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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1962
Page
4
Editorial note reflects on sorrow gifting sweet joy, echoing Charles Haddon Spurgeon. A reflective line invites readers to find solace and meaning in grief with a religious or moral undertone typical of the period.
Senator John Sherman Cooper, former ambassador to India, offers a temperate defense of U S policy amid India Britain and Soviet concerns. He notes continued use of negotiation channels, rejects cut aid over jet purchases, and urges India to trust long standing American support for Indian independence and development.
Washington news notes a clash of scale and publicity as the Estes investigation dominates headlines while 800 agricultural engineers report in silence on farm problems. Highlights cover feeding the world, rural zoning, housing costs, water purity, livestock protection, and irrigation advances. Public interest leans toward Estes.
Tax Foundation warns the federal gasoline tax, first set in 1932 at 1 cent, remained permanent through a series of extensions and name changes. The piece traces years 1933 to 1972 when temporary rates quietly hardened into a long term levy, with billions in revenue reported in 1961.
Alan Sturdy argues the current eight hundred fifty million annual deficit could be trimmed by modernizing mail handling and reforming rates. A bill would raise first to third class rates, hitting small papers hardest, while magazines suffer more.
New York AP recounts a nostalgic test of youthfulness across memories of midcentury life. The piece notes high school babysitting at 10 cents an hour, middle age starting at 40, ruby rings, Swiss ski foreigners with St Bernard, kerosene lamps, fumigation after diphtheria, pompadour hair, shotgun homes, wooden fan, family Bible, strict haircuts, hat tipping, and six biscuits with eggs for breakfast. Remember?
AP Business News explains how conformity through standardized parts and processes touches nearly every product from light bulbs to door knobs. It notes billions spent annually in the United States to develop safety, interchangeability, quality, and convenience standards, with groups like SAE, ASME, and NEMA guiding automotive, mechanical, and electrical rules.
Biddeford Saco Journal publishes from Biddeford Maine with Paul Casavant as publisher and T J Mahoney as editor. Subscription rates are listed: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and notes AP content rights.
Alice Hanchett of Syracuse argues that while some deplore John Birch Society methods, concern over Kennedy’s expansion of presidential powers and centralization is real. She urges applying the inaugural call to service and warns that government overreach threatens freedom, asserting America remains a beacon of democracy.
Pressures for an immediate income tax cut to aid business grow louder as Kennedy considers proposals from the U S Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO while keeping his plan to seek tax relief next January. Governors Rockefeller DisSalle Brown Humphrey push for early action amid mixed Senate opposition.
Advisors say nearly 12 billion dollars in pension plan reserves are invested in common stocks but long term market downs affect reserves only slowly. Dividends drive stock value. plans don’t pay benefits from reserves and many holdings remain on the books at cost, meaning current swings don't erase principal.
End of year holdings show 11.8 billion in common stocks with a market value of 19.5 billion, leaving an 8 billion gap between cost and market value. The path explains pension reserves invest earnings, not price moves, to fund future benefits while stocks, bonds, and mortgages grow the reserve. Brown rice needs longer cooking time than white rice, about forty five minutes.
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Ruth Willett argues that driving manners mirror daily behavior and character. A physician notes most people drive as they live, linking impatience, aggression, and rule breaking on the road to broader personal traits and manners.
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