Reappraising Industrial Development in Maine
In Our Opinion the region sees rapid plant growth as firms like Sanders Engineering GE Sylvania Components Morningstar Plastics and Simplex Wire and Cable expand in Maine. Amateurs running Biddeford and Saco’s development effort hinder progress, proving the need for professional industrial agents to attract and sustain investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders Engineering Company
South Portland
General Electric
Auburn
Sylvania Electric
Lewiston
Components, Inc
Morningstar Plastics
Kennebunk
Simplex Wire and Cable Company
Berwick
Biddeford and
Saco
Biddeford
Powers
Apes brush up on art at Pretoria Zoo
Walter Battiss plans chimpanzee painting experiments at Pretoria Zoo to probe whether modern art is purely mechanical movement or reflects human emotion. He questions if chimps can be true artists and hopes to compare ape output with human art to gauge the standing of modern art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Battiss
Pretoria Zoo
Battiss
Bride wears curlers to wedding reception
A bride arrives at her wedding with hair curlers, prompting disbelief from a bridesmaid. The bride explains she wants to look her best for the reception, despite critics who note unglamorous grooming.
Impressions of Inez Death End in a Blaze of Glory
A dramatic profile praises Mary McFee as fashion’s first to embrace electric dress and mini skirt. Her rival ghoul twists the tale, pushing Mary into a pool where she dies in a blazing, spectacular finale. Mary’s influence on fashion and the glittering era is celebrated.
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Inez Robb
Diana Dew
Mary
Mary McFee
Fashion McFee
Willy Nilly
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Texas
Ways and Means
Omar Burleson
New York
Gilbert
Burleson
Armistead Selden
George Andrews
Montgomery
Showdowns and power plays shadow Kuchel in California
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Sen. Tom Kuchel of California, a top GOP figure, refused a $175,000-a-year Mot Prods post to stay in the fight against right wing efforts in 1968. The column also notes Brademas Powell hospitality, Alabama politics, and analysis of State of the Union word counts across presidents.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
Senate
Tom Kuchel
California
Sen
Kuchel
Motion Picture Producers Association
LBJ
Ja¢ik Valenti
George Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Hiram Johnson
Earl Warren
Goodwin Knight
John Brademas
Southpect
Ind
Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Brademas
Mately
George Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Bobby Kennedy
N.Y
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Snow Mice Thrive Under Winter Insulation and Mysterious Mine Entry
Field mice survive the snow by tunneling beneath a white blanket that insulates them from cold air. Snow patterns create air pockets aiding warmth while predators like foxes and owls are muffled. Separate note reports Prime Minister Gandhi beautifying India by decorating airports with tapestries and delaying new constructions near monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Hat
Alaska
New England
Chiropractic facts for the public eye in Journal letter
Frederick J. Davies outlines chiropractic education and practice in a reader letter to the Journal. He notes four-year programs, pre medical credits, hours, and state board exams, plus licensing in most states and widespread insurance support for chiropractic care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Council On Education of the American Chiropractic Association
U.S
Frederick J. Davies
D.C. Secy.Treas
Maine State Chiropractors Assoc
Public Advertising Limits in Court Ruling on Window Displays
A judge halted a hair tonic shop window show by seven sisters for blocking sidewalks. Courts weighed fairness, community interests, and reasonable regulation in advertising.
Venezuela poised to lead Latin summit in 1967
Venezuela emerges strong after suppressing Castroite terrorism in Caracas and gains a key role for the April 1967 Latin American summit. The piece notes Latin America’s growing population, needed growth rates, and the Alliance for Progress, with Leoni’s decisive actions boosting Venezuela's democratic stance amid ongoing Cold War pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Venezuela
Caracas
Raul Leonis
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Colombia
Peru
Chile
Djilas’s Yugoslav Imprisonment Reflects On Tito’s Regime
In a critique by Russell Kirk, Milovan Djilas, a former Yugoslav Communist, is released after years in prison for writings challenging Tito’s despotic state. The piece traces Djilas’ books The New Class and Conversations with Stalin, noting a growing bureaucratic elite, restricted liberty, and wider suppression of dissent across Communist regimes.
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Milovan Dijilas
Marshal Tito
Djilas
Tito
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Johnson
Walter Lippmann
Cairo
United States
West
Reinhold Niebuhr
China
Mao Tse-tung
America
Three Minutes A Day What is a teacher
Joy Elmer’s article describes teachers as prophets artists friends and citizens. It urges readers to encourage competent youth to pursue teaching and to bless and support teachers in growing wisdom and understanding.
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Joy Elmer
Morgan
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Roosevelt
State of the Union
India
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
People’s Forum
Lette
Washington News
Leoni
Central University
By Russell Kirk
James Keller
Saco Journal
Adams Street
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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