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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1962
Page
4
The Biddeford Saco Journal editorial quotes a Schopenhauer line on time use, contrasting ordinary people who spend time with a thinker who aims to use it. This brief reflection appears on the editorial page dated March 2, 1962.
Stanford Research Institute economist Eugene Staley proposes long term UN funding through independent revenues from space traffic and communications, polar resources, and ocean resources beyond territorial limits. Critics worry about sovereignty and taxation, but international governance could yield steady funds and curb conflicts.
A presidential message on aged health care heads to Congress as Kerr Mills provisions set federal state roles for funding. The plan would share costs with states and differ from Forand and Kennedy proposals, with estimates of up to 1 billion dollars annually if nationwide. States with higher income receive less federal help. West Virginia faces funding strain.
The First National Bank of Boston notes that February ends a year of expansion with mixed January indicators. Industrial production and retail trade rose, while leads suggest the upturn continues, aided by steel output and labor talks, despite some hesitation in other sectors.
Regularly scheduled airlines show a 1961 fatality rate of 0.29 per 100 million passenger miles and 124 deaths for 58 million passengers, down from 0.75 and 336 deaths in 1960. FAA chief Najeeb Halaby calls for continued safety programs to curb annual deaths.
The AP analysis marks the one year of the U S economic recovery with strong auto sales and high employment, but January shows soft retail sales and income. Durable goods orders rise while steel output climbs, storage backlogs persist, and optimism remains about a summer surge and fall acceleration.
Boyle muses on abolishing March as he recalls misdating a column to April 1 and shares a tale of forgetting the month. He jokes about editors ribbing him and offers a psychologist’s quip about childhood slights tied to March, then argues March is a dull, indecisive month between winter and spring.
Ruth Millett notes Americans mailed a record six billion greeting cards in 1961 but argues the trend signals laziness rather than friendliness. She laments impersonal messages replacing personal letters and cites Vincent van Gogh letters as evidence of heartfelt communication lost to commercial cards.
The article clarifies that no one at age 65 will receive the $127 monthly maximum under current law. It explains how the maximum earnings subject to tax and prior-year earnings affect benefits, cites examples from Mrs. A B of Youngstown and Mrs. A L of Newark, and notes that a son’s military allotment does not reduce Social Security benefits while earned income does.
A Biddeford Maine column riffs on unpredictable March weather and jokes about erasing March to gain days of spring. The writer, venting humor, rejects mailed pocket calendars circling March and invites April and September to take the stage.
Patrick N H O York of Dover NH argues in a signed letter that Tito remains an enemy of religion and defends Robert Welch and NATO against critics. He claims NATO's actions enabled rapes and assassinations in Congo and Portugal's exposure to Indonesian aggression in Dutch New Guinea.
The 1961 census shows Delhi and its old and new parts contain 320 144 more men than women. Many laborers migrate from overcrowded rural areas leaving wives and children in villages. Delhi Territory totals 2 638 612 people, 52 percent higher than 1951.
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