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The piece holds a Coleridge epigram urging total effort to awaken noble energies and condemning half-hearted living as self-mutilation and paralysis.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
4
Byrd warns of booby trap in rate increase debate
Esther Van Wagoner reports from Washington that Senator Harry F. Byrd cautions against further interest rate hikes, arguing they distort inflation, hit consumers, and would be tax deductible for the government. He tells the President the move could cost the Treasury twice. The article notes Byrd could influence the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther van Wagoner
Journal
Washington
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Eisenhower
White House
Virginia Democrat
Treasury
Middlemen Profits Highlight Farm Price Gap Study
A House Agriculture committee report shows retail food prices rose 20 percent over ten years while prices received by farmers fell 8 percent. It notes the middleman as the winner and cites a widening spread between farm and consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Agriculture Committee
Journal
Washington
Harold Cooley
D-N.c
Cooley
Health care of the aged discussed at national conference
In Washington thousands debated how to improve elderly health care. Conclusions urged more community surveys, home care, and teaching elders to live outside hospitals. Emphasized need for companionship, noninstitutional care, and faster Blue Cross supported programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blue Cross
Joint Council
Aeed
Job for the future United Nuclear Rangers ad
A future job advertisement announces opportunities for young men to join Universal Nuclear Rangers with requirements in electrical engineering or seismology and fluency in Russian Chinese or German. It notes guaranteed hardships and primitive surroundings and mentions 180 control posts by the International Control Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Nuclear Rangers
International Control Commission On
United States
Britain
Russia
Swim education push to cut drownings nationwide
A public health note urges swimming lessons for all children and a graduation swimming test. It cites only 10 percent of Americans can swim, calls for school programs and parental support to reduce drowning risks, and highlights the Navy’s mass training as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Navy
Navy
ICA chief rises from ranks to helm Greek aid program
Washington ICA chief James W. Riddleberger, after a week on the job, appears before the House Appropriations committee. The first professional diplomat to lead ICA, he will not carry the whole 3.9 billion dollar next year program but will study the agency and argue for continued aid. Greece, under U.S. aid since 1948, shows progress with self sufficiency in food, rising per capita income, and currency stability, though its military budget remains sizable and aid levels are set to decline gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson Ner
Washington
Eeaccess Fo
James W. Riddleberger
House Appropriations Committee
ICA
Riddelberger
Congress
America
Mt Ene
Foreign Service
Pris
Europe
J.S
Greece
Athens
Balkan
U.S
van Fleet
Riddleberger
Florida
Bulgaria
Albania
Yugoslavia
United States
Mediterranean
Making music sales soar in postwar America
AP reports a surge in music making as instrument sales, sheet music, and accessories near half a billion dollars in 1959. NA Merchants notes a rebound since 1947, with teachers and schools expanding orchestras and bands. Piano and organ sales rise while overall music makers reach about 30 million, driven by easier learning, tech advances, and stress relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
America
National Assn. of Music Merchants
W. T. Sutherland
American Music Conference
Music Teachers National
Assemblies of Business
Profes
Sutherland
Postcarditis grips travelers in Paris column
HAL BOYLE recalls a travel ailment where tourists abroad succumb to writing endless postcards. The mania starts with postcards to home, intensifies at sights like the Eiffel Tower and Louvre, and ends with fatigue, guilt, and a return home after scribbling to everyone on the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Joe
Eiffel Tower
Bridge closure and local notices in Biddeford Saco area
The E C Snodgrass Construction Co announces Main Street bridge closure until a new Saco River bridge is completed. Pedestrians may use a wooden footbridge. Marcel Viger earns a BA from St Anselm College and plans Boston College Law School. Three Biddeford Saco residents named officers in Maine State Letter Carriers and Auxiliary at Lewiston convention. William L Gordon named to executive board. Francis P Murphy re elected state VP. Mrs Gladys Lamb named auxiliary secretary. Various local visits, conferences, and library events noted. spring cleaning at Saco City Hall. boxing exhibitions barred. summer reopening of Wells Beach church. two week vacation for Hill couple. Hatt granddaughter visit. Biddeford High leads Telegram league batting in 1929. Mel Means tops Tiger batsmen at .407.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Snodgrass Construction Company
Main Street
Saco River
Marcel Viger
Arthur J. Viger
Elm Street
Biddeford
St. Anselm College
Manchester
N. H
Boston College School of Law
Biddeford-Saco
Maine
Lewiston
William L. Gordon
Saco
Francis P. Murphy
Gladys Lamb
George Riddell
Cleveland
Ohio
William Mitchell
Portland Road
Napoleon Nadeau
Cleaves Street
Lowell
Mass
Burton K. Murdock
Kennebunk
Rangeley Lakes House
Rangeley
Grace D. Milliken
Old Orchard Beach Free
Ted O'Neil
Saco City
First Congregational Church
Wells Beach
Lester L. Kimball
Montrose E. Hill
Old Orchard Beach
Derry Village
Pauline Hatt
Stockman Avenue
Wentworth Hatt
Riverton
Biddeford High School
Mel Means
Biddeford High
George O. Smith
Augusta
James O. Smith
South Street
Followin in Pa s Steps Is Tough On Jody McCrea
Joel Dee McCrea known as Jody, son of actor Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, heads to Hollywood after Army service to co star with his father in the NBC western series Whichita Town. He wanted stage work first but now aims to prove himself on screen. He grew up on a cattle ranch north of Los Angeles and earned UCLA theater arts degree before pursuing acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
New York
Joel McCrea
Joel Dee McCrea
Jody
Frances Dee
Hollywood
Wichita Town
NBC
Los Angeles
UCLA
Phoenix
Studio One
Biddeford-Saco Journal publisher and press info note
Biddeford Saco Journal details publisher Marie Paul Casavant editor J J Mahoney and contact numbers. It lists subscription rates in advance of one month nine tenths, six months ten dollars fifty and yearly twenty one dollars with AP membership and postal filing note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
J. J. Mahoney
Atlantic 3
Associated Press
Riddeford
If It's a Man's World They Haven't Heard It
A Chicago judge ruled for a wife seeking to bar her husband from taking over the kitchen. The piece argues that a woman’s place is not fixed and emphasizes “togetherness” in marriage with husbands helping with housework. The author contends women often get the breaks in a man’s world when they insist on work and partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Papa
Cancer Breakthrough Hopes Rise From Abbott Laboratories
The year 1959 is described as the year of the breakthrough in cancer research. Dr. Ernest H Volwiler announces that a cure for cancer may be achieved in four years, noting ethics require five years of testing before calling it a cure. He also mentions potential advances in arterial disease drugs and arthritis treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago
Ernest H. Volwiler
University of Ilnois Chicago
David Henry
Volwiler
Abbott
General Features Corp
Maine Heart Association to unveil heart lung machine
The Maine Heart Association will publicly display its new heart lung machine for the first time tomorrow during the spring conference and annual meeting in Portland. The device promises advances in cardiovascular care and will be demonstrated to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Maine Heart Asn
Portland
Heart Lifesaving Machine On View At Maine Medical Center
The association's office announced a meeting at 10 a.m. at Maine Medical Center followed by a 3:30 p.m. view of a lifesaving machine. The device acts as a short term substitute for a patient's heart and lungs during chest surgery and related procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Maine Medical Center
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact puzzle list with across and down clues ranging from Barkers cries to Pericarp. Includes common prefixes suffixes and names such as Garson actress and Beethoven symphony in E flat major. Presents a dense set of wordplay items for a newspaper puzzle page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Abbi
Bdo
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Hal Boyle
Louvre
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Palermo
Darius
Bethlehem
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