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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1962

Page

4

Editorial Page Thought for Evening

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.

Dolphin Dialects in Pacific and Atlantic Porpoises

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.

Pacific Atlantic Lockheed San Diego NEA

Cuba under Castro: prosperity to economic collapse and fear

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.

United States West Cuba U.S. News & World Report Castro U. S Latin America

Tests and teachers linked by questions of impact

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.

Carnegie Corporation Russell Sage Foundation NEA

Kennedy will discuss issues with López Mateos during Mexican visit

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.

Washington Enterprise Assn Kennedy Mexico City Adolfo Lopez Mateos Rio Grande Colorado U.S. House of Representatives United States Mexico Senate Kenne Berlin Latin-American Alliance For Progress Cuba Wash

Canada presses austerity as US debates own fiscal path

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.

Sam Dawson AP Business News New York Canada United States U.S Treasury Probllm Washington

Boyle's Column Weighs In On Fat Jokes And Friendly Jests

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.

Readers’ Forum seeks signed letters on local topics

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.

Commended police department and driving creed urged

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.

Biddeford-Saco Dr. Sanford and Biddeford Charles H. Sanford

The Search and Navajo Law at Window Rock

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.

Donald McCone Window Rock Ariz

Ruth Millett Study to Shed New Light on Minister's Wife

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.

Widow Remarriage Cuts Social Security Widow Benefits

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.

C. W Montpelier G. V Minot N. D

Daily Crossword Puzzle Clue Pack for 47 to 66

Crossword clues listed include familiar term of address 47, feudal 48, 50- 51 tricky 53 island SW of Luzon 55 used logic 56 astronomers Colleq. 7 for the ages 2 words 8 form of Buddhism 9 native of Abadan 10 church services 11 part of an 49 fillip 52 have a meal 66 and 1 Bachelier novel. Appears as a mixed, fragmentary puzzle snippet with multiple numbered hints and partial phrases.

Luzon Abadan

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