Food And Auto Purchase Tops Local Retail Buying
In Biddeford for 1962 retail year food stores and automotive outlets dominated spending, accounting for about 49 percent of all retail business. Food purchases totaled 7.897 million dollars while automotive buys reached 3.738 million, with gas stations adding 2.223 million. Overall retail volume remained high despite stock market volatility, signaling confidence and steady personal income. Page seven continues.
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Journal W York
Biddeford
Dows
Standard Rate and Data Service
United States
Insulin Story Brought to Ogunquit Writer Reviews
Ogunquit writer David O. Woodbury profiles Jim Havens, diabetic patient and insulin guinea pig, in a dramatic life tale born from Toronto researchers and later condensed for Reader’s Digest. The piece links Havens’ near death in 1922 to the breakthrough discovery and Woodbury’s Maine coast painting class connection with Charles H. Woodbury.
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Jimi
University Ravens
Toronto
James S. Havens
Elder Havens
David O. Woodbury
Eastman Kodak
Rochester
N. Y
Jim Havens
Liberty Maga
Vee Suivey
NUL aCcepicn
Naa
United States
Woodbury
Son
Jim Haivens
Maine
David Woodbury
Charles H. Woodbury
Pinetree Designs
Post Road
Ogunquit
MIT
Winter Cold Crest Sweeps Wide Across Nation
The Associated Press reports brutal cold and snow driven weather spans the nation. Temperatures plummet beyond 30 degrees below zero in northern regions while near zero values stretch into Kentucky and the Ohio Valley. Freezing conditions reach Texas and southern states with citrus crops at risk in the Rio Grande Valley and the lower Mississippi Valley. Southern California braces as a ninth straight day of cold snaps causes over 3 million dollars in crop damage. Los Angeles records 41 yet readings drop to as low as 12 in some areas.
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Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Georgia
Rio Grande Valley
California
Los Angeles
Chuckle Punchline About Successful Men and Partners
A compact quip notes that behind every successful man a woman stands who keeps telling him he’s wrong. The joke plays on gender roles with light humor about partnership and correction.
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Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
Maine Education Budget Dominates Week in Legislature
AUGUSTA AP Education dominates Maine’s fourth week of the 101st Legislature with Appropriations hearings on the State Education Department budget, proposing nearly 50 million dollars over two years and shaping Gov Reed’s tax and bond plans. Committees outline sessions Tuesday through Thursday on budgets, elections, highways, adoption reports, daylight saving, and pest control measures.
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Augusta
Maine
Appropriations Committee
State Education Department
Reed
Highway Commission
Piscataqua River
Kittery
Portsmouth
N. H
Maine Turnpike Authority
Insurance
Water Improvement Commission
Maine Maritime Academy
Maine Port Authority
Aroostook Coun
UN forces enter Kolwezi ending Katanga action
United Nations troops moved peacefully into Kolwezi ending the operation Grand Slam Two begun at dawn. Brig. Reginald Noronha, the UN commander, greeted by President Moise Tshombe as the column rolled through. Katanga forces offered no resistance and welcomed the UN as friends of the Congolese people.
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Kolwezi
Katanga
United, Nations
Congo
Reginald Noronha
U. N
Moise Tshombe
Noronha
Pumpi
U.N
del Commune
Lualaba River
Tshombe
Headache Days Are Here Again Tax Filing Guide
Editor's note by James Marlow outlines who must file in 1962, which forms to use and how to compute deductions. The piece notes the April 15 deadline, explains when a return is required even with no tax due, and covers self employment Social Security tax rules for those over 65, with caution that rules can be complex.
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James Marlow Washington
Kennedy Pushes Tax Cutting Plan Amid Deficit Fears
President Kennedy told Congress the proposed tax cuts, despite a large deficit, are essential to raise revenues. He outlined an $13.5 billion tax reduction projected to add $8.5 billion to family income and boost consumer output by $16 billion, while promising budget balance as the economy improves.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
New York Printers Strike Looms as Talks Stall
Mediators from federal state and city levels await renewed efforts to end the 45 day New York newspaper blackout. No joint meetings scheduled between Local 6 of the AFL CIO IPTU and publishers. In Cleveland, unions vote to join the strike against the Plain Dealer and the Press and News as talks recessed last week.
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NEW York
New York City
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Publishers Association of
Cleveland
the Plain Dealer
The
Press and News
Charles Thomson
International Union
Thomson
Independent Teamsters Union
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Afl-Cio American News
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Elks Home
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Saco-Biddeford Kiwanis Club
Charles Gallagher
Richard Reay
Atty
Marcel Viger
William Langevin
Frederick A
Halla
Portland
Lloyd Anderson
Donald Doyle
Associated Press
Lamb Comics
Shop ’N Save
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Ishombe Strandard
Solon
State Department
Inland Fisheries and Game
Pum
Maine Department
Disabled American Veterans
Biddeford City
Norman J. Cormier
Gardiner
Leopold J. Bellerose
Old Orchard Beach
Errol R. Reed
Robert W. Norton
Philip Jenkins
Story
Richard R. Milliard
Buxton Road
Milliard
George Buzzell
Robert S. Plaisted
James Berry
Warren Francis
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
David H. Sheehan
Main Street
Steak & Seafood House
Washington Street
Edward
SWIFT
McIntosh
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