Editorial on youth and happiness by William Lyon Phelps
The belief that youth is the happiest time is a fallacy. The happiest person is the one who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and happiness grows as we age.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1961
Page
4
Collapse of Air Force radar tower prompts accountability call
An Atlantic tower collapse near Long Island kills 28, with 14 crewmen aboard. Critics demand swift inquiries by Air Defense Command and the Senate, faulting decisions to keep the tower manned in unsafe condition despite hurricane damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Atlantic
Long Island
Air Defense Command
United States Senate
New Jersey
Tax-exempt power and public plants stir Montana taxes
A $40 million Montana steel plant scheduled to start next May would consume vast power. Montana Power Co offered low rates and $20 million in transmission investment, but lost the contract to a tax-exempt federal system paying about 2.4 mills per kWh, less than the utility’s 3.6 mills. The author argues government built power and plants use taxpayer money and undercuts private firms, urging readers to consider policy and its social costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Power Company
Livingston, Montana
Enterprise
Montana Power
Washington
Bait for progress and the oil depletion rule
An article extols oil wells as essential to daily life and national security, noting crude oil fuels, chemicals, and energy. defends the 27 percent percentage depletion tax deduction as necessary to sustain new exploration, arguing lowering it would dry up wells and harm supply. It also includes unrelated quips about a heli copter landing, celebrity keys, and prudent spending.
Morality vs Conflicts of Interest in Government Posts
The piece argues that how to handle personal financial holdings of officials, like Defense Secretary McNamara selling Ford stock, raises fairness questions. Congress pressures such ethics rules while lawmakers face similar self interests, and a three man commission is tasked to study conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther van Wagoner Tufty
Washington
Defense McNamara
Ford Motor Car Company
Kennedy
Ford
Congress
Gree
Caesar
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Detroit Lions
Senate Judiciary Committee
Boyle's Column Even pastors become irked
New York AP reports a string of quips from parishioners and clergy venting about sermons, fundraising, family life, and church finances. The jests touch on weariness with repetition, money emphasis, and humorous critiques of church customs and leaders.
Dollar policy and expert advice on defending value
AP Business News outlines competing American, British, Japanese, and German views on stabilizing the dollar. It highlights proposals for domestic investment, tax reform, export growth, and limited gold dealings, with bankers urging long term prosperity and price stability amid gold outflow concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Japan
Eco
Nomic Planning Agency
Eisenhower
U. S
U.S
America
Ised
Roy M. Reierson
Bankers Trust
International Monetary Fund
Ruth Millett Test Your Clubs For Saturation Of Clubitis
Ruth Millett urges readers to test each organization they belong to by asking why they stay, whether they still care about the group, and if they would quit if not for social pressure. The piece promotes Millett's booklet How To Have a Happy Husband and offers information to obtain it via a 25 cent order to Ruth Millett Reader Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett Newspaper Enterprise’ Assn
T&e
Ruth Millett
P. O. Box
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
White House Conference on Aging outlines bold reforms
Ray Henry reports from Washington on the White House Conference on Aging where 2,500 delegates call for federal, state and local action to boost older Americans' welfare. The blueprint urges Social Security expansion to all workers, cost-of-living adjustments, higher benefits for widows, and broader health security, housing, and care access. The final report is due in 90 days for presidential and congressional review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Ray Henry
Congress
Kennedy
Social Security reforms and aging workforce noted
The report urges raising Social Security eligibility for women to 62 and extending work options for older adults. It calls for flexible retirement policies, more affordable housing for seniors, and promoting continued employment with government/private support. Ray Henry offers a revised Social Security handbook for 35 cents.
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William Lyon Phelps
BY Bruce Biossat
Boyle
Rotary Club
Business Mirror
AP Business News
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T J. Mahoney
Associated Press
Glenn Ford
Ruthlett
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
AP News
Hospital
HAM
Pensacola
Fla
Larry Perkins
Crippled Children’s Home
Blountstown
Larry
By Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Glenn
Columbia
MGM
Beverly Hills
Frank Capra
Benny Thau
Clark Gable
Tallahassee
Sheriff's Office
Retirement and
Come Barbara
Samoa
Pericles
Pancho Gonzales
Naia
Liz
Fis
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