Reform Aims at Agriculture Committees Under New Plan
Washington report outlines early steps to reorganize the 9900-member state and county farm committee system. Changes include more leeway for local leaders, simplified handbooks, and potential 1964 crop-year impact with new legislation to allow staggered three-year terms for county committee members.
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Congress
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Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
A. Lars Nelson
Washington State
National Grange
Charles F. Brannan
Claude Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Thought for Evening Editorial Quote
Editorial page excerpt features Charles de Gaulle musing that humans may reach the moon yet the true distance lies within. The item presents a reflective line on ambition and inner resolve, suitable for an evening reading moment.
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Charles de Gaulle
Strikes Signal Battle Over Labor and Progress
The piece argues that strike waves test diplomacy and shift to economic warfare, noting Cleveland and New York stoppages, port closures, and automation threats. It highlights a KaiserSteel United Steelworkers pact as a path to cooperation, retraining, and shared productivity, urging mutual trust to avoid future shutdowns.
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Cleveland
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Maine
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
America
Sell Free Enterprise
Robert A. Brown argues in Editor and Publisher that government rulings curb advertising freedom. He cites IRS, Defense Department, and Federal Power Commission limits on political, contract related, and public versus private power messaging. He urges broad business protest to preserve free enterprise speech.
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Robert A. Brown
Internal Revenue Service
Defense Department
Federal Power Commission
Electric Light and Power
Send more money and the tax burden grows
The piece criticizes federal and state tax trends as deficits loom and new plans multiply forms and irritations. It laments a tax on taxes with no end in sight, noting states seeking more revenue for welfare and highways and the loss of tax credits across jurisdictions. It closes with satirical lines about daily life and taxation.
Kennedy avoids major battles with Congress for political reasons
President Kennedy restrains push for controversial domestic programs, citing risk to popularity and 1964 re election. He fears alienating conservative voters and acknowledges Congress as a partisan arena. He compares tactics to Eisenhower and notes a Democratic led Congress and high public approval only translate when national security is at stake.
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Associated Press News
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Kennedy
Congress
Palm Beach
James MacGregor Burns
Burns
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House
Senate
Eisenhower Kennedy
Eisenhower
Omni
Borgnine's Happy as McHale's Navy Hits TV
Onetime Gunner's Mate Ernest Borgnine becomes Lt Cmdr Quinton McHale in the new ABC series McHale's Navy. The hit show features a PT boat crew of quirky characters and promises a long run, buoying Borgnine's career and spirits.
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Hollywood
Ernest Borgnine
Cmdr
Quinton McHale
Studio Commissary
McHale
ABC
Women speak a different language in gossip terms
Ruth Millett notes a gap between men and women in messages as she explains phrases heard among women. The columnist outlines covert meanings behind remarks about age, manners, houses, family, husbands, and promotions, concluding that women may argue but rarely misunderstand one another.
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Ruth Millett Newspaper Enterprise Assn
European programs aid aging in Europe and England
A report by Dr. Irvin J. Cohen highlights European experiments in elderly care. Programs include Meals on Wheels, home visiting, four hour home helpers, mobile chiropody, activity centers, street stewards, inquiry offices, emergency funds, and health services coordinated by the Nottshire Old People’s Welfare Committee serving about 2 million people.
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Europe
Irvin J. Cohen
Veterans’ Administration
Nottshire
England
Old People’s Welfare Committee
America
Inquiry
S O S card scheme aids elderly care in London borough
Social service and training for volunteers, chimney sweeping and other supports accompany a new S O S card system in a London borough. The card lists recipient and physician details and cooperating groups, and can be displayed for emergencies. European experts favor keeping the elderly at home with home nursing and meals on wheels to avoid institutional care.
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England
National Health Service
London
Old People’s Committee
Europe
Al Lewis rises in Car 54 series as Sgt Schnauz
TV and Radio preview profiles Al Lewis, longtime stage actor and new regular on Car 54 Where Are You as Sgt Leo Schnauz, detailing his shift from minor TV roles to a central comic presence alongside Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne. The piece notes his New York roots, theater training, and fan mail from women, with a brief TV schedule recommendation.
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NEW York
Bilko
Nat Hiken
al Lewis
Phil Silver
Hiken
Lewis
Sgt
Leo Schnauz
Joe E. Ross
Fred Gwynne
New Yorker
Actors’ Workshop
Joe E
CBS Reports
CBS
Keir Dullea
Cameron Prud'homme
Biddeford Maine Daily Ad Rates and Staff Listing
The notice lists 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine as the publishing office with Paul Casavant publisher and T J Mahoney editor. It provides subscription rates of 1 month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00 and notes Associated Press rights and post office classification.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J. Mahoney
Associated Press
AP News
Daily Crossword Puzzle Theme Clues and Answers
The page lists crossword clues with numbers and brief prompts such as 13 Interprets 19 High strung 21 Give a horse he can ride two words 24 Kitchen gadget 25 French military cap 26 Gallic actor 27 Powerful or important person 30 Pressing machine for packaging 32 Hereditary 33 Vacation project 54 Is under obligation to 36 Vegetables 38 Benefits 41 Memento 43 Salutation on letter 46 Run off the track 48 Trains buses City on fast schedules 49 Monument 50 English dramatist 16th century 51 Having handles 52 Hold an opinion 54 Pentacle 55 Island republic 56 Legal document 58 Spenser heroine.
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