Editorial Page Thought for Evening Envy and Inferiority
Editorial note quotes Pliny on envy revealing how desire to feel superior shapes judgments. The short reflective piece weighs psychological bias in daily life and hints at moral restraint.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1960
Page
4
No job to sniff at Whats wrong with the job of Vice President
The article weighs the Vice Presidency as a valuable post with high pay and staff, noting its evolved power from presiding over the Senate to cabinet and National Security Council roles. It contrasts Kennedy and Rockefeller denying the path, while Nixon’s rise hints at presidential ambitions and Governor Rockefeller’s Albany tenure as a strategic route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
White House
Esther van Wagoner Tufty
Journal
Washington
Jack Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Truman
Eisenhower
Knnnedy
National Security Council
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Nixon
Skiing Becomes Maine’s Growing Family Winter Sport
Maine’s winter sports scene expands as snow covers its hills and mountains. Skiing shifts from a fleeting trend to a family activity with three generations enjoying easier slopes and light versatile clothing. Ice fishing and winter hunting gain followers as Maine pivots from a summer focus to year round tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ear'e Doucette
Florida
Jack Frost
Europe
The American system and meat packing industry changes
The text discusses a meeting of large industries, focusing on the meat packing sector. It notes dramatic evolution from live animal to packaged product, rising consumer packaging demands, and strong improvements in efficiency, refrigeration, and delivery. It highlights 186 percent wage growth from 1948 to 1958 and ongoing profitability pressure despite progress.
Washington Cake Gaffe Triggers RNC Laughter and Local Jokes
Washington snitching reveals a cake leak at committee HQ. Morton and staff faced the crumbly aftermath after a delivery of a 2 by 3 foot triple layer cake, leaked by Mrs. J. Willard Marriott. The scene prompted jokes from Sen. Kerr and banter about party figures, with anecdotes from social events and a Trinity College student playing Adenauer in a deb ball skit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Bennett
NEA
Washington
Republican National Committee
Sen
Thurston Morton
Committee
Morton
J. Willard Marriott
D.C
Texas
Bob Kerry D-Okla
Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Konrad Adenauer
Peter Knop
Trinity College
Germany
Peter
Bill Ayres
Ohio
Georgetown
Paring Deductions Could End the Expense Age
Boyle's Column warns that tighter IRS scrutiny of business deductions this year could upend a culture of expense accounts. If many write-offs are disallowed, liquor and dining industries may suffer while cash replaces cards, yachts rust, private jets sit idle, and park bench lunches become common as Americans pay their own way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
NEW York
Internal Revenue Bureau
Carry Nation
Congress Gets Down To Work In New Session
James Marlow notes Congress returns with a bloated committee system and awaits Eisenhower's budget. Surplus revenues and a forthcoming record peacetime spending plan set the stage for a year of partisan bargaining in 1960, an election year likely to favor talking over action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Abe
Lars
Hollywood tour dominates NBC Sunday Showcase
NBC Sunday Showcase offers a guided Hollywood tour with Hedda Hopper hosting and star plugs. Lucille Ball, Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies, and Gloria Swanson appear with nostalgia while Wayne and Shuster and Ed Sullivan provide lighter moments. Schedule notes mention football on NBC and polo on CBS and a late night lineup with Tony Bennett on NBC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
New York
NBC
Hollywood
Hedda Hopper
Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Harold Lloyd
Hedda
Marion Davies
Gloria Swanson
Ed Sullivan
Wayne
Shuster
Bob Dope
CBS
Life as romance in marriage says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett argues life should be a romantic venture not a ledger of duties. Women can shape family time into joy by warmth kindness and attentiveness toward husbands, turning trips and routines into fun and gaiety rather than burdens. All rights reserved NEA Service Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service, Inc
Poem City Delivers Rude Pause on Farm Pigs
City residents debate treating farm pigs with affection as they grow a 400 pound pig named Mabel. Poet Sarah Bridge Graves notes the cultural reluctance to name or tame livestock destined for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Sarah Bridge Graves
Mistletoe Folklore From Ancient Times Shared
Charles Parsons writes in The Journal to discuss mistletoe as a symbol of brotherly love. He recalls how enemies laid down arms beneath the mistletoe and the kiss tradition tied to each berry, noting its persistence despite church banishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Parsons
Man in Dog Suit Fizzle as TV Show
Hollywood reports Art Carney attempted Friday night with The Man in the Dog Suit now on television after its Broadway season with Hume Cronyn. The stage play flopped and the TV adaptation is under scrutiny for potential improvements or failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Art Carney
Man In the
Hume Cronyn
Local Biddeford News Listing and Rates
Published daily except Sunday in Biddeford Maine under Paul Casavant publisher and T J Mahoney editor. Includes telephone, Atlantic 3 3625, and subscription costs of 1 month 1.85 six months 9.50 or 21.00 yearly. Notes Associated Press rights for local news and dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T J. Mahoney
Atlantic 3
Associated Press
AP News
Secur
Siddeford
Wire tapping debate fears loss of privacy in U S
Senate subcommittee hearings on wire tapping spark warning from Senator Wiley about threats to constitutional rights. He urges clear legal lines and notes limited FBI taps while criminals and foreign agents use many hidden devices. The piece argues for safeguards amid Cold War tensions and calls for responsible law enforcement and civil liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Wiley
Wisconsin
Congress
United States
Nator Wiley
MS Nere
Korea
Mary of Queensbury
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues List
A long OCR style list of crossword clues with numbers and hints across many entries. The items include daily puzzle prompts for Fuel Syllable refrain inches excitement patriotic works sea ports birds saints and various other vocabulary, names, and abbreviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Thirkell
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Leverett Lastall
Mary Stuart Montague Price
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Anna Kasafi
Steve Allen
Tony Bennett
Ruth Millett
People’s Forum
Biddeford - Saco Journal
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Afghanistan
Island of the Zores
Olly
Spain
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