Nixon's Postelec Life Signals A Respectful Exit
Bruce Biossat notes Nixon's conduct after defeat, praising his gracious Senate gesture at Kennedy's victory, his restrained public profile, and his reputation for dignified, even hopeful, postwar behavior. Nixon exits public life in California yet remains a leading Republican voice with potential for a 1964 presidential bid.
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Richard M. Nixon
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Nixon
Kennedy
White House
California
Trivial intervention and the rise of state power
Henry M. Winston argues that democratic freedom hinges on liberty in daily life. He notes government increasingly intervenes in trivial matters, affecting farming and public utilities. He cites REA Express as an example of regulation and subsidized competition shaping national behavior without overtly altering major issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Winston
United States
Railway Express Agency
Time Magazine
REA Express
REA
Profit Margins in Food Chains and Local Utility Sale
A 1959 survey from the National Association of Food Chains and Harvard Business School notes net profits at about 1.4 percent of sales in groceries, about 14 cents on a $10 bag, with expenses rising like payroll and advertising. The Etna borough near Pittsburgh approved selling its municipal electric plant to a private utility, promising residents about $1.75 monthly savings. Wage increases in 1961 contracts average just over eight cents per hour. A light aside laments elderly women with gray hair and speedier mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Food Chains
Harvard Business School Division of Research
Etna
Pittsburgh
Public Utility Commission
Bureau of National Affairs
Plan to unite Roosevelt memorials at National Cultural Center
The Washington scene weighs a proposal to combine Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt memorials within a National Cultural Center. Critics fear overlarge, costly design while backers push a living, multi-memorial complex with broad public support and substantial fundraising needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
T. R
James Roosevelt
California
Frank Thompson
D-N. J
Cultural Center
Thompson
Stonehenge
England
National Cultural Center
Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Potomac
Association
Congress
House
Senate
Hattie Strong
Boyle's Column No talking to the pilot
HAL BOYLE collects airline passenger quips and complaints in a humorous column about in flight frustrations. The piece riffs on passengers misjudging pilots, autopilots, and airline life with playful jabs at misconceptions and the quirks of air travel.
Big banks merge plans reshape New York market
AP Business News analysis notes banks grow through internal expansion and mergers. The proposed Manufacturers Trust and Hanover Bank merger would create a giant third in New York and a top four lender nationally with assets surpassing $6 billion. Both banks cite complementary trusts and corporate client bases as key incentives for the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
NEW York
Manufacturers Trust
Hanover Bank
New York City
California
Bank of America
Hanover
Bigger branches push Hanover growth in small depositor boom
Hanover Bank strengthens its position by serving small depositors and borrowers as it expands branches. While big corporations shift idle funds to government securities, banks courting individuals thrive, creating a favorable climate for mergers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
New York
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and notices
Biddeford Saco Journal lists Adams Street offices with publishers editors and departments, notes Associated Press membership, and states mail subscription rates in advance including one month, six months, and yearly totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maiie Paul Casavant
T. J Mahoney
Associated Press
AP News
Maine
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle list includes numbers 1 through 65 with Across and Down clues many incomplete or garbled. Entries reference standard crossword terms like continent names, fruits, animals, objects, and common phrases and require solving to fill a published grid.
Readers praise Biddeford and Saco snow removal services
A letter from a taxpayer thanks the Biddeford and Saco Street Departments for prompt snow and ice removal after a recent storm. The writer urges voters to remember the effort at election time and notes the Journal welcomes signed letters on local topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco
Wildlife Stamp Release Moves to Public Mailings Today
Wildlife conservation stamps from the National Wildlife Federation begin continental distribution in 1961. Subjects include birds such as Ferruginous Hawk and bluebird, mammals like deer, raccoon, and beaver, fishes including bluegill and bass, a fence lizard, and plants like blue phlox and painted trillium. Artwork by Peterson and others highlights real-life settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Huge Tore Peterson
Peterson
Mrrr Re Reece
Don Eckleberry
al Kreml
Charles Ri
Mick — Bev- Fe
Na‘ural Col
What Makes A Missile Miss A Paul Harvey Commentary
Paul Harvey argues fault in youth crime is not solely parents, likening adolescents to guided missiles set by preloaded guidance systems. He cites Hoover and experts, warns against coddling. stresses the need for parental self tuning toward spiritual alignment to steer children safely through adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Canaveral
Harold Karp
Evelyn Mills Duval
Amaateur
General Features Corp
Complaint Week Would Clear the Air Says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett argues for a national Complaint Week to spur Americans to assert their rights and voice grievances loudly. She urges standing up in meetings, protesting injustices, and pushing for change rather than passive conformity, warning it could be lively yet enlightening. Millet promotes her booklet Happier Wives as a promotional tie-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Hilas
Ruth Millett
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N. Y
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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U. S
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Little Liz
Biddeford -Saco Journal
von Bismarck
Britslang
Pacific Island
Germany
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Hyde Park Arts
Cyclops
Colleq
Hag Radio
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Paris
Alice
People’s Forum
Dorothy Huff
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Paul Harvey
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National Wildlife
Federation
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