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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1963
Page
4
An editorial argues two Maine bills on Sunday retail sales. It favors restricting stores over 5,000 square feet or more than five employees from Sunday hours and supports a small store Sunday option to allow essential shopping, aiming for fairness and continuity in commerce.
Washington-NEA reports mixed views on the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. OAS has spent 4 million and a further 2 million from a U S appropriation for planning, with opposition likely. Teodoro Moscoso says next year’s needs are similar to this year, about 1 million for loans and 100 million for grants, while critics urge more aggressive funding.
The piece argues freedom and morality are interconnected across personal, national, and world levels. It condemns rationalizing immorality as a dangerous laxity that erodes standards, cites Powell and Nehru as examples, and urges constant reaffirmation of ethical codes and public protest against transgressions to maintain human dignity.
The piece notes a return to larger dimensions for compact cars as automakers use grand claims like biggest and most powerful. It argues this inflation harms identity and questions who still wants true compacts while acknowledging a wide range from true compacts to luxury limousines remains. It ends with tax and money quips.
The AP reports independents shrink in number but grow in assets revenues and lines. They operate 12.67 million phones about 16 percent of U.S. total, serve 11,000 communities, with 1.23 billion dollars in last year’s revenues. Mergers holding companies and mechanization drive expansion while costs and financing tech upgrades remain challenges. Cooperation with Bell remains widespread.
A humorous column listing everyday irritations and minor gripes ranging from gold dog tags and pale lipstick to telephones interrupting punchlines and hatcheck scandals. The piece ribbing modern annoyances ends with a light prayer asking for deliverance from all these trials.
AP reported Pat Conway, a Paterson native, draws stares as a Jacqueline Kennedy double on Wheeler Dealers. The willowy actress with precise hair and facial likeness sits in cafe scenes with Lee Remick and James Garner. Conway, married with four children, pursued modeling before landing the role and later appeared with Jack Benny in several shows.
A collection of social quips about people we could live without. It lampoons the rude and forgetful, the late callers and missing greetings, highlighting how insincere or intrusive behavior strains friendships and social ties.
Readers urged to attend the hearing on S. D. 273 about admission to kindergarten and first grade in public schools. The piece discusses age requirements, testing, and the push to use the term kindergarten only, with notes on Maine and other states adopting earlier entry for gifted children and pre schooling testing.
Paul Harvey argues that importing large numbers of Cubans will worsen U S unemployment. He cites 6 percent jobless rates and potential absorption of 500 000 Cubans while tax changes hurt business expenses. He claims restaurants hotels and service workers face layoffs and reduced tips due to a shrinking economy and lower consumer spending. He notes widespread closures and job cuts across major cities and industries, warning the melting pot is becoming a pressure cooker.
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