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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1963
Page
4
The piece warns against looking directly at Saturday's solar eclipse and endorses television viewing as the safest method. It notes infrared rays can burn the retina and that even dark glasses or filters do not guarantee protection, urging parents to supervise children and consider watching reflections in water as an alternative.
A Finnish physician, Dr. Martti J. Karvoneneni, argues that people from advanced societies can outpace those from poorer nations in physical condition, citing Olympic records and nutrition as key factors. He notes the United States may produce top specimens but a large part of its population remains underperforming. Summertime exposes fitness gaps yet the good life does not guarantee softness.
A British fashion editor notes President Kennedy often carries a hat rather than wearing it, suggesting his refusal to identify with middle age. The piece links this to a broader sense that many men aged 45 to 50 resist accepting aging, while some remain unaware or philosophically unfazed by time.
A brief read urges that creative years flourish after sixty. Citing Booth Tarkington after sixty, Defoe at 61, Tennyson at 87, and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel at 66, the piece argues age amplifies artistic drive and achievement rather than ending it.
The Manchester University Computer signs poems and music and writes love letters as scientists test its creative abilities. It signs billets doux M U C but has not named the object of affection, leaving readers to wonder if romance or routine computation wins.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports the GOP faces a three way split among conservatives progressives and a new moderate Citizens Committee. The party debates civil rights strategy and a 1964 platform potentially driven by the candidate, with Eisenhower aligned moderates seeking inroads on Democratic bases.
AP News features writer Arthur Edson offers political fables for modern times. A pair of squirrels Wilbur and Zeke duel for office while debates on acorns, birdfeeders, and oak growth frame a satire on leadership. In a second tale rabbits Hortense and Horace confront deficit spending and budgeting. Moral hints at fiscal discipline versus spending temptations.
The United States tightens on several fronts to halt the yearly drain of dollars and gold abroad. Measures include raising the Federal Reserve discount rate, IMF credit access, tariff talks with Europe, and central bank cooperation to curb speculative runs. Treasury gold reserves have fallen from over 23 billion in 1952 to about 15.7 billion today.
A compact listing of across and down clues for a daily crossword puzzle including numbers and cryptic style hints for words of varying lengths across categories such as stows, expressions, actions, and descriptions with several thematic references and abbreviations.
Ruth Millett offers parenting guidance on helping a shy teenage daughter overcome fear of dating and talking to strangers with a suggested hand off approach, potential psychiatrist input, and reliance on self-work and support from peers. The article contrasts with Jane Russell’s Hollywood stance on work and family. Jane Russell, Hughes Tool Co. contracts, WAIF founder work, and Las Vegas Riviera nightclub act noted.
A Retirement Advisors column explains that earnings after age 65 can boost Social Security benefits if they exceed the earner’s lifetime average, not just the pre65 year. It notes credits continue while payroll taxes are paid and discusses widow benefits, Old Age Assistance, and veterans pension options.
Mrs D is told that Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board operate as coordinated agencies. Any one agency can pay the lump sum benefit. Since you already received the death benefit from the Railroad Retirement Board, you are not entitled to a second Social Security death benefit. For Social Security questions, request Mr Segal's Security for You booklet by sending 25 cents and a large self addressed envelope to him via this newspaper.
A Biddeford Saco Journal item notes that about 12 billion in currency reserves are legally required to back American currency while the rest is free gold. It discusses how central bank pacts have kept gold loss modest, yet the growing pile of dollar assets abroad remains a pressure point on the dollar and its reserves.
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