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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1964
Page
4
Editorial echoes a war of words praising the ballot box as the freeman’s will cast by force, likening it to snowflakes falling on sod yet executing justice like lightning from God, with doors and locks powerless to shield against its reach.
An editorial calls Biddeford Mayor Willie Pomerleau and the city council to halt a growing political feud. It cautions that public harm comes from petty charges and urges mutual respect, patience, and collaborative governance to avoid moribund legislation and slow progress for the community.
A year of rising conservation focus is marked by Udalls new Quiet Crisis and a broader push against environmental misuse. The article cites Farb and Strohm on humanity’s place in nature, argues that law and ethics are needed to curb exploitation, and warns of a future where technology cannot replace ecological rules. It notes youth health, hunting of wildlife decline, and a crime involving stolen drums from two Ohio brothers.
Washington columnist Peter Edson details a bureaucratic mix up that left the United States unable to ratify the International Coffee Agreement. A July sequence saw four conflicting State Department letters to Senator Byrd, a White House tax bill distraction, and a plan to deposit ratification with ICO while not yet ratified, amid warnings the Dec. 31 deadline could pass.
Hollywood AP writer Bob Thomas reports NBC ordered Johnny North a pilot from Revue Studios with a 600 000 dollar budget later rising to about 750 000. On set Angie Dickinson Ronald Reagan and Lee Marvin appear in a wall safe scene while director Don Siegel envisions a future of 2 hour TV films and potential overseas theater showings and eventual U.S. release.
The author argues automation boosts jobs and earnings over time, citing historical trends from 1909 to present. He notes retraining is needed to ease short-term disruption and highlights new industries and rising pay, with total civilian employment now around 69 million. He recalls 1930s unemployment and 1940 recovery, asserting continued growth in employment despite automation.
Paul Harvey argues Soviet psychological studies influence behavior and contrasts Western material appeals with Russia offering challenge and exploration. Citing University of California mice experiments, he suggests people crave meaningful effort over pay or comfort and urges offering risk and purpose instead.
A Beatrice A. Pothier letter urges tolerance beyond Christmas in daily life, sharing a Jewish friend, Negro friends, and mixed race sports as examples. It calls for consistent goodwill toward all races, creeds, and colors, challenging prejudice and praising American patriot Charles Parsons while addressing Ocean Park questions about tobacco sales and property leases.
Brother David Steindl-Rast of Mt. Savior Monastery told a University of Michigan audience that basic monk experience is recognizing life is meaningless unless it transcends death. He cited detachment continence and obedience as ways a monk strips himself of worldly goods like money and sexuality that death will deprive all men.
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine by The Journal Publishing Corp W Paul Casavant President E P Ingalls Managing Editor Editorial and Business departments phone numbers provided Subscription rates are payable in advance One month 185 six months 1050 one year 2100 The Associated Press receives local news for republication and AP dispatches Entered as second class postage at Biddeford Maine.
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