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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
4
Quote by Oscar Wilde notes that life mirrors art far more than art mirrors life. The brief aphorism prompts reflection on how everyday experience often echoes creative works, shaping perception and values in subtle ways.
Bruce Biossat argues the canceled trip to Japan shows wise restraint as safety fears, mob violence and Communist opposition shape U S Japan ties. He urges waiting for Japanese initiative on the security treaty while preserving strong allied bonds to deter chaos.
The piece explains why Canadian currency trades above or below the U S dollar, tracing changes from 1950 to 1959. It highlights demand from tourists importers and investors, notes higher Canadian interest rates, foreign investment in Canada, and bond issues in the United States converting proceeds to Canadian dollars. It also discusses concerns about increased American influence through direct investments.
The Audubon Society rejects warlike views of humans versus insects. Brayton Eddy notes ecology shows insects are vital to life in a web of nature. Without them crops, birds, fish and industries like shellac and silk would suffer or vanish. A Indiana woman celebrated her 100th birthday with eight children, 17 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
Washington Senator Mike Monroney now calls himself the self appointed national leader of the Draft Adlai Stevenson for President movement. He coordinates hundreds of Stevenson volunteers across the country as a grass roots effort growing without funds, aiming to marshal delegates at a potential convention.
Sam Dawson analyzes how money and credit influenced 1960 business activity, stock and bond markets, home building, and growth. He notes a midyear truce with credit availability improving yet rates staying high, banks reluctant to cut, government borrowing shifting, and inflation fears shaping investment and policy debates ahead of the fall election.
In Boyle's column a New York AP piece depicts how a office desk drawer traces a man's life from youth to midlife. At 25 the drawer holds personal mementos, at 35 it shows growing responsibilities, at 45 health and habit items, and by 53 a crowded collection of pills, pipes, letters, and reminders of family and bosses.
A National Poetry Winner announces a morning scene atop high hills. Margo Johnson from Thornton Academy captures sunrise, birdsong, and the dawn's splendor in concise verse. The piece presents a celebratory greeting to day and nature's chorus.
Ruth Willett offers practical tips for wives to help husbands adjust to excess leisure after retirement. Encourage hobbies that could lead to part time work, create a puttering space, adapt housekeeping to his plans, and join him in shared activities. Develop your own hobbies, tailor life to fit both, and ignore outside opinions.
A 1960 feature cites Dr Nathaniel Kleitman and Dr William Dement on why dreaming is essential. It notes that dreams are often symbolic, that women report more negative dreams, and that men dream of power and success. Eye movement and brain waves indicate dreaming, with disruptions reducing recall.
Hollywood reports Jerom Robbins directing West Side Story with Robert Wise as co director. Robbins explains his long lead from stage to screen and his Romeo and Juliet inspiration updated to modern gang life. A cedar tree from Oregon and California furnishes wood for 300000 pencils.
A veteran office worker, at age 65, cleans his desk one final time then leaves forever. The scene portrays the quiet ritual of closing a long career as the desk awaits another life’s records to begin.
A complete list of crossword clues spanning across and down items including numbers 1 through 64 for across and 1 through 56 for down. Clues cover a range of themes such as geography, literature, anatomy, and common phrases with several reference hints like Edith Roosevelt and Verne.
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