Editorial Page GOP sniffing wind
A Washington malaise grips progress as Kennedy policy stalls amid domestic fights and foreign pressures. Reston highlights a moderating President facing radical facts, while GOP leaders sense a shifting wind toward possible 1964 gains in a gray, dangerous stalemate for NATO and the West.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
James Reston
New York Times
Times
Mr. Reston
Reston
de Gaulle
France
Britain
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Adenauer
Khrushchev
Keating
Fullbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NATO
GOP
Rockefeller
Goldwater
United States
Western Alliance
National Wildlife Week Observation March 17 23
The piece urges observance of National Wildlife Week from March 17 to 23. It highlights the growing conflict between a rising, mobile population and expanding housing, roads, airports, and industry that encroaches on wildlife habitats. It argues for balancing conservation with national economic needs and hopes for new insights during the week.
Calls to repeal wartime excise taxes linger
A special task force of the American Retail Federation campaigns for repeal of lingering wartime excise taxes. While rail, bus, and freight taxes have been dropped and air fare taxes halved, retail excises on leather goods cosmetics office machinery furs and jewelry remain. Tax reform tops debate as the emergency period concludes after eighteen years.
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American Retail Federation
Tipping income tax informers reap rewards in 1962
The government collected 13.5 million in taxes penalties and interest during fiscal 1962 from tips supplied by tax informers. 665 tattlers provided information earning an average reward of 883 dollars, about 106 more than in 1961. Rewards run at 10 percent of the amount recovered. Teenagers hug Mom but only touch Dad.
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Commerce Clearing House
Political Gossip and Offhand Posts in Washington
A compilation of quick hits from Washington notes on a potential Rockefeller Nixon ticket and the Bay of Pigs aftermath. It also recalls White House jokes on press truth telling, NASA fashion, and Kennedy choosing Sargent Shriver to lead the Peace Corps, with personal tensions and policy bets across the capital.
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Peace Corps
Kennedy
Sargent Oe Jr
Shriver
Chicago
Washington
Silver bills backers push to remove silver backing
Silver users urge Treasury to withdraw silver backed $1 and $2 notes in favor of Federal Reserve currency. They warn higher silver prices could raise costs for consumers and industry including electronics, weddings, and gifts as silver nears the Treasury reserve value. Production drops in January, while demand rises in electronics and other sectors.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
U.S
U. S. Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
London
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Arizona
Idaho
Mexico
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Harper Lee says success fuels fear and self discipline
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, says success has made her anxious yet complacent. She lives in Monroeville, Alabama with sister Alice, studies drafts, and uses golf for solitude while insisting self responsibility shapes life. Her admired heroes are Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jefferson.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Harper Lee
Miss Lee
Monroeville
Ala
Alice
America
Robert E. Lee
Om Jefferson
Biddeford Journal masthead and circulation notes
Biddeford Saco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street with publisher Marie Paul Casavant and editor E. P. Ingalls. It states subscription rates in advance: one month 1.85, six months 10.50, one year 21.00, and notes AP membership and post office classification.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
Security for you and veterans guide column feature
Social Security rules limit survivor benefits to the legal wife unless exceptions apply. A Livingston New Jersey reader asks about a married man using a false name, and a Goshen Indiana reader seeks to support a husband as a dependent. The column explains how to pursue benefits, how dependents are evaluated, and that veterans life insurance certificates or numbers should be kept for proof.
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Martin E
E. R
Goshen
Ind
Social Security Office
U. S
Veterans Administration
Daily Crossword Puzzle 44 Faux pas and more clues
Crossword clues list many entries including Faux pas Blackthorns Honed Desert lily Enacted 1/16 of a catty Abbi Seabird Accomplished Spoil Colors and more. Down clues include Nisan initials mass form shoe part rise agency and others with Abbi references and partial wordplay.
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Miss Kett
Nisan
Coolidge
Abbi
Hollywood Around the Lots in 90 Dots
Ruth Willett reports on premarital sex among college students and the debate over who should guide morals. The piece cites editorials arguing against shifting responsibility to deans, urging families to instill ethical standards before college. It also covers Van Johnson’s skin cancer operation, film industry notes, and theater news.
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Rutti Millett
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
National Association of Women
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
van Johnson
Van
MGM
Molly Brown
Debbie Reyn
Warners
Jack Webb
Naples
Nanni Loy
William K. Everson
Barry Nelson
James Warner
Doris Day
Marilyn Monroe
Civic Light Opera
Carousel
Alfred Drake
TV And Radio Specials Spark Spring Fever Week
Television schedules for the next seven days feature Judy Garland Arthur Godfrey Edie Adams Sid Caesar and Dinah Shore among variety show stars. Edie Adams with Roan and Martin appears in a Sunday night short special, with details continued on Page Five.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York AP
Judy Garland
Arthur Godfrey
Edie Adams
Sid Caesar
Dinah Shore
Ro’an
Martin
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White House
Indiana Senate
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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Boyle
Biddeford -Saco Journal
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Duroca
Colleq
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Little Liz
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