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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1959
Page
4
A reflective note asserts education should build moral strength physical vigor and freedom. Mary Baker Eddy frames study as formation of character and strength for personal and civic life.
Bruce Biossat discusses a landmark free expression clash as the U S Post Office reverses a ban on Lady Chatterleys Lover and a French film clears in New York The piece weighs courts censorship and citizen rights pondering what the actions mean for moral influence and the law versus pornography.
National Review Bulletin reports a Senate proposal 5S. 1906 to raise parcel post weight from twenty to seventy pounds. Railway Express Agency president William B. Johnson argues the plan nationalizes private freight, burdens taxpayers, and props up a 100 percent commercial service.
Mid-year forecasts predict steady inflation around two to three percent annually with wage gains in many sectors. Critics warn that even modest inflation can erode the dollar’s value over time, urging balanced budgets and debt reduction as the path to preserving purchasing power. The piece reflects on public attitudes toward inflation and the broader economic outlook.
Washington news outlines Hoffa’s renewed political interest and plan to use union funds for education in 1960. It notes past Teamsters campaigns, two California congressmen opposed to Hoffa, McClellan Committee probes, and the fight over labor reform bills as Congress weighs labor management influence.
Hollywood star Gregoire Peck argues big screen spectacles overwhelm character depth. He promotes portraying real people and inner conflicts, as in his portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald in Beloved Infidel about Fitzgerald and Sheilah Graham. He stresses not an imitation but capturing the man’s essence.
HAL BOYLE surveys presidential trivia with figures on birth months length of service and family, noting June births rarely lead to the White House. He threads multiple facts about Washington Tyler Grant Coolidge Cleveland Adams and others, including birthplace, names, and longevity. A Buffalo case reports a bigamist jailed after marrying another woman while his wife was abroad.
CBS TV President Louis G Cowan says a real ferment is building in network programming with renewed emphasis on writers as the keystone of creativity. He cites new shows like Woman Conquest 20th Century Small World plus Captain Kangaroo sponsorship and a biweekly slate including Twilight Zone debuting October 2 and other long form specials.
Mrs Amy B Briggs of Marblehead Massachusetts returns home after visiting her mother Mrs Jessie Bryant of Saco Maine Tommy Cordeau pitched the Rochambeau club to a softball win over the Lamontagne Music Makers Mr and Mrs Raymond D Couture of Biddeford attend the performance of Peg of My Heart at the Kennebunkport playhouse Miss Jenifer Parks daughter of Mr and Mrs Shirley E Parks of Biddeford Pool marks a birthday at home Mr and Mrs Leonard Leo of Skowhegan guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Roland Nadeau in Kennebunk George S Cunningham now Biddeford high school principal is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Maine.
Twenty years ago Thomas Stone on Camp Gregory duty in Crystal Lake. Therese Bergeron from Lawrence Mass visits Jacqueline Clifford Street Biddeford. Antonio Belanger of Biddeford visits Noree Perter Franklin N H. William Peaslee of Kuttlery visits Eleanor Peaslee Old Orchard Beach. Edith Clark of South Portland visits Rev C Perry Old Orchard Beach. A P Burnham of Damariscotta visits Frank Webber Kennebunk.
Thirty years ago Mrs Forrest Fettinger of New Jersey visited relatives in Saco while Roger Taylor of Kennebunk prepared to represent Maine in a Cedar Point Ohio national checker tournament. Justin L. Nunan of Kennebunkport was appointed to teach at Sanford High School. Mrs Eleanor Troy of Boston visited Biddeford and Mrs Stephen Reando visited her parents in Biddeford. Conrad Binette of Biddeford toured New York City and Coney Island. In Frankfort Kentucky Samuel Cannon won the Republican nomination for attorney general with a $2 photo expense and 50 cents in stamps. In Honolulu Mrs Robert W Value who had a baby vacated hospital to vote in Hawaii’s first state election before returning to her bed.
Congress backed a housing bill to aid seniors but Eisenhower vetoed the direct loan provision. The plan would have allowed 50 million dollars in loans to non profits and expanded FHA insurance for private developers to build elderly housing. The Senate failed to override the veto. a scaled down bill may pass with FHA expansion.
Published daily except Sunday Biddeford Maine with Paul Casavant publisher and T J Mahoney editor. Includes telephone number Atlantic 3 3625 subscription rates in advance one month 1 85 six months 10 50 one year 21 00 and Associated Press rights.
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