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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1963
Page
4
Thought for the evening quotes George Eliot on the vast unmapped country within the self. The brief reflection appears as a featured line on the editorial page inviting contemplation.
The editor asserts a long standing policy of printing all court appearances to inform the community. Suppressing names for relatives is rejected as unfair. records must show the truth. The piece defends reporting, notes readers expect transparency, and warns against selective omission.
Washington reports a blue ribbon panel led by Gen. Lucius D. Clay will study foreign aid policy in Washington from Feb 21 for five days. The panel, including nine big business executives and AFL CIO leader Meany, weighs cutting aid to self sustaining nations and shifting to three to five year programs with early pullouts. The committee’s findings could influence Kennedy’s mid March foreign aid message requesting 4.9 billion in new obligational authority.
Henry J. Taylor argues the stock market reflects human nature and emotion as 18 million middle income investors participate. He notes strong protections from exchanges but warns of cupidity and tips that lead to disaster, urging investors to rely on knowledge provided by rules and disclosures.
A group of Senators urge curbs on union monopolies and the right to call and prolong strikes, arguing that labor excesses harm the public interest. They cite public sympathy decline due to the New York newspaper strike and Eastern Seaboard maritime stoppages, urging legislative restraint to protect members and everyone else.
AP reports varied public responses to Kennedy’s tax cut proposal. Critics say growth targets and deficits are too abstract while others cite rising taxes and debt as dampening effects. Proponents say combined cuts and spending could raise GNP 4 percent annually, boosting wages and profits over a decade.
Hollywood writer Rod Serling left Hollywood after Labor Day to live in Yellow Springs Ohio with his family and teach at Antioch College. He taught mass media and creative writing, praising the sabbatical as renewing for writers while continuing his TV earnings from Twilight Zone and late movie hosting.
A citizen letter to The Journal argues Federal Aid to Education should include church related schools. It contends excluding 6 million students infringes educational justice and religious freedom while shifting a $2.6 billion burden to taxpayers. The writer calls readers to contact their Congressman to oppose the bill’s current form.
Ruth Millett argues wives can answer the daily boredom question by adding small varied activities. She suggests occasional outings, reading, gardening, a movie, or helping the husband with chores to differentiate each day and please both spouses.
AP reports Victor Borge chose Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center for an ABC special with Marcel Marceau as guest. The piece notes intimate performance suited to TV, critiques hall’s size, and mentions hearings on ratings by a House subcommittee. CBS launches 1963 64 slate. NBC and ABC adjust schedules. Recommended tonight: Tissue of Hate on NBC and Edie Adams special on ABC.
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists its office at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with Marie Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor. It notes subscription rates payable in advance: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00 and that the Associated Press provides local news and dispatches.
Paul Harvey argues against U N disarmament schemes, warning the U S could be disarmed by 1973 and questioning treaties with Russia. He asserts the big bomb as equalizer and criticizes the U N as costly. Also notes MSU basketball humor by Forddy Anderson and an AP caption from East Lansing.
Clues form a compact crossword list with numbers 51 to 66 and 81 84 37 40 43 44 47 49 61. phrases include time, treatise, fractions, bios, sleuth two words, retired, ardent, clique, passport term, abrasive, Highlander War Milton reference, perceive, common alliance, contraction, pheasant, man on the run, threefold, brightest star, fixed standard, and Vaar Abbr.
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