Two Germanys in a slow march toward reunification
The piece contrasts West and East Germany after two decades of division. West Germany prospers as a major free-trade power while East Germany suffers under Ulbricht’s regime, its industrial base eroded and skilled workers fleeing. An economic detente quietly shifts trade toward Bonn and the free world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin Wall
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet Union
West Berlin
East Germany
Ulbricht
Free Germany
Bonn
Eastern Europe
Malaysian independence under threat from Sukarno’s aggression
The article argues Sukarno seeks to dominate Southeast Asia by pressuring Malaysia and breaking up its federation. British troops deter Indonesian advances, and a Tokyo meeting failure signals ongoing stalemate. US involvement may rise if war risks escalate, while regional peace hinges on preventing a volatile dictator from expanding influence.
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Indonesia
Sukarno
Asia
Sarawak
Sabah
Borneo
Malaysia
Malaya
Singapore
Tokyo
Philipppine
United States
Megalopolis described as a new urban life laboratory
The Twentieth Century Fund studies a 300 mile wide east coast corridor from Boston to Washington, home to 37 million people in a paradoxical megalopolis. It notes dense urban activity alongside vast woodlands and agriculture, and highlights wealth, education, and services mixed with slums, pollution, and planning conflicts.
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United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Boston
Washington
U. S
Southwest
Middlewest
Megalopolis
Suitcase bombs loom in nuclear race reports
Washington transmission notes rapid underground testing in the United States and Soviet Union could yield suitcase size bombs far more powerful than Hiroshima. Experts warn these devices might be smuggled into the U S and placed near the Pentagon White House or major cities with timer or remote detonation. By 1970 tests could reveal five to ten megaton warheads, accelerating ICBMs and battlefield nuclear weapons.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn
NEA
United States
Russia
Pentagon
White House
Defense
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Dallas
Soviet Union
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Boyle's Column On Fontaine's Teenagers
HAL BOYLE interviews Frank Fontaine about raising eleven children in adolescence. He describes teens as a split-identity stage, urges understanding guidance, and notes strict discipline paired with regular family discussions. Fontaine cites his children Peter Lawrence Alma Paul and Christopher and mentions ferrying them to the World's Fair. He adds films in schools could deter teens from avoiding life’s problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Frank Fontaine
Frank
Crazy Guggenham
Jackie Gleason
Fontaine
Peter
Lawrence
Alma
Paul
Christopher
Summer job hunt tougher despite job rise
The AP reports that even with a record 72 million Americans employed, Summer job seekers face stiff competition. Labor force swells with teens and adults, raising unemployment to 4.7 million while jobs rise about 850 thousand in June. Adults over 20 show higher unemployment at 4 percent. The piece notes teen and adult dynamics and ends with a astronomy aside about the Pleiades cluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Labor Department
Washington
Hollywood Billy Rhodes and the Lilliputian Ruth Willett
Ruth Millett notes a sociology professor finds wives influence decisions by letting husbands talk and agree. A wife subtly guides choices by delaying, praising, and inserting small doubts, so the husband feels the idea is his own. In brief, women win big decisions by outsmarting men, not by outtalking them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Huband
Bob Thomas
Hollywood (Ap
Billy Rhodes
Political letters weigh in on Goldwater Scranton race
In a forum letter Donald McCone of Saco predicts a San Francisco convention nominating Goldwater or Scranton will fail, says Nixon is out, and endorses Lyndon Baines Johnson for a second term. The column also features a Hollywood profile of Billy Rhodes, a lifelong performer with a frail frame and strong opinions about fame.
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San Francisco
Sen
Barry Goldwater
William Scranton
Richard Milhous Nixon
Mr. Goldwater
Mr. Scranton
Wrinkle Sox Ranch Boss Supports Goldwater Delegation
Paul Harvey News Party grows tense as GOP convention nears. Big Boy Rhynes of Wrinkle Sox Ranch near Stonewall Oklahoma backs Goldwater, vowing loyalty and threatening consequences for dissension. Outsiders pressuring delegates, including eastern offers and potential jobs, heightening frictions in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Boy Rhynes
Big Boy
Stonewall
Oklahoma
Rhynes
Goldwater
GOP
Manhattanite
Appalachians
Wrinkle Sox Ranch
Senator Goldwater
Michigan
Michigan State
India
Pakistan
South Africa
Biddeford Saco Journal Local Publisher and Rates
Biddeford Saco Journal printed in Biddeford Maine lists publisher W Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls with contact numbers. Subscription rates shown: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. Associated Press rights noted. Entered second class at Biddeford post office.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Sample Text
A sample puzzle and cryptoquote explanation describes letter substitution and puzzle clues. It notes daily changing code letters and gives an encoded phrase and a quoted line by Andre Gide.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aesop
Indian Ocean
Megalopolis Life
Goldwates Camp
Eckanton
Washington News
Boyle
Business Mirror
Pleiades
Hollywood
Ruth Willett
People’s Forum
Johnson
Billy
L. B. In
Las Palmas Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Jerry Grady
Marilyn Miller
George M. Cohan
Marie Prevost
Boulevard
Paul Harvey News
Manahttan
The
Wall Street Journal
East
Scranton
Pennsylvania Goldwater
West Virginia
Jep
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Daily Crossword
Longfellow
Zsyjevv
Andre Gide
King Features Syndicate
Lac
Tonkin
Gaius
Houston
Tai
Fas
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