement about world peace. Grofe credits Paul Whiteman for starting his serious composing career and lists major works from Broadway at Night to Grand Canyon. He notes two tax forms 1040 and 1040A as filing options.
Network notes show MacMurray will not return as Steve Douglas when the ABC comedy enters a new season. Writers propose a long journey for the character while Fred MacMurray’s film schedule limits. The program may add a new regular to fill the gap, with viewers awaiting the next move.
The article dispels the idea of freezing Social Security benefits, explaining that time out of work is always counted in benefit calculations from 1951 onward. It answers reader questions about working while drawing benefits, veterans pensions, and parsonage rental value, clarifying income limits and credit requirements for various ages and scenarios.
11 Part of the winter street scene 32 Big blow 33 Big hits 34 Armenian capital 35 Akin 36 French composer 37 Very learned 38 Removed 40 Baneful insects 42 Affirmatives 44 One of the canonical 45 Tropical bird 47 One means of locomotion 49 Presidential power 51 Malay gibbon
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