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Seneca quotes the editor on living by nature to avoid poverty and by world opinion to avoid riches. The piece frames a moral contrast and invites readers to reflect on personal values and financial fate.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
4
Seneca quotes the editor on living by nature to avoid poverty and by world opinion to avoid riches. The piece frames a moral contrast and invites readers to reflect on personal values and financial fate.
Marine researchers near San Diego report porpoises in the Pacific speaking with a drawl while Atlantic animals show a clipped whistle pattern. Some recordings from tanks may have biased results, but the study highlights regional accents in dolphin communication and underwater acoustics relevance to submarine detection.
U S News & World Report outlines Cuba under Castro as three and a half years of decline from prosperous pre Castro days to an economic shambles. It notes dropping per capita income from 334 to under 200, half the food, higher taxes, loss of benefits, and a currency devaluation. It cites Soviet arms backing and a harsh spy system enabling total control while urging the world to see communism’s effects.
A Carnegie Corporation grant of 333000 to the Russell Sage Foundation funds a study into how standardized IQ tests affect children, parents, and teachers. It examines whether testing changes attitudes toward study, whether low scores prompt effort or demotivate, and if grades reflect test results more than classroom work. The public and educators await findings. Four youths face arrest over a single open bottle in a car, a judge rules the case. Girls may shy from politics yet still enjoy candy dates.
Washington reports outline Kennedy’s June 29 to July 1 talks with Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos. Topics may include civil aviation agreement, border disputes, Colorado River salinity, and U.S. sugar allotment impacts. Emphasis on broader cooperation on international issues and Latin American Alliance for Progress amid Cuba tensions and economic ties.
Canada tightens its belt with higher interest rates, reduced imports, and seeking outside financial help to prop up a weakened dollar. The move comes as the United States weighs whether to expand the Treasury deficit through more spending or tax cuts to accelerate growth, while facing a payment deficit and stock-market jitters.
HAL BOYLE's New York column jokes about weight stigma with light humor and anecdotes about dieting comments. The piece lists lines people hear about being overweight and ends with local newspaper boilerplate and prices from Biddeford Maine.
The Journal invites letters from readers on real local issues. Views expressed here do not represent official endorsement. Letters must be signed with an address, though the writer may request name omission from publication.
A Biddeford Saco Journal reader commends the police for rapid theft resolution and officers’ courtesy. A second letter urges safe driving and personal road creed to reduce accidents, emphasizing courtesy to visitors and prudent use of signals, speed, and road rules.
A poem titled The Search by Donald McCone reflects sorrow and faith with two perfect answers from God and Love. AP notes Navajo tradition at Window Rock Arizona where a tribal law bans braves from seeing or speaking to their mothers in law, reflecting cultural taboos still observed by some.
Ruth Millett profiles the minister's wife role at Boston University School of Theology. A three year interview program aims to reveal realities, reduce idealized expectations, and help congregations accept wives as human beings while noting societal pressures on attire, parenting, conduct, and time.
An official guide explains how remarriage affects widows receiving Social Security. A widow loses 82 percent of the deceased spouse benefit and gains a wife benefit of up to 50 percent of the husband’s Social Security. Generally a one-year wait applies for a new wife benefit, but widows already receiving benefits may start immediately. Examples show benefit reductions, and income from Soil Bank payments or crop sharing can be counted as income and may eliminate benefits.
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