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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1964
Page
4
Readers confront the editorial page on key civic topics presented with strong opinions and concise arguments. The piece surveys upcoming decisions, urging critical scrutiny and informed public discourse.
Poem fragment notes melancholy days with wailing winds bare woods and brown meadows during a sorrowful season. William Cullen Bryant evokes late autumn and winter mood and reflection.
The article discusses a surge of post assassination poetry sent to newspapers, noting 300 poems to the New York Times and over a dozen to Biddeford-Saco Journal. It questions why people turn to poetry in grief and suggests poetry writing as a potential adult education activity.
Washington reports Horace Busby, a 39 year old public relations consultant, grows in influence as Johnson leans on him for policy shaping and public utterances. His long association with Johnson echoes Kennedy era ties, positioning him as a potential key adviser and speechwriter.
The piece argues John Glenn’s lack of political experience should not disqualify him from running or possibly winning. It notes that there is no infallible method to judge suitability for high office and that money or fame often substitute for credentials in today’s political realism.
The exodus from farms to cities hits Eastern Europe and the United States. In Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, and East Germany aging farmers struggle with modern machinery as two million Romanians migrate to cities since 1948. The trend under communism worsens production, while the U S system adapts.
Soviet officials in Moscow say 40,000 to 50,000 refugees fled from Red China into the Republic of Kazakhstan since 1962 to escape persecution. The note adds that asylum seekers reveal hard conditions back home and mentions teen behavior and a calendar quip about February and draft warnings.
Ruth Millett discusses home economists predicting a 1982 shift toward throwaway housekeeping with paper dishes and disposable clothing. She argues practical homemakers will resist such trends, calling for durable, long lasting goods and less daily waste.
Two million veterans and dependents receive an income form with pensions. if returned to the Veterans Administration by January 31, payments stop and 1963 benefits may have to be repaid if the form is not filed. The IBM cards must be mailed exactly as printed and include all income and net worth details for new law pensions.
A list of peeves from New York AP column complains about modern life. It targets folk musicians, plastic wrapped groceries, dull airport amusements, shocking hairstyles, TV shows, secret gasoline formulas, salacious novels, beatnik poetry, inconclusive investigations, thin walls, bragging parents, stingy bartenders, fashion trends, Mars dragonflies, bad hostesses, odd underwater hobbyists, and long vanished childhood acquaintances.
AP reports heavy trading and rising prices spark calls for stronger SEC powers. House subcommittee backs broader controls with Johnson backing, costing $900000 more in FY starting July 1 and Cary urging $600000 first year. Market fears of a new speculation spree and possible margin rate hikes color the Biden era style debate.
Biddeford Saco Journal lists address Adams Street and staff details. Publisher W Paul Casavant and Managing Editor E P Ingalls listed with office phone numbers. Subscription rates shown: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. Associated Press rights noted.
Donald McCone of Saco condemns profiteering from Kennedy’s memory in letters to the Journal and Los Angeles Examiner quote. He warns free enterprise should curb avarice and notes outrage at such sales. A separate automotive note cites tequila fueled turbine Chrysler testing in Mexico City, with partisan jab at Democrats.
A list of crossword clues with numbers and brief prompts across topics from Spain and Portugal to biblical terms and familiar names. Includes science disguise Toscanini rustic slang common ailment island groups university of the south and other standard crossword entries.
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