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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1963

Page

4

Red youth drive campus lecturing by U S Communist Party

Editorial notes the party after a court loss for failing to register as a Soviet agent continues campus outreach. It cites Mortimer Rubin Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Arnold Johnson Herbert Aptheker Gus Hall and other speakers at Chicago Iowa State Trinity College New York and more. FBI Hoover and HUAC see the effort as boosting a pro American image while targeting youth labor and racial groups.

U. S. Communist Party Soviet Union Mortimer Daniel Rubin University of Chicago Iowa State University Wisconsin Minnesota Elizabeth Gurley Flynn National Party Roosevelt University Chicago Northern Illinois College DeKalb Arnold Johnson Trinity College Hartford Conn Herbert Aptheker City College New York University of Buffalo Gus Hall U. S Yale Brandeis Massachusetts Fairleigh Dickinson New Jersey FBI Hall J. Edgar Hoover Communist Party Hoover House UN- American Activities Committee Reds Berlin Cuba

Medicare and health policy shape the new Congress

The piece argues the upcoming Congress will tackle unfinished 1962 agendas with Medicare at the center. It cites AMA president Dr. George M. Fister praising medical progress and urging a free system over government control while presenting health indicators and the push for broader Medicare coverage for seniors.

Congress Senate House George M. Fister American Medical Association United States Fister

Washington Faces Deadlines as 1963 Expirations Loom

Congress must act before 1963 expirations on military draft and reserve programs. Key items include authority to call up reserves, draft powers, and the Military Dependents Assistance Act. Other expirations affect UN financing, manpower training, tax rates, debt limits, securities regulation, and civil rights funding.

Peter Edson Washington Enterprise Assn Congress Kennedy Armed Services U.S United Nations Battle Dean Rusk U.N General Assembly Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare Wall Street Securities and Exchange Civil Rights Commission

Boyle's Column Parents go through it

New York writer Kal Boyle shares a humorous collection of baby and parenting quips overheard after a birth. The piece riffs on hospital bills first impressions and family jokes about looks and future costs.

Kal Boyle New York Henry

Stainless steel razor blades edge into U.S. market

AP reports Americans may buy fewer razor blades as stainless steel blades enter production by at least three U.S. firms. Aimed at longer life, the new blades cost more and require new grinding machinery. Europe already shows strong demand. U.S. imports remain small.

AP Business News New York

Three American Companies Plan Stainless Steel Blades

Three U S firms announce stainless steel blade ventures within days. Gillette will launch its entry soon. Philip Morris Eveready unit in Staunton Va gears up with new equipment. Schick Eversharp, already producing blades in Sweden for Europe, plans U S market entry this year.

Gillette American Safety Razor Philip Morris Staunton Ever-Ready, Ltd Schick Safety Razor Division Eversharp U.S

Southern realignment reshapes Democratic South

Paul Harvey argues during Truman era shifts, the solid South erodes as conservative Southern Democrats move toward Republicans. He cites Ed Foreman, Bill Brock, Jim Broyhill as rising Dixie conservatives and notes figures like Ruchel Lipppkin in Mississippi edging toward Republican runs, signaling a future bipartisan realignment.

White House Mississippi Harvey Washington South Texas Dixie Ed Foreman Bill Brock Tennessee Jim Broyhill North Carolina Jackson Ruchel Phillips Talmadge Landrum Harry Byrd

Republicans gain ground in the South amid party label shifts

The piece argues the GOP has made strides in the Southern states with race and labor politics pushing Democrats leftward. It notes Jim Martin nearly defeated Sister Hill in Alabama and contemplates how a Rockefeller ticket could realign southern votes, predicting a slow but inexorable shift.

Virginia Senate GOP South Jim Martin Sister Hill Alabama Martin Rockefeller Ole’ Miss General Features Corp

Why families move and homes shape our roots

Ruth Millett discusses designer William Snaiths view that housing drives mobility. He argues current homes fit present needs but not growth or permanence, contributing to families chasing bigger homes or neighborhoods as status symbols while jobs and service moves push relocation. The piece notes restless times and shifting priorities beyond the building industry.

Ruth Millett America William Snaith

TV And Radio Television Formula Has Sameness

AP television writer notes familiar tropes in writing scenes and dialogue as secret codes for audience recognition. He cites recurring plot devices and lines and asks whether such sameness shapes viewers’ expectations across networks CBS plans Eisenhower interview with Cronkite at Palm Desert and Kennedy Dinner with award segment.

New York Jimmy Television Land John CBS Dwight D. Eisenhower Walter Cronkite Eisenhower Palm Desert California Kennedy Aogram Dick Powell NBC Michael Rennie Garry Moore Allen Sherman My Son

Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues Panel

Crossword list presents Across and Down clues covering religion, languages, geography, and history. Names like St Anthony suggest varied entries and themes. numerous two word answers and abbreviations appear throughout.

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